May 6, 1976

article on how tenants at luxury co-op at 32 E 64th St, NYC, are coping with strike by bldg service employes; tenants include Mrs Lyn Revson, former wife of cosmetics exec Charles Revson, James Whitney Fosburgh, onetime fine arts adviser to White House, and Kitty Carlisle (Mrs Moss Hart); illus of Mrs Revson running elevator (L)

SALISBURY, Rhodesia, May 5— Rhodesia extended the length of service for its armed forces today from 12 months to 18 months to combat an upsurge in guerrilla activity.

suit filed in Chancery Ct, Wilmington, Del, by Summa Corp asks that William R Lummis be apptd temporary admr of Hughes estate; ct appts Lummis admr; Bank of Amer is disclosed to have had possession of stock ctfs that control Summa Corp, which in turn holds title to most of Hughes's estate, at time Hughes died; neither Summa Corp nor Bank of Amer explain why bank had Summa shares; sources close to Hughes affairs theorize that Hughes negotiated $100-million loan to buy Nevada casinos and left shares to guarantee loan, or that Hughes needed bond of $70-million to appeal judgment against him won by TWA, and gave bank physical possession of stock when bond was posted; say Hughes at time of death had no obligation to bank, but merely neglected to have shares returned to his own control; among defendants in Summa suit are Bruce Altman, members of Gano family, public officials who collect taxes in Calif, and Noah Dietrich; in Las Vegas, Nev, Dist Judge Keith Hayes allows handwriting expert to examine purported Hughes will found in Mormon ch; expert, Jack Harris, says he was employed by 3 sisters who are granddaughters of Howard Hughes's uncle, Rupert Hughes; sisters claim 50% of estate under provision of Texas law; since Hughes owned property in Texas, California and elsewhere, legal residence is in question; Tenn atty Alex Meacham, representing 3 paternal cousins of Howard Hughes, tells Las Vegas ct that purported will is forgery; asks for delay in authenticity hearing to prove will is invalid; alignment of groups fighting over Hughes wealth outlined (M)

NJ Superior Ct strikes down zoning ordinances of 11 Middlesex County municipalities as unconst and orders communities to make plans to provide total of 18,796 low-and moderate-income units by 1985; Judge David D Furman gives municipalities 90 days to develop zoning regulations that will comply (M)

Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Co plans major expansion of its hq in NYC and will soon sign 25-yr lease for 155,000 sq ft of space in McGraw-Hill Bldg, 1221 Av of the Americas, co annual meeting; speculation that lease will cost Engelhard $60-million; Engelhard pres Milton F Rosenthal optimistic on city's financial condition (M)

Gov Moore and William Loy are acquitted of extortion; Moore's pol future discussed; case revd; his por (M)

NYS Gov Carey urges NYC Higher Educ Bd to approve plan for CUNY that includes same tuition charges as at SUNY; says without additional revenue generated by tuition, univ's budget, composed of state, city and student-fee money, will drop to about $360-million, $145-million less than univ says it needs; alternative to tuition is to effect further and possibly more drastic cuts in univ spending, but Higher Educ Bd chmn Alfred A Giardino contends closing or merging of 1 or 2 additional colls is only solution to budget cuts; some 1,000 CCNY students demonstrate to protest tuition imposition, marking start of 3-day class boycott, along with hunger strike by 13 faculty members (M)

Ind primary results seen as indicating that ideological cleavage between conservative and moderate wings of Repub Party is widening; development is documented in survey of Ind voters by NY Times/CBS News poll; Pres Ford's backers, among them Sen Barry Goldwater, have been publicly warning that Ronald Reagan challenge threatens to split and damage party; Times/CBS New poll suggests that argument did not impress most Ind Repub because by 4-1 margin they disagreed that Reagan is splitting party; other findings noted (M)

Pres Ford orders major rev of his campaign strategy on May 5 after 4 straight primary losses to Ronald Reagan; Ford strategists admit they have no idea how to prevent future Dem crossover voting; Ford says it will be 'tough race,' impromptu news conf, White House rose garden; omits usual prediction that he would be nominated on 1st ballot; Mich Repub chmn William McLaughlin, NYS Repub Party chmn Richard M Rosenbaum, Dem Party natl chmn Robert S Strauss, Sen Paul Laxalt, Reagan's campaign mgr, State Sen John A Welbourn, Mich Repub Party exec dir Jerry Roe and White House press sec Ron Nessen comment; illus of Ford and gloomy scene at Ford's Washington, DC, hq (L)

US Sen, in surprise 60-34 vote, fails to override Pres Ford's veto; Sen Finance Com chmn Sen Russel B Long reptdly will attempt to develop compromise legis; while Sens Clifford P Case, Harrison A Williams Jr and Lowell P Weicker voted to override Ford's veto, Sen James L Buckley voted to sustain veto and Sens Jacob K Javits and Abraham A Ribicoff were out of country and did not vote (M)

May 6: Egypt and PLO leadership, after 9 mos of strained relations, have reptdly reached broad understanding for cooperation in Lebanon and on internatl scene; Arab sources say main purpose of understanding is to strengthen Arafat's hand against what they call 'Syrian attempt to bring the Palestinian resistance movement in Lebanon' under Syrian control; say reconciliation was brought about with Saudi Arabian help; for Egyptian Pres Sadat, accord with Arafat is 1st step back from isolation in which he found himself in Arab world after he signed 2d Sinai agreement with Israel in '75; under terms of Egyptian-Palestinian understanding more than 1,000 soldiers of Egypt-based brigade of Palestine Liberation Army have arrived in Lebanon to counter presence of As Saiqa, Syrian-controlled guerrilla orgn, and of Syrian-based units of Palestine Liberation Army (M)

Brit Govt and country's trade union leadership, both anxious over fall of pound and continuing high inflation rate, agree on May 5 to tough new wage-control policy; agreement restricts wage increases to 4.5% in yr beginning Aug 1 and sets maximum increase of 4 pounds, or $7.32, a wk for Britons earning more than $150 a wk; agreement if accepted by unions' rank and file, means that workers will experience declining living standards for 1 or more yrs because inflation will erode their new payments soon after they get them; Chancellor Healey says wage increase is likely to be below that in practically all Western developed countries for this yr; Trades Union Cong head Lionel Murray hails agreement; Healey and TUC leaders say they are determined to bring rate of inflation to 5% or 6% by end of '77; in additition to 4.5% wage rise, Britons will be granted various tax concessions that Healey offered as condition for accepting 3% level; new policy reflects Labor Govt's determination to redistribute incomes to close gap between rich and poor (M)