September 17, 1976

Over last few mos ship captains on high seas have been passing up boatloads of Indochinese refugees as nations in area become more reluctant to grant refugees haven; Panamanian freighter that picked up 31 Vietnamese refugees more than 2 mos ago is reptd on way to Japan after refugees were refused admittance to Singapore and Yemen; refugee sources say some cases of ignoring refugee appeals on high seas has led to violations of internatl seafaring traditions and laws that require aid to foundering (M)

both Houses of Cong pass and send to Pres Ford final version of tax revision bill which sets tax penalties on cos that comply with Arab boycott of Israel (S)

Philadelphia Common Pleas Ct Judge David Savitt upholds validity of petition demanding special recall election of Mayor Frank L Rizzo; rules that city officials who are friends of Rizzo had illegally sought to throw out petition by 'incorrect,' 'arbitrary,' and 'unconscionable' elimination of enough names of anti-Rizzo voters to invalidate recall effort; Rizzo illus (L)

Commerce Dept repts personal income in Aug rose $6.1-billion to annual rate of $1,389.5-billion (S)

Episc Ch approves ordination of women to be priests and bishops when House of Deputies, lay and clerical body, votes to concur with resolution approved by House of Bishops; Rev Alison Cheek comments; Rev Kenneth E Trueman and Canon Alberg J duBois score vote; Canon Allan Wentt comments (M)