December 10, 1976

Pres Ford meets with Vice Pres Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan and John B Connally to discuss creation of natl coordinating com to help rebuild Repub Party; Pres Ford says 4 have agreed on names of 5 or 6 ‘potential Repub chmn’ but refuses to disclose names; Connally 1st says he has made it ‘abundantly clear’ that he is not available for that post, then gives conditions under which he might take job: that he be allowed to continue practicing law, and that both Ford and Rockefeller endorse him publicly; Ford says he intends to be involved in Repub policy making and be part of coordinating com; Ford illus with Connally, Rockefeller and Reagan (M)

Capt Vittoria Renzullo named comdr of 1st Precinct in Lower Manhattan, becoming 1st woman to head police precinct in city; Comr Codd comments; Renzullo‧s police career noted; por (M)

Dec 10: PLO is now under severe pressure from Arab allies to scale down its pol objectives; after mos of open warfare in Lebanon, guerrilla fighters have withdrawn into their camps and their pol leaders are preparing to negotiate settlement with Israel alongside govts of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria; Arafat said his movement now accepts idea of Palestinian state; basic differences remain between Palestinian leadership and Syria, which is apparently determined to win full control over PLO; Arafat‧s position with rank and file appears strong; Palestinian casualties in Lebanon noted; Saiqa spokesman in Beirut Ossama Bayrakdar says PLO leadership, including Arafat, Abu Iyad, Farouk Kaddoumi, Abu Jihad, Abu Saleh and Dem Front leader Nayef Hawatmeh, ‘must all go‧; Fatah reptdly intends to step up its mil pressure on Israel on West Bank, foregoing raids it used to conduct from Lebanon; Fatah leaders acknowledge that Syria will not let guerrillas go back to Lebanese‐Israeli border area; history of PLO noted; illus (L)

proposals for ending econ slowdown are presented to Preselect Carter by his transition staff and by business execs; both plans involve tax cuts for individuals and business, and new Govt spending programs to create jobs for unemployed; transition staff proposes tax cuts and spending totaling $20‐billion combined; Lance, at luncheon with newsmen, says he prefers pkg of tax cuts and spending programs totaling $15‐billion, which would mean budget deficit of $75‐billion; GE chmn Jones comments on econ plan presented by business execs (L)

US Appeals Ct for Third Circuit dismisses for 2d time $500,000 lawsuit brought by former Phila Asst Dist Atty Richard Sprague against former superior F Emmett Fitzpatrick; Sprague argued that Fitzpatrick violated his First and 14th Amendment rights when he dismissed him in Dec ‘74 (S)