August 2, 1976

Attend opening session of 41st Internatl Eucharistic Cong of RC Ch on Aug 1, Phila, Pa; illus (M)

Vietnamese Govt allows 49 US citizens and dependents to board flight from Saigon to Bangkok, Thailand, ending more than 1 yr of uncertainty about their fate, Aug 1 ; journey was arranged by UN; evacuees were stranded in Saigon when Communists took Vietnamese capital over on Apr 30 '75; Amers still listed as being in Vietnam are: well-known Saigon shoeshine stand operator Richard Hughes, Theresa Reed and Harlow Gay; 4th Amer, not mentioned officially by Vietnamese, is believed to be Tucker Gugelman; illus (M)

flash flood along Big Thompson Canyon, Denver, Colo, kills at least 65 persons; Larimer County officials say 10-inch rain caused flooding in canyon between Loveland and Estes Park; Larimer County Sheriff Robert C Watson discusses rescue and evacuation of tourists and campers; Gov Richard D Lamm and Sen Gary Hart ask Pres Ford for Fed help for area, where US Bur of Reclamation equipment loss loss is estimated at $1-million; some evacuees comment; map; illus (L)

Article explores background leading to conviction of detective Paul D Lawrence on charges of fabricating drug sales charges in Burlington, Vt; notes Lawrence has received 4-8 yr prison sentence; traces Lawrence's arrival in St Albans, Vt, in Aug '73 and meteoric rise to fame as undercover drug detective; notes Lawrence logged over 100 drug arrests within yr, organized largest drug raid in state history and accepted invitations to expand operations in other parts of state; special state comm has now established that 240 cases brought by Lawrence, mostly against radicals and 'hippies,' are fraudulent and recommends pardons to all; Gov Thomas P Salmon agrees to pardon those convicted on Lawrence's word alone, calling affair 'sad day for law enforcement'; Lawrence still lauded by some St Albans merchants; personal repercussions of convictions on victims noted; Lawrence maintains innocence in prsion; his por (L)

Dispute between city and Oneida Indian Nation over Mayor Herbert D Brewer's order barring firemen from responding to fires on Indian lands without police protection continues despite 2 deaths at June 25 fire; Indians, led by Chief David Honyoust, hold Brewer breaks accord which provides that police and firemen must request permission; soc, legal and jurisdictional factors underlying impasse revd; illus (M)

Gerald Posner, 1 of Amers who were recently released by Vietnamese Govt after having been detained in Saigon for past 15 mos, describes Saigon scene; tells of how he scratched for living on small allowance from internatl relief orgns; Posner arrived in Saigon Apr 28 '75, 2 days before Communist victory, in order to find his Vietnamese wife and return with her to US; illus (M)

The Olympic Games, which for the last two weeks produced a mixture of political quarrels and athletic achievements, ended last night with closing ceremonies in Montreal. Page 15.

Sen Foreign Relations subcom on foreign assistance staff study finds that Iran is dominant mil power in Persian Gulf area; discusses Iranian dependency on US personnel to operate sophisticated mil systems; State Dept spokesman Robert L Funseth says arms sales to Iran must be seen in context of general US policy of expecting regional countries to assume 'greater responsibility for area defense' (M)

Foreign diplomats reptdly are sending their families out of earthquake-devastated NE China after Chinese authorities war of further quakes in area (M)

Charges that Mobil Oil supplied oil to Rhodesia, in violation of US restrictions on such trade, are being probed by UN, Treas Dept and by Mobil itself; were contained in rept delivered in June to UN's Com on Sanctions by Rev Larold K Schulz of Center for Soc Action of United Ch of Christ; also involve Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Brit Petroleum, Caltex Petroleum Corp and Total; $20-million a yr of oil products were allegedly passed from Mobil's S African to its Rhodesian subsidiary through system of intermediary cos, including Western Transvaal Development & Exploration, Rand Oils, Village Main Distributors, Semco and Minerals Exploration; Shell transactions involved Freight Services, which has been owned by several cos in Anglo Amer group; documents in rept, as yet unauthenticated, were obtained by Center for Soc Action from clandestine orgn in S African called Okhela; scheme has allegedly been confirmed by unnamed Mobil exec; Sen subcom on Africa and House subcom on Internatl Orgns are expected to probe charges; Repr Charles C Diggs Jr, chmn of Internatl Relations subcom on Resources, Food and Energy, calls for Ford Adm probe; Richard J Hollas leads probe for Treas's Foreign Assets Control Office; illus of Mobil refinery, Durban, S Africa (L)

authorities say they have 'strong' case against Frederick Newhall Woods and James and Richard Schoenfeld but questions remain about motive and possible female accomplice; Craig Hunt, who worked for Woods, says he saw him only few hrs before kidnapping took place; Hunt illus (M)

Sen Foreign Relations Com discloses previously-secret testimony in which former Sec of State Dean Rusk, on June 8 '50, said that Indochina war was nationalist dispute, perhaps 'more of a pol problem than a mil problem'; Rusk said Ho Chi Minh was popular and would win war if France stopped backing opponents (M)