October 16, 1975

Several authoritative US Adm officials, in interviews, say talks with USSR on strategic arms limitation are in trouble; say Adm does not expect awaited response from USSR to latest US proposals to move negotiations along very much; estimate contrasts with Sec Kissinger's stand that about 90% of negotiations are substantially completed; major unresolved issues are inclusion of Soviet Backfire bomber, US cruise missile and what constitutes a 'large' missile; many officials doubt detente could survive failure to reach accord; say Ford will link any future concessions to USSR to strength of conservative opposition to detente in Repub party; officials say complicating factors include sloppy and hurried negotiations between Ford and Brezhnev in Vladivostok, coupled with several instances of Ford and Kissinger backing away from concessions previously made; also include philosophical differences between Kissinger and Sec Schlesinger over significance of Backfire bomber and benefits of detente, with Kissinger discounting former and Schlesinger latter; officials say Natl Security Council in Sept gave Ford 9 alternative proposals, that Kissinger later gave Min Gromyko one which he knew would be unacceptable; Backfire bomber problem emerged because Kissinger never stated at Vladivostok that it should be included in 2,400 ceiling on strategic offensive weapons; he later raised issue at Pentagon insistence; cruise missile issue was left ambiguous at Vladivostok; Ford, in Helsinki conf with Brezhnev, proposed including air-launched cruise missiles with range of over about 2,000 mi, but has not offered any range limit on sea-launched missiles; this was not accepted; issue of how to define heavy missile dates back to '72 interim agreement on offensive weapons, USSR then agreeing to limit deployment of large SS-9's to 309; USSR has continued to stress heavy missiles and wants to retain this advantage; issue of verification of MIRV's has been settled in principle, with USSR agreeing any missile tested with MIRV's should be considered as counting against 1,320 ceiling in this category; Brezhnev however has told Ford he will make this concession only if Ford makes concessions on Backfire and cruise missiles (M)

Mayor Beame, with bitter complaint and caution to NYC residents to retain 'grace under pressure,' submits to NYS austerity mandate and proposes fresh budget cuts totaling $200.7-million that he maintains will further shrink city services and force additional layoffs 'in the thousands'; city admrs say that dismissals might total up to 8,000 beyond 21,000 city workers dismissed thus far in fiscal crisis; police officials say up to 900 policemen would be laid off and school officials predict that 'several thousand' teachers and school workers would have to be let go; Beame aides caution that effects on city's physical plant and basic services will be severe; note that Beame plan assumes that city will no longer generate middle-income and low-income housing for 3-yr austerity period-loss of about 50,000 dwellling units; plan foresees 'basic change' in financing of City Univ system, which is now tuition-free; Beame plan states that 'some' of 18 munic hosps will be closed; Manhattan Dist Atty Robert M Morgenthau complains that 'revolving door justice' will be encouraged; Police Comr Michael J Codd warns reductions will mean closings of some pet stations; Sanitation Comr Martin Lang remarks cutbacks might mean dismissals in 'low hundreds'; School Chancellor Irving Anker notes that perhaps 3,000 teachers and school workers would have to go because of $39.2-million school fund reduction; Fire Comr John T O'Hagan says that 3% cut--$8.32-million--would not mean layoffs but would force closing of 8 fire cos, but not necessarily entire firehouses; for cts, 8% cut, or $7.35-million, is ordered; Justice Richard J Bartless, statewide adm judge, orders that employment termination notices be prepared for 120 law secs of Civil Ct Judges and 114 confidential secs to Sup Ct justices; illustrations of Gov Carey, Beame and Codd (L)

White House directs Secret Service to submit full rept on why Pres Ford's limousine was struck broadside by another vehicle on Oct 14 in Hartford, Conn; unusual directive suggests Pres, though unharmed in collison, was irked that it was permitted to occur; White House press sec Ron Nessen says rept should cover question of why there was no Hartford police officer posted at intersection where accident occurred to prevent traffic from crossing path of Pres motorcade; accident revd; Conn Repub party chmn Frederick K Biebel says Ford saw car, driven by James Salamites, approach and shouted 'Be careful'; Biebel suffered broken finger; it is not known whether Ford was wearing scat belt; illus of Salamites; illus of Secret Service agents near Pres as he addresses supermkt execs in Washington; illus of police car proceeding his limousine and Secret Service vehicles keeping close to Ford upon his return to White House (M)

New fighting between Christian and Moslem factions erupts on Oct 15 in downtown Beirut and in outlying neighborhoods; at least 12 people are reptd killed; part of fighting is between right-wing Christian gunmen and Palestinian guerrillas from Tell al-Zaatar camp in Beirut; clashes come as Arab League foreign nuns gather in Cairo to discuss Lebanese crisis; Syria, Libya and PLO boycott meeting, asserting that Lebanese problem is internal matter and that any gathering of Arab leaders should consider instead recently concluded Egyptian-Israeli Sinai agreement; Lebanese leftists and Moslem groups also oppose Arab League meeting, fearing it would tend to internationalize conflicts in Lebanon, an avowed goal of right-wing Phalangist party; Phalangists assert that 'outsiders,' notably fringe elements of Palestinian guerrilla movement, are at heart of crisis; want lo reopen issue of Palestinian presence in Lebanon; extreme right-wing Order of Maronite Monks and Maronite League, lay group of Eastern-rite Caths, on Oct 14 issue statement demanding that Govt re-establish authority over areas of country that have come under Palestinian control (M)

4th in series of articles on new proposals being discussed or implemented to help NYC save money and improve or tighten services as result of fiscal crisis discusses urban specialists' proposals to achieve reductions in cost of 'outside' expenditures on public employes, notably fringe benefits and pensions that are substantially more expensive for city employes than for most employes in private indus (L)