August 2, 1977

Former Md Repr Edward A Garmatz indicted for having conspired to receive $15,000 in 'unlawful gratuities' from Moore-McCormack and US Lines while he was chmn of House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com in early '70's; payments allegedly linked to his support of legis that was beneficial to 2 lines; Garmatz denies charges (M)

NY Times investigative reptg team has developed new information about secret, 25-yr, $25-million effort by CIA to learn how to control human mind; several prominent med research insts and Govt hosps in US and Canada were involved in program, whose existence was previously known; new information on cost of program, range of penetration into prestigious research centers, identities of insts, secret funding conduits and concerns about program expressed by some scientists was gained through access to 2,000 CIA documents and wide-ranging ints; original research was spurred by conviction that Soviets and Chinese had developed brainwashing and mind-control devices; CIA turned its efforts to behavior control; channeled funds through 3 private med foundations: Geschikter Foundation for Med Research, Soc for Investigation of Human Ecology Inc and Josiah Macy Jr Foundation; paid for experiments under guise of contracts by other Govt agencies and had access to millions of dollars in behavioral control experiments conducted by armed services; specific disclosures detailed; chart of known programs (L)

Atty Gen Griffin B Bell, at request of HEW Dept Sec Joseph A Califano Jr, rules that legis banning Fed-funded abortions includes victims of rape or incest; ruling on existing law, which has never been enforced because of ct injunctions against any Fed ban on Medicaid abortions, reptdly complicates debate on new HEW Dept bill; Sen Birch Bayh says ruling serves as clear warning that Cong should spell out any intended exceptions in new ban, which is scheduled for HR vote on Aug 3 (M)

1st major strike in steel indus in 18 yrs closes iron ore mines and processing plants Aug 1 across N Minn and Mich; 16,000 to 17,000 workers idled, tying up about 85% of US ore output; strikes do not immediately threaten steel production because of 4-mo stockpile of ore and pellets; threaten efficacy of Experimental Negotiating Agreement barring industrywide strikes; union insists strikes are over local issue and are allowed in pact; indus says key issue is money; holds issue was settled in natl bargaining that led to 3-yr pact; struck plants and mines listed (M)

Some 2,000 Bergen County residents lose electric power for up to 2 hrs when thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning and heavy rains, innundate NYC met area on Aug 1; illus (L)