September 5, 1976

Jimmy Carter says he will press for wide mandate rather than concentrating on narrow number of states that might guarantee him victory; wants to return to personal campaign style he used in primaries; Carter campaign staff seen reluctant to narrow campaign's focus as long as polls show him to be so strong in all regions of county; allocation of campaign funds as limited by new campaign financing law also seen as factor (M)

NY Public Disclosure Bd, in rept to Gov Carey, holds dozens of state employees are paid $30,000 to $50,000 a yr for jobs that are basically part-time--in some cases requiring no more than few hrs work a wk; Carey says he agrees with bd recommendations and that he will appt task force to propose revisions in pay scales of about 100 appointive state jobs paying more than $15,000 a yr, as well as in structure of about 25 state bds and agencies; jobs in question are known as 'term apptmts,' in which job-holders are apptd for specific term of yrs, and make up important part of any Gov's patronage (L)

Pres Ford campaign aides say Catholic vote in industrial states will be vital to Ford strategy; also plan low profile, come-from-behind campaign, exploitation of Ford-Carter debates and development of 'flexible' staff and strategy to develop target areas as late as Oct 1; aides see Northern Catholic voters likely to be put off by Carter's stand on abortion; list of percentage of voting age Catholics in key states; Ford says Carter's latest comments on fiscal policy indicate that Carter is coming over to Ford's position (L)

A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines jet with 77 passengers aboard was hijacked after leaving Nice, landed in Tunis and then took off again toward an unknown destination. Page 19.

Rev of Pres Ford's decision on Kelley (M)