March 7, 1976

S Vietnamese Foreign Min Nguyen Thi Binh, in int conducted in S Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow at end of official 2-wk visit to attend 25th Soviet Party Cong, says S Vietnamese officials have developed long-range plan for more privately oriented econ that N Vietnam is expected to have; explains that after reunification southern area's econ will be arranged in 5-tier system allowing considerable private enterprise to exist alongside form of limited socialism; says farmland will remain in private hands and Govt ultimately will buy all rice produced by individual farmers; aim is to eliminate hoarding and speculation that continues to drive prices higher; describes some of most serious problems and ways in which Govt is attempting to bring radical soc and econ change to country; por (M)

Article on warehouse sales run by large dept stores at NJ warehouses (L)

The Knicks carried over enough scoring punch, from three hot‐shooting quarters into the final period last Might and slowed the torrid Washington Bullets, 116‐107, at Madison Square Garden. New York's triumph before a crowd of 17,884 was only the Bullets’ third defeat in 14 games., The loss also snapped the National Basketball Association's Central Division pacesetters’ five‐game winning streak.

Mass Pres primary results revd (M)

Soma Golden article on importance of increased capital investments, augmenting strength of consumer spending, if recovery is to continue into late '76 and '77; spending estimates by Commerce Dept and McGraw-Hill noted; Prof Otto Eckstein, Mrs Norma Pace, James L Rich, Douglas Greenwald, William A Niskanen comment; illus (L)