January 5, 1977

Rupert Murdoch appears to have acquired controlling interest in NY Magazine Co; takeover has been surrounded by challenges and controversy on almost every side; Felker illus (M)

A medical study of more than 1,000 Michigan residents has revealed that nearly one‐third of those examined suffered adverse health effects possibly caused by a toxic chemical called PBB, which accidentally contaminated the state's farm products in 1973.

Univ begins continuing educ program and restructures grad programs around part‐time and master's degree students rather than fuil‐time doctoral candidates; other actions noted; pres Dr William J McGill comments (M)

Jets name Walt Michaels head coach and Leon Hess temporary pres; illus (M)

Pres‐elect Carter issues guidelines designed to avoid conflict of interest; plan will allow him to retain agr land in Ga that has been in family for 6 generations and that represents nearly 1/2 of his net worth; is intended to insure he will not benefit financially from agr policy decisions he may make as Pres (S)

Is elected Sen majority leader

Coleman approves Westway, Jan 4 news conf; decision is hailed by Carey, Beame, Harry Van Arsdale and David Rockefeller; NYC Cong Reprs comment (M)

Pres Ford proposes 0.2% increase in employer‐employee Soc Security tax effective in '78 in addition to increase mandated by law for current yr; amounts of increases proposed for '79 and '80 noted (M)

New Fed law limiting recruitment of foreign med school grads by US hasps is assailed by NYC munic and voluntary hosp officials as posing serious threat to effective hosp care; new limitation is part of law designed to enable US med schools to produce enough physicians to meet natl needs by '80; HEW Dept Health Resources Adm official Dr Harold Margulies says restrictions will reduce number of foreign med school grads by as much as 50%; NYC Health & Hosps Corp official says hiring of licensed drs to do work done by drs in training will double cost of such work at time when hosps face major deficits; hosp officials are attempting to persuade HEW to adopt 4‐yr phasing‐in of new limitation; corp sr vp Edmund O Rothschild, Mt Sinai Hosp exec vp S David Pomrinse, Physician Natl Housestaff Assn pres Dr Dan Asimus and intern Dr Abdul Chaudhry comment (M)

100 of every 1,000 babies in Lagos, Nigeria, do not live to age 5; 1/2 do not live to 1 yr; some drs put rate much higher on assumption many deaths go unreptd; official figures for rest of Nigeria say 350 to 400 children out of every 1,000 die before age 5; overall mortality rate for children is about 40%; illus (M)

Pres‐elect Carter appts Lucy W Benson Under Sec of State for Security Assistance, job in which she will be charged with controlling arms sales abroad and curbing proliferation of nuclear arms (S)

Soviet State Com on Prices announces series of price changes that will, among other things, make travel by plane, boat and taxi more expensive; other increases noted; prices on many consumer goods will be reduced 5‐25%; price chief Nikolai T Glushkov comments (M)