Beame meets with McDonnell, O'Grady and Sovern; Berger denies rept that he and Emergency Financial Control Bd member William Ellinghaus have held private talks with mediators

BEAME ALARMED AS TRANSIT TALKS REACH STALEMATE

Rutgers was routed by Michigan, 86&#8208;70, and its 31game winning streak was snapped in the semifinals of the National Collegiate basketball tournament.

Indiana, Michigan In N.C.A.A. Final

bomb concealed in trash bin explodes on Mar 27 at London exhibition hall crowded with some 15,000 people, injuring 80; BBC repts receiving telephone call from man saying that group called Irish Volunteer Force, IRA splinter group, was responsible; Sunday Mirror in Manchester says man telephoned to say that bombing was committed by 'Irish Brigade' of IRA's Provisional wing (S)

London Bomb Explosion Injures 80 at Exhibition Hall

Palestinian refugee camps are shelled, apparently by right-wing Christians; Moslem gunmen in Beirut move into Starco shopping center; relative lull in fighting opens way for widespread looting of areas previously under fire (S)

MOSLEM ALLIANCE IN LEBANON GAINS MOUNTAIN AREAS

Pres Ford, announcing establishment of Cabinet-level com to investigate foreign payoffs by Amer cos, says Amer must compete if it intends to sell products abroad, but that competition should be fair and within the law, speech to campaign audience, La Crosse, Wis; says Amer cos that violate Fed law cannot be tolerated (S)

Richardson to Lead Bribe Investigation

Pres Ford's perusal and return of Nixon rept revd (S)

Presidency Is Found Weaker Under Ford

Organized labor fighting to retain right to spend unltd, unreptd amts of money from union treas to support pol candidates; is against Repub efforts to compel them to rept pol spending; unions' profitable use of their communicating power recalled; Sen Repubs have proposed amendment to bill reconstituting Fed Election Comm that would require unions and corps to rept 'communications' spending to comm; HR version of bill does not include such requirement (M)

Labor Fighting to Retain Edge in Election Outlays

atmosphere at party following overthrow of Argentine Pres Peron by mil junta described; most of guests, well-to-do class, have reptdly discovered some form of withstanding inflation in recent yrs and maintaining life style that they had been born into (S)

At an Argentine Party After the Coup

Pres Sadat to visit W Ger, France, Italy and Yugoslavia to discuss arms purchases (S)

Egypt Begins a Hurried Search To Add to Sources of Weapons

NY Times survey of nation's colls indicates that they have kept most of changes growing out of campus turmoil of '60's, although several acad changes have since been abandoned; notes policies of eased admissions standards, fewer mandatory courses, no foreign languages, and relaxed grad requirements remain, but student participation in governance has gradually become less significant to students; other major findings described; grade inflation reptdly is most noticeable and controversial of all changes in recent yrs, and weight of popular opinion seems to be that higher grades are indicative of lower standards rather than of more able students; grading system at various colls in country noted (L)

COLLEGES KEEPING MOST 60'S CHANGES

CAPITAL'S SUBWAY JAMMED IN DEBUT

Dr Leonard Hayflick, leading figure in science of growing living human cells in lab, is accused in Govt investigator's rept of selling valuable cell specimens that were property of Fed Govt; rept, written by NIH investigator, recommends that NIH take action to recover more than $67,000 from Hayflick; document was made available by NIH under Freedom of Information Act; Hayflick files suit in US Dist Ct charging NIH with defamation; has deposited entire sum mentioned in rept with ct; rept detailed (M)

Investigator Says Scientist Sold Cell Specimens Owned by U.S.

