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Young Revealed Urban League, NAACP 'Had a Man' in Lagos Young's body comes home, D2 One day before he died in Legos last Thursday Whitney M. Young Jr. had a conversation uith John Stremlau, a 27-year-old graduate student from Meriden, ho is working on a doctoral dissertation in Nigeria. The following story written for the Associated Press is based on notes Stremlau took at the time. LAGOS, Nigeria "Black leaders in America are showing a new sophistication about African problems," Whitney M.

Young Jr. said, relaxing easily in an armchair, a cigarette in one hand, a glass of cola in the other. "I'm really impressed with the excitement that has been generated by these sessions," he added, referring to the dialogues between prominent Africans and Americans that were being held in the building where we spoke. "The black congressmen here will go back and communicate African interests to their constituents. "For too long blacks in America have been misinformed about Africa," Young said.

"We can't trust the press and we can't trust the government to keep us informed." Speaking of the Nigerian civil war. Young revealed that his Urban League and the Nation--al Association for the Advancement of Colored People had maintained a representative in Lagos with close ties to the federal military government to supply independent informa tion on the course of the struggle. Young, like many other activist black Americans, said he considered the Biafran secession to be heavily dependent on foreign interests that would stand to benefit from a further subdivision of Africa. "I went to the Congo during the early '60s," Young said, alluding to another case of secession in Africa. "I was for Nigeria in the civil war, because I'm against the Balkanization of Africa." "In the earlier days the black community in America was too apathetic, too involved in its own problems to think about Africa," Young said.

"But now some of the leaders some of the congressmen are here, talking to Afri cans, and now we can take the message back home to the people. We're more confident about what we're talking about." In addition to Young, Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), civil rights leaders Bayard Rustin, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and John Lewis, and Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton all blacks attended the four days of "dialogue" under the aegis of the African-American Institute of New York City. "Blacks in America can help Africans in the same kinds of ways that Jews in America have been helping Israel," Young said, picking up a theme that was amply debated during the closed-door sessions of the conference.

WHITNEY YOUNG 'mmbxjm Awards ID Beac The Palm ost WEATHER Slight chance of afternoon showers. High 85, low 63. Details, D2 Pyle Kennedy Pulitzer 44 PAGES-: -PRICE TEN CENTS WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1971 VOL. LXIII, NO. 21 Reds Hint At Station In Space MOSCOW (UPI) The chief designer of Soviet spacecraft indicated yesterday the Soviet Union may be about to try assembling the first manned orbital station in space.

"It seems to me very expedient to build in the near future an orbital station in space near the earth that would operate for a long time," the unidentified chief designer told the newspaper Socialist Industry. The Soviets do not disclose publicly the name of their chief spacecraft designer, on the ground of national security. It was not until the previous chief designer, Sergei Korolev, died in 1966 that it was revealed he had designed the Vostok and Vosh-kod spaceships. "The flight of Soyuz 9 that lasted almost 18 days was an important practical step in this direction," the chief designer said. "A time will come when manned Soviet research laboratories will exist in orbits around the earth." The tone of the long interview indicated the Soviet Union couid soon launch its first manned space vehicle since Soyuz 9 rocketed into orbit last June 1.

That flight tested man's ability to survive long periods in space, a vital factor in the construction and manning of orbital stations. Previous Soyuz flights tested techniques for space construction, including welding methods, docking and navigation. In recent weeks the Soviet Union has launched five unmanned sputniks in its mysterious Cosmos series, at least two of which might be component parts for an orbital station. The chief designer called Soyuz "the basic machine which still has much work to do on near-earth orbits. It has a long way to go before retirement.

"A time will come when a man, say, will set out on a journey to Mars," he said. "But before that, it is necessary to explore thoroughly outer space near earth and the moon." -4 1 Aq ill ailiiiiililHt Staff Photos by Jose More Laurie Sanford, In The Confusion Of The Jaycees Mutt Derby, Misses Her Dog, Pebbles, And Panics. A Happy Ending, Dl States, Cities Fight Unlimited Growth anced tripod economy," he said. "Agriculture is first, followed by tourism and industry. "Palm Beach County mirrors the state's economy.

It is the nation's fourth largest agricultural county, is world-renowned for its tourist resorts and its industries com prise many of the nation's 'blue chip' companies." But permanent population increases, he said, imperil that balance and Palm Beach County and Florida "would do well to maintain its present level of economy." Turn to UNLIMITED, A12, Col. 1 Thomas said last month: "Florida no longer desires to be known as the fastest growing state in the union. We have our hands full taking care of over 6.8 million permanent residents without encouraging more." "Florida maintains a delicately bal By STEVEN V. ROBERTS (c) New York Times SALEM, Ore. Oregon's Gov.

