May 9, 1978

Will not seek re‐election (M)

CUNY, in tentative master plan for univ system, proposes indefinite postponement of implementation of previous $55 million master plan and closing Voorhees campus in Manhattan by consolidating it with main Bklyn campus (S)

David Berkowitz pleads guilty to 6 murder charges and 7 attempted murders and publicly affirms that he was gunman known as ‘Son of Sam’; guilty plea comes before 3 NYS Sup Ct justices from each boro in which murder took place; sentencing is scheduled for May 22; drawing (M)

Article on rules governing nepotism in US cos; notes that cos have no single approach to subject, with some dropping rules against employing spouses as old‐fashioned, and others adopting more stringent regulations in recent yrs as increasing number of women enter job mkt; new element in debate is complaint by feminists that strict prohibitions discriminate against women because majority of work force is male (M)

Transportation Sec Brock Adams, in proposal to Cong, recommends sweeping reductions in Amtrak service and employees in effort to trim line's escalating deficits and effect $118 million savings by '80; proposal calls for elimination of 8,100 miles of present system, principally in Dallas, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Nashville and Williamsburg, Va, and hundreds of jobs; operation within NE Corridor and service to 36 largest cities will be maintained; opposition is expected from legislators from affected communities; map of present and proposed routes; Adams illus (L)