August 10, 1975

NY Times survey on ch-state legal conflicts discusses ch-state mixes that are clear violations of the law and those that are of debatable legality; says they are usually not challenged (L)

NY Times survey has found growing number of voluntary educ efforts by radio, TV and schools to help Amers understand metric system; US, only major country in world that is not using metric system, is expected to 'gradually' convert in next few yrs; changes throughout US noted; illus (L)

Munic Assistance Corp appeals formally to Fed Govt to take over cost of welfare in NYC as essential step to restoring solvency to city's fiscal affairs; corp dirs, hoping to capitalize on their prestige and authority as nonpartisan panel drawn heavily from business community, have approved idea of submitting plan for take-over, long advocated by both Mayor Beame and Gov Carey but opposed by Repubs in Washington; corp financial adviser Felix G Rohatyn expresses hope that plan could be drawn up and presented jointly by city and state; in another fiscal development, Councilman Edward L Sadowsky announces that his Com on Charter and Govt Operations will seek testimony from city's major tax delinquents, as well as Finance Adm officials, on growing problem of uncollected real-estate taxes; notes that adm has reptd that uncollected taxes over last 5 yrs totaled $500-million (M)

French Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing announces, Aug 9, that France will no longer sell arms 'having continental use' to South Africa, joint news conf with Zaire Pres Mobutu Sese Seko, Kinshasa (Zaire); says suspension of arms sales will apply to weapons for army and air force, but not to submarines or ships for use 'on open sea'; says sales of other types of vessels will be examined; says decision is pol one; says he joins Pres Mobuto in 'absolute condemnation' of South Africa's apartheid policy; warns against describing French action as 'embargo,' meaning suspension would last for only limited period; France has been major source of arms for South Africa; some of arms sold to South Africa described; US and GB refuse to sell arms to South Africa; illus of Presidents Mobutu and Giscard attending reception in Kinshasa (S)

Pres Ford hails Apollo astronauts at ceremonies in White House rose garden; presents each with NASA's Distinguished Service Medal; illus (S)

Controversial study, prepared for NYC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council at cost of $819,000 in public funds by criminologist Robert Fishman, brands city's multi-million-dollar criminal rehabilitation and prison alternative programs 'a failure' and warns that these efforts may be adding to crime problem rather than reducing crime; rept discloses that within 1 yr of entering these programs, 41% of enrolled adults and juveniles had been arrested again at least once and many were accused of major offenses; rept, recommending that these kinds of rehabilitation programs be discontinued, urges city to consider 'preventive detention' for persons accused of violent crimes and swifter trials as more practical alternatives to halting steady increase in crime; study's findings and recommendations listed; criticism of study noted; Benjamin Altman, council's chmn, says he has doubts about rept's findings and plans to appt study croup to further rev diversion projects (M)

Mereworth Castle in Kent; Tajir also bought castle in Scotland; Arabs are also prominent among patients of private physicians and private hospitals; Arab oil-producing nations reptdly hold $7.5-billion in Brit Govt stocks, Treas bills and sterling deposits; Arabs have also displaced Amers as highest rollers in London's many casinos; new night club, Omar Khayyam, has taken over Regent St premises of place called Copacabana; illus of Arab shoppers on Oxford St in London (L)

Israeli and US officials say 4-man Israeli team will begin talks in Washington soon on Israel's request for $700-million in econ assistance; heading Israeli team will be Arnon Gafni, dir gen of Finance Min (S)

Widespread rioting erupts in Belfast on Aug 8, leaving 1 person dead and 40 injured; violence continues on Aug 9 as supporters of IRA throw stones at Brit soldiers in center of Belfast and Roman Caths stage demonstrations throughout province to mark 4th anniversary of introduction of policy of internment without trial; troops fire rubber bullets at stone throwing youths who break away from small protest rally organized by local branch of Provisional Sin Fein, IRA's pol wing, in Lower Falls dist of Belfast; column of taxis attempting to picket Maze Prison, where 230 Roman Caths are detained as suspected terrorists, is turned back at roadblocks set up by Brit troops; body of Cath who was shot is left at Belfast hospital by men who drove off without explanation; 30 soldiers, 2 policemen and 8 civilians are injured in rioting; 46 persons are arrested; about 50 shots are fired at army post in Cath New Barnsley housing development, where 2 bombs are detonated; private houses, including some belonging to members of Soc Dem and Labor party are attacked; rioting also occurs in County Tyrone and County Armagh; security forces attribute responsibility for flare-up to Provisional Sinn Fein; moderate politicians say new violence shows how determined IRA is to destroy any chance of pol settlement at N Ireland const conv, which is to resume later in Aug; illus (M)

Ashland Oil Inc on Aug 9 discloses to SEC names of recipients of its foreign payments and illegal domestic pol contributions totaling $1.2-million; Lockheed is involved in negotiations with SEC concerning how much disclosure of its overseas payments it will have to make to satisfy SEC; list (L)

survivors of A-bomb explosion over Nagasaki illus at 30th anniv memorial ceremony; Mayor Yoshitake Morotani gets list of 1,054 names, bringing total of identified victims to 48,857

article on econ, pol and soc changes that Prime Min Gandhi has made to alter democracy in India after provincial judge in Allahabad found her guilty of 2 electoral offenses (M)