February 5, 1976

jury of 7 women and 5 men sworn in on Feb 4 at Patricia Hearst's bank robbery trial, San Francisco; opening statements made; prosecution describes Miss Hearst as willing participant in robbery while defense atty F Lee Bailey describes her as ‘prisoner of war for 20 mos’ who could never have had intent to rob bank; other developments noted; sketch of jury (M)

Gov Grasso presents budget at opening of Conn Gen Assembly; proposes removing 7% sales tax on business services that were imposed in '75; proposes increasing state gasoline tax to 12c a gal from 10c a gal to make up lost revenue; says she will not ask hardpressed Conn taxpayers to accept additional taxes (S)

10 persons killed in fire at 311 W 94th St, NYC; some survivors charge that Fire Dept took up to half an hr to respond to alarm; jeer Mayor Beame and Fire Comr John T O‘Hagan when they arrive at scene; O’Hagan insists that dept responded in 3 mins; says evidence suggests that blaze had been going for '20 to 30 mins' when alarm was raised; group of West Side legislators, led by Repr Bella S Abzug, demand probe of dept handling of fire; 7 of those who died were children under age of 12; blaze was 2d worst residential fire in city's recorded history; survivors comment; list of victims; illus of survivors (M)

ed backs Coleman's decision

reaction of Fed, county and state officials and reprs of groups opposed to Concorde SST to Coleman's decision (L)