Govt economists expect GNP rate to slow substantially in 2d qr to less than 5%, compared with new Commerce Dept estimate of 8.7% in 1st qr, revised upward from 8.5%; chief reason is decline in consumer spending; dept repts revised 1st qr profits at $85.7-billion annual rate after taxes, $142.8-billion before taxes (M)

FALL IS INDICATED IN G.N.P. GROWTH

Soweto black residents bitter over Govt apartheid policies but fearful of (L)

Soweto Bitter Over Apartheid, but Fearful of Rioters

Pres Ford wins 3 Repub Natl Conv delegates June 18 in 1st of 6 Iowa dist convs; Reagan seen likely to win at least half of 18 dist delegates at stake; Reagan speaks to several dist caucuses and on steps of Veterans' Auditorium, Des Moines, where Repub state conv will open June 19; flies to Spokane, where Wash state conv will also be held June 19; forecasts for upcoming state Repub convs in Wash state, Delaware, Colo, Texas; Reagan and wife illus (L)

3 IOWA DELEGATES WON BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, June 18&#8212;Representative Wayne L. Hays, the focus of a Capitol Hill sex controversy, resigned under pressure from his colleagues today as chairman of the once obscure committee that he had expanded and used to exert power in Congress.

HAYS FORCED OUT OF KEY HOUSE JOB; REFORMS WEIGHED

Kuhn nullifies sale of Blue, Rudi and Fingers; holds sales were not in 'best interest of baseball'; Finley, Miller and St Louis Cardinals owner August A Busch Jr score Kuhn decision; owners supporting Kuhn decision listed; Kuhn photo (M)

Kuhn Voids Player Sales; Finley Threatens to Sue

order leaders acknowledge that its reprs raised some $20-million in last 2 yrs 'to feed and clothe the poor' abroad but used only about $500,000 for overseas missions; fund-raising arm spent $16-million to conduct massive direct-mail appeal and invested other millions in Fla real estate ventures and uncollected loans to Md pol figures; $3.5-million loan was made to Md Gov Marvin Mandel in '74; Borders institutes guidelines to prevent repetition of abuses; spokesman says Carcich could face criminal prosecution if state investigation confirms repts of contract kickbacks or 'laundering' of campaign funds through order's bank accounts; Borders and Very Rev Domenick T Graziadio, Provincial Superior of Pallottines, express concern that impact will extend to other ch and charitable orgns; audit verifies repts published earlier this yr in Baltimore Sun and Washington Post that Carcich has invested $5-million raised for missionary purposes since '71 in real estate holdings valued at $3-million (M)

Catholic Order's Missions Got Only 3% of $20 Million Raised

reaction in black Africa to rioting and killings in S Africa; possible effect of disorder, on Kissinger-Vorster talk, discussed; African Unity Orgn sec gen William Eteki and several newspaper ed reactions noted (M)

Outraged African Nations Talk of Violent Retaliation,

WASHINGTON, June 18&#8212;In a blow to the Ford Administration, a Federal district judge ruled today that the Agriculture Department &#8220;exceeded its Congressional mandate&#8221; when it promulgated regulations designed to cut back $1 billion to $1.2 billion in food stamp benefits.

U.S. Judge Blocks Food Stamp Cuts Ford Had Sought

parents and teachers at Grace L Hubbs School, Commack, hold farewell party as school closes; Commack school bd ordered school shut in '75 because of declining enrollment; several other schools on LI are also slated for closing; illus of teacher Esther Foxworth and students (M)

As Baby Boom Ends, A Sad School Closing

rioting spreads to number of black townships around Johannesburg; official casualty toll put at 60 killed and more than 800 injured; Vorster stresses talks with Kissinger will be held; officials comment (L)

RIOTING IN SOUTH AFRICA SPREADS TO MORE AREAS; TOLL SAID TO BE NEAR 100

Brit convoy with 70 evacuees and bodies of Meloy and Waring caught in crossfire in Lebanese mountains; reaches Damascus safely; trip takes 7 hrs instead of usual 3 (S)

