October 7, 1976

Sen James L Buckley's forcing of NYS public TV stations to broadcast his ads under little‐known Fed Communications Act provision seen possibly opening public TV stations to wave of demands by candidates for Fed office for free or low‐cost TV time for their commercials, especially since many candidates have found it difficult to raise funds under new Fed campaign finance law (M)

Thailand Defense Min Adm Sa‐ngad Chaloryu, following mil seizure of power on Oct 6, says all newspapers and periodicals have been banned (S)

NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt audit shows NYC's much‐criticized day‐care program has been wasting more than $37‐million a yr because centers are underused, children are too frequently absent and staffs are required to have too many employees with overly high qualifications; Child Development Agency interim exec dir Lewis Frankfort comments; other findings detailed (M)

Pres Ford, in Son Francisco TV debate with Jimmy Carter, says there is ‘no Soviet domination of E Eur and there never will be under a Ford Adm’; calls Yugoslavia, Rumania and Poland ‘ind’ and ‘autonomous’; challenged on this by Carter; statement made in context of defending Helsinki Eur security agreement; Ford aides Brent Scowcroft and Richard B Cheney comment (M)

NY Times survey of controversy surrounding LNG ports and storage facilities; Joseph Rensch and other gas execs see LNG shipments from abroad and Alaska as most simple means of alleviating regional Amer gas shortages; estimate LNG could supply 15% of US energy needs by '80; Ford Adm, concerned about energy independence, seeks to limit LNG imports to 10% of consumption, but chief obstacle to full LNG trade is threat of explosion or firebomb resulting from accident in transport or storage; approved and proposed terminal facilities noted; Rand Corp and local officials recommend locating all facilities at remote sites until better estimates of risk can be made; Dr Edward Teller recommends proceeding cautiously with program, but with greatly accelerated safety research program; 94 LNG storage facilities have been operating in US without incident over last decade; illus (L)