Illus of Reagan campaigning in Fort Worth, Tex

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L L Mohrotra, Indian charge d'affaires in Peking, says that Han Nien-lung, Deputy of Min of Foreign Affairs, has conveyed to him China's agreement to Indian proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations (S)

India to Send Ambassador To China, First in 1 5Y ears

Jackson's campaign is hampered by Sen delay on bill to reconstitute Fed Election Comm, and thus resume dispersal of matching funds; latest repts show little money on hand to conduct planned massive campaign in Pa; Jackson meets with small groups of supporters in effort to raise enough money to make at least strong organizational effort in state (M)

Jackson's Strategy Hampered by Lack Of Federal Subsidy

fighting flares in Beirut and mts to east; As Saiqa leader Zuheir Mohsen repts his forces and Palestine Liberation Army shell rightist-held towns of Bolonia and Bikfaya in retaliation for Christian seizure of Dhur el-Shuweir in defiance of local cease-fire; rightists charge leftists seek to sabotage Syrian peace initiatives; leftists charge rightists hope to justify further Syrian armed presence; Arafat reptdly blames rightists for increased fighting; leaves for Damascus with high-level Palestinian delegation; Jumblat reptdly gave him free hand in talks; charges Syria blocks food shipments (M)

LEBANESE RESUME FIGHTING AS SYRIA SEEKS AN ACCORD

Gerald L. K. Smith, the anti&#8208;Communist lecturer and columnist and founder of the Christian National Crusade, died yesterday. Mr. Smith, a preacher whose political activism began with support of Huey P. Long In the 1930's, was 78 years old. Page 30.

Gerald L.K. Smith Dies

Ford Adm officials says that possibility of armed conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia appears to be a yr off; conflict centers on French Territory of Afars and Issas, with port city of Djibouti (S)

U.S., Stung in Angola, Forges Africa Policy

article on scandal discusses case of Cadet Stephen Verr, who charges harassment by officers and cadets who objected to his being cleared of honor-code violation; dispute over Verr, whose alleged 'lie' eventually reached office of Supt Lt Gen Sidney Berry, has focused attention on fairness and need for code, which prohibits lying, cheating or stealing or toleration of those who do; Verr illus (L)

Honor Code at West Point Focus of Renewed Turmoil

Pres Ford, in move favoring rapid buildup of US strategic oil reserve, seeks Cong authorization to commit $871-million of outlays for oil, storage facilities and studies by Sept '77; Office of Mgt and Budget sought to reduce rate of buildup and shift part of cost of stored crude oil to oil cos; Fed Energy Adm urged rapid buildup, asserting that Budget Office plan was extralegal and gimmick for concealing true cost of storage; Budget Dir James T Lynn and Deputy Energy Admr John A Hill reptdly shouted at each other at Mar 24 Cabinet meeting; Strategic Petroleum Reserve Dir Robert L Davies expects pouring of crude oil into Gulf Coast salt domes to begin early in '77; Sen Henry M Jackson hails Ford's decision; Energy Admr Frank Zarb and Deputy Admr Eric R Zausner comment (M)

Fast Oil‐Reserve Buildup Is Supported by President

Apr 16: Western diplomats say that in direct diplomatic contacts and through Jordanian King Hussein, who was in Washington last wk, Syrians were implored by State Dept to keep down their troops in Lebanon and to stay north of Damascus-Beirut line, meaning well away from Israeli border; both wishes were respected; Syrian Pres Assad reptdly warned Arafat that if his Al Fatah guerrilla orgn did not support Syria in Lebanon, Syria would not only cut off arms to Palestinians but would adopt 'Egyptian policy,' meaning it would cease to support Palestinian cause (M)

Syrian Move Into Lebanon Laid to a Rift With Leftists

CUNY Chancellor Robert J Kibbee, in defiance of City Comptroller Harrison J Goldin's orders, plans to postpone until May submission of vouchers to city for payment to univ's suppliers because money is needed to pay Apr salaries of teachers and other employes; takes action because of reptd shortage of $2-million needed to meet Apr 30 payroll; development constitutes latest volley in a complicated round of maneuvering by city, state. Higher Educ Bd and Kibbee's adm over future financing of univ; Kibbee por (M)

KIBBEE PUTS OFF PAYING SUPPLIERS

WASHINGTON, April 15&#8212;The Justice Department, in its first such actions under a 1974 law, charged two mortgage lenders today with discrimination against women.

