June 6, 1976

Communist countries’ borrowing in the West is rising so much that the lending banks in this country and Western Europe are stiffening their terms and some American banks are said to be nearing their legal lending limits. Details, Section 3.

J N Wilford describes June 5 operations; expedition has already obtained 8,000 color photos from 1 camera submerged in water; film is to be processed during wk of June 6; engineers and scientists have established lakeside operations station; activities there described; most of expensive photo and other equipment reptdly is being donated by Amer cos specializing in photo and underwater exploration; film crew from NBC, which has exclusive TV rights to record expedition, has been covering some lakeside activities; illus of Dr Harold E Edgerton studying sonar scanner printout; illus of press relations man Dennis Meredith and photo analyst Charles W Wyckoff assembling main camera rig; illus of Dr Robert H Rines, Wyckoff and Edgerton conducting sonar sounding (L)

former Reclamation Bur geologist Shirley Ptylak testified in Fed Dist Ct that new dam might leak because of nature of soil (S)

NYC Consumer Affairs Dept begins law enforcement campaign against dishonest souvenir gift shops in Times Sq area in anticipation of Dem Natl Conv (M)

article assessing impact of urban crisis in Chicago notes city's pss were closed 16 days early this spring because of $47.4-million deficit that resulted from settlement of an 11-day teachers's strike last fall; notes unless Ill Legis waives law to exempt city from a penalty for early closing, city schools will lose $56-million more in Sept; also notes Mayor Daley pressed for settlement of strike because he believed that he could persuade Legis to pass 3 educ bills that included school financing; Chicago Teachers Union pres Robert M Healey predicts Daley will not muster enough support to get exemption for Chicago passed; school employees are expected to lose 8.5% of their salaries as result of early school closing (S)

comment on decision (S)

Dwight Stones of Long Beach State set a world record of 7 feet 7 inches in the high jump yesterday at the 55th annual National Collegiate track and field championships in Philadelphia. Details are in Section 5.

New TV and radio ad for Pres Ford depicts Ronald Reagan as threat to peace, citing Reagan's recent comments on US involvement in Rhodesia; Reagan forces complain to Ford campaign, stations and FCC; Ford, in CBS-TV program Face the Nation, to be shown June 6, says that he is considering Reagan as possible running mate and that if Reagan is elected Pres, he will probably mellow in office (M)

Carl Bert Albert, HR Speaker for last 5 1/2 yrs, to retire from Cong when current term expires at end of '76 (S)

Getty, J Paul

Jamaican Foreign Min Dudley Thompson tells Chilean Pres Augusto Pinochet that all Amer republics, including mil dictatorships, should respect 'common internatl norm of human rights,' luncheon meeting; problem of international reaction to human rights violations seen also to be developing in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina, with evidence of deaths, torture and summary dismissal of persons from various insts; reaction of critics in US Cong has reduced econ and mil aid to Chile, and could be obstacle to Argentina's request for financial aid to meet foreign debts; mil leaders contend that they are faced with subversive movements, supported from abroad by trained guerrillas and money coming from Cuba and Soviet Bloc (M)

Ford's call for limits on ct-ordered busing and Carter's warning to Dem Platform Com to avoid costly promises are seen as attempts by both Candidates to set issues on which they hope to run as nominees of their parties (S)