illus of swimmers as Jones Beach reopens June 26 after being closed by pollution; West End Complex 1 and 2 remain closed awaiting clean-up crew

New Yorkers Reclaim Their Beaches

Article on labor lawyer Sidney R Korshak says Korshak is described by Las Vegas casino operators and lawyers as architect of recent 17-day strike by Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders Internatl Union against group of casinos and hotels, including 6 owned by Summa Corp, part of empire of late Howard Hughes; strike did not affect casinos and hotels that employ Korshak or his assocs as labor counsel (L)

Korshak's Power Rooted In Ties to Labor Leaders

Investigation by NY Times finds that racial discrimination in Manhattan apt rentals is still widespread and denies many choice apts to blacks and other minority group members despite their ability to afford them; pattern of discrimination involved not only real estate brokers but landlords and bldg supts; specific examples noted; illus (L)

Race Discrimination Found Pervasive In Rental of Manhattan Apartments

G.O.P. MAYORS BID FORD ACT ON JOBS

Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 with 3-man Lebanese crew is destroyed at airport during artillery attack; pilot reptd dead; airport terminal is shelled; no injuries reptd; pledge by Christian Phalangist Party to forcibly close airport if com of Christians and Moslems was not established to operate it noted (M)

JETLINER BLASTED IN BEIRUT AIRPORT

Pres Ford opens econ summit conf of 7 major indus nations, San Juan, PR; says govts have overcommitted themselves economically in order to improve soc conditions and raise standards of living; says indus nations must set more 'realistic' soc and econ goals that will be acceptable to their people; says policies pursued by major nations are too ambitious; says indus leaders have power to shape the future (M)

FORD SAYS NATIONS OVERCOMMITTED THEIR ECONOMIES

Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's, averted a strike by his players yesterday by permitting Joe Rudi, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers to play. Page 35.

A's Strike Averted

Portuguese Pres election results show that Army chief of staff Gen Antonio Ramalho Eanes has won 61.41% of vote; results noted; illus (L)

ARMY CHIEF WINS IN PORTUGAL VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT

7 Arabs hijack Air France jetliner, on Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris flight with 257 persons aboard, and force it to refuel in Benghazi, Libya, before flying to Entebbe Airport, Uganda; 70 Israelis reptd aboard; PLO reptdly claims responsibility for hijacking; map of hijacked craft's route (M)

Airliner With 257 Is Hijacked to Uganda

weary legislators leave Capitol after marathon session that fails to resolve partisan dispute over bill sharply reducing pension benefits for public employees; Assembly, 120-29, passes pension bill; Repub-controlled Sen agrees with basic pension provisions but refuses to approve sec of bill that replaces pension study comm whose chmn, Otto Kinzel, is Repub favorite; Provisions of Assembly approved bill detailed (L)

ASSEMBLY BACKS A CUT IN PENSIONS FOR NEWLY HIRED

Survey shows that natl median price of new home is over $43,000 and more US home buyers are considering older homes in inner-city neighborhoods; in some cities whole neighborhoods are being reclaimed by rehabilitation efforts; trend is causing prices of many older inner city homes to rise and also bringing complaints from lower-income people who say they are being forced out of only housing they can afford: trend is still small; reasons noted; inner-city homes are purchased mainly by couples without school-age children; situation noted for Boston, NYC, Indianapolis, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and Richmond, Va; some cities are establishing special aid programs to help low- and middle-income families buy and fix houses (L)

Inner City Houses In Demand as Costs Soar in the Suburbs

Brezhnev illus being greeted by Erich Honecker upon arrival in E Berlin for all-Eur Communist party conf; Yugoslav Pres Tito arrives

Sitting In on Meeting Of Rome Communists

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Johannesburg, S Africa, witnesses discuss recent riots; map; illus (L)

Witnesses Tell What They Saw When Riots Came to Soweto

Comment on crime rate of Soweto, S Africa, being 1 of highest in world; criminal activity of gangs of young thugs known as tsotsis noted (S)

Crime Rate in Soweto Among World's Highest

Algerians vote in referendum on new natl charter, which is seen as expression of support for Pres Boumediene and his Govt; referendum is 1st since nation gained independence from France in '62 (S)

Algerians Vote on a Charter For ‘Islamic Socialist’ State

Israeli Transportation Min Gad Yaacobi warns Israel will take all necessary action 'both politically and in other spheres' to protect Israeli passengers aboard Air France jetliner (S)

Warning From Israel

article on Nigerian cement scandal notes ships laden with cement, which have paralyzed nation's ports for past 15 mos, are gradually being unloaded (S)

Nigerians Fear New Revelations in Cement Scandal

Polish Communist Party reptdly stages big rallies throughout nation on June 27 backing party leader Edward Gierek in wake of June 25 worker protests that forced withdrawal of proposed food-price increases (M)

Big Communist Party Rallies

demonstrators set fire to Communist Party hq, Radom, Poland, and loot food and liquor stores during strikes on June 25 protesting Govt food price increases; residents say several people are injured when police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators; no repts of fatalities or use of firearms; Prime Min Piotr Jaroszewicz announces delay in food price increases during height of demonstrations, TV speech (S)

A Party Office Was Attacked by Poles

The secretary general of the Organization of American States, Alejandro Orfila of Argentina, has declared that his &#8220;strong personal feelings&#8221; in the matter of human rights led him to visit the Tres Alamos detention center in Chile earlier this month.

O.A.S. Chief Cites ‘Strong Feelings’ On Human Rights

USSR orders all-out campaign against ideological deviation, corruption and nationalism in Caucasian Repub of Georgia, following recent series of bomb and arson attacks (S)

NEW SOVIET DRIVE TO CURB GEORGIA

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Rex Brinlee Jr, who escaped from State Penitentiary in McAlester on June 19 with 6 other inmates, surrenders to prison employe (S)

11 Passengers Killed, 29 Hurt As Express Derails in Belgium

KENTON, Ohio, June 27 (UPI)&#8212;A drummer boy in a Colonial costume called people to worship today at St. John's United Church of Christ in this west central Ohio community where Pastor Erwin Koch, in a Bicentennial celebration, patterned his worship service after one held May 23, 1776.

A Drummer Call to Worship

 Shinobu Asagoe   is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006.

Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player

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Seth Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.

Seth Wescott, American snowboarder

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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda.

The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.

June 28, 1976

Headlines from June 28, 1976

New Yorkers Reclaim Their Beaches

Korshak's Power Rooted In Ties to Labor Leaders

Race Discrimination Found Pervasive In Rental of Manhattan Apartments

G.O.P. MAYORS BID FORD ACT ON JOBS

JETLINER BLASTED IN BEIRUT AIRPORT

Billboard 200

At The Speed Of Sound

Frampton Comes Alive

Rocks

Breezin'

Diana Ross (II)

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for June 28, 1976