December 3, 1975

illus with Pres Ford, Peking

Illus of 1 of 2 cable cars that arrived at Roosevelt Is awaiting installation alongside Queensboro Bridge

5 armed extremists seeking independence for South Molucca Islands seize train north of Netherlands on Dec 2, killing at least 2 men and taking about 50 hostages; train halted near town of Beilen, map (S)

heads of govt of EEC members at Rome conf on Dec 2 reach series of accords designed to bring them closer to working unity and clear way for world conf on energy and raw materials; W Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt warned conf that failure to agree would endanger EEC and its relations with other industrialized countries and with 3d world; Belgian Prime Min Leo Tindemans calls meeting success; Brit Prime Min Harold Wilson's demand for separate seat at conf of indus and developing nations was major problem; he accepted compromise for GB to speak at some points, but not for herself and only within guidelines agreed by other EEC members; participants embittered over controversy generated by GB (L)

Dec 3: Israeli jets attack Palestinian camps in northern and southern Lebanon on Dec 2, inflicting heaviest reptd death toll in such raids in 1 1/2 yrs; Palestinian press service Wafa says raids were against refugee camps; says 57 people were killed and 110 wounded in air strikes against Nabatiye, Nahr el Bared and Badawi camps; Lebanese mil communique says 30 Israeli warplanes, believed to be Phantoms and Skyhawks, struck camps and nearby villages; says Lebanese AA batteries opened fire on planes; says planes were believed to have dropped booby-trapped toys and cautions people in target areas against picking up objects; some form of Israeli reaction against Palestinian targets was expected since guerrilla bomb killed 6 people and wounded 46 in Jerusalem on Nov 13 and Palestinian guerrillas killed 3 Israeli soldiers Nov 20 in Golan Hts settlement; some diplomats speculate that Israel chose to wait for Syria to approve extension of UN observer force on Golan Hts before carrying out retaliatory action; Wafa, which is operated by PLO, calls attack 'desperate Zionist act in retaliation for Palestinian victories' in UN and response to what it calls 'mass uprising increasing in occupied Palestine' and 'excalating mil operations carried out by Palestinian commandos in heart of the occupied homeland'; says Palestinians fired at Israeli aircraft, but does not rept any hits; says planes set fire in Tripoli oil refinery, which is near Badawi camp; illus; map (M)