Fed Govt sues NYC and NYS to obtain compliance with clean‐air standards for emissions from taxis (M)

State and City Sued By U.S. on Control Of Taxi Emissions

NYSE trading vol is record 44.51‐million shares on Feb 20; Dow Jones indus avg closes at 987.80; brokers attribute upsurge in part to growing speculative interest by individual investors; chart showing record‐setting vol days on exch since Jan 20; illus of floor of exch (M)

Wall St.Trading at Record As Prices Hit 3‐Year High

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BRITAIN PROPOSES ROLE IN RHODESIA

NYS Health Dept, asking virtual dismantling of NYC Health & Hosps Corp, says its deficiencies include giving head‐nurse titles to elevate nurses' salaries without their assuming head nurse functions; corp replies that some nurse positions were upgraded in order to recruit more professional nurses for night work (M)

STATE STUDY ASKS CITY TO DISSOLVE HOSPITAL AGENCY

Western ski resort boom is about to end and resorts built in response to boom of '60s have been hit by recession of mid‐70s; article cites resorts in Utah, Montana and Colo that lost money; says while these areas were refinancing, they were also offering special deals in effort to sell hundreds of empty condominiums, built as 2d homes for skiers who could not afford them during recession (L)

Ski Resort Boom Is Over Despite Crowds in Rockies

Labor Dept repts inflation rate continued to moderate in Jan; repts Consumer Price Index, after seasonal adjustment of some prices, rose 0.4% to 166.7 (1967 equals 100), compared with avg 0.6% rise in past 3 mos; Ford, campaigning in NH, calls date ‘good news’ charts (M)

FOOD PRICE CUTS IN JANUARY EASED RATE OF INFLATION

Hamilton Bancshares Inc files for voluntary bankruptcy in Chattanooga, Tenn, Fed Dist Ct on Feb 20; also files bankruptcy petitions for 3 of its nonbank subsidiaries Hamilton Mortgage, Hamilton Financial Services Inc and Hamilton Factors Inc; emphasizes that none of its 10 remaining bank subsidiaries or its other nonbank subsidiaries are in danger; speculation that First Natl City Bank of NY, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co, Chem Bank, Bankers Trust Co and Western Amer Bank may incur losses as result of Hamilton situation (M)

BIG BANK CONCERN FILES BANKRUPTCY

effect of ex‐Pres Nixon's departure for China on Pres Ford's chances in Feb 24 NH Pres primary discussed; illus (L)

Nixon Trip Revives Issue Vexing to Ford in Primary

Muhammad Ali easily retained his world heavyweight boxing title last night as he knocked out Jean&#8208;Pierre Coopman of Belgium in the fifth round of a scheduled 15&#8208;round bout in San Juan, P.R. Page 17.

Ali Retains Title

Ulysses Hall, who says he knew Donald D DeFreeze in jail, says DeFreeze told him by telephone shortly after bank robbery that he had 3 alternatives in regard to Patricia Hearst; 1st was to kill her, which he said he would never do, 2d was to send her home but to do that would be risk to other members of Symbionese Liberation Army, and 3d would be to put Miss Hearst in position where she became part of group and where FBI would be looking for her as well as for group; Hearst, just before her cross‐exam ends, tells jury that lives of her parents had been threatened if she testified and that Hearst Estate in San Simeon, Calif, had been bombed by group known as New World Liberation Front; other testimony noted (L)

A Prisoner Supports Miss Hearst's Story

Ronald Reagan, seeking to counter Pres Ford's contention that he is ‘too far to the right’ to be elected Pres, reveals that Ford twice offered him Cabinet posts in his Adm, news conf, Manchester, NH; withholds mention of offers until after Ford leaves NH; White House spokesman confirms offers, saying they represented Ford's attempt to ‘unify the Repub Party’ by bringing wide range of views to his Adm; Reagan also contends that Ford is misquoting his views on Social Security and transferring programs from Fed to state level; makes final push in his opening primary confrontation with Ford; Reagan illus (M)

REAGAN DISCLOSES FORD CABINET BID

Article on soc, econ and pol conditions focuses on Communist adm of Mayor Leopoldo Lucchi; illus; map (L)

Communists Focus on Local Needs in an Italian City

heavily armed men believed to be Moslem rebels ambush passenger bus north of Zamboanga, Philippines, and kill at lest 21 persons and wound several others (S)

PHILIPPINE REBELS KILL 21 IN AMBUSH

US State Dept spokesman John Trattner says US supports majority rule in Rhodesia and hopes negotiations between black and white leaders there will end country's const crisis (S)

U.S. for Majority Rule

Salvation Army begins emergency telephone‐radio inquiry service to Guatemala to assist individuals seeking information on relatives in earthquake‐stricken country (S)

Inquiry Service Set Up To Assist Guatemalans

sharpest debate generated in S Africa by Angolan civil war centers on whether S Africa's 21‐million blacks will help in S Africa's defense in event of attack from across border; issue discussed (L)

White Officials of South Africa Debate Blacks' Loyalty in a War

illus of Israeli troops moving out of southern Sinai sector to be turned over to Egypt; UN Emergency Force will command new buffer zone, from Mediterranean to Gulf of Suez

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Pres Kenneth D Kaunda says Soviet‐supported Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola has seized ship loaded with Zambian copper in Angolan port of Lobito, news conf; sources speculate that copper might have been shipped from Zambia across Angola before Popular Movement seized control of Benguela rr earlier in mo (S)

Gulf Oil Trying to Open Talks With Luanda on Cabinda Wells

Article on Finland's 10‐ship fleet of icebreakers used to maintain winter shipping in Gulf of Bothnia; life aboard icebreaker Urho, under command of Capt Tom Artela, described; craft are built by Wartsila Shipyds; illus of Ale (M)

Icebreakers Cut a Path for Finnish Trade

Portuguese Ruling Council holds 2d meeting on question of whether to recognize USSR‐backed Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola Govt and reaches consensus in favor of recognition; Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes calls for special Cabinet meeting on Feb 21 on recognition question; Council spokesman Capt Rodrigo Sousa e Castro comments (M)

Lisbon Expected to Recognize Luanda Regime as Government

Argentine Govt announces pres elections will be held Dec 12; Radical Party leader Ricardo Balbin warns that Pres Peron's Govt has lost direction and is becoming vulnerable to mil coup d'etat (S)

ARGENTINA ELECTION IS SET FOR DEC. 12

Worsening of country's balance‐of‐payments situation believed to be key factor in ending of country's econ growth rate (S)

BRAZIL STRESSES DEFICIT IN TRADE

Spanish Govt makes cautious gesture toward home rule in Catalonia near close of King Juan Carlos's visit (M)

Spain Moves to Calm Provinces By Naming Panel on Home Rule

FORD SAID TO PICK NEW NATO ENVOY

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February 21, 1976

Headlines from February 21, 1976

State and City Sued By U.S. on Control Of Taxi Emissions

Wall St.Trading at Record As Prices Hit 3‐Year High

Article 1 — No Title

BRITAIN PROPOSES ROLE IN RHODESIA

STATE STUDY ASKS CITY TO DISSOLVE HOSPITAL AGENCY

Billboard 200

Desire

Still Crazy After All These Years

Gratitude

Station To Station

Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 21, 1976