U.S. SUITS ALLEGE SEX BIAS ON LOANS TO HOME BUYERS

Rebuilt Yankee Stadium reopened Apr 15 before a sellout crowd of 54,010 persons who watch NY Yankees defeat Minnesota Twins 11-4; many sports and pol celebrities attend; some comment; illus (L)

Yankees Win First Game in Rebuilt Stadium

Tverdokhlebov is convicted on Apr 15 of anti-Soviet slander and sentenced to 5 yrs in exile; supporters consider sentence relatively lenient; Amnesty Internatl branch pres Valentin Turchin says Western press helped to bring about light sentence; Mustafa Dzhemilev is convicted of same charge in another trial; Soviet dissident Andrei D Sakharov and wife are reptdly detained again and roughed up by police after he attempts to attend Dzhemilev's trial; Tverdokhlebov por (M)

Soviet Jails a Tatar and Exiles an Amnesty Official for ‘Slander

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

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Sec Kissinger and Min Bitsios initial, Washington, 4-yr agreement on 4 US bases in Greece which includes $700-million in US mil aid; accord parallels one with Turkey, under which Turkey will receive $1-billion in 4 yrs and reopen 26 US bases there; militant Greek supporters in US call for defeat not only of Turkish accord but Greek one as well (M)

U.S., Greece Initial Pact On Military Bases and Aid

Chinese Communist Party's coms in Peking, Tientsin and Shanghai, China's 3 largest cities, have called on their citizens to emphasize study and to promote production, apparently indicating that China's leaders are trying to bring current pol campaign under tight control; analysts in Hong Kong believe new calls mean that campaign will now at least temporarily enter less active phase and that few new targets will come under immediate attack (M)

Chinese Attempting to Redirect Political Campaign

NYC's UN Comr Frances L Loeb, in annual rept, notes 30th General Assembly had 'negative effect' on image of UN in eyes and minds of New Yorkers; alludes to Assembly's Nov 10, '75, resolution equating Zionism as form of racism (S)

Strain Between U.N.Community And New Yorkers Said to Rise

Times of London prints apology to press sees of former Prime Min Wilson, ending 5-mo quarrel; last Nov, in light-hearted article, paper suggested that press officers were less than truthful; former chief press officer Joseph Haines and 5 of his colleagues sued for libel in Feb and virtually blacklisted Times reporters (S)

London Times Apologizes To Wilson's Press Aides

Rabin says $550-million in additional US aid to Israel is needed to pay for arms purchases already agreed to by US, int on Israeli Army radio (S)

ISRAEL SETS LIMIT ON MOVES BY SYRIA

Ital Socialist Party on Apr 15 rejects plan to avoid gen elections in summer, intensifying Italy's pol problems; decision appears to leave Cabinet little choice but to vote in mid-June, but there is no firm word whether governing Christian Dems will make such a decision; Socialist's rejection comes after Christian Dems offered to exch views on issues in present crisis with all parties, including Communists; call on all parties to ask Pres Giovanni Leone to dissolve Parliament so that elections can be held (S)

SOCIALISTS IN ITALY INSIST ON JUNE VOTE

Spanish Socialist trade union fed opens 1st cong in Spain since '32, Madrid, Apr 15; delegates from major non-Communist unions in Western Eur attend to support re-establishment of Spanish free-labor movement; several hundred Spanish delegates emerge from exile and underground to attend meeting; Govt tolerance of meeting, which is illegal, noted; sec gen Nicholas Redondo Urbieta calls on union to lead in quickening pace in regaining freedom; contends Govt's plans for changes have no credibility; orgn history traced (M)

SOCIALIST UNION MEETS IN MADRID

West Ger leaders are acting concerned but are not getting seriously involved as possibility of govt with Communist participation draws near in Italy; West Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt regards Ital Christian Dem Party as 'corrupt'; says US Sec Kissinger should be careful in making comments about danger of Communists in Ital govt, TV int; Helmut Kohl, candidate for Chancellor of opposition West Ger Chrisitan Dem Party, is also taking tough stand against Communist infiltration in Italy; Eur Fed of Christian Dems chmn Kai-Uwe von Hassel has encouraged Itals not to give in to Communist offers of 'historical compromise'; West Ger Christian Dem Party internatl-relations specialist Heinrich Boex and Kohl aide Kurt Biedenkopf comment (M)

Bonn Parties Skirting Question Of Communists’

US Commerce Dept Natl Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm head Robert M White announces wide-ranging plans for enforcing US Fisheries Conservation Act, Apr 15 press briefing; program will involve Fed Govt in fishery control in comprehensive fashion for 1st time; Coast Guard Commandant Adm Owen W Siler outlines operations to be conducted by Coast Guard to enforce new fishing limit, briefing; says patrolling will be augmented by use of observation satellites and requirement that foreign fishing vessels entering US waters be equipped with transponders (M)

U.S. DETAILS PUS ON FISHING LETS

Jerry Lewis has agreed to star in a new production of &#8220;Hellzapoppin,&#8221; on Broadway next season under the sponsorship of Alexander H. Cohen. Although he has acted in, produced and directed more than 40 films, as well as appeared in nightclubs and on television, Mr. Lewis has never been in a legitimate Broadway show.

Jerry Lewis Set For liellzapoppin”

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April 16, 1976

Headlines from April 16, 1976

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India to Send Ambassador To China, First in 1 5Y ears

Jackson's Strategy Hampered by Lack Of Federal Subsidy

LEBANESE RESUME FIGHTING AS SYRIA SEEKS AN ACCORD

Gerald L.K. Smith Dies

Billboard 200

Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

Frampton Comes Alive

At The Speed Of Sound

A Night At The Opera

Run With The Pack

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 16, 1976