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Pound Rally Falters

June 9: State Dept expresses concern that stepped-up fighting in Lebanon might force Syrians to introduce more forces, thereby increasing risk of intervention either from Israel or from other Arab countries (S)

U.S. IS CONCERNED

KISSINGER ASSAILS CHILE OVER CURBS

City Hall officials indicated yesterday that two or three agency heads might be replaced in the next 60 days as Mayor Beame presses for management. changes.

EAME WEIGHING CHANGES lN HEADS

Analysis of June 8 Pres primaries holds NY Times/CBS News Poll samplings of sentiment among voters immediately after they cast their ballots showed electability overshadowed stands on issues or other personal qualities as central factor; contends findings indicated that Jimmy Carter was preceived as most electable Dem candidate in Nov election

Electability, Not Issues

Beirut is in state of siege; Western diplomats rept that large force of Syrian troops, armor and artillery moved into Lebanon in last 24 hrs, perhaps doubling to 12,000 number of Syrian ragulars in country; fighting reptd in mts 12 mi east of Beirut and in Saida; fighting continues in Beirut; PLO guerrillas have raided and closed offices of As Saiqa orgn; Arab mediation team consisting of Syrian Vice Air Marshal Naji Jamil, Syrian Deputy Prime Min Mohammed Haidar, Libyan Prime Min Abdel Salam Jalloud, Algerian Educ Min Abdel Karim Ben Mahmoud, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command leader Capt Ahmed Jabril and Al Fatah repr Abu Maher arrives in Beirut to negotiate cease-fire; Palestinian guerrillas and some troops from Palestine Liberation Army are trying to dislodge Syrian troops at key crossroads at Khalde, which gives Syrians choke-hold on exits from western Beirut; map (L)

FIGHTING INTENSE

Jimmy Carter wins landslide victory in June 8 Ohio primary, giving him more than 100 delegates in that state and gain of more than 200 in day's 3 primaries; Pres Ford scores convincing triumph over Ronald Reagan in Ohio primary;; Ford retains delegate lead; Repr Morris Udall finishes distant 2d in Ohio and Sen Frank Church places 3d; Udall congratulates Carter and calls him 'heavy favorite' to win nomination (L)

CARTER SCORES DELEGATE GAINS, WINS OHIO, IS BEATEN IN JERSEY;

Uncommitted delegates supporting Sen Hubert Humphrey and Gov Edmund Brawn Jr win upset victory over Jimmy Carter in June 8 NJ Dem Pres primary; NJ Sen James P Dugan predicts Carter will be beaten by 3-to-2 margin producing as many as 60 uncommitted delegates; Dem leaders say Brown-Humphrey candidates reaped vote windfall in dists that were expected to support Repr Morris Udall; illus (L)

Humphrey‐Brown Slate Victorious in New Jersey

Dem State Com cancels $125-a-plate fund-raising dinner scheduled to be held on Gracie Mansion lawn; Mayor Beame scratches Gracie Mansion as picnic site after Repub State Chmn Richard M Rosenbaum had threatened to enjoin affair legally as violation of Sec 107 of NYS Civil Service law, which bans use of public bldgs for pol fund-raising; Dems settle on Promenade Cafe at Rockefeller Center as replacement site (L)

Democrats Cancel Picnic On Gracie Mansion Lawn

Policy of no prisoners in Lebanese civil war discussed; prisoner is put to death--often slowly; best estimate is that 18,000 to 20,000 people have died in 14-mos of fighting; most of victims are civilians caught near their homes under indiscriminate firing; on-the-spot slayings and kidnappings on religious grounds are daily occurrences; illus (L)

Decency and Courage Amid Lebanese Horror

number of Eur public health specialists are seriously questioning wisdom of US plan to immunize almost entire population with new influenza vaccine; argue that any such program inevitably produces some adverse reactions, particularly in those under age 18; Dr W Charles Cockburn, dir of WHO Communicable Disease Div, comments (M)

Experts in Europe Question U.S. Plan For Mass Flu Shots

Approval by reluctant and doubtful Spanish Parliament of 1st free pol parties since end of Civil War in '39 is expected (M)

Legalization of Parties Due in Madrid

Genoa state's atty Francesco Coco shot to death with bodyguard and driver on downtown street; was foe of left-wing extremists; had been investigating urban guerrilla group Red Brigades; leftist New Partisans claims responsibility; pol parties in Genoa suspend rallies (M)

Genoa Prosecutor, A Foe of Extremists, And 2 Aides Slain

guerrillas attack Nouakchott, Mauritania; Mauritanian officials say raid was staged by Polisario Front suicide squad; UPI repts Algerian press service also has identified raiders as Polisario guerrillas; map (M)

