November 16, 1975

Special routine, which has become part of daily life of virtually every public figure in Spain, involves at least 1 visit to La Paz Hosp where Gen Francisco Franco continues to battle for life; routine has begun to weigh heavily even on Franco's most faithful followers; all assume that Gen cannot survive much longer but they feel they must continue dutifully to pay respects to past even while thinking about future; illus of Acting Chief of State Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon and wife Princess Sophia leaving hosp after visiting Franco (M)

First Deputy Mayor James A Cavanagh, announcing resignation effective Dec 31, says he will serve as dir of new program designed to develop middle-mgt personnel for city (S)

HR Banking Com chmn Henry S Reuss, HR Repub leader John J Rhodes and Gov Carey, after day-long talks, agree on Nov 15 on compromise Fed loan-guarantee legis for NYC; agree to reduce amt of guarantee from $7-billion to $4-billion, cut length of guarantee from 24 to 5 yrs and cut power of 5-member Fed bd to be created by bill to that of monitoring agency; bill would let Emergency Financial Control Bd continue to manage NYC's affairs; guarantee is designed to conform with debt moratorium bill just signed by Carey; Reuss sees compromise greatly improving bill's chances; Rhodes says he hopes quite a few Repubs will support plan; again opposes bankruptcy for city; Reuss, Rhodes and Carey, in Washington, Mesa, Ariz, and Albany, respectively, worked out deal by phone, while their staffs met in Washington (M)

legis being prepared by Sen Select Com on Intelligence that would entitle Cong to share natl security data with exec branch is patterned upon provisions of Atomic Energy Act, which requires Energy Research and Development Adm and intelligence agencies to rept to Cong secret data in field of nuclear energy (S)

Growing number of economists, tech experts and utility officials now believe that long-held dream of endless stream of low-cost elec power from atomic energy has faded; among major factors are cost of constructing reactors, cost of uranium, security of nuclear materials, safety requirements, and problems related to waste disposal and extraction of plutonium; many experts are convinced that substantial subsidies will be required if US is even to come close to Ford Adm's stated goal of bldg 620 reactors in next 25 yrs; statements or studies by following cited: Dr Ivan M Weinberg, Atomic Indus Forum pres Dr Carl Walske, Prof Irvin C Bupp, Energy Research and Development Adm, Richard J Barber Associates, Bell Journal of Economics and Mgt Science, Prof Paul L Jaskow, Prof Martin L Baughman, William Kriegsman, John D Selby of Mich Consumer Power Corp, Merrill J Whitman, Jean-Claude Derian, Marie-Paul Donsimoni, Robert Treitel of MIT's Center for Policy Alternatives, Edison Elec Inst, and Bernard H Cherry; illus (L)