April 3, 1976

Burke's Law (TV Program): NYS Sup Ct Judge Irving H Saypol awards playwright Frank D Gilroy verdict worth more than $1‐million because ABC, 4 Star TV, Barbety TV Enterprises, Simon & Shuster and Dell Publishing Co used character Amos Burke, whom he had created, without his permission; decision follows 11 yrs of litigation; case revd (M)

10‐day truce officially takes effect in Lebanon on Apr 2, but fighting continues in Beirut and countryside and individual violence increases with wave of 30 to 40 abductions; Parliament Speaker Kamel Assad begins consultations on how and where to convene 99 Deputies to assure their safety; fighting continues near Parliament bldg, which has been damaged and looted, as leftist‐Moslem gunmen seek to push their lines forward in contested area of old commercial qr; in mountains 25 miles east of Beirut forces controlled by al‐Khatib recapture Ain‐Tura; Phalangists encircle Khatib's column; 2 top pres candidates are Raymond Edde and Elias Sarkis, gov of Bank of Lebanon; no one has declared his candidacy; politicians say new Pres must be acceptable to Syria and Al Fatah guerrilla orgn; US envoy L Dean Brown completes his 2d day of consultations, meeting with leftist leader Kamal Jumblat and Shiite Moslem leader Sheik Imam Moussa Sadr; illus (M)

Argentine Econ Min Jose Martinez de Hoz announces new currency‐exch policy in which all but few imports will be brought in at free‐mkt quotation for Argentine peso (S)

Labor Dept rept for March showing 375,000 rise in employment and 0.1% decline in unemployment is seen as favorable and important econ trend (S)

Usery announces that 2 major trucking groups and 140,000 Teamsters, 1/3 of those affected by strike, have reached accord on contract; Fitzsimmons says another 1/3 of strikers have come to terms with other employers in ‘interim’ pacts since Mar 31; 2 major trucking groups are Motor Carriers Labor Advisory Council and Irregular Route Carriers; Pres Ford comments on negotiations; provisions of contract detailed (M)