Penna Sup Ct rules that Philadelphia Mayor Frank L Rizzo does not have to face special recall election in Nov, reversing ruling by Common Pleas Ct Judge David N Savitt; 4 judges vote to support ruling by Philadelphia city comrs that recall petitions did not contain necessary number of valid signatures, 2 judges support petitions' validity and 1 judge abstains (M)

Vote to Recall Rizzo Is Barred by Court

Mayor Beame's office, reptg on 1st yr of city's fiscal recovery plan ending June 30, notes tax receipts exceeded expectations by $67‐million; sum is considered trifling (S)

Beame Reports the City's Deficit Is Less Than Planners Predicted

Pres Ford holds impromptu news conf in Oval Office on Sept 30

Incumbent Role A Boon to Ford

Sec Kissinger, in UN speech on Law of Sea negotiations, declares a new US adm would not offer greater concessions to landlocked and developing countries (S)

Kissinger, at U.N., Urges Africans To Resist Any Outside Interference

PBA delegates unanimously reject agreement their leaders had reached with city and vow to picket and demonstrate until their demands are met; Mayor Beame, calling rejection sad for city and PBA rank and file, says there will be no more negotiations; says city had given PBA all it can in agreement; terms of agreement noted; PBA head Douglas Weaving and union delegate Philip Caruso comment; illus (M)

DELEGATES OF P.B.A. REJECT AGREEMENT REACHED BY LEADERS

3 members of NYS Atty Gen Lefkowitz's staff, including personal sec, are charged with perjury and accepting bribes to favor NYS construction contractors; they and 4th defendant, former Lefkowitz staff member, are indicted by Manhattan grand jury that is investigating pol corruption and state construction contracts dating to '69, portion of which were let to cos working on Albany South Mall; indictments hold that Lefkowitz was informed in Sept '74 that staff members had taken money from 1 contractor and that his office, although instructing them to give money back to contractor, never referred matter to any official body for investigation; Lefkowitz confirms that he learned in '74 of staff's acceptance of payments but says that he assumed money had been only ‘lent’ to them; says he is ‘saddened’ by indictment of sec, Vera Bocco; Bocco illus; Manhattan Atty Gen Robert M Morgenthau, who announces indictments, says investigation, begun in Feb '75, was so extensive that it had turned up evidence of possible crimes in Onondaga and Albany Counties; key figure in indictments is Bernard Landers, Syracuse accountant who worked as consulting auditor for Lefkowitz's office; Landers checked financial claims of state contractors who had done work for state and later filed claims against state for additional work costs; indictments hold that Landers, who was not indicted, told grand jury that he had given certain monies to Asst Attys Gen Joseph Hopkins and Martin Geruso and other monies to various Repub pol orgns, including Lefkowitz's '70 reelection campaign, in order to influence officials in Atty Gen's office in awarding auditing work; Geruso is indicted on 9 counts of bribe receiving and 1 count of perjury in indictments that state he took $22,000 in bribes, '70‐75; Hopkins, statewide Claims and Litigation Bur chief, is indicted on 1 count of bribe receiving and 2 perjury counts; Laurance DeLucia, 4th defendant, is chief of Claims and Litigation Bur contracts sec; indictment, which charges him with 4 perjury counts, tells of meeting with Lefkowitz at which payments by Landers to Asst Attys Gen were discussed; says that Landers, in Sept '74, angered by state investigation of 1 of his contracts and decision by State Comptroller to withhold $89,000 in payments he felt state owed him, threatened to tell Lefkowitz's Dem opponent in '74 Atty Gen election, Robert Abrams, about bribe to members of his staff (L)

4 LEFKOWITZ AIDES INDICTED ON BRIBERY

Cong overrides veto of $56‐billion bill; illus (S)

CONGRESS OVERRIDES FORD'S VETO OF BILL ON SOCIAL SERVICES

Survey of 11 non‐Govt econ forecasters reflects belief that recovery rate slowed more than expected in 3d qr; 8 forecasters believe rate of real econ growth will be lower than 4.5% achieved in 2d qr; 2 believe there will be no change, 1 believes rate will be higher; T C Gaines comments; details and chart on forecasts and revised forecasts by Chase Econometrics, Citibank, Conf Bd, Data Resources, Irving Trust, Kidder Peabody, Mfrs Hanover Trust, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Guaranty, Townsend‐Greenspan, and Wharton Assocs (M)

Economic Recovery Said to Slow More Than Expected in Quarter

Carter, campaigning Sept 30 in Portland, Me, says he accepts Ford's claim that Ford never diverted campaign funds for his personal use; Ford denies that he called Sept 30 press conf, in which he made disclaimer, because of Carter's charge that he is ‘ducking’ reporters' questions about campaign finance inquiry (M)

Ford Disclaims Diverting Funds To His Own Use

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, presents exhibition of photographs chronicling May 28, '48, when Jewish qr of Old City of Jerusalem fell into hands of Jordanian troops; guests include last of 37 Jewish fighters in Jewish qr who surrendered to Arabs; for yrs photographs languished in NY apt of John Phillips, who traveled with Jordanian force, Arab Legion, on assignment for Life magazine; survivors of '48 incident comment; illus (M)

