February 6, 1977

UNIONDALE, L.I., Feb. 5—Bernie Wolfe, who earlier this season thought a viral disease affecting his nervous system was going to end his goaltending career, sustained the Washington Capitals long enough tonight for them to gain a 3‐3 tie with the New York Islanders.

Two years after taking over the post once held by the legendary Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan finds himself presiding over an office still in the throes of transition.

WASHINGTON—Day after day, as the toll from this brutal winter has mounted, the Federal Government has become more and more involved in the relief effort.

A critical deadline—at times it was regarded as the critical deadline—for New York City to disclose its plan for repaying a billion‐dollar debt has a come and gone, and the result is a familiar one in the long negotiations over the city's finances: little is clear.

A NEW look for downtown Newark, especially those parts most likely to draw visitors and out‐of‐towners, is planned as the city enters another year of its federally assisted program for residential and commercial revitalization.