September 15, 1976

over 165,000 UAW members strike Ford, shutting down 102 plants and other facilities in 22 states; Woodcock and McKenna comment; illus (M)

The New York Times/Joe Traver

NYS Environmental Conservation Comr Peter A A Berle, citing contamination of Lake Ontario with pesticide Mirex, cancels salmon-stocking program scheduled for Lake Ontario and says dept is having 2d thoughts about building $10-million salmon and trout hatchery near lake, news conf (S)

Security Council, after private consultations, defers consideration of Vietnam's application for UN membership until after US Pros election in Nov; move comes day after Ford Adm announced it would veto bid; Libyan Amb Mansur Rashid Kikhia, Council pres, says move was made on French initiative and with consent of Vietnam; State Dept denies rept by diplomatic sources at UN and French Foreign Min official in Paris that move was agreed upon earlier by Sec Kissinger and Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing (M)

Defense Dept to ask White House to approve $130-billion mil budget for fiscal '78, $9-billion more than estimated 7 mos ago and $18-billion more than record '77 allocation; proposed increase seen reflecting eagerness of Joint Cs/S to exploit public's currently favorable mood toward mil spending, parallel desire of White House to charge Dem Pres nominee Jimmy Carter with being soft on defense as well as more sober assessment of Soviet mil threat and need to keep budget growth at 5% to 7% yrly (S)

double-decker buses go into service in midtown Manhattan for 1st time since '53; NYC Mayor Beame attends opening ceremony at Grand Army Plaza with MTA Chmn David L Yunich and Brit Leyland pres Graham W Whitehead (M)

Dem Cong primary results in Bklyn; Repr Shirley Chisholm defeats Wright and Vega in 12th Dist, Zeferetti defeats Arthur J Paone, Robert Chira and Daniel J Kisha in 15th Dist; Richmond defeats Gross in 14th Dist; Scheuer defeats Levinson in 11th Dist (part in Queens); Chisholm illus (L)

NYS Sup Ct Justice Aloysius Melia sentences Bernard Bergman to 1 yr in city prison for bribery; Hynes says that if guilty plea is withdrawn, he will reinstate fraud prosecutions against Bergman and family; Bergman counsel Gustave Newman says Bergman has raised $250,000 in loans and is prepared to pay it to state as evidence of good faith; Melia makes reference to Assembly majority leader Albert H Blumenthal, whom Bergman attempted to influence to have his Park Crescent Nursing Home application approved for operation; ct dismisses defense argument that frauds has been committed by accountant without Bergman's knowledge (M)

Kissinger arrives in Tanzania at start of mediation mission in SW Africa and Rhodesia; Tanzanian Govt issues statement, said to represent views not only of Tanzanian Pres Nyerere but also of Botswana, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique leaders, questioning depth of US commitment to black majority rule in southern Africa; statement asks Kissinger to declare that if peace efforts fail, would US supply mil aid to black guerrillas; Kissinger says that US is undertaking mediation role primarily for Africans and will not continue unless 'it is encouraged' (M)

narrowly edges out Repr Bella S Abzug for Dem nomination for US Sen

Toon, Malcolm (Amb): Named Amb to USSR

Article on Aug journey of Prof and Mrs Andrei Sakharov to Yakutsk, Siberia, where Tverdokhlebov has been sent by Govt to work as laborer in sawmill; map; illus (L)