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WASHINGTON, June 26--Congress completed and sent to the White House today the huge synthetic fuels bill that would create a Federal corporation to speed distillation of crude oil from tar sands, oil shale and coal.

"It's a very sad subject," John Wenzel said of the series of layoffs he has overseen in recent months. "I'd just as soon not discuss it." He paused, reconsidered, and told the telephone caller, "Well, all right, come out tomorrow."

Douglas LaChance, president of the newspaper deliverers union, was sentenced to 12 years and fined $100,000 yesterday on charges that he had obtained $330,000 in illegal payoffs from several companies that deliver newspapers in the New York area.

The principal of Stuyvesant High School has denied diplomas to two graduating seniors accused of cheating on the Regents examinations and invalidated the test scores of five juniors at the elite high school.

WASHINGTON, June 26--Seven out of 10 Americans believe that, given a choice between higher unemployment or cheaper foreign goods, it is more important to protect jobs, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll.

Esmark Inc., the conglomerate that developed out of Swift Company, the nation's third-largest and one of its oldest meatpackers, said yesterday that it planned to discontinue or sell twothirds of Swift's operations.

A black teacher walked into a Brooklyn classroom on the first day of his career six years ago, confident that he could breathe educational excitement into the lives of the black and Hispanic children who stared back at him.

WASHINGTON, June 26--Senate Democrats, fearful that yesterday's Republican call for immediate action on a tax cut could hurt them politically, said today that they would produce their own tax-reduction proposal by Sept. 3.

LONDON, June 26--Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, released a study today that called for a major overhaul of the exchange's self-regulatory system, greater scrutiny of the financial dealings of its members and the elimination of a measure that has blocked American brokers from participating significantly in the market here.

WIMBLEDON, England, June 26-- Jimmy Connors was confident, and Billie Jean King was calmer than she ever had been at Wimbledon, but Pam Shriver was so nervous she could barely hold her oversized tennis racquet today.

LONDON, June 26--The political turmoil that has gripped Libya since January is also creating a major upheaval in the economy of the country, a major producer of oil.

France's test of a neutron bomb and a possibility that the weapon might be produced and deployed could have significant impact on the balance of military power in Europe.