November 18, 1976

Pres-elect Carter asks 15 Dem Cong leaders to restore Pres power to reorganize Govt, subject to Cong veto, meeting at Lovejoy, Ga, home of Sen Herman E Talmadge; notes that authority to reorganize Fed Govt, created at behest of Hoover Comm on Govt Reorgn after World War II, has lapsed; says there was 'remarkable compatibility' in his meeting with Congressmen; history of Hoover Comm detailed; listing of those attending meeting; Carter illus with Repr George H Mahon, Sen Hubert H Humphrey, Repr Thomas P O'Neill Jr, Sen Mike Mansfield, Vice Pres-elect Walter F Mondale and Repr James J Delaney (M)

NBC agrees Nov 17 to settle Govt's antitrust suit; terms include restricting number of network-owned entertainment programs and limiting co's financial interests in entertainment programs owned by others; identical suits against ABC and CBS remain unsettled (M)

flood of charges against Chiang Ching and 3 other Politburo members arrested in Oct has provided analysts of Chinese affairs with rare glimpse into inner pol workings in Peking and has led to major reassessments of events in China over last few yrs; analysts feel that while disputes over policy certainly play a role, politics in Peking seems to have been more dominated by bitter personal clashes; illus (M)

NJ Sup Ct rules that nonprofit, nonsectarian hosps cannot prohibit use of their facilities for abortions; ruling overturns decision by Judge Herbert Horn that dismissed complaint that 3 NJ hosps--Bridgeton, Newcomb and Salem County Memorial--violated const right of 2 women by refusing to allow them abortions; John R Heher, atty for NJ Hosp Assn, says case may be appealed to US Sup Ct; Assoc Justice Sidney M Schrieber wrote ct's opinion; Assoc Justice Mark A Sullivan dissented (M)

Samuel Bronfman testifies that Dominic Byrne offered to free him midway through his captivity but he refused because he did not want to take chance on anything going wrong (M)