February 15, 1977

Illus of Pres Carter congratulating Mrs Jose Lopez Portillo after she played piano following White House state dinner

Novelist Paul Goma is among 9 Rumanians who send open appeal to signers of Helsinki accord asking their help in winning more respect for human rights in Rumania (S)

NYS PSC on Feb 14 gives telephone cos in state 60 days to explain why they should not let their subscribers buy and install their own telephones and auxiliary equipment, which they must now rent from cos at monthly charge; notice is expected to be sharply contested (M)

Frederick W Cowan, suspended from job at Neptune Worldwide Moving Co, kills 5 persons, including New Rochelle, NY, Ptl Allen McLeod, and wounds 5 others before commiting suicide during shooting spree at co bldg, New Rochelle; other dead identified as Joseph Hicks, Frederick Holmes, James Green and Pariyarathu Varghese; Cowan, described as collector of Nazi paraphernalia, idolizer of Adolph Hitler and hater of Jews and blacks, reptdly was seeking to kill supervisor Norman Bing, who hid in co office during siege; New Rochelle Police Comr William Hagerty comments; illus; map (L)

Asher Yadlin, former head of Israeli trade union's med services network Kupat Holim, admits corruption charges and testifies that real estate kickbacks he recd had gone for Labor Party's '73 election campaign; says he resorted to illegal fund-raising under pressure from such leaders as late Finance Min Pinhas Sapir, present Finance Min Yehoshua Rabinowitz, who was in charge of Tel Aviv elections in '73, and Educ Min Aharon Yadlin, a cousin who was sec gen of party in '73; pleads guilty to 4 counts of bribery and 1 of tax evasion; says kickbacks were only small part of millions of Israeli pounds that he raised for party; puts kickbacks at $9,000; says kickbacks represented part of fees paid to lawyer Haim Goshen with respect to 20 cases Goshen had handled for Kupat Holim; case seems threat to Labor Party's election chances; touches off turmoil in Parliament; members of Likud opposition prevent Min Yadlin from speaking on proposed educ budget; illus (M)