French Communist Party, at E Berlin conf earlier in Mar preparatory to projected all-Eur Communist conf, delivered lr sharply criticizing USSR for failure to exploit 'worsening crisis of capitalism'; apparently will not participate in conf unless other parties go along with this militant position on fighting capitalism (S)

French Communist Party Is Reported to Accuse Soviet of Being Soft on Capitalism

Belgrade (Yugoslavia) newspaper Politika repts packs of hungry wolves attacked several southeastern villages, killing livestock; hunters reptdly killed more than 12 wolves (S)

Wolves in Yugoslavia

former Philippines Pres Diosdado Macapagal, saying that 3 yrs of martial law rule by Pres Marcos has become gravely injurious to well-being of over 42 million Filipinos, issues statement in Manila on Mar 27 pledging to pursue all legal means to restore democracy and freedom to Filipinos by calling upon Parliament to reconvene (S)

Ex‐President in Manila Bids Parliament Meet

article on Ital Communist Party and apparent inevitable trend to share in govt discusses US concern about NATO in this event and Communists insistence they would be loyal to NATO (S)

Chirac Owens Drive for Giscard Against French Left

S African troops complete withdrawal from Angola, pulling back into SW Africa, after intervention in Angolan civil war; troops 1st went to protect Cunene River hydroelectric plant, joint project of S Africa and Angola's former Portuguese rulers; project, when completed, will supply power and water to SW Africa as well to Angola; S African troops 1st moved north in support of Natl Front for Liberation of Angola and Natl Union for Total Independence of Angola but pulled back when Cuban and Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola forces counterattacked and pushed south to eventual victory; S African withdrawal reptdly follows assurance from Angolan Govt on protection of hydroelectric project; illus (M)

South Africa Withdraws Its Last Troops Froth Angola

2 Boeings Bought by Angola Are Delivered After Delay

Assessment of permanent French adult-educ program adopted in July '71 finds its lack of success is because of disinterest among country's workers; program was instituted under Gaullist Prime Min Jean-Jacques Chaban-Delmas and aimed at soc and financial advancement for workers; program described; union demands for lengthened, paid study time and automatic promotions after successful course completion noted; history of French adult educ programs, dating to 1833, traced (M)

ADULT EDUCATION LAGGING IN FRANCE

Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish and Icelandic Foreign Mins, in communique to GB Govt, ask Brit to pull warships out of Icelandic waters to assist peaceful solution of dispute (S)

Nordic Lands Ask Britain To End Patrols Off Iceland

Indian Govt extends Pres rule for 1 yr in Pondicherry (S)

Pondicherry Curb Extended

N Ireland's gloom has deepened in aftermath of GB's decision to close 3 service depots that will cost 2,000 skilled civilians their jobs, raising total of Govt-supported jobs that will be dropped to 5,000 in next yr; unemployment is about 10% and may climb to 12% by end of yr; more than 50 factories have reptdly closed in last few yrs and emigration now totals about 11,000 a yr, compared with 4,000 in '60s; new industries have failed to open because of violence; more than 36,000 jobs are 'preserved' by Brit Govt assistance, which amts to $800-million a yr; beyond econ gloom, numerous Prots and Caths are convinced that GB's cutbacks and overall policies are now plain signs of financial and pol withdrawal from N Ireland, move that GB denies is in works (M)

ECONOMIC DESPAIR DEEPENS IN ULSTER

article notes that Portugal, 2 yrs after revolution, is relatively calm but still uneasy (M)

PORTUGAL LIVES IN UNEASY CALM

LISBON, March 25&#8212;Portuguese legislators are putting the finishing touches on the country's new constitution which, as it stands, is the most advanced charter in Western Europe in the defense of human rights and the economic and social rights of workers.

LISBON IS FINISHING ITS NEW CHARTER

Pres Sadat reiterates his opposition to any Western-style democracy in Egypt, address to Central Com of Arab Socialist Union (S)

SADAT URGES DRIVE TO BUILD ECONOMY

Richard Arlen was an American actor of film and television.

March 28, 1976

Headlines from March 28, 1976

BEAME ALARMED AS TRANSIT TALKS REACH STALEMATE

Indiana, Michigan In N.C.A.A. Final

London Bomb Explosion Injures 80 at Exhibition Hall

MOSLEM ALLIANCE IN LEBANON GAINS MOUNTAIN AREAS

Richardson to Lead Bribe Investigation

Billboard 200

Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

Frampton Comes Alive

Thoroughbred

Still Crazy After All These Years

Desire

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 28, 1976