October 30, 1977

US Amb to Moscow Malcolm Toon sends protest note to USSR claiming that Soviet secret police agent tried to blackmail Amer diplomat into working for Soviet intelligence; incident, which occurred on Oct 16 in Soviet Georgia, involved Constantine Warvariv, Paris-based deputy US delegate to UNESCO who was in Russia for conf; Warvariv claims Soviet KGB agent threatened to expose him as Nazi collaborator in World War II; says agent left when he denied their accusation and refused to cooperate with him; US Embassy publicizes incident after Soviet press agency Novosti distributes article about Warvariv's supposed association with Nazis (M)

NY Times survey of voters' increasing use of ballot to write laws; notes that 23 states now permit such direct legis, and Const amendment proposed by Sens James Abourezk and Mark O Hatfield would allow it nationwide; pros and cons discussed (M)

Sen, 47-30, rejects motion by Sen Roth aimed at denying Sen delegates to conf with HR authority to negotiate energy bill if it includes tax on crude oil; action marks 1st sign that Sen might accept from HR-Sen conf com measure that contained tax; Sen also votes to set up energy trust fund into which would go excess revenues from energy taxes and out of which would come money to finance development of alternative energy forms; vote seen as possible accommodation to Sen Long; Sen, in another action, approves Sen Durkin amendment to offer tax credit of up to $150-a-yr to low and moderate-income people who heat their homes with oil; rejects Sen Percy bill to end Fed tax deductions of state and local gasoline taxes (M)

Dexter int; illus (L)

article on spread of heroin addiction; number of identified addicts in Western Eur have increased from 9,000 to 88,000 during past 5 yrs, with drug seizure up from 25 lbs to 1,500 lbs annually during period; growth of addiction seen corresponding to rise in crimes associated with addiction, such as burglaries of apts and robberies of pharmacies and drs' offices; is attributed to dumping of large quantities of heroin by dealers with end of Vietnam War after drying-up of mkt among Amer soldiers (M)