July 26, 1975

Turkish Govt, holding legal validity for joint defense agreements with US has been lost, announces July 25 it will halt virtually all activities at Amer mil installations starting July 26; acts in retaliation for HR refusal to vote for resumption of arms shipments; says operations may continue only at Incirlik, which houses sqdn of F-4 fighter-bombers, but that it will allow only activities there on behalf of NATO; says Turkish armed forces will take full control of all installations whose activities are being suspended; acts despite personal message from Pres Ford to Premier Suleyman Demirel urging him not to take any drastic action; most important bases, at Karamursel, Sinop and Diyarbakir, are oriented more toward US than NATO defense needs, with prime mission of monitoring Soviet mil activities; Turkey seen under enormous pol pressure to retaliate against arms embargo though it values its NATO membeship and US 'nuclear umbrella'; Foreign Min Ihsan S Caglayangil comments; map (M)

NYC Sanitation Comr Robert Groh and other officials say garbage is piling up on streets at faster rate than expected, not only because of 14% reduction in work force, but also because of problems in redistributing remaining work force, deliberate slowdowns by some men and low morale; union pres John J DeLury denies slowdown and links erratic pick-ups to poor mgt; not all areas of city are as seriously affected as Bklyn; community reprs and residents from various neighborhoods and sanitationmen comment; illus (L)

Pres Ford on July 25 submits new plan for gradual rise in oil prices that would roll back to $11.50 a bbl maximum price of $13.50 that he proposed last wk for most crude oil producers, extend proposed period of decontrol to 39 mos and provide small initial increases so that there would be no significant price increases before '76 election; $11.50 ceiling would rise gradually to $13.45 in Nov '78; Ford seek 3-mo extension of law authorizing price controls; renews request for windfall profits tax on oil producers and tax rebates for individuals to compensate for price rises; omits earlier request for $2-a-bbl excise tax on domestic oil; Repr Thomas P O'Neill and other Dems oppose new plan; Fed Energy Admr Zarb says new plan will cause no price increases this yr; acknowledges Sen Henry M Jackson's point that Ford has authority to raise old oil prices without Cong approval but says Adm will not take that course; decontrol plan detailed; Ford acknowledges goal of reducing oil imports by 2-million bbls a day by end of '77 will slip into '78, even with new plan; Adm estimates imports will fall below what they otherwise would be by 270,000 bbls a day in '75, by 1,200,000 in '77, and by 1,770,000 in '78

MTA Chmn David L Yunich says auth's deficit projections indicate that bus and subway fares will immediately increase to 45c or 50c and probably rise again in '76; increase, in part necessitated by NYC's plan to reduce its payments to MTA because of its fiscal crisis, will affect 3.7 million daily subway riders and 2.4 million bus riders; Yunich says NYCTA will have $203.6-million shortage by June 30; (M)

Ford, after Turkish announcement it has decided to suspend mil activities at US bases, reads statement to newsmen expressing regret at Turkish action and holding it 'essential' that HR reverse itself and lift arms embargo; State Dept official says Adm is not likely to press for reversal until Sept, after Cong Aug recess; Sec Kissinger, in news conf before Turkish announcement, says both he and Ford pleaded personally to Premier Demirel to avoid precipitate action; Repr Zablocki, who supported Adm's effort to lift embargo, reads to HR news rept of Turkish announcement; Turkish action condemned by pro-Greek Reprs Dante B Fascell, John Brademas, Benjamin S Rosenthal and Paul S Sarbanes (M)