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)