Vassar Coll pres Alan Simpson announces acquisition of Samuel Clemens's family papers; recalls Clemens's visit to coll in 1885; papers are gift from Jean Connor and her husband Ralph, former Vassar trustee; Frederick Anderson, ed of Mark Twain papers at Calif Univ, comments; 1863 lr to eds of periodical Golden Era, in which Clemens apparently signed for 1st time as Mark Twain, illus; Clemens por (L)

Mark Twain Returns to Vassar

US interest in renegotiating antihijacking treaty with Cuba noted (S)

CARTER SAYS CUBANS MAY LEAVE ANGOLA, IS RECEPTIVE ON TIES

Mayor Beame, hoping to break deadlock on NYC's debt problems, proposes that Munic Assistance Corp be given new power to go to ct to force city to balance budget and adhere to strict fiscal controls in yrs ahead; Beame proposal marks his 1st concrete suggestion of way to resolve disagreement between munic labor unions and banks on question of future outside control of city finances, disagreement that has left city unable to assemble pkg of financing to pay off $1-billion in outstanding short-term notes; Beame also proposes creation of new fund, consisting of property tax revenues to be set aside for payment of debt service, and under control of State Comptroller (M)

NEW M. A. C. POWERS PROPOSED BY BEAME AS FISCAL SOLUTION

EPA Regional Admr Gerald M Hansler says Westway project, Manhattan, will increase already unhealthy levels of air pollution' (S)

Federal Agency Finds Westway Pollution Peril

Pres Carter backs decision of Ford Adm allowing flights into Kennedy Internatl, lrs to French Pres Giscard d'Estaing and Brit Prime Min James Callaghan; press sec says Pres still believes Ford Adm authorization was mistake and that he cannot direct NY authorities as to what decisions they should take; controversy over craft revd (M)

CONCORDE FLIGHTS BACKED BY CARTER

Feb 17: Sec Vance says that until PLO revises its natl charter to recognize Israel's right to exist and accepts UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, it has no basis for participation in Middle East conf, in effect endorsing Israeli position, joint news conf with Israeli Foreign Min Yigal Allon, Jerusalem; says US hopes his Middle East mission will result in renewed Geneva conf in '77; Allon says Arabs are showing no flexibility and castigates USSR for pro-Arab bias; Palestinian question and US mil and econ aid to Israel take up major part of Vance's discussions with Israeli Prime Min Rabin and other officials; Rabin says talk of Arab moderation is mainly for Western consumption and that Arab goals are unacceptable to Israel; says Israel is ready to participate in Geneva conf, but only with original participants; Vance insists no decision has been made on sale to Israel of concussion bombs; says it is up to Pres Carter; is told that solution to Palestinian problem rests on some sort of alliance between them and Jordan; Allon says only Palestinians acceptable at conf would be those participating as part of Jordanian delegation apptd by King Hussein; Vance extends invitation to Rabin to visit US in Mar; illus (L)

Vance Opposes a Seat for P.L.O. At Talks Unless It Accepts Israel

Pres Carter visits daycare center at HEW Dept, Feb 16; illus (S)

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HR Ways and Means Com is drafting tax aspects of Carter's econ stimulus pkg (S)

PANEL DENIES REBATE ON INCOME OF $30,000

McCaster, Bettye: Article on effect Nov '76 murder of Detroit elementary school teacher Bettye McCaster has had on her pupils who witnessed slaying; her estranged husband Al Junior Lewis is being held (M)

Detroit Class Still Bears Scars of Teacher's Slaying

Panama finds itself in midst of deep econ discontent and growing political dissatisfaction with Torrijos Herrera as negotiations with US for new Panama Canal treaty enter crucial stage; 8-yr dictatorial rule has eroded Torrijos's standing and shifted public attention away from canal; recent clashes between univ student activists and Natl Guard over econ and political issues noted; large segments of business community claim to have lost investor confidence because of constant shifts in Govt policies and forced exile of key business leaders; Torrijos's rise to power and his current problems discussed; many Panamanians believe CZ treaty would end their problems; Torrijos illus (L)

For Panama, Talks With U.S. Come at a Time of Discontent

USSR Fisheries Min Aleksandr A Ishkov says USSR recognizes existence of EEC as negotiations open on fisheries agreement, Brussels, Belgium, Feb 16; EEC Farm Comr Olav Gundelach comments; Ishkov and Western delegation head David Owen (GB) reach agreement on system of licenses for Soviet boats inside community zone until end of Mar (M)

