May 12, 1976

Bolivian Amb to France, Joaquin Zenteno Anaya, is shot and killed in Paris May 11; anonymous telephone caller gives as 1 reason for killing amb's alleged role in pleading with French Govt against extradition from Bolivia of Ger war criminal sought by French, Klaus Barbie (M)

NYS Gov Hugh Carey says he will soon name person to supplant NYS Dem chmn Patrick Cunningham, but adds Cunningham will continue to be state party's chief liasion with natl Dem Party; says new job will be ‘something like’ that filled by Arthur Krim, whom he and Cunningham named in early ‘76 to coordinate state party's handling of Natl Dem Conv (M)

Fed Judge Thomas C Platt (Bklyn, NY) rules Soc Security Act retirement benefit provisions discriminate against men 64 yrs of age and older in favor of women and younger men; Fed lawyers say they will appeal ruling if Justice Dept approves; ruling reptdly may cost Govt more than $400‐million per yr in added Soc Security benefits; Piatt says ruling applies only to Will Webster, 67‐yr‐old recipient on whose behalf suit was brought (M)

Jimmy Carter wins narrow victory on May 11, over Repr Morris Udall in Conn primary for Dem Pres candidates (M)

Pres Ford on May 11 reluctantly approves legis reviving major powers of Fed Elect Comm and freeing agency to authorize payment of $2 million backlog of subsidies to candidates in Pres primaries; bill also enables comm to resume investigation complaints of campaign law and makes number of important changes in elect ground rules for pol candidates and coms that support them; Ford directs Atty Gen Edward H Levi to challenge const of provision that permits Cong to veto regulation promulgated by comm, in theory, ind exec agency; says he will send to Sen nominations of 6 comm members but does not announce names; presumably, he will rename 5 of sitting comrs plus replacement for Chmn Thomas B Curtis, who asked not to be reapptd; new member is reliably reptd to be former Repub Sen Marlow W Cook; agency might be able to start flow of matching funds to Pres candidates by end of wk if Cong moves swiftly to reconstitute comm; bill's other provisions detailed (L)

Mayor Beame presents list of recommendations for settling 10‐day strike by bldg service employes; reprs of Local 32‐B of Service Employes Internatl Union and of Real Estate Advisory Bd will take recommendations back to their members; Mayor had asked both groups to submit to arbitration but they had refused so Beame apptd 3‐man panel to study situation; panel members are Vincent D McDonnell, chmn of State Mediation Bd, Harry Van Arsdale Jr, pres of Central Labor Council, and Rexford E Tompkins, former head of Real Estate Bd; city repts greatest number of complaints are about pile‐up of garbage (L)

Reagan defeated by Ford on May 11 in W Va Pres preference primary; Sen Robert C Byrd, running as favorite son to control state's 33 delegates at Dem Natl Conv, wins by 9‐to‐1 margin in Dem Pres preference race over Gov George Wallace; Repubs and Dems also hold separate contests on May 11 for conv delegates; most of Repub delegates are expected to back Ford, but those elected are under no binding commitment to vote for him at Repub Natl Conv (M)

Sen leaders reach compromise agreement on plan to create permanent new com with exclusive authority to monitor CIA and authorize funds for CIA's operations; adoption of compromise by 4 key Sens apparently averted full‐scale floor fight between members of Sen's old guard and younger, more reform‐minded Sens; compromise was devised by Sens M Mansfield, R C Byrd, A A Ribicoff and H W Cannon; Sen H D Scott agreed to plan; critical element of agreement was concession by Byrd and Cannon that new com could have power to limit CIA's budget and restrict its operations; Sen Select Intelligence Com's recommendations noted (M)

US Adm officials say that Ethiopian mil Govt is preparing to open major offensive against Eritrean rebels in next few days, using 1/2 army and tens of thousands of armed peasant volunteers; Ethiopian leaders, according to intelligence repts, plan to deploy ‘human wave’ formations of Christian farmers against predominantly Moslem rebels; US official says that peasants had been promised ‘land grants’ in Eritrea as incentive to fight rebels; details on Eritrean rebellion, which has been going on sporadically for more than 10 yrs; US officials say that timing of offensive was dictated by desire of Ethiopian leadership to free 39,000‐man army for operations against neighboring Somalia; Ethiopia and Somalia hotly contest possession of French Territory of Afars and Issas that French are planning to quit; map (M)

Sen and HR coms move to approve new 27‐mo foreign aid bill that drops some of policy restrictions that prompted Pres Ford to veto similar bill; Israel is due to receive $4.5‐billion for period from July 1, ‘75, to Sept 30, ‘77 (S)

The Suffolk County Legislature killed a resolution that would have enabled the county to buy development rights to thousands of acres of disappearing farmland on Long Island's East End. The controversial measure had been designed to stem the tide of suburbanization. Page 45.