December 7, 1975

Pres Ford arrives in Manila on Dec 6; agrees with Pres Marcos to discuss new terms for use of important air and naval bases there; Ford and Marcos issue joint communique pledging to complete negotiations to provide clear recognition of Philippine sovereignty over Clark Air Force Base and Subic Bay Naval Base, both Amer mil installations; illus (M)

human error is cited as possible cause of near mid-air collision between United Air Lines and TWA Boeing 727 jetliners over Lake Mich; Fed officials query whether incident was result of labor dispute between controllers and FAA (M)

NYS Appeals Ct Chief Judge Breitel announces on Dec 6 that in future NYS Sup Ct Justice Murtagh must share his authority with 2 other judges in presiding over criminal corruption cases brought by special state prosecutor Nadjari; announcement is made as settlement designed to end controversies that have developed in last mo between Nadjari and Murtagh, who has handled Nadjari's cases exclusively for last 3 yrs; action follows Murtagh's dismissal of 3 major indictments brought by Nadjari, who charged that Murtagh was thwarting his efforts to prosecute corruption in criminal justice system with 'apparent and continuing hostility'; under Bread's new agreement, a state supervising judge will allocate Nadjari's cases among Justice Murtagh and Claims Ct Judges Leon B Polsky and Howard A Jones (M)

Australian radio broadcast repts that troops and warships believed to belong to Indonesia have sailed into Timor Island capital Dili and apparently have occupied city with little or no resistance; US officials repeatedly have warned Indonesia against undertaking such mil action, fearing that it could jeopardize mil assistance to Indonesia now pending in Cong; Indonesian Foreign Min Adam Malik had warned, however, that mil action was 'inevitable' after left-wing Revolutionary Front for Independence of E Timor declared independence of Timor Island from Portugal 10 days ago (M)

World Council of Chs gen assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, for 1st time elects 2 women and a Russian as presidents; women are Ghana Appeals Ct Justice Annie Baeta Jiagge and psychologist Dr Cynthia Wedel; Metropolitan Nikodim, Orthodox Abp of Leningrad, comments on religious persecution in USSR and council's controversial antiracism program; council sec gen Rev Philip A Potter responds on BBC broadcast to Brit criticism of antiracism program; Most Rev Donald Coggan, Abp of Canterbury, supports program except when it condones use of violence; William P Thompson, United Presby exec of NY, and Roger Mehl, Reformed theologian of Strasbourg, France, lead efforts to enter candidate to oppose Nikodim; London Bapt leader Ernest Payne comments; other new presidents are Abp Olof Sundby of Luth Ch of Sweden, Rev J Miguez-Bonino of Argentine Meth ch and Tahibonar Simatupang of Indonesian Christian Ch; assembly also elects 136-member central policy com; in another develoment, 26 black US delegates send telegram to Pres ford urging him to decline direct US mil intervention in civil war in Angola; Jiagge and Wedel pors (M)