Saharan Rebels Stage 2 Raids Inside Capital of Mauritania

View of election campaign from Naples; many Neapolitans expected to vote on negative basis, disgusted with Christian Dems, fearful of Communism and wishing for visible alternative; sharp shift to left seen among many workers resentful of rich and of natl Govt's neglect of southern region (M)

Many in Naples, Fearful and Confused, Will Cast Votes Negatively

illus welcoming Indian Prime Min Gandhi to Moscow

Brezhnev Complains of an Increase in Efforts to Hamper Detente

shantytowns are prime topic of concern at Habitat conf; one aim of conf is to crystalize new natl policies regarding 'unauthorized communities'; shantytowns of squatters have become so numerous and extensive in many places that they are rule rather than exception (M)

View of World's Shantytowns Less Grim

Explosion apparently caused by bomb damages Yugoslav embassy, Washington (S)

Blast in Washington Hits Yugoslav Mission

article on Habitat Forum, informal conf paralleling UN Habitat conf; forum is designed to allow nongovernmental orgns to make their opinions heard on housing and planning issues that governmental delegates are debating at major session; forum seems largely populated by students and younger visitors; 2 groups have little contact (M)

Informal Forum That Parallels the Habitat Conference Is a Youthful and Radically Different Affair

Mex Govt pledges to continue its program to eradicate opium poppies; Atty Gen Pedro Ojeda-Paullada says in joint statement with US Atty Gen Edward H Levi that program can be expected to reduce flow of heroin into US by end of '76 (S)

MEXICAN AIDE CITES PROGRESS ON OPIUM

Angolan Govt schedules mass rally to show support for forthcoming trial of 2 Amers and 11 other foreigners as mercenaries in recent civil war; nationalized press and radio has led campaign against 13 men who were captured in northern Angola in Feb while with Natl Front for Liberation of Angola; state prosecution has demanded death penalty for prisoners; internatl comm of inquiry on mercenaries is charged with observing legality of trial and drafting proposal for internatl convention condemning mercenaries and recruitment; US correspondent Robin Wright, who came to Angola to cover trial for Christian Science Monitor and Washington Post, is arrested and reptdly expelled; official action was taken against Wright after she refused state prosecutor's request to testify at trial; sources close to authorities say Wright is accused of having 'contacts' with anti-Govt Natl Front for Liberation of Angola (L)

RALLY IN ANGOLA TO SUPPORT TRIM

HR Appropriations Com rejects bid by Repr Joseph P Addabbo to delete funds from $106-billion defense budget for start of construction on 5th nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (S)

Rumsfeld Clears Pentagon Aide of Conflict of Interest in Missile Program

mil manpower specialist Edward Scarborough says 4 major mil services discriminate against potential black recruits to keep armed services from attracting more blacks than commanding gens believe officers can handle, int; says information about such practices was gathered in recent study by Defense Manpower Comm, which was written by Kenneth J Coffey and Frederick J Reeg, but was omitted from final rept; denials of discrimination by Defense Sec Donald Rumsfeld and 4 major service branches noted; Scarborough is Pentagon personnel analyst (M)

Military Accused of Bias in Recruiting

Sen Select Com on Intelligence, in special supplement to final rept, on June 8 repts that Nixon White House was considering plan in Mar '72, to discredit columnist Jack Anderson by drugging him so he would appear incoherent in public appearance; E Howard Hunt lunched with retired CIA physician at Washington restaurant near White House in Hopes of obtaining drug for project; project was dropped after it was determined to be impracticable; com says it found no evidence to support Washington Post rept by Bob Woodward, Sept 21, '75, that Nixon White House had attempted to assassinate Anderson (S)

Nixon's Aides Held To Have Weighed Drugging Columnist

CIA has found additional records of 2,000 persons whose mail was opened in its mail interception program after it had informed Fed ct, San Francisco, 6 mos ago that search of its files was complete; discovery comes as agency discloses discrepancies between affidavits to ct and statistics on number of records kept on microfilm index; disclosure raises issue of CIA's credibility in its responses to requests by individuals for information kept on them (M)

June 9, 1976

Headlines from June 9, 1976

Pound Rally Falters

U.S. IS CONCERNED

KISSINGER ASSAILS CHILE OVER CURBS

EAME WEIGHING CHANGES lN HEADS

Electability, Not Issues

Billboard 200

Black And Blue

At The Speed Of Sound

Frampton Comes Alive

Here And There

Presence

Historical Context for June 9, 1976