February 20, 1977

message, ostensibly from FALN and found by NYC police in subway telephone booth, calls for halt to Fed grand jury investigation; demands independence for PR and freedom for 5 nationalists serving Fed prison sentences; text of message detailed; recent motion in Fed ct to hold in contempt Raisa Nemikin for refusing to answer questions in connection with FALN noted; Maria Cueto, dir of Natl Comm on Hispanic Affairs of Prot Episcopal Ch, to appear before grand jury after spending day in custody until she agreed to be sworn before jury; illus of bomb damage at 2 bldgs (M)

Prime Min Callaghan is left with problem of replacing Foreign Sec Crosland at time when ranks of seasoned ministerial possibilities in Labor Party have been depleted; Chancellor Denis Healey, who was supposed to swap jobs with Crosland in July, reptdly remains eager to turn to diplomacy; speculation on possible successors to Healey (M)

Law enforcement officials say Mafia chieftain Carmine Galante is steering orgn back to large-scale heroin trafficking and is establishing new channels in Montreal for shipments from Eur, and on W Coast for shipments from SE Asia (S)

Nuclear Regulatory Comm, in lr to key Congressmen, explains tighter security regulations at various atomic plants to prevent terrorists from seizing enriched uranium or plutonium to fashion bomb, or from sabotaging nuclear power plant; regulations stem from yr-long study; comm aide Kenneth R Chapman says they will be announced soon; some steps are ordered completed within 6 mos (M)

article on estimated 23-million illiterate US adults; problems encountered by functional illiterates detailed (L)