June 12, 1976

Syria and Palestinian guerrilla movement are at odds on how to use 'symbolic' Arab peacekeeping force, but outright opposition to any such force is expressed by Christian leadership; Chamoun and Franjieh comment; Jalloud is reptdly converted to Palestinian view that Arab force should 'replace' Syrian troops in Lebanon; there are no signs that Algerian troops are arriving in Lebanon; Beirut radio says 100 Sudanese have landed in Beirut airport; Palestinian press agency accuses Syrians of shelling Saida; repts Syrians issued ultimatum to Lebanese Arab Army at Rachaya, near Syrian border, demanding that it evacuate its positions there; says Syrian troops arrested 'dozens of Palestinians' and confiscated food, fuel and flour being transported from Saida to Beirut (L)

Fed investigators are probing charges by Elizabeth Ray that she was ordered by ex-Repr Kenneth J Gray, her employer at time, into sexual encounter with Sen Mike Gravel to further Gray's hopes of getting Gravel's help in passing legis; ind account of purported incident, 1st told by Ray to FBI, was provided to NY Times by Colleen Gardner, ex-Capitol Hill sec, who said she saw encounter; Gardner's version coincides with Ray's description in her novel, Washington Fringe Benefit, of her meeting with 'Sen Boulder' aboard houseboat on Potomac River some yrs ago; Gravel denies story; does not remember ever having met Ray; says at time of purported incident, '72 or '73, he and Gray were chmn of respective HR and Sen subcoms with authority over pub bldgs and worked together in those capacities; Gardner resigned her $25,800 job with Repr John Young because, she says, she was given little meaningful work by Young, who wanted her to remain sexually available to him; Justice Dept is reptdly studying possibility that incident may come under bribery statute; Gardner said recently that after disclosure of Hay's relationship with Ray, Gray phoned her to tell her to forget what she saw on houseboat; Young denies suggestions he paid Gardner inflated salary in return for sexual favors; refuses to confirm or deny that he has been intimate with her or to comment on assertion by Melanie Hall, another ex-sec, that he made advances to her in his office; Gardner's account of her sexual encounters with Young noted; Young por (L)

Kandy Stroud article on Plains, Ga, birthplace of Jimmy Carter; residents comment on Carter and his chances of winning Dem Pres nomination; Carter's family also comments; illus (M)

NYS school-financing bill, approved 42-11 by Sen and 83-59 in Assembly, is designed to permit cities and school dists to continue to tax property owners above const tax ceilings, despite '74 Appeals Ct ruling that such taxing was unconst (S)

Habitat conf endorses call for sharp restrictions on private ownership of land; conf ends June 11 after 2 wks of deliberations; delegates ask that land be managed as public resource rather than profit-generating commodity (L)