Common Market Confers With Soviet on Fisheries In First Direct Talks

Judge Marcus Anwyl-Davies orders Fleet St News Agency reporter Gisele Albertine out of ct for wearing trousers, London (S)

Judge Bars Reporter, A Woman in Trousers

Waldheim , at news conf, Vienna, suggests that Israel and PLO might 'mutually recognize' each other at some time during negotiations, which he believes possible; says Geneva conf cannot be reconvened before end of Mar; says Israel ruled out PLO participation at Geneva; says that during his Middle East tour he got impression that element in PLO no longer insists on secular state embracing Israel, but would agree to establishment of 'small' Palestinian state consisting of West Bank and Gaza Strip; hints that PLO leader Yasir Arafat represented this moderate PLO wing (M)

Waldheim Feels P. L. O. Is Changing,

UN Sec Gen Waldheim scores Czech police treatment of Hofmann (S)

Waldheim Criticizes Czech Police Over Treatment of Correspondent

Sec Vance discusses US econ aid to Israel with Prime Min Rabin and others, Jerusalem; illus (S)

Likud Bid to Check Israeli Labor Party's Finances Provokes an Angry Debate and Shouts of ‘Thieves!’

Al Fatah's Central Com blames splinter groups within Palestinian ranks for recent Beirut fighting between Syrian troops and Palestinian elements, statement; Yasir Arafat, leader of Fatah and PLO, returns to Beirut from Damascus, where he reptdly was given ultimatum to hand over Palestinian gunmen responsible for killing of Syrian officer during fighting (M)

Al Fatah, in a Gesture to Syria, Accuses Guerrilla Groups in Fighting

Brit Min Ted Rowlands arrives in Falkland Islands to consult with 1,900 Brit settlers over their future and that of islands; is met by Gov James Parker; has renewed talks with Argentina about Falklands (S)

Briton Visits the Falklands To Weigh Islands’ Fate

Builds largest rotating antenna in world to strengthen signal and overcome jamming in Eastern Eur; Czechoslovak weekly Tribuna includes Vatican radio in scathing attack on Western broadcasting (S)

Vatican Radio Is Building Giant New Antenna

State of emergency lapses as result of recessing of Parliament; 1 result of lapse of emergency is that People's Liberation Front, which started '71 youth-led insurrection that led to emergency, can now lawfully operate; party's leader Rohana Wijeweera, who is serving 20-yr jail sentence for insurrection, plans to field candidates in coming elections (S)

1971 State of Emergency Lapses in Sri Lanka

Argentine Pres Jorge Rafael Videla reptdly informs high mil officers that Govt plans gradual return to democracy, beginning in '78 (S)

Argentina Is Planning Return to Democracy

initiates talks with other party leaders amid growing skepticism that he will succeed in forming majority coalition (S)

Danish Leader Is Seeking To Broaden Government

NAIROBI, Kenya, Thursday, Feb. 17 (Reuters)&#8212; The Angelican Archbishop of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda and two Government ministers, arrested last night in an alleged plot to overthrow President Idi Amin, have been killed in an automobile accident, a Uganda military spokesman announced today.

Uganda Archbishop And 2, Held in Plot, Are Reported Dead

Anglican Abp Janani Luwum, Ugandan Internal Affairs Min Charles Oboth-Ofumbi and Water Resources Min Erinayo Oryema are killed in auto accident, according to Ugandan mil spokesman (S)

Seized After a Rally

RC Ch rejects Transvaal Admr Sybrand van Niekerk order to eject nonwhite students from RC schools (S)

South Africa Tells Catholic Schools to Oust Nonwhites

E African instability increased by Uganda Pres Amin's latest charge that Tanzanian Pres Nyerere is involved in coup attempt against him; recent turmoil in other area nations, some leaders support for dissidents in neighboring states revd; almost total absence of mutual alliances and arms trade with various major powers noted (M)

Stormy Times In East Africa

Janani Jakaliya Luwum was a Ugandan Anglican bishop. He was the archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa. He was arrested in February 1977 and died shortly after. Although the official account describes a car crash, it is generally accepted that he was murdered on the orders of then-president Idi Amin.

February 17, 1977

Headlines from February 17, 1977

Mark Twain Returns to Vassar

CARTER SAYS CUBANS MAY LEAVE ANGOLA, IS RECEPTIVE ON TIES

NEW M. A. C. POWERS PROPOSED BY BEAME AS FISCAL SOLUTION

Federal Agency Finds Westway Pollution Peril

CONCORDE FLIGHTS BACKED BY CARTER

Billboard 200

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Hotel California

Songs In The Key Of Life

Wings Over America

Year Of The Cat

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 17, 1977