There was a time, as recent as 1968, when all anybody wanted to know about a Presidential candidate's wife were her favorite recipes, her hobbies, whether she bought her clothes off the rack, and the ages of her children.

Wives in '76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult

Wives of Ford, Reagan, Church, Jackson, Wallace, Udall and Carter discuss '76 campaign; comment on some controversial issues; illus of wives (L)

Raymond Floyd shot a 70 yesterday at the Augusta National Golf Club to win the 40th Masters tournament with a 72&#8208;hole total of 271, 17 under par and matching the record for the event set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965. Details and Floyd profile are on pages 39 and 42.

Floyd Wins Masters

Saudi Research and Development Corp head Ghaith Pharaon says holding co has doubled book value of its assets, from $75-million to $150-million in last 12 mos; says country is 'booming'; business informants say Pharaon, who in '75 bought control of Bank of the Commonwealth, Michigan's 6th largest bank, has $600-million worth of uncompleted Saudi Govt construction contracts on hand; Pharon's stock holdings in co and equipment purchase from Caterpillar Tractor noted; discusses co's work and its 9 divs with operations ranging from construction to ins to catering; illus of Pharaon and of new construction (L)

Saudi Venture With U.S. Ties Thrives in Booming Economy

Housing abandonment, which in the last decade has brought tens of thousands of New York City apartments to ruin, is continuing to ravage slum areas and, in two areas of the central Bronx, is spreading into additional neighborhoods.

Housing Abandonment Spreads In Bronx and Parts of Brooklyn

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Dem Pres aspirant Sen Henry Jackson says he believes that US Sup Ct 'may have gone too far' in holding that states may prosecute homosexuals for their private actions with consenting partners; Natl Gay Task Force exec dir Dr Bruce Voeller says he fully agrees with Jackson (M)

Jackson Concedes Pennsylvania Allies Prefer Humphrey

JERUSALEM, April 11&#8212;A recent report on the state radio about Israeli purchases of Arab land on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan has stirred a political debate here about the controversial and often surreptitious ways in which the deals are concluded.

Covert Israeli Land Deals On West Bank Stir Furor

Apr 12: recent rept on state radio about Israeli purchases of Arab land on occupied West Bank has stirred pol debate in Israel about controversial and often surreptitious ways in which deals are concluded; debate over Israeli purchases also touches on 1 of major points of contention between Israel and US--Israeli moves to annex former Jordanian sector of Jerusalem and to establish settlements in West Bank; Israeli radio rept described widespread purchases of Arab land on West Bank concluded annually by Israel Lands Authority, state agency, and Jewish Natl Fund, fundraising body; repts that about $6.6-million was spent in '75 on such purchases; Jewish Natl Fund denies rept; fund's bd of dirs chmn Jacob Tsur comments; fund has reclaimed about 8,000 acres of land east of Jerusalem that it originally purchased in '30s, lost to Jordanians from '48-67, and then regained in '67 war; MP Shulamit Aloni denounces secret purchases as unworthy of Israel; Religious Affairs Min Yitzhak Raphael protests that land purchases should never have been discussed in public; Israel Lands Authority head Meir Zorea says broadcast will result in higher prices of land sales; illus; map (L)

Covert Israeli Land Deals On West Bank Stir Furon

Dem State Chmn Patrick J Cunningham for last several mos has fought in closed-door legal proceedings to dismiss several subpoenas for his personal and business records requested by special grand jury investigating possible sale of judgeships in Bronx; secret legal battle, according to information pieced together from ct officials in recent wks, continued while Cunningham gradually retreated from his position that he would oppose subpoena requiring him to appear before special Bronx grand jury (L)

CUNNINGHAM AIMS TO KEEP RECORDS FROM GRAND JURY

Article on 'Bicentennial' chain lrs requesting $25 US Savings Bond; Public Debt Bureau Comr H J Hingten discusses major pitfalls in use of Savings Bonds in such lrs (M)

Personal Finance: E Bond Chain Letter

1st of 3 articles on Pres Kennedy's friend Judith Campbell Exner and alleged links with Mafia; notes disclosure that Exner maintained relationships with Mafia figures John Roselli and Sam Giancana at same time she was having affair with Kennedy; Roselli and Giancana were involved in CIA's abortive plots to assassinate Cuban Prime Min Castro; says recent NY Times ints disclose that several recommendations were made within Justice Dept in '62 for thorough probe of Exner's Mafia ties but no inquiry was ever conducted; that Giancana and Roselli boasted to fellow gangsters about sharing affections of a woman who was seeing Pres but they do not appear to have benefited further from their knowledge of Exner-Kennedy friendship; that while Sen Select Intelligence Com found no evidence that Kennedy knew about CIA-Mafia plots to kill Castro, possibility appears high to some former Justice Dept officials that then-Atty Gen R F Kennedy told Pres about plots in view of what he learned about relationships of Giancana, Roselli and Exner in '62 and early '63; that when Sen com probed Exner's friendships, not only did com not call Frank Sinatra, who introduced Exner both to Pres and to Giancana, but other key individuals were merely interviewed rather than questioned under oath; Exner illus (L)

Link of Kennedy Friend To Mafia Is Still a Puzzle

WASHINGTON, April 11&#8212;Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington conceded today that many of the persons who are running in Pennsylvania a&#167; convention delegates committed to him would rather see ISenator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota win the Democratic Presidential nomination.

CHICAGO, April 11&#8212;Silverhaired and handsome at age 80, Eugene Hocker can now look back and laugh without bitterness to three years ago when he was beaten and robbed half a block from home.