U.S. BIDS CITIZENS LEAVE LEBANON; CONVOY DEPARTS

Ford cancels election campaign trip to Iowa on June 18 after having directed US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, to assist in evacuation of Amers in that country (S)

FORD DROPS TRIP, CITING LEBANON

GB repts development of new tank armor, called Chobham, it claims will help offset numerical superiority of Soviet tanks over those of NATO (S)

Hope for Reforms

Italy's election campaign comes to close on June 18 as Communists and Christian Dems promise stable and secure future; Repub Party head Ugo La Malfa predicts no party would be able to form govt after election large pol rallies held in Rome; public opinion polls give Christian Dems slight edge (S)

Campaigning in Italy Closes With Big Rallies

Hussein offers Syria strongest Arab support for Lebanon invervention; moves to stifle opposition among Palestinians in Jordan (S)

Jordan Backs Syrians

Assad backs pan-Arab peace force in Lebanon, denies problems with other Arab states, comment in Paris after talks with Pres Giscard d'Estaing; seeks French approval of Syrian mil intervention; French have opposed any foreign role; King Hussein, on USSR visit, backs Syrian intervention (S)

Assad, in Paris, Says He Backs Arab Peace Force in Lebanon

French and soc science teacher Silvia Gingold is engulfed in pol controversy that has shaken some W Eurs' faith in solidity of West Ger democracy; Gingold, a Communist and a Jew, is 1 of victims of 'radicals decree,' a govt edict banning from civil service those deemed potentially disloyal to Const; does not attribute her dismissal from teaching post to anti-Semitism, but her Jewishness has been accented in many protests and extensive press and TV coverage (M)

Battle Over Bonn Decree Engulfs a Jewish Teacher

Article on elections focuses on Ital couple Francesco and Maria D'Elia as example of many Itals who will continue 30-yr family tradition and vote for Christian Dem Party; notes couple believe rule by Christian Dems is best for country and also fear Communist rule; illus (M)

2 Attitudes, 2 Ways of Voting in Italy

Thai Govt, in surprise announcement, says Foreign Min Pichai Rattakul has just returned from Cambodia where agreement was reached on border demarcation and establishment of embassies; Pichai met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Min Ieng Sary; countries reptdly plan to demark 10-mi stretch of common border and establish embassies in both capitals; Cambodians reptdly have pledged to furnish details by end of June of undisclosed number of Thai fishermen arrested by Cambodian authorities for fishing in Cambodian waters; previous meetings, which have not been so secretive, recalled (M)

THAIS REPORT PACT WITH CAMBODIANS

JOHANNESBURG, June 18 (UPI) &#8212; The black woman, wearing a colored doek scarf around her head and a pink smock&#8212;the dress of a servant of a white home&#8212;ran across the road, tears from the smoke streaming down her cheeks.

Trust Grows Amid Shots and Salutes

text of Vorster statement to Parliament on Soweto riots

Text of Vorster Statement

incidents of kindness between blacks and whites during rioting noted (M)

South African Office Is Vandalized Here

several whites rept incidents of how blacks had rescued them from violence during riots (M)

Africans Assisting Fleeing Officials

Funseth repts that Kissinger and Vorster have agreed to hold meeting in Garfenau and Bodenmais (W Ger) (S)

GERMANS PICK SITES OF KISSINGER TALKS

man killed, at least 36 hurt in bomb blast in Belfast bar (S)

Man Dies in Belfast Blast

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June 19, 1976

Headlines from June 19, 1976

FALL IS INDICATED IN G.N.P. GROWTH

Soweto Bitter Over Apartheid, but Fearful of Rioters

3 IOWA DELEGATES WON BY PRESIDENT

HAYS FORCED OUT OF KEY HOUSE JOB; REFORMS WEIGHED

Kuhn Voids Player Sales; Finley Threatens to Sue

Billboard 200

At The Speed Of Sound

Frampton Comes Alive

Black And Blue

Here And There

Rocks

Notable Births

Historical Context for June 19, 1976