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WASHINGTON (A") - Sen. Edward
Kennedy said yesterday nearly half the
money allocated for U.S. relief opera-
tions in Laos actually is being spent to
support Laotian military activities sup-
ervised by the Central Intelligence
Agency.
The funds involved in what Ken-
nedy called "a drainoff" amount to $27.4
million spent over the past four years.
"The U.S. aid mission has been a cov-
er for supplying paramilitary person-
nel of the Laotian army," the Massa-
chusetts Democrat said.
However, the Agency for International
Development said only "a relatively
small percentage of refugees" aided in
Laos are men who have been engaged
in warfare there, and a larger percent-
age are dependents of the fighting men.
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Kennedy based his statement on a
secret General Accounting Office report
which he said fully documents inde-
pendent finding of his senate subcom-
mittee on refugees.
He said the diversion did not include
weapons or other purely military sup-
plies, but rather, food, drugs, medical
equipment and other supplies and serv-
ices.
"The Agency for International Devel-
opment is aware of this, and tolerates
it," Kennedy said in issuing a sum-
mary of the censored GAO report. The
GAO is an independent investigating
agency responsible to Congress.
An AID spokesman explained the sit-
uation by saying that some Laotians
who have fought against Communist
forces could receive funds since they
may qualify as refugees.
"A relatively small percentage of re-
fugees are irregular or paramilitary
forces Who, because they have been dis-
placed and are needy are therefore as
much refugees as other Laotians who
have not been engaged in the fighting,"
he said.
"A larger percentage of the total are
dependents of such people.
"When Lao people need to be eva-
cuated from areas of fighting or given
food or other supplies, AID does not ex-
clude from assistance those who have
been or may in the future be engaged
in fighting against North Vietnamese or
Communist Pathet Lao."
Kennedy said he believes supplies and
services siphoned out of the aid program
represent the primary source of U.S.
support for Laotian military and para-
military, or irregular, forces, and for
their dependents.
The report Kennedy summarized con-
centrated on the AID village assistance
program as one from which funds are
being used "to support CIA military ac-
tivities."
That project supports dispensaries and
hospitals, and received $.4 million in
AID funds over the past six years.
Kennedy said 46 per cent of the
money was used in support of Laotian
fighting units.
CIA activities in the past have come
under congressional scrutiny for their
activities in foreign countries where they
have often been charged with engineer-
ing right-wing coups.
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ROLLS ROYCE WORKERS appealed to the British government
yesterday to take over manufacture of the luxury automobile that
has become "a symbol of Britain."
The failure of the company, which was forced into receivership
Thursday as a result of skyrocketing costs in the development of an
engine for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, has threatened the jobs
of more than 40,000 workers.
Government officials have stated the manufacture of the Rolls,
Royce automobile would be sold to a private bidder, even though that
division turned in profits last year. General Motors has reportedly
indicated an interest in the car division.
In Washington, Lockheed's board chairman met with the U.S.
Deputy Secretary of Defense to discuss his company's financial situa-
tion. Lockheed has decided to accept a $200 million loss instead of
taking the matter of the cancelled Rolls Royce contract into litigation.
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A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE has left at least ten persons killed in G Jimmy Carter of Georgia, desri
Tuscania, Italy, and more than 80 injured.
Officials fear the death toll will rise even further as hundreds of moderate Southern politician, says t
rescue workers dig through the rubble searching for trapped victims of
yesterday's quake.
One witness said that the buildings in the center of town fell "like a NIXON DISAGREES:
deck of cards." Officials reported severe damage to many of the build-.
ings of Tuscania, which is famed for its ancient walls, towers and
fountains. P nl rges
THE NICARAGUAN RED CROSS began setting up tents yes-
terday as temporary housing for more than 1,000 persons forced
from their homes by ashes thrown by the Cerro Negro Volcano eX ec utiv
near the city of Leon.
The ash rain from the volcano has continued for four days. Fami- WASHINGTON (/-The na- ed
lies have been forced to evacuate the area, and power installations have tion's social and economic aid we
been knocked out. could be distributed more effec- solN
Red Cross Director Ricardo Bernadez said patrols have been sent tively by making major changes tha
into the area to warn families to evacuate. in government o r g a n i z a- day
tion, President Nixon was told I
AN EXILED BRAZILIAN terrorist was shot to death yesterday in a study team's report releas- cou
ed yesterday. rec
after returnng to Brazil illegally. In a highly critical analysis of is"
Alves Coqueiro, one of 40 political prisoners exchanged last June the way executive agencies are prii
for West German Ambassador Ehrenfried von Hollenben, was found formed and perform, a presi- izat
dead in a Rio apartment. dential panel urged restructur- whi
A note released by the Ministry of the Army said that Coqueiro, ing five departments and four hin
who was banished from the country and forbidden to return, "reacted independent agencies into pur- H
violently to arrest orders, and was killed on the spot." pose-oriented departments of be
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velopment, and economic growth rec
EDWARD GIEREK appears to have further secured his new and productivity. the
position as Poland's Communist party chief. "We are well aware that cou
In an unprecedented move,. a member of the ruling Politboro pro- sweeping organizational chang- I
posed on nation-wide television that it was "desirable" to hold the es are difficult to accomplish me
party's six congress earlier than 1972. This would enable Gierek to and not to be undertaken light- pro
install his own men in the Central Committee that much sooner. ly," reported the advisory coun- tio
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bed as a symbol of the new,
that the race question has
didates in the South.
revision
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believe that they will not
ve the management problems
at challenge government to-
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n making public the Ash
ncil's detailed review and
ommendations .Nixon said he
"in basic agreement with the
nciples of government organ-
tion expressed' in the report
ich had b e e n presented to
m last Nov. 19.
owever, he said, "There will
differences between t h e
cific legislation which I will
ommend to the Congress and
proposals made by the Ash
ncil."
During his State of the Union
ssage - Jan. 22, the President
iposed a Cabinet reorganiza-
a retaining the Departments
State, Defense, Treasury, and
stice but consolidating the
t into departments of human
ources, community develop-
nt, natural resources.
Abortions near
births in N Y.C.
NEW YORK (A' -- A recorded total of 69,000 women -
half from outside the state - received abortions in New York
City during the first six months of the liberalized state abor-
tion law, health officials said yesterday. The number of live
births was 77,000 during the period - about normal.
"What the figures indicate is that we have succeeded in
sharply reducing the number of illegal abortions," Gordon
Chase, head of the Health Services Administration, told a
news conference.
"Both from that standpoint and the performance of hos-
pitals and clinics in handling - -V-
abortions, we're optimistic
about the way the program Y
has developed and stands to-
day," he said.
Calculating on the basis of plan rejected
deaths occurring under legal aus-
pices as otherrcountries do, the
rate in New York City was 8 per
100,000-compared with 17 per
100,000 in Great Britain during the
first year of legal abortions and 40 By The Associated Press
per 100,000 in Scandinavia, he said. T h e simmering Arab - Israeli
Chase said the supply of doctors crisis continued to give little evi-
and hospital facilities to handle dence of settlement in the near
abortions proved ample through- future though the opposing groups
out the period, with operations per- agreed to a cease fire extension
formed at private hospitals, volun- this week.
tary hospitals, special city approv- Yesterday, Egypt accused Israel
ed clinics and municipal hospitals, of rejecting "the last chance for
the latter providing free abortions peace in the Middle East."
to women unable to pay a basic fee Egyptian government spokes-
of $160. man Munir Hafez said Israel had
In 1968, the number of legal turned down President Anwar
abortionsin all 50 states totaled Sadat's proposal to reopen t he
16,600. Since then, liberalized abor- Suez Canal in return for a partial
tion laws have been adopted in withdrawal of Israeli forces from
several states. the waterway's eastern bank.
The number of abortions per- Sadat made the offer Thursday
formed throughout New York State in a speech accepting a new 30-
since July 1 has not yet been de- day extension of the Mideast
termined. cease-fire that would have expir-
The New York law makes no re- ed at midnight Friday.
strictions on abortions except that Hafez said Israeli Premier Gol-
they must be performed within the da Meir rejected Sadat's "Egypt-
first 24 weeks of pregnancy, uniess ian initiative" in an interview
a mother's life is at stake, and girls Mrs. Meir said in the interview
16 and under who live with their there was "nothing astonishing"
parents must have parental con- about Sadat wanting Israeli troops
sent. to pull back from the canal.
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