June 7, 1976

Gross, Ted: Former NYC Youths Services Comr found shot to death in car in Flatbush sec of Bklyn; companion Melita Sneed in critical condition (M)

NJ Dem leaders predict Jimmy Carter will win majority of state's 91 Dem Natl Conv delegates in June 8 primary, though impact of Gov Brown's campaign for uncommitted slate is unclear; consensus of Dem party officials forecasts Carter will win 45-50 delegates, uncommitted (Humphrey-Brown) 29-30 and Repr Morris Udall 12-16; Humphrey-Brown forces seen relying on big Dem co orgns to offset predicted suburban support for both Carter and Udall; Hudson Co Mayor Paul T Jordan is supporting uncommited slate, while Essex Co Dem chmn Harry Lerner, Gov Byrne and Sen James P Dugan have endorsed Carter (M)

Beirut daily Al Moharrer repts that Iraq has moved troops to Syrian border (S)

Gov George Wallace's campaign for Dem Pres nomination seen dispirited and virtually over as Field Research Corp poll projects he will get only 2% of Calif primary vote, down from 5% in early May and 9% in late March; Wallace seen tired and almost relieved that campaign will end with Calif primary on June 8; his speeches seen lacking enthusiasm and drawing small audiences; Wallace says he will hold on to his 170 Dem Natl Conv delegates to guarantee that his viewpoint will be represented; illus (L)

Elisabeth Rethberg, a soprano who for 20 years was one of the Metropolitan Opera's brightest stars, died yesterday at her home in Yorktown Heights, N. Y., at the age of 81. Page 32.

USAF Acad Athletic Assn, which runs varsity sports for acad, acknowledges, in response to rept by US Repr Les Aspin, that it lost thousands of dollars on investments in stocks and bonds from '70 through '74; puts loss on sales of securities at $417,000; terms loss 'regrettable' but notes many other insts are experiencing similar problem; rept by Aspin indicated assn lost $549,803 when it sold various securities for less than purchase price, whereas its portfolio earned $445,648 in income and divds in 5-yr period; audits by Dept of the Army which were released by Aspin characterize mgt of assn's portfolio as 'ineffective,' attributing losses to 'inattention' by mgt and to 'ill-advised and sometimes unilateral decisions' (M)

authoritative history of CIA prepared for Sen Select Intelligence Com is released on June 6; study was done by Anne Karalekas, Harvard-trained historian; details (L)

NYS Dems seen losing leverage at Dem Natl Conv, even though they are hosts, because of pol disunity; Gov Carey has failed to put together uncommitted delegation and has not personally endorsed any candidate, leaving him virtually without bargaining power going into conv; NYC Mayor Beame is supporting Jimmy Carter, while another powerful Dem leader, Joseph F Crangle, is backing Sen Humphrey; conv delegation is split among Carter, Repr Udall, Humphrey, Sen Jackson and uncommitted delegates (M)

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 6—The Boston Celtics, pro basketball's dominant team over the last two decades, wrapped up another National Basketball Association title today with an 87‐80 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

Pres Ford, amplifying his opposition to ct-ordered busing as device to desegregate pss, contends parents have right to send their children to segregated private acads so long as schools do not obtain Fed funds or tax advantages, TV int made public as he campaigns in NJ and Ohio; notes his own children attended integrated schools; reiterates pledge to ask Cong to enact legis limiting scope of Fed ct jurisdiction in remedying ps desegregation (M)

NYS Dem leaders reptdly plan to push for passage of CUNY rescue pkg this wk, based on a strategy of breaking State Sen's 7 Repub Senators from NYC away from leader Warren M Anderson's opposition to Dem plan; Repub strategists maintain that opposition to plan by Anderson will be supported by Assembly Dems from upstate areas who are fearful of backing generous rescue pkg when SUNY campuses in their own areas face stringent budgetary cutbacks; dilemma is expected to dim chances of CUNY reopening; Mayor Beame has satisfied 1 of Assembly Dem majority's demands by backing, for 1st time, tuition imposition; NYS Educ Comr Ewald Nyquist weighs if action by his dept is called for in efforts to reopen univ system (M)

at least 6 persons reptd dead and 53 missing; property damage estimated at more than $500-million; Pres Ford declares region disaster area, making residents eligible for low-cost loans to restore property and businesses; Reclamation Bur Comr Gilbert Stamm says engineers believe dam was breached either because water from behind it made way around curtain of grouting (cement-based filler) on dam or through it; environmentalists suit against construction of dam noted; map; illus (M)