December 3, 1976

3d in series describes extensive air raid shelters and tunnels under major Chinese cities and smaller shelters under farm communities; Chinese remain preoccupied with supposed USSR threat after removal of US forces from Southeast Asia; tunnel and emergency supplies under Dairen and militia exercises described; illus; Dairen area map (M)

Erwin David Rabhan, unconventional businessman who was close friend and supporter of Preselect Carter, is focal point of wideranging Fed investigation into alleged business fraud and accusations that money from organized crime was funneled into business community in Atlanta, Ga; since ‘68, Rabhan has claimed close relationship with Carter; though Carter has in no way been involved in investigations of Rabhan, relationship between 2 men could prove to be embarrassment to Preselect in view of allegations against Rabhan and his business background; NY Times inquiry shows Rabhan kept in close touch with Carter while he was Gov, provided $500‐amo job for Carter‧s son Jeff during 6‐mo period in ‘73 and ‘74 and was house guest in Gov‧s Mansion for 2 or 3 wks in ‘74; Carter‧s press sec Jody Powell says Carter has initiated no contact with Rabhan and whatever has occurred has been slight; Rabhan por (L)

Carter spokesman Jody Powell, on TV Today Show, says Brezhnev has assured Carter USSR will not only refrain from testing his Adm but will ‘go out of its way’ to avoid any crisis with US early in Adm; says Carter is appreciative of expression; Simon confirms essence of Powell statement; Carter aides say W Averell Harriman has relayed similar message; Ford Adm officials say ‘no crisis’ assurance has little real significance; see USSR bldg case to hold US responsible for any failure to achieve breakthroughs in important negotiations (M)

Ital Parliament com accuses Rumor and former Defense Mins Luigi Gui and Mario Tanassi of corruption and fraud in bribery scandals involving Lockheed Aircraft Corp; accused deny charges; comment; will draw up defense and testify later before com; Parliament will decide whether they will stand trial before Italy‧s Const Court; case revd; com also directs corruption and fraud charges against Gen Duilio Fanali, former Air Force Chiefof staff, and Tanassis‧s sec Bruno Palmiotti; Rumor por (M)

Brief career sketch; por

NYC landlords Kenneth S Friedman and Richard Wenger are arrested on charges of failing to provide heat and hot water to tenants in 3 Harlem tenements during early winter mos; Investigation Comr Nicholas Scoppetta believes this is 1st time landlord has been arrested on such criminal charges; maximum punishment is 1 yr in prison and $1,000 fine; illus (M)

two $5,000 contributions listed in Mayor Beame‧s ‘73 campaign records as having come from Christopher Boomis‧s sisterin‐law Betsy Marsh and business associate Victor Lizzul actually came from Boomis himself (S)

Amb Huang Hua apptd Foreign Min; illus (M)

BUFFALO, Dec. 2 —After three days of blinding snow, this buried city peeked out today to see what had happened. It was something like looking out the window of an Arciic igloo.

Office of Tech Assessment revs alternatives to proposed oil, gas and elec production project off NJ and Del coasts and concludes that while no new tech is likely to provide more than small pecentage of states’ total energy needs before 2000, energy demand can be held down through conservation program (S)

Australian Liberal Parliament members demand action against Conservatives who held party at which woman emerged topless from cake (S)

Govt raises priority on production of consumer goods; Govt spokesman Wlodzimierz Janiurek details ‘77 econ plan and ‘76‐80 development plan; says investment in consumergoods industries will be raised to $20‐billion in new 5‐yr plan; notes com is preparing new price structure for food and consumer goods; adds growth of services will be higher in new plan than growth of gen indus (S)