May 26, 1976

Carter wins 60% of vote in Ky, 78% in Tenn and 62% in Ark; leads for 37 delegates in Ky, while Wallace leads for 7 and Udall for 2; Carter takes 36 delegates in Tenn, with 1 going to Wallace and 9 uncommitted; Carter leads for 17 delegates in Ark, Wallace for 5, with more uncommitted; Carter wins only 2 of 8 runoff elections for delegates in Ala; 54 members of 71-member Missouri delegation to Dem Natl Conv are chosen at dist convs, and Carter wins only 28, despite endorsement of Sen Thomas F Eagleton and virtually entire state party hierarchy; 21 delegates are uncommitted, with 5 others scattered among other candidates; Carter loses to Church in Idaho and Ore, and to Brown in Nov; Carter continues to grow in delegate strength, gaining 125 new delegates for day, as he predicted; predicts 1st ballot victory; NY Times/CBS News Poll shows Carter favorite among more conservative voters in Ore, Brown strong among those who consider themselves ind, and Church strong among liberals; Church illus (M)

Calvin Jackson, a 28‐yearold ex‐convict and drifter, was convicted yesterday of murdering nine women on Manhattan's West Side over a 17‐month period. Page 43.

Unpublished rept by Munic Assistance Corp's Special Task Force on Taxation stirs dispute over wisdom, timing and fairness of tax relief for businesses and high-salaried execs to revitalize econ of NYC and NYS; backs substantial cuts in state income tax in high brackets, exemption of mfrs from commercial occupancy tax, cuts in corp income tax and relief from stock transfer tax for mkt-makers and specialists; NYC Planning Comm chmn Victor Marrero says Mayor Beame cannot back tax cuts for rich while city is laying off workers and cutting back on essential services; task force members Jack Bigel and Wilbert Tatum, in lr to task force chmn Adrian W DeWind, say they will not sign rept in its present form; Commerce Comr John S Dyson says those who criticize rept misunderstand task force's mandate; Dean Dick Netzer, in lr to DeWind, says proposals are inequitable and are without merit; Ray Horton, staff dir of Temporary Common City Finances, says rept's sweeping proposals require much study and justification (M)

Survey of intellectual climate in India indicates cautious mood prevails at univs; unidentified prominent historian, contending people have become semiliterate and passive, says repression is hindering intellectual growth; relatively few intellectual arid scholars are believed to be among tens of thousands of pol prisoners rounded up since June '75, except for Profs and students active in Jan Sangh Party; police raids on coll campuses recalled; illus (L)

19 people, including 8 Amers, indicted, San Diego, Calif, for alleged roles in smuggling illegal cancer drug laetrile into US from 2 mfg plants in Tijuana, Mex; grand jury's rept follows yrlong investigation by Asst US Atty Herbert B Hoffman and operators from several agencies; named in indictment as key figure in multimillion-dollar conspiracy is Andrew R L McNaughton, who has been involved with controversial drug and efforts to legalize its clinical use; other individuals and cos listed (L)