February 23, 1977

Fed Judge Kevin T Duffy sets timetable for transportation-control plan to reduce air pollution in NYC, ruling that tolls must be placed on East and Harlem River bridges by Aug 31 '78; says tolls must at least equal those on present bridges and revenues must be used to subsidize or otherwise improve mass transit; Queens Boro Pres Manes scores tolls; environmentalist attys Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod comment (M)

Deputy Inspector Daniel F McMahon indicted for perjury by special grand jury investigating whether high-ranking police officers maintain organized system of collecting bribes from operators of illegal enterprises; Special State Prosecutor John F Keenan alleges McMahon lied when he denied he recd money from officers below rank of capt in Harlem area in '70-71; McMahon pleads not guilty to perjury; cases of Capt Benny R Zakar, Ptl Andrew Amitrano, Michael McShane and Chris Gandjos noted; McMahon illus (M)

Legis sets June 7 as date for primary elections, with runoff to follow on June 21 if candidate for any of top 3 offices in NYC does not get at least 40% of vote; Assembly's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus opposed any bill that retained runoff (M)

Bernard L Barker, Eugenio R Martinez, Virgilio R Gonzalez and Frank A Sturgis, arrested during Watergate break-in, agree to out-of-ct settlement giving them $200,000 from '72 Nixon campaign fund (M)

HUEHUETLA. Mexico, Feb. 19—The high prices being paid for coffee in American supermarkets are beginning to benefit the impoverished farmers of this Indian village high in the Mexican sierra five hours by donkey from the nearest. road.