June 29, 1977

HR backs B-1 production; defeats amendment by Repr Joseph P Addabbo to halt program; Addabbo scores action; calls B-1 most expensive white elephant ever proposed by indus and mil services; Repr John J Downey says plane is obsolete; Repr Sikes disagrees; members of NY delegation voting against plane noted (M)

have also been increased, making more than 100 men involved in the case.

Sup Ct, 7-2, upholds '74 law that gives Govt control over Nixon's Pres papers and tapes; finds that Cong was right to declare Nixon a 'class of one,' subject to special treatment, because of possibility that his Pres materials might otherwise have been destroyed; Chief Justice Warren E Burger and Justice William H Rehnquist dissent; materials include 42-million documents and 880 tape recordings; Ct says all 'purely private communications' should be returned to Nixon; history of case recalled; pors of Burger and Justice William J Brennan Jr, who wrote Ct's opinion (L)

State Sen, 32-28, approves bill decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana; action follows defeat of amendment to retain criminal penalties but would have allowed judges to dismiss 1st offender cases (M)

Vance says it is unlikely that new agreement limiting strategic arms can be reached before current accord expires on Oct 3; says this in itself is no cause for alarm; affirms that substantial differences remain but that there was progress when he and Gromyko agreed upon new framework for completing negotiations (S)