January 28, 1978

McGuire to put more officers on foot patrol as part of new effort to relate police services more closely to neighborhood needs and to deter street crime; moves prompted by layoffs which compelled dept to rely on radio cars for routine patrols to stretch depleted force; McGuire por

Ill Sup Ct rules that Nazi party members have const right to display swastika at public demonstrations in predominantly Jewish town of Skokie; holds display of swastikas, although offensive, is symbolic pol speech; says it rules 'reluctantly' that swastikas' display cannot be enjoined under 'fighting words' exemption of 1st Amendment, nor can anticipation of hostile audience justify prior restraint; ruling overturns decision by Ill Appellate Ct; issue is also pending in another suit in Fed Ct; issues in that suit noted; Amer Jewish Cong exec dir Naomi Levine deplores decision; ACLU Ill legal dir David Goldberger backs it; notes ACLU losses for defending Nazis (M)

Canadian armed forces comdr Adm Robert H Falls says repts of heavy radiation from spacecraft are false; attributes earlier readings to faulty equipment; says search for possible nuclear contamination is continuing; doubts that remnants of satellite reached earth; map (M)

Article compares and contrasts snow-removal operations in Chicago with that of NYC; finds Chicago, which avgs 40 inches of snow a yr, compared to 29.1 for NYC, plows its main sts as often as 15 times a day to keep them passable; Chicago snow-command dir Emmett Garity puts city's snow budget at more than $2-million (compared to NYC's budget of $5-million), but notes much of his equipment is new, having been purchased after 27-inch snowfall immobilized city in '67 (S)

Stephen Elko, ex-aide to Repr Daniel J Flood, has accused him of selling his Cong influence for more than $100,000 in cash and bank stock, according to affidavit filed in Fed Ct in Los Angeles; Flood issues denial; Elko was convicted last Oct of accepting bribes to influence HEW Dept action; was granted immunity from further prosecution and then cooperated with Govt to obtain reduced sentence; affidavit was 1st published by AP and NY Times independently confirmed its contents; Flood and Repr Joshua Eilberg, also Penna Dem, have both been under investigation by David W Marston, who was dismissed recently as US Atty in Phila after Eilberg called Pres Carter urging his removal; Fed sources say they are investigating whether Eilberg's call is obstruction of justice and whether there are ties between charges leveled at Flood and actions of Eilberg; according to AP acct and Time's sources, following are key elements of Elko's charges: that Flood shared in payoffs that Elko was convicted of accepting; that $28,000 in payments were made to Elko to try to keep him from testifying about Flood; that 2 payments of $5,000 were made to ex-Repr Otto E Passman; Passman denies charge; that payment of $10,000 was made between '74 and '76 to Rabbi Lieb Pinter, head of B'Nai Torah Inst of Bklyn, reptdly in exch for Flood's intervention with Labor Dept in connection with training program; that $40,000 to $50,000 in stock in 1st Valley Bank of Penna was transferred to Flood in exch for his aid in effecting a merger; bank repr replies; that Dr Murdock Head, dir of Airlie House conf center in Warrenton, Va, paid $77,000 to Flood and Elko in exch for Flood's help in directing Fed funds to center; Head issues denial; Times' sources say Fed investigators are also checking following charges: that Flood accepted plane rides from defense contractor who has been linked with organized crime; that Flood carried secret payments to Caribbean in connection with business arrangement that Flood was trying to foster in Haiti; that Flood intervened with US Army to get it to buy coal from Penna mines owned by friend to fuel Army bases in West Ger; circumstances under which Elko was 'turned' as Govt witness noted; Flood por (L)