September 19, 1975

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 18—She didn't look like the focus of a nationwide search. She didn't look like an heiress. She looked, instead, like someone who might stand unnoticed in an all‐night cafeteria.

Elaine Lundy and George Higgins, sister and brother-in-law of owner of Lundy's restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, found slain in an apparent burglary, in Forest Hills Gardens sec, Queens, NYC; bodies found by nephew Robert Thiele; comment on Lundy restaurant history and holdups of it in recent yrs; Thiele por (M)

rival gangs bottle with automatic weapons, mortars and rockets in several parts of Beirut on Sept 18 as Lebanese Govt remains divided over whether to use troops to restore order; most action is concentrated in Christian qr of Ain el-Rummaneh and largely Moslem section of Chiyah; cease-fire agreement breaks down after 1 hr; Pres Suleiman Franjieh meets with Cabinet and army leaders, but Premier Rashid Karami, Moslem who opposes use of army, is absent; damage to downtown Beirut noted; it is unclear what led to latest expansion of violence in Beirut; some Lebanese and foreign sources say that Phalangist party, 1 of country's principal Christian pol groups, summoned numbers of its armed supporters into Beirut from mountains cast of city in last few days; say reinforcements prompted Moslem leftists to mobilize and soon both sides were erecting barricades and bombarding each other; police sources rept that at least 30 people have been killed and scores wounded in last 24 hrs; commercial life in city and its suburbs has ceased; PLO leader Yasir Arafat is playing important role of mediation between Karami and Lebanese left, which considers Palestinian movement a crucial ally; main Palestinian guerrilla orgn Al Fatah and Syrian-backed As Saiqa have also helped police units patrol troubled areas; Tripoli, scene of fighting earlier in Sept, is reptd quiet; some accounts say Govt has permitted 200 Palestinian guerrillas from As Saiqa to cross into Lebanon from Syria to help keep peace in Tripoli; illus (L)

Gov Carey asserts that Emergency Financial Control Bd members are incensed over Treas Sec William E Simon's recent assertion that financial community appears to be preparing for default by NYC, news conf; declares it is not Simon's job to 'plead the case for default' with 'reckless' statements (S)

NFL strike ends on Sept 18 and season will open on schedule on Sept 21; temporary agreement is reached between NFL Players Assn and mgt and 5 striking teams agree to return to work; Fed mediator William J Usery says it took 5 hrs to persuade New Eng Patriot players to accept truce proposal; key to agreement was promise by NFL Mgt Council to make substantial contract offer by Sept 22; other proposals noted; Patriots player repr Randy Vataha, tackle Tom Neville and mgt council asst exec dir Terry Bledsoe comment; among those attending negotiations are Giants players Doug Van Horn and Dick Enderle, Miami Dolphins players Richard Neal and Dick Anderson, players assn dir Ed Garvey and council exec dir Sargent Karen; illus (L)