Mar 1: Sec Vance says Carter Adm has reversed Ford Adm's policy and will support passage of law barring US cos from taking part in Arab econ boycott of Israel, testimony before Sen Banking subcom; says Adm does not favor either of 2 anti-boycott bills before Sen and would prefer drafting new legis in cooperation with Cong; lists 7-point set of principles to govern such legis; says that so long as legis deals only with secondary and tertiary boycott issues and does not infringe on right of Arabs to boycott Israel, it would be understood by Arab leaders; says Arabs have right to control source of their imports (M)

CARTER SEEKING BILL TO THWART BOYCOTT

murder of Milgram sparks probe of financial involvement of J Jay Frankel with co; Frankel's alleged links to organized crime discussed (M)

Despite Hint of Mafia Tie, Lottery Let Promoter Take Vending Role

PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 28&#8212;The Federal Government said today that it would sue the State of Maine to recover land for the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indian tribes unless an out&#8208;of&#8208;court settlement was reached by June 1.

U.S. MAY SUE MAINE IN INDIAN LAND CASE

Illus of pupils at Manhattan's PS 1 in school cafeteria after city's pss reopened following settlement of maintenance workers' strike (M)

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Commerce Dept repts record $1.67-billion trade deficit in Jan; graph (S)

2 KEY INDICATORS LAG IN NATION'S ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THE COLD

Negotiations on NYC's latest fiscal crisis break down when munic union leaders storm out of meeting with bankers at City Hall and Beame accuses banks of stalling and holding 'gun at our heads'; session leaves city's immediate financial outlook in disarray, with potential default deadline on Mar 11, when officials say city is due to run out of cash to pay bills; Beame says that 'primary' cause for breakdown was banks' statement--conveyed in lr to him from Bankers Trust chmn Alfred Brittain 3d--that they will wait until Mar 4, pushing city closer to edge of default, to present full counterproposal to city's plan for outside rev mechanism of future city budgets; real-estate owner Lewis Rudin says he is prepared to organize major city property owners to prepay their real-estate taxes to city, at discount, thereby furnishing city with emergency infusion of cash; illus of Beame, Gotbaum, Rohatyn and Goldin (M)

UNION LEADERS QUIT TALK ON FISCAL CRISIS OVER BANKS'

Governor Carey's commission on postsecondary education intends to recommend today that two new and primarily state&#8208;financed systems of public higher education be established to replace the existing City and State Universities.

Carey Panel to Propose Forming 2 New Public University Systems

Carter Adm is considering whether to accept Uganda invitation to send US observer to meeting; Pres Carter thanks Amin for assurance that Amers are not in danger (M)

Amin Delays Meeting Again

Key members of NYS Legis say Gov Carey's plan to cut personal income tax by $100-million almost certainly will not survive legis bargaining over '77-78 budget; say most of $100-million will be used to offset business taxes; Carey has not proposed cutting business taxes although he has frequently stressed need to improve business climate; state income tax surcharge will expire Mar 31; extension is opposed by Gov and Legis (M)

Key Albany Figures Doubt Income Tax Will Be Cut in ’77

Ethiopian Govt, under rule of Maj Mengistu Haile Miriam, is taking harder and more violent path in dealing with enemies, both in and outside country; there are increasing repts of daily arrests and executions, mostly of students belonging to Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party; situation detailed; illus; map (L)

Ethiopia, Under Dictatorial Ruler, Taking Violent Path Against Foes

Pres Amin says Amer residents of Uganda are free to go anywhere they like; had ordered 200 Amers not to leave Uganda until they met with him; Govt spokesman says meeting, which has been postponed twice, will be held at later date (S)

Uganda Radio Says Americans Are Free to Go

Article examines gradual crumbling of democracy in Philippines; notes that Pres Marcos now governs by decree, having suspended Cong, and that whenever he chooses to end martial law, const adopted under martial law provides for him to govern as prime min; Marcos and wife illus (M)

Philippine Democracy, an American Legacy, Has Crumbled

Soviet Negotiator Returns From Peking

Heavy fighting continues in southern Lebanon between Palestinian commando