November 2, 1976

Mayor Beame meets with 40 Dem county and dist leaders at Gracie Mansion on Oct 31 to press for large turnout in Dem dists in Bklyn, the Bronx and Queens, pointing up intense efforts of Dems and Repubs to get their support to polls in close election; Mayor Gerard F X Doherty, Anthony Scotto, Meade H Esposito, Boro Pres Donald R Manes and Patrick J Cunningham attend Gracie Mansion meeting; Jimmy Carter telephones; GOP state chmn Richard M Rosenbaum comments on ad blitz in state; Sen Walter Mondale campaigns in NYC and Buffalo; illus of Daniel P Moynihan with Mondale (L)

Richard says Smith and African nationalist leaders will meet to discuss fixing date for territory's independence under majority rule; Smith confirms that he will leave conf and fly to Rhodesia and that delegation will be headed, until he returns, by van der Byl; welcomes arrival of Schaufele; illus (M)

20,000 people march through Cath neighborhoods of Belfast in farewell to Maire Drumm, former vp of Sinn Fein, pol arm of Provisional IRA, assassinated Oct 28 in Mater Hosp; Brit security forces are alerted to look for wanted IRA Provisionals believed to have crossed border to N Ireland for funeral procession; IRA sources say Sinn Fein pres Ruairi O'Bradaigh and other IRA leaders based in Dublin were unable to penetrate border; security forces believe Drumm's assassination was ordered by Ulster Defense Assn, main Prot paramil orgn; fear murder could lead to cycle of retaliatory killings and gen upheaval; among mourners for Drumm are several Irish playwrights and poets and actress Vanessa Redgrave, who came from London as repr of Workers Revolutionary Party in GB; illus (M)

Pres Ford spends last day before election campaigning in Ohio and Mich as polls show him abreast of Jimmy Carter; is joined by wife Betty in Detroit; campaigns with Ohio Gov Rhodes at Akron-Canton Airport, where he is greeted by large enthusiastic crowds; later speaks to large crowd at Eivonia, Mich (M)

Ford delivers final TV appeals; is pictured speaking from Air Force; final Harris poll givers Ford 45%, Carter 46% and others 3%, with 6% undecided while Gallup poll gives Ford 47% and Carter 46%; other polls and key states noted (L)