November 24, 1975

Survey (Joseph Lelyveld) on consumer advocate Ralph Nader; outlines Nader's personality, interests, fund-raising techniques and orgns; setback for Nader seen in narrow margin by which Consumer Protection Act was passed by Cong, and likelihood that Pres Ford wilt veto it; Nader plans to work for defeat of those who voted against bill; por (L)

some of nation's leading cos with hq in NYC actively seeking to relocate in Conn; Econ Development Adm aide Jack Bush comments on threat to NYC econ; Conn Commerce Dept exec dir Mark Feinberg and Fairfield County realtor William Pitt rept rise in inquiries from corps looking for offices or land; Econ Development Adm deeply concerned; NYC had at least 130 members of 'Fortune 500' during '56-68, but had only 98 in May; Conn now has 27 members; their presence has begun to draw away from NYC pieces of smaller cos that serve them; Econ Development Admr Alfred Eisenpreis says that uncertainty and prospect of unmeasurable change are spurs to hq shifts; absence of income tax in Conn is another incentive; principal appeal is 'quality of life,' which Conn stresses to potential relocators (L)

Sen George McGovern urges Dem Pres aspirants not to retreat on issue of busing to achieve school integration, address at Dem issues conv, Louisville, Ky; says he would like to be considered as alternative candidate to whom Dems might turn in '76 (S)

Fighting spreads in Beirut and its suburbs on Nov 23 as cease-fire, proclaimed 3 wks ago, continues to unravel; 8 persons are reptd killed and 15 wounded; 2 mortar shells explode in garden of residence of French Amb Hubert Argod, wounding guard; Argod and former French Prime Min Maurice Couve de Murville, who is in Beirut to see if France can be of service in mediating role, were not in bldg at time; mortars were reptdly fired from Ashrafiyeh, Christian qr, and were aimed at rally organized by Lebanese Communist party in movie theater near residence; speakers at rally denounced Lebanese Pres Suleiman Franjieh and vowed to continue to give priority to arming themselves; Assem Kanso, leader of pro-Syrian Baath party, accuses 'higher qrs' of sabotaging cease-fire in connection with Couve de Murville's 'friendship' mission, leaves for Damascus with Zuheir Mohsen, head of As Saiqa, Syrian-backed Palestinian guerrilla group; Premier Rashid Karami summons pol leaders of Higher Coordination Com, who represent main contesting factions, to urgent meeting on Nov 24; map (M)

NBC-TV receives about 1,000 phone calls from irate parents when it televises NFL football game between Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders to conclusion and pre-empts opening of children's movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (M)