August 6, 1976

NYS Sen, 31-13, and Assembly, 101-30, approve bill for NYS to assume all costs of county and city courts on graduated basis over next 4 yrs; Gov Carey signs bill; measure considered key portion of ct reform; pol wrangling over measure revd; Carey had hesitated to shift from earlier 6-yr takeover plan because of state budget considerations; final version handles dispute over varying benefit levels of ct employees by providing that no employee shall lose benefits under reorgn (L)

The Village Vanguard is one of the more senior jazz establishments in New York, still doing business downstairs at 178 Seventh Avenue South (AL 5‐4037). It is not dedicated to pretension, just jazz. The decor is forgettable and there is no food worth mentioning. Drinks and jazz is what it offers. This weekend, Friday through Sunday, Art Farmer, the flugelhorn and trumpet virtuoso, will wind up a week's engagement at the Vanguard. Mr. Farmer, born in Iowa and raised in Arizona, has been working out of Vienna for eight years. On his guest stop here, he's onstage with the Roland Hanna Trio. Shows at 10, 11:30 P.M. and 1 A.M. Admission: $4, plus a onedrink minimum per show (you can sit through as many shows as there are).

Int with Shankar, on occasion of forthcoming concert in Cathedral of St John the Divine, celebrating the 20th anniv of his first performance of Indian music in the US; illus (L)

White House press sec Ron Nessen says Pres Ford will announce his choice of running mate after he wins Repub Pres nomination; John B Connally scores Reprs William S Cohen and Thomas F Railsback, who said Connally would not make good Vice-Pres candidate in light of Watergate; Sen Robert P Griffin urges discussion of Connelly's strengths and weaknesses; Sen Howard Baker praises Connally; Ford picks up only 1 delegate vote on Aug 4,putting Ford total at 1,108; Baker illus (M)

Sen is expected to confirm apptmt of Dr H Guyford Stever as Office of Science and Technology Policy dir, Aug 6; reorganization creates 4 new agencies within exec branch and abolishes 1; provides for special blue-ribbon com to spend next 2 yrs ascertaining where US is headed in terms of scientific and technological research priorities and where it should be headed; Stever leaves post as head of Natl Science Foundation; is to be replaced by Dr Richard T Atkinson; 4 offices to be set up under Natl Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities Act of '76 described (M)