December 21, 1976

London Times repts trunk at Barclays Bank in London contains many 19th-century literary papers, including lrs by Byron, sequence of lrs from Samuel Decimus Davies, who accompanied Napoleon to St Helena on HMS Northumberland in 1815, drawings of the Emperor, and unknown lrs from Thomas Moore, Lord Alvanley and Lady Frances Webster (L)

Mayor Beame makes public 5-yr econ recovery plan that includes tax relief; pledges freeze on real estate tax at level to be set July '77; backs elimination of 4% city sales tax on mfrs' purchases of machinery and equipment, 20% cut in commercial rent tax over 5-yr period; promises to hold line on other taxes pending study to determine if further cuts are needed; plan asserts taxes in NYC are highest in nation and are deterrent to new business; proposes study of tax abatements to subsidize energy costs for new, energy-intensive industries, 7-yr tax cut to mfrs who set up their own energy systems; says high city taxes acct for 25% of customer charges for electricity (M)

Bishop John Neumann is approved as 1st male saint from US; Pope Paul sets June 19 for canonization; his por (M)

NYS Sup Ct Justice Sandler says he will probably dismiss Saypol indictment; notes Manhattan Dist Atty's testimony that Nadjari used illegal wiretap (M)

analysis of controversial nature of Bell apptmt (M)