Way of Life of Old People Curbed by Fear of Crime

Consortium of 31 major oil cos drills test well 100 miles off Mass coast to help determine oil and gas potential of Georges Bank; tells local officials and businessmen in economically depressed secs of Mass and RI that their ports are likely oil indus sites and that they will benefit from offshore drilling; Repr Gerry E Studds accuses Interior Dept of reneging on promise that drilling tracts will be kept over 50-miles from Cape Cod, offshore islands and prime fishing and lobster grounds; oil indus holds rigs are good for fishing, forming, in effect, artificial reefs that attract fish; Lt Gov Thomas O'Neill Jr describes current offshore-drilling plan as beneficial to econ; rig supervisor Troy Norwood describes test; map (M)

Exploration for Oil Begins Off the New England Coast

In an ice&#8208;cold, gale&#8208;force comedy of errors, the New York Mets finally lost a game to the Montreal Expos yesterday in Shea Stadium and spoiled Mickey Lolich's debut in the National League after 14 years in the American.

An Ill Wind and Expos Foil Mets, 7‐6

Tomorrow afternoon, the Centerreach Fire District on Long Island is scheduled to sell $3 million of bonds, and a week later the Chappaqua School District in Westchester County is slated to sell $5,235,000 of bonds. Despite the problems that some New York State localities have had in borrowing in recent months, Centereach and Chappaqua almost certainly will breeze through their bond sales.

Bond Insurance Aiding Towns in State

The disclosure last December that President Kennedy and two major Mafia figures maintained close friendships with the same woman &#8212; Judith Campbell &#8212; has puzzled many private citizens, disturbed some law enforcement officials and aroused extensive speculation in and out of Government.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Monday, April 12&#8212;Lebanese leftists last night decided to extend a shaky armed truce until the end of this month to permit the election of a new president, and urged the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

LEFTISTS EXTEND LEBANESE TRUCE TO END OF MONTH

AUGUSTA, Ga., April 11 &#8212; Raymond Floyd swept through the Masters today and won by eight strokes in one of the biggest runaways in the 40&#8212;year history of the tournament.

Floyd Closes With 70 and Captures as 8 Strokes on 271

Ted Turner, the new owner of the Atlanta Braves, is a fiercely competitive millionaire with a wet and salty bottom who buys yachts the way baseball fans buy hot dogs. American Eagle, Vamp X, Lightnin', Mariner, Tenacious, Stinger &#8212; the names of his boats are a blue&#8208;water litany, and most of them have been winners. He believes in buying boats that are already proven winners ana he sails them hard, screaming invective at his crew in a cornpone falsetto that would earn him a punch in the mouth from normal men, which, of course, excludes ocean racers. Some have sailed with Turner so long they don't even hear his abuse. Andy Messersmith is a proven winner who was for sale. It followed that the first club to bid for him would be the Braves and that they would keep on bidding until they got him. Even before Messersmith was free to listen to offers, Turner was camped on the pitcher's doorstep in Newport Beach, Calif. At that time the training camps were padlocked and clubowners were threatening to call off the season, so it looked as though Turner was trying to hire Messersmith to crank a winch. However, the report of baseball's death turned out to be premature, so Andy will work for Ted on the mound rather than the foredeck.

Only Proven Winners Need Apply

Article on increasing housing abandonment in NYC, especially in Bronx and parts of Bklyn; responsible landlords speak bitterly of watching yrs of hard work and equity become meaningless as neighborhood decay contaminates and destroys their bldgs; City Planning Comm chmn Victor Marrero and Housing Admr Roger Starr comment; NYS Urban Development Corp aide Frank Kristof estimates landlords and tenants have abandoned an avg of 21,000 apts a yr since '70; chief abandonnment causes described (L)

People's Bicentennial Comm, in drive it calls 'Campaign Corporate Exposure,' is mailing lrs to some 10,000 of most highly placed secetaries in US offering each $25,000 cash reward for information leading to arrest, conviction and imprisonment of chief exec of one of Fortune 500 corps for criminal activity relating to corporate operations; has already sent lrs to wives of business leaders asking them to raise issue with their husbands; reaction ranges from rage to agreement; wife of Charles E Spahr, chmn of Standard Oil Co (Ohio), of William F May, chmn of Amer Can Co, and of Herbert N Hagel, pres of Natl Musical String Co, comment; Marvin D Heaps, exec vp of ARA Services Inc comment; comm head Jeremy Rifkin comments; reward offer also being made to 13,000 journalists, whose editors, according to Rifkin, discourage reptg of corporate corruption for fear of losing ad revenues (M)

STAFF INFORMERS OFFERED REWARD

Illus of Pope Paul entering St Peter's Basilica to open Holy Wk celebrations

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UNIONDALE, L.I., April 11 &#8212;The New York Nets, who were pure gold in their first playoff appearance against. the San Antonio Spurs, found themselves transmuted to lead this afternoon in the second game of the four&#8208;ofseven&#8208;game semifinal.

Spurs Rout Nets, 105‐79, Even Series

Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay. She is also a world champion in this event.

Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner

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Bradley Alan Miller is an American former professional basketball player. The two-time NBA All-Star played for six National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.

Brad Miller, American basketball player

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Christos Kakkalos was a Greek mountain guide. He led the 1913 expedition of the Swiss Daniel Baud-Bovy and Frédéric Boissonnas and is considered the first climber to have ascended Mytikas, the highest peak of Mount Olympus in Greece.

April 12, 1976

Headlines from April 12, 1976

Wives in '76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult

Wives in '76 Campaign Find the Going Difficult

Floyd Wins Masters

Saudi Venture With U.S. Ties Thrives in Booming Economy

Housing Abandonment Spreads In Bronx and Parts of Brooklyn

Billboard 200

Frampton Comes Alive

Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

Thoroughbred

Desire

Run With The Pack

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 12, 1976