Bronx Dist Atty Mario Merola says he has withdrawn his name from consideration as delegate to Dem natl conv rather than be accused of being 'puppet' of Cunningham; Merola illus (M)

Merola Says Nadjari Has Ability to‘Smear’

Moynihan, in cablegram to Sec Kissinger and all US embassies, says he is succeeding in breaking up anti-Amer voting bloc in UN but that State Dept does not realize this and is not supporting him; por

Moynihan Says State Department Fails To Back Policy Against U.S. Foes in U.N.

Ford Meets With Rabin and Assures Him of Aid

HR votes $28-million deletion from $112.3-billion defense appropriations bill (S)

AID TO ANGOLANS ENDED BY HOUSE IN REBUFF TO FORD

MONTCLAIR, N.J., Jan. A 26&#8208;year&#8208;old North Arlington hair stylist today won the richest prize in any lottery in the nation's history.

$1,776 Weekly Won For Life by Man, 26, In Jersey Lottery

Patricia Hearst Faces 74 Being Screened for Jury

Gov Carey signs order clearing way for promised investigation by Special State Prosecutor Nadjari of alleged pol corruption in Bronx; acts after assurance from Atty Gen Lefkowitz that there is 'no reason to question the bona fides' of Nadjari's inquiry; seeks, while officially approving investigation, to pin final responsibility for it on Lefkowitz; signing of exec order to broaden Nadjari's authority, originally limited to criminal justice system, to include Bronx pol as well closes procedural prelude to investigation that has roiled NY pol scene (L)

CAREY APPROVES NADJARI INQUIRY INTO BRONX CASES

Mrs Javits resigns amid rising public criticism (S)

Marion Javits Quits Role As a Consultant for Iran

Pres Ford's Fla campaign is reptdly beset by almost unprecedented internal discord and orgn failures; aides fear resulting 'confusion and discontent' might jeopardize his uphill effort to beat Ronald Reagan in state's Mar 9 primary; Ford's Washington associates may dispatch more organizers from Washington and/or replace Repr Louis Frey Jr as Fla campaign mgr; White House press sec Ron Nessen predicts Ford will get 'clobbered' in primary; blames Frey, whose appearance at Lincoln Day dinner at which Reagan was main speaker further convinced some that he is interested in promoting himself rather than Ford; Ford was also hurt by remark of his natl campaign mgr, Howard H Callaway, who admitted trying to get White House to delay 2d bribery trial of former Fla Sen Edward J Gurney lest Fla conservatives be angered (L)

Ford Florida Drive Held in Peril Over Discord and Poor Planning

Highly conservative Spanish Council is reptd to have reversed itself and given approval to Govt move toward making Spanish Parliament more repr; (M)

MADRID COUNCIL YIELDS ON VOTING

HR, 310-113, votes, Jan 27, to override Pres Ford's veto of $45-billion appropriation for health, welfare and manpower programs; measure would fund HEW Dept for 15-mo period that started July 1 '75; last-minute efforts by welfare officials to muster votes to override veto noted (S)

HOUSE OVERRIDES A VETO OF FUNDS FOR SOCIAL PLANS

Con Ed repts $43.6-million profit for last '75 qr, up from $30.7-million in '74 qr; full-yr earnings totaled $251.4-million on revenues of $2.67-billion, compared with '74 earnings of $194.5-million on revenues of $2.44-billion; divd is raised from 30c to 40c a share; chmn Charles F Luce links improvement chiefly to rate increases (S)

Con Ed Net Up 41%; Higher Rates Cited

plight of Kingston-Upon-Hull (Eng) trawl fisherman trawler as dispute between Brit and Icelandic fishermen continues; group has been on dispute's front line since '52, when Iceland 1st changed offshore fishing limits zone; current conflict described; as fish stocks, particularly for cod and haddock that Brit populations prefer in 'fish 'n' chips,' diminish and prices subsequently rise, trawler operators have been seeking fish alternatives, such as Alaska pollack; Brit Trawlers' Fed dir gen Austen Laing estimates that each Brit trawler lost $46,000 in '75; as result, Brit trawling indus laid up 137 of 489 trawlers in '75; illus of Hull fish auction (M)

Hauls and Hope Dwindle For Britain's Fishermen

Brit sources say Wilson and Hallgrimsson have reached possible agreement (S)

ICELAND AND BRITAIN END FISHING TALKS

Argentine Govt, fighting runaway inflation, grants 40% wage increase to state workers, increasing Govt's payroll for yr by equivalent of about $600-million; Econ Min Cafiero comments (M)

Argentina Gives Civil Workers a 40% Pay Increase

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Algerian and Moroccan troops clash in dispute over Spanish Sahara and Moroccan officials say 'apparently there are many dead'; Egyptian Foreign Min Ismail Fahmy says that Algerian Pres Hourai Boumediene had telephoned Egyptian Pres Anwar el-Sadat and that Egyptian leader, in effort to cool tempers, got in touch with Moroccan King Hassan II; map (M)

Algerians and Moroccans Said to Battle in Sahara

S African Foreign Min Hilgard Muller calls for cease-fire in Angola, Parliament speech; warns West that USSR intends taking control of Africa as part of plan for world domination (S)

Pro‐West Angolan Units Leave Their Capital as Foe Advances

S African delegate Amb Roelof F Botha notes S Africa has sent limited number of mil forces to protect dam in Angola that supplies water for Owambo people in northern part of South-West Africa (S)

South Africa Invites U.N. Angola Inquiry

Article on Rmaile, only remaining Christian community of consequence between Beirut and Saida; most of population has remained, unlike Christians of Damur, Saadiyat and Jiye, which are still being pillaged; Rmaile Christians have reached understanding with Palestinian and leftist groups and also managed to avoid entanglements with right-wing Christian militiamen of Phalangists and Natl Liberal Party; map (M)

A Christian Village in Lebanon Escapes Violence, but Inhabitants Are Wary

Defense Dept sources say Air Force Maj Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg Jr, head of US mil mission in Iran, has been removed because he was 'too abrasive'; Vandenberg was responsible for working with Iranian services in training and use of US equipment (S)

U.S. General in Iran Ousted; Reportedly ‘Too Abrasive’

PLO pub Falastin al-Thawra holds PLO respects Lebanese sovereignty throughout Lebanon; responds to charges by Christians that large parts of nation are under Palestinian control; pledges that PLO is ready to carry out agreements concluded with Lebanese authorities; Palestine Liberation Army troops continue to patrol Moslem dists of Beirut and mixed residential area of Ras Beirut; Higher Mil Com of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian officers, in charge of enforcing truce, describes general situation throughout Lebanon on Jan 27 as 'good and calm'; announces that sts and hwys are safe; Lebanese Army contingent is ambushed later by unidentified gunmen in Bekaa Valley near Syrian border after escorting Khaddam to Damascus to rept to Assad (M)

Palestinians Assure Lebanon of Respect For Its Sovereignty

Vo Van Kiet says new civilian adm plans program to reduce city's 3-million population by 1/3 during '76, news conf; says moves will enable com to stabilize mkt prices, improve working methods of officials and city employers at all levels and help 1-million Saigonese 'move out for farm work' (S)

BIG POPULATION CUT PLANNED FOR SAIGON

Former US Amb to S Vietnam Graham A Martin says that final US evacuation of Saigon will be judged in long run as 'hell of a good job,' HR Internatl Relations Subcom statement (M)

Last U.S. Ambassador in Saigon Defends Handling of Evacuation

Ital police say bandits firing machine guns seized 600 pay envelopes for postal employees containing nearly $200,000 at Rome post office, Jan 27 (S)

Italian Gang Gets $200,000

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January 28, 1976

Headlines from January 28, 1976

Merola Says Nadjari Has Ability to‘Smear’

Moynihan Says State Department Fails To Back Policy Against U.S. Foes in U.N.

Ford Meets With Rabin and Assures Him of Aid

AID TO ANGOLANS ENDED BY HOUSE IN REBUFF TO FORD

$1,776 Weekly Won For Life by Man, 26, In Jersey Lottery

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Still Crazy After All These Years

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