May 27, 1975

EEC foreign mins agree to intensify trade and aid relations with Portugal as long as such a move seems helpful in maintaining democracy there, Dublin meeting; agree in principle to discuss econ aid at requested meeting with Portuguese Foreign Min; acting EEC pres Garrett Fitzgerald (Ireland) will sound out Portuguese leaders on aid; EEC approach seen in marked contrast to that taken by US Pres Ford recently when he questioned Portugal's role in NATO if it becomes Communist-controlled; NATO diplomats' opinion of 'negative' US attitude toward Portugal cited; insistence of some EEC countries, especially West Ger, that any special aid be tied to maintenance of democracy will be played down by FitzGerald (M)

Jon Nordheimer, in 1st of series of articles following selected Vietnamese refugees through various stages of adjustments to US life, describes plight of Doan Trieu Dac, his wife and 6 children who have been temporarily quartered at Camp Pendleton (Calif); illus (L)

Pres Ford, in TV address on May 27, is expected to announce rise in oil import fee and may even initiate gradual elimination of price controls (S)

Lebanon's mil Cabinet resigns on May 26 after 3 days of continuing fighting between Phalangist party and armed Moslems, including Palestinian guerrillas; Pres Suleiman Franjieh asks Cabinet headed by Brig Gen Nureddin Rifai to continue in caretaker capacity until cabinet with parliamentary support can be formed; repts and newspaper estimates indicate that about 50 people were killed and 200 wounded in last wk; Franjieh meets with Moslem pol leaders, including 3 former Premiers, Saeb Salam, Rashid Karami and Abdullah Yaffi, as well as Kamal Jumblatt, Druse who leads Natl Progressive Front; at issue is formation of cabinet with parliamentary support under Sunni Moslem Premier; Karami has been proposed by caucus of Moslem leaders; by tradition, Lebanese Premier is always Moslem while Pres is Maronite Christian; principal Christian leaders, including Pierre Gemayel, have indicated that they would prefer Salam; Phalangist party has been trying to force Franjieh and mil to take stand against Palestinian guerrillas; they want guerrillas, with their heavy arms, placed under Lebanese Army's control; Palestinians charge that during recent fighting some army units, predominantly under command of Christian officers, took part in attacks on Tal al-Zataar refugee camp; illus (M)

John J Marchi, Roy M Goodman and William T Conklin, Repub State Sens from NYC, oppose expected attempt by Mayor Beame to postpone for 4th time submission of proposed city budget; renew their call for extensive spending cuts; Sen majority leader Warren M Anderson spokesman says extension of deadline is not unreasonable if cuts are made; extension will be just 1 of 3 interlocking issues that Beame, Gov Carey and Anderson will discuss; other issues are state help in bridging city's $1-billion cash needs and aid and taxes package; Sens John E Flynn, Frank Padavan and William T Conklin comment; police officials have been asked to submit $70-million in spending deductions to Budget Bur; hope to keep loss of uniformed posts to 2,000; Health and Hosps Corp pres Dr John L S Holloman makes no estimate of impact of Beame's latest budget-cut request because it came on day his dirs bd voted to cut $57-million in response to earlier mayoral demand; Finance Adm 1st Deputy Admr Harry Tishelman comments (L)