The .Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXV, No. 35-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, June 25, 1975 Sixteen Pages Over 100 killed in jet crash a ~~ uenug Lightning possible NEW YORK (IP: - An Eastern Airlines 727 jetliner coming in for a landing in a thunderstorm crashed and burned just short of Kennedy airport Tuesday, killing more than 101 persons aboard. With 115 passengers and eight crew members aboard,, the plane was on a nonstop flight from New Orleans. AT LEAST two eyewitnesses reported seeing light- ning strike the aircraft just before it tore through three landing approach light stanchions and plowed into an ares of parkland north of the airport. As it skidded along the ground, the big airliner spun across heavily travelled Rockaway Boulevard, but did not strike any vehicles. Then it flipped upside down. "It was full of smoke, people were screaming and yelling," said the first doctor to reach the wreckage. The death toll approached in magnitude the 1t1 per- sons killed when an Alaska Airlines 727 struck a moun- tain near Juneau in 1971 in one of the nation's worst single plane disasters. See NEW, Page FIRE FIGHTERS work around a ragged piece of the fuselage of an Eastern Airlines 727 jet that crashed during a heavy rainstorm yesterday near Kennedy Al rport in New York while en route from New Orleans. More than 100 persons were reported killed. US ok'd wiretaps without warrants WASHINGTON IP) - Atty. Geo. Ed- Kennedy released the contents of ward Levi said yesterday the Justice Levi's letter without commenting. Oepartment authorized warrantless na- tional security wiretaps on 141 persons THE ATTORNEY general gave tbese. last year, a significant increase over the totals of the nttmber of subjects of average during the previous five years. telephone wiretapping over the past sixt In addition, he said, FBI agents, again years: 1969, 113; 1970, 90; 1971, 17; 1972, acting with the attorney general's ex- 1,2 1973, 116; 1974, 149. press and required approval, installed He gave these totals of the subjects bidden listening devices to pick up con- of microphone surveillance: 1969, 14; versations of an additional 32 persons. 1976, 19; 1971, 16; 1972, 31; 1973, 31; 1974, IN A letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy, (0-Mass.), chairman of a Judiciary sub-. cotnmittee concerned with wiretapping and other forms of electronic surveil- lance, Levi echoed his predecessors in saying such practices are legal. "Based on an examination of the rele- vant precedents, it is the position of the D~epartment of Justice that the execo- thve may conduct electronic surveillance in the interests of national security and fsreign intelligence, and in aid of his conduct of the nation's foreign affairs, without obtaining a judicial warrant," Levi said. On vacation Don't be surprised if you don't get your copy of The Daily tomorrow be- cause we're going on vacation for the next 11 days-publication will resume on July 1 and will continue through Aug. 20 for summer term. Call 764- 0551 for subscription information. If, on the other hand, you would like In join our staff as a writer for news, editorial or arts-stop by our second flodr offices at 420 Maynard St. any- time next term. 32. Ouring the first four months of 1975 the maximum number of telephone wire- taps in operation at any one time was 91 and the minimum was 67, Levi said. He said the maximum number of micro- phone surveillances in operation was 20 and the minimum was 9. ON APRIL 1, 1975, there were 75 tele- phone and 15 microphone surveillances in operation, Levi said. The attorney general made the report one day after a U. S. Court of Appeals declared that a national security claim does not justify tapping the telephones of domestic organizations without a war- "These figures do not, of course, in- dicate the number of persons whose con- versations were intercepted, but rather only the number of subjects to whom the surveillance was directed," Levi wrote. Kennedy said he will schedule an early hearing to explore the situation and to develop legislation setting standards and limitations in the, field of warrant- less wiretapping. "Both the Congress and the adminis- tration must work to develop and publi- cize safeguards in order to allay the fears and sulpicions of widespread, un-. restrained governmental intrusions into the private lives of our citizens," Ken- nedy said., SAMORA MOISES Machel, the new president of now-independent Mozambique, expresses obvious delight as he is greeted at Lourenco Marques airport. The East African nation is ending 500 years of Portuguese colonial rule. Mzamiuebcomes an independent nation LOURENCO MARQUES, Mozambique I/Pi - The East African territory of Mo- zambique became an independent na- tion yesterday at midnight after nearly five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule. More than 50,000 exuberant Mozam- bicans at Machava football stadium watched as the red and green flag of Portugal was lowered for the last time. It was replaced by the national flag of Mozumbique whose green, white, black and yellow etripes and red triangle hung limp in the sultry African night under the glare of powerful floodlights. MOZAMBIQUE, the 43rd independent state in Africa since colonial flags first begun to fall, will be officially known as the People's Republic of Mozam- bique, reflecting the revolutionary so- cialism of the country's new leadership. Samora Moises Machel, the bearded 41-year-old revolutionary leader of this nation of 8%/ million, will be officiall sworn is as president this morning. Machel fought a 10-year guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial forces. On Monday he staged a triumphant return to Lourenco Marques where he was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering Africans. HUNDREDS of delegates from other African states, Third World and Com- munist countries were on band for the See MOZAMBIQUE, Page 7