Tom McCall often tells people, "Come and visit us again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live." In Florida, state Senate President Jerry Mideast On the European Elections Berlin Vote Cuts French Balloting Brandt Margin Favors Gaullists Israeli Pullout U.N. Delegate Called U.S. Aim Speaks Here I jj it- From Post Wire Services The United States has promised Egypt to actively seek complete Israeli withdrawal from all Egyptian territory captured in the 1967 war, diplomatic sources in Cairo said yesterday while, in Israel, Premier Golda Meir defended her actions against political foes, who claimed she proposed a border settlement contrary to Israel's interests. The Cairo sources said the United States did not rule out minor adjustments in other Arab-Israeli borders.

They said the U.S. pledge was relayed to the Egyptian mission in Washington within the past few days by Joseph Sisco, assistant undersecretary of state. They said a similar promise was made by U.N. Mediator Gunnar V. Jarring in New York.

The sources said Sisco said the United States envisions minor adjustments in the borders between Israel and Jordan and Syria but feels all occupied Egyptian territory should be returned. And in Washington yesterday, Sen. Jacob K. Javits said the State Department has been nudging Israel a little too hard to accept a settlement. He said it appears to be the department view but not President Nixon's, the United States and Israel should accept a treaty on the basis of "Wrap it up, and let's get it over with, and take this deal which is essentiajly a paper prom- ise.

Egypt. Turn to ISRAELI, A9, Col. 1 The head of the Palestinian Arab delegation to the United Nations yesterday told a group in Palm Beach of an international "Jewish plot" to control both the Mideast and the United States. Issa Nakhleh, speaking at the home of Countess Francesco Guardabassi, 127 Dunbar Road, said, "The Zionists are working behind the scenes in this country to involve you in the Mideast war." His speech was before a private meeting, to whic.i the press was not invited. "There is a 90 per cent chance of war in the Middle East," he said, "and the United States will be actively involved because Zionist pressure groups control both the legislative and executive branches of the government." Since becoming a U.N.

delegate in 1947, Nakhleh said, he has seen "the Jews complete their domination of Congress, ihey now control 80 per cent of the senators and congressmen." That remark was greeted by enthusiastic applause from the audience of nearly 100. And the Jews control the executive branch of government, he explained, by "implanting important officials in the White House, and the State Department. The decisions made by these men consider only the interests of the international Zionists," Nakhleh said. According to the U.N. delegate, all of the information distributed in this country about the Mideast war is "false." Turn to U.N.

BERLIN (AP) Chancellor Willy Brandt's Social Democrats barely retained their absolute majority yesterday in a West Berlin municipal election Brandt had called a "yes or no" test of his policy for better relations with Eastern Europe. The Social Democrats dropped eight city parliament seats, ending up with 50.4 per cent of the vote and 73 seats in the 138-member parliament. Brandt's party has held an absolute majority in West Berlin since 1958. Brandt himself was mayor of West Berlin for 10 years, 'and campaigned in the city several times. The election attracted 88.9 per cent of the 1,659,806 eligible voters, including 120,000 young people who cast ballots for the first time since 18-year-olds were given the vote.

The totals were: Social Democrats, 50.4 per cent of the vote and 73 seats, down 6.5 per cent and 8 seats from the 1967 election. Christian Democrats, 38.2 per cent and 54 seats, up 5.3 per cent and 7 seats. Free Democrats, Brandt's coalition partners, 8.5 per cent and 11 seats, up 1.4 per cent and 2 seats. The small Communist party, calling itself the Socialist Unity party of West Berlin, again was shut out of the city governing body. Its 2.3 per cent of vote was lesil than the 5 per cent required to seat a party in parliament.

From Post Wire Services PARIS French voters shifted toward the government majority yesterday in nationwide municipal elections. The turnout was reduced by lack of interest in many towns, and by dark, drizzly weather over most of the country. Political trends were hazy because of local considerations, but the Communists and Socialists seemed to be holding their own. Government parties were picking up 10-20 per cent over results of the last municipal elections in 1965. Suffering from the squeeze, were centrist elements opposing the Gaullist government.

The elections are the first held in the municipalities since the demise of Charles de Gaulle as a political force. De Gaulle resigned the presidency in April 1969. He died last November. President Georges Pompidou, a Gaullist, was elected president soon after De Gaulle's resignation. Some 500,000 municipal councillors from 38,000 towns and villages in France and overseas dependencies were being elected.

Candidates getting a majority were immediately elected. Where no one got a majority, a runoff will be held next week. Premier Jacques' Chabai-Delmas and several Cabinet ministers won election against opposition tickets. aP Wirephoio VICTORIOUS SMILE Arnold Palmer grins after be won the Florida Citrus Invitational in Orlando yesterday with a 270 total. He defeated veteran Julius Boros by one stroke.

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