March 15, 1976

Abzug, Clark, Biaggi, Hirschfeld and O'Dwyer address Dem State Com women's div meeting; Stein does not attend; illus (M)

Ahdab calls on Parliament to replace Franjieh; threatens to use mil force to oust him; many MPs seem reluctant to elect new Pres until Franjieh steps down or is removed; Jumblat warns of leftist revolution if Franjieh does not resign; Franjieh's sec refuses official copy of resignation petition; Khatib threatens to 'bring him down'; reptdly has more troops than Ahdab or high command; Ahdab admits having officers, but no troops; some officers reptdly promise logistic support to Khatib against Franjieh; Ahdab and Franjieh forces continue to do battle over airwaves; Phalangist pol bur, while not actually endorsing Franjieh, says his resignation 'would place Lebanon on the brink of the unknown'; calls on Army to close ranks; urges Syria to resume mediation; Syrian Pres Assad postpones visit to France because of crisis; Lebanese Parliament Speaker Kamel al-Assad repts Khaddam phoned him to be briefed on situation; right-wing sniper firing from Holiday Inn, Beirut, kills 5 persons; illus (L)

Mary Beame, wife of NYC Mayor Abraham Beame, joins protesters at Carl Schurz Pk, outside Gracie Mansion, against nonenforcement of dog leashing and curbing laws; calls pk Obstacle course' because of dog feces; says husband is in agreement with her stand; demonstration was conducted by members of Carl Schurz Pk Assn; Mrs Beame illus (M)

Carter's mixture of honesty and glibness has brought him from obscurity to forefront of Dem Pres aspirants but has also left many prospective voters suspicious that he wants both sides of every issue; he is said to have strong opinions, but his desire to be elected and his belief that he can win only by appealing to voters on basis of his personal honesty and not by trying to rally them around some ideological standard sometime allow his rhetoric to obscure his views; his comments on Gov George Wallace, Rev Martin Luther King, ex-Pres Nixon and amnesty for Vietnam war resisters noted; illus (M)