Photos of ‘48 Fall of Old Jerusalem Evoke Tears of Israeli Survivors

controversy surrounding US decision to supply Iran with $2‐billion worth of jet fighters deepens with release of lr by Gen Hassan Toufanian, charging that Grumman pres Joseph G Gavin gave false and misleading testimony during testimony before Sen Foreign Relations Com; Gavin denies charges (M)

Iran‐Grumman Conflict Sharpening

Vanguard of the Lebanese Arab Army, formed 4 mos ago and generally ignored as another mil splinter unit, begins to emerge as nucleus of new natl armed forces that Syria apparently wants established in Lebanon; Vanguard comdr Col Fahim Hajj comments (M)

New Syrian‐Supported Military Force Gains Key Role in Lebanon

Pres Jean‐Claude Duvalier grants amnesty for 261 pol prisoners to be released Nov 17 (S)

Haiti Announces an Amnesty

new evidence of strain between Pres Giscard and Gaullist party develops Sept 30 as Gaullists reluctantly support Giscard's econ austerity program (M)

Gaullist Legislators Reluctantly Support Giscard's Program

Arafat and other PLO leaders meet to assess mil defeat that Syria dealt their guerrilla forces and to decide whether to accept Syrian offer of negotiations; Syrians reptdly discussed other aspects of conflict; Syrian Foreign Min Abdel Halim Khaddam and Abu Iyad, 2d in command of Al Fatah, reptdly met in Sofar, behind Syrian lines; positions lost or abandoned by Palestinians to Syrian forces noted; illus; map (M)

Guerrilla Chiefs Meet in Lebanon To Weigh Their Defeat by Syria

Speculation that USSR Prime Min Aleksei N Kosygin may resign gains strength with private circulation of a new acct of accident he is reptd to have suffered in Aug; London papers reptd earlier that Kosygin had heart attack while swimming, but new acct says he fell from boat while fishing, went into shock on way to hospital and subsequently suffered a stroke; likely successors to Kosygin are Deputy Prime Mins Kirill T Mazurov or Nikolai A Tikhonov (M)

Report on Kosygin Prompts Talk That He May Resign

Famed Orient Express, inaugurated in 1883, to end service May '77; history noted; illus (S)

Orient Express Nears End of Line

Mintoff, in effort to maintain country's econ stability in wake of contemplated move by GB to pull out of NATO bases on island, is turning to several countries for aid; bases now yield Malta some $80‐million annually, and are crucial source of revenue for country; Mintoff's acceptance of Libyan help is most controversial since Maltese are suspicious of Col Muammar el‐Qaddafi and generally dislike Libyans; diplomats, while conceding Libya has not used Malta as base for terrorist activities, see Qaddafi's influence growing, with oil concessions granted Malta a crucial issue in controversy; illus (L)

Mintoff of Malta Is Turning to Many Countries for Help

Portugal and Angola decide to re‐establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level, joint communique after meeting between Foreign Mins of 2 countries; Portuguese Foreign Min Jose Medeiros Ferreira comments; strained relations between 2 nations recalled; sources say faction of Angolan regime led by Interior Min Nito Alves was opposed to resuming ties with Portugal and other Western countries (M)

Lisbon and Luanda Agree to Restore Diplomatic Links

South‐West African People's Orgn repr to UN Theo‐Ben Gurirab, commenting on Kissinger's meeting with orgn's pres Sam Nujoma, says Kissinger has been unable to obtain any ‘meaningful commitment’ from S Africa regarding SW Africa's independence (S)1

South‐West Africans at U.N. Are Critical of Kissinger

Rhodesian African Nationalist Guerrilla Army rejects settlement (S)

Guerrilla Group Rejects Plan

conflicts between Nkomo and Muzorewa have emerged as major obstacle in path of conf that Brit have called to set up interim multiracial govt (M)

Nationalists in Conflict

Smith reptdly will head Rhodesian Govt delegation to initial black‐white talks on transition to black majority rule (S)

SMITH PLANNING ROLE IN RHODESIAN PARLEY

James R Schlesinger returns to US from China; says he thinks US might consider selling weapons to Chinese (S)

Schlesinger, Back in U.S., Favors Selling Weapons to Peking Regime

Bohumil Hrabal's novel, The Haircut, reptdly literary sensation; book, which 1st appeared in underground pubs, interpreted by some as allegory dealing with surrender to dominant soc and pol realities (S)

Novel by Liberal Is Talk of Prague

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October 1, 1976

Headlines from October 1, 1976

Vote to Recall Rizzo Is Barred by Court

Beame Reports the City's Deficit Is Less Than Planners Predicted

Incumbent Role A Boon to Ford

Kissinger, at U.N., Urges Africans To Resist Any Outside Interference

DELEGATES OF P.B.A. REJECT AGREEMENT REACHED BY LEADERS

Billboard 200

Frampton Comes Alive

Silk Degrees

Hasten Down The Wind

Fleetwood Mac

Wild Cherry

Notable Births

Historical Context for October 1, 1976