July 31, 1975

Article on increasing number of false fire alarms in NYC; notes Fire Comr John T O'Hagan says manpower-strapped Fire Dept might soon stop responding to voice boxes which have high percentage of fake calls; says departmental statistics reveal record of 97,265 false alarms in 1st 6 mos of yr compared with 92,689 valid calls; cites areas of Harlem, Lower East Side, South Bronx, Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick and Jamaica, Queens with largest volumes of false alarms; installation of voice boxes in '71 sought to deter false alarms, but numbers increased; chart shows number of NYC fire and false alarm calls (M)

Waldheim addresses Eur security conf in Helsinki, Finland

Pres Ford tells Soviet leaders during meeting in Helsinki that recently-completed Apollo-Soyuz project 'is indicative of the progress we've been making' (S)

Munic Assistance Corp bonds rise sharply in price on Jan 30 as dealers indicate that many investors have been encouraged by news repts of progress in city's efforts to untangle its fiscal affairs; bond specialist associated with corp cautions that any 'euphoria' reflected in price increases might be short-lived and did not necessarily mean that there will be mkt for future issues of corp bonds (M)

Portuguese Brig Gen Otelo Savraiva de Carvalho, upon returning to Portugal after wk in Cuba, warns opponents of mil Govt that they face repressive measures; it is not clear whether Carvalho is speaking in name of nation's mil rulers or whether he is making statement intended to bolster his position in junta; calls Portuguese Socialist party 'strongest enemy of left'; notes that he used to be on friendly relations with Socialist leader Mario Soares; speaks enthusiastically about Cuban revolution, saying he has learned lessons on trip that he hopes can be applied in Portugal; High Council of Revolution to meet to consider whether to ratify assumption of full pol and mil powers by 3-man junta; mil source within council says about 1/2 council members oppose junta; left-wing radicals are expected to win approval of junta, which could lead to resignation of council members; Premier Vasco dos Santos Goncalves reptdly has conferred with wide range of pol figures, including Socialists and middle-of-the road Popular Dems; parties have banned their members from taking part in Govt; several ind left-wing politicians have also refused to join Cabinet, asserting that Goncalves is unable to unite mil and country behind him; Goncalves' Cabinet is virtually complete and will include strong majority of Communists or Communist sympathizers; illus of Carvalho being welcomed by Alvaro Cunhal (M)