April 14, 1975

Right-wing Lebanese Phalangist party gunmen on Apr 13 open fire on bus filled with Palestinian militants, killing 22; incident occurs during opening of Christian eh by followers of Pierre Gemayel, leader of Phalangist party, which opposes Palestinian guerrilla presence in Lebanon; bus reptdly was coming from rally organized by guerrilla group to celebrate 1st anniversary of guerrilla attack on Israeli town of Qiryat Shemona; Phalangist party member is later killed in same neighborhood by shots fired from passing auto; shooting is reptd near 2 Palestinian camps in Beirut; PLO calls emergency meeting; PLO chmn Yasir Arafat sends messages to Arab leaders accusing party of being 'used by imperialism and Zionism' to promote crisis between Palestinians and Lebanese pol forces (M)

Community leaders contend declining econ and continued tension in Middle East have served in recent mos to strengthen tics between blacks and Jews in US; number of confs and joint statements by established black and Jewish leaders aimed at increasing cooperation between 2 groups follow period of tension in black-Jewish relations, particularly over minority-hiring programs; period of greatest strain was precipitated by law suit by Jewish student Marco De Funis Jr, who was denied admission to Washington Univ Law School, although ho argued that he ranked higher than 25% of students admitted, all of them blacks and minority members, current ed in NY Amsterdum News urges black-Jewish cooperation; recalls Jewish participation in black civil rights movement; Amer Jewish Com race relations dir Harry Fleischman hails ed; NYC Humans Rights Chmn Eleanor Holmes Norton says strains in black-Jewish relations are exaggerated (M)

survey of US arms exports in fiscal '74 notes Israel placed order for $2.1-billion in mil aid and received $985-million in mil sales; chart (M)

Communist forces renew assault on Xuan Loc and shell Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in heaviest fighting since '72 offensive; Saigon mil spokesman says 285 N Vietnamese were killed in fighting, for total of 1,635 Communists killed since Apr 9; strategic importance of Can Tho noted; mil officials rept 9 persons killed and 42 wounded in shelling that left 50 homes destroyed; N Vietnamese troops launch series of assaults in Phong Dinh Prov; Govt continues to claim heavy toll of N Vietnamese troops trying to cut Route 4; Saigon command says troops have thwarted at least 7 Communist assaults in northern Dinh Tuong and southern Long An provs; repts more than 150 Communists killed, with Govt casualties put at less than 10; possibility that Govt body counts of Communists troops killed are exaggerated noted; fighting continues in Phan Thiet; relative calm in Saigon noted; illus; map (L)

Illus of estimated 100,000 persons at Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC, after march down 5th Av in support of Soviet Jews