Appearance
1971Year excerpts from Feb 13, ‘65 State Dept cablegram to Amb Taylor on ‘Rolling Thunder’ (bombing of N Vietnam) decision
rept says message was drafted at White House White House Cable to Taylor On the Rolling Thunder Decision
1971Year Official US rept on smuggling at Tansonnhut Airport, Saigon, indicates smuggling has grown to such great dimensions that sole function of airport seems to be to aid smugglers to bring in contraband without hindrance
rept says minimum of $3.5-million is lost to Govt through connivivance of customs officials; other rept details; illus Saigon Airport a Smugglers' Paradise
1968Year Regional Plan Assn releases major study prepared by team headed by B T Bower saying 'ultimate solution' to growing problem of waste disposal is development of on-site systems to control wastes before they become pub burden
rept says more emphasis should be put on recycling into productive use waste that is now dumped on land, in water and air; says soc has few incentives to recycle wastes; suggests 'effluent charge' be levied to encourage waste reduction; other details; rept is co-sponsored by NYC Met Regional Council Report Urges Wastes Be Put to Productive Uses
1974Year Sen Watergate Com reveals John N Mitchell bypassed Justice Dept Antitrust Div 4 yrs ago and approved Howard Hughes purchase of Las Vegas casino-hotel, rept released June 22
rept says negotiations with Mitchell were conducted by Richard G Danner, who delivered $100,000 in Hughes funds to Charles G Rebozo; suggests connection between contribution and Mitchell's action; Hughes's acquisition of 6 Las Vegas hotels detailed; testimony of former Antitrust Div head Richard W McLaren noted; Mitchell illus (L) Ervin Staff Says Mitchell Bypassed Aides on Hughes
1974Year Task force apptd by Mayor Beame makes final rept on Tweed Courthouse, NYC, which recommends that bldg be razed and replaced with new office structure
rept says new bldg could be built for $12-million, about $5-million more than cost of renovation, but that annual savings in maintenance would offset extra capital expenditure; outlines of rept are disclosed by John T Carroll, city's Municipal Services Admr (M) DEMOLITION URGED OF TWEED COURT
1976Year NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt's office audit rept criticizes city school officials for continued laxity in controlling school-transportation costs and holds that Bd of Educ should pay back $4.1-million in improperly claimed state reimbursements
rept says no effective action has been taken 'on the whole' to correct conditions that allow subway and surface transit passes to be given to ineligible students and fail to collect such passes from students who graduate or drop out (S) Metropolitan Briefs