August 13, 1976

NYS and Fed officials disclose at news conf, Albany, that US will build $19 million correctional inst, 1st Fed prison to be situated in NYS, on 276-acre site in Otisville, NY; Govt pays $210,000 to state for land; Repr Benjamin A Gilman and Sen Richard E Schermerhorn comment; map (M)

Labor Dept Wholesale Price Index shows that food prices in July declined by 1% (S)

Jury in 'San Quentin 6' murder-conspiracy case finds Fleeta Drumgo, Willie Tate and Luis Talamantez not guilty; finds Johnny Spain guilty of conspiracy and 2 murders and Hugo Pinell and David Johnson guilty of assault; case, growing out of prison escape attempt Aug 21 '71, during which George Jackson, 3 guards and 2 inmate trusties were killed, revd; Judge Henry Broderick sets Sept 30 for sentencing of convicted defendants, whose attys say they will appeal (L)

Cape Town (S Africa) police rept continued clashes in city, where at least 27 people have died in 2 days of most violent confrontations since anti-Govt rioting broke out in June; firemen extinguish fires set by arsonists at 2 schools, Nyanga; 76 demonstrators at Western Cape Univ are arrested after policemen break up protest march; several hundred students gather in support of school boycott, Langa; officials comment illus (L)

17 top acctg majors at Baruch Coll, working under $25,000 grant and at no cost to NYC, have increased NYC's cash flow by $38-million over last 2 mos; group, known as Coll Accts Task Force, was assigned to Soc Services Dept and Comptroller's office to process backlog of claims by city for state and Fed aid for child-care agency bills; Deputy Budget Dir Robert J Bott describes work of students, who were recruited because they 'sincerely wanted to save the city,' as 'fantastic'; Urban Econ, orgn set up by Mayor Beame to train city employees at City Univ in specialized fields, raised $25,000 to fund program; illus of some students (L)