June 4, 1974

15-yr-old Stuyvesant HS (NYC) student Paul Zeitz scores highest in US on Mathematical Olympiad, 5-problem test of mathematical reasoning and ingenuity; Stuyvesant students Eric Lander and Jesse Deutsch score 5th and 14th respectively; Zeitz and Lander will be among 8 US team members competing in World Mathematical Olympiad in Erfurt (E Ger); Rutgers Univ Prof Samuel L Greitzer, who ran contest, and Zeitz comment; sample from test; Zeitz illus (M)

Agr Sec E L Butz says he finds himself 'playing pretty closely' with those Congressmen who support Pres Nixon against impeachment, response to questions at news conf; this is 1st public acknowledgment by a high-level Adm member of trend that has been apparent for some time: that policies and actions by exec branch are frequently shaped to appeal to pro-Nixon conservative bloc in Cong; he says he is not under pressure from White House to play impeachment pol and favor Nixon conservatives; praises Nixon; examples of Nixon's partiality to conservative bloc noted; Butz says he has been traveling widely recently and that he has detected 'very strong base of support' for Nixon among farmers and farm indus groups; says people outside Washington, DC, have little interest in Watergate scandals (M)

Israeli Parliament on June 3 endorses, 61-51 with 5 abstentions, new 3 party coalition govt headed by Yitzhak Rabin; coalition partners, Labor alignment, Ind Liberals and Civil Rights Movement, command 61 of 120-seat Parliament; Rabin's installation as Premier brings to end period of pol turmoil in Israel that began Dec 31, when Labor party won narrow plurality in natl elections; Rabin, in 1st major policy address, outlines Govt program similar in foreign and domestic policies of that of former Premeir Meir; Rabin and his Govt pay courtesy call on Pres Ephraim Katzir; Mordechai Ben-Porat is only Labor defection during parliamentary endorcement of coalition; is expected to resign his seat soon (M)

dirs of Lockheed Aircraft Corp and Textron Inc on June 3 tentatively approve top-level mgt change at Lockheed as part of sweeping overhaul of financially-ailing co; under plan, in which Textron will invest $85-million in Lockheed stock, Textron chmn G William Miller will become Lockheed's chmn and chief exec officer, succeeding Daniel J Haughton, who will become vice chmn; plan will require change in Lockheed's accounting policy under which approximately $300-million in nonrecurring development and initial-production costs will be written off against '74 income; will also require firm commitments from airlines for purchase of 45 additional L-1011 Tristar jetliners; Treas Sec Simon says agreement is 'key milestone' in Lockheed's efforts to improve its long-term viability; Lockheed's financial problems revd (L)

Sen-HR conferees to consider proposed conf agreement on ways to drastically overhaul way Cong considers Fed budget and decides where money is to be spent; measure, if approved by conferees and ratified by both chambers, would mark srongest Cong effort in yrs to assert more control over natl-spending priorities and Fed budget; still unresolved is final wording of language that would restrict power of Pres to impound funds appropriated by Cong; legis would change start of Govt's fiscal yr to Oct 1 from July 1 starting in '76; would create new budget coms in both chambers to oversee both expenditures and revenues; and estab Cong budget office to provide Cong with kind of expertise that exec branch now has in Mgt and Budget office; Cong member say they expect Pres Nixon to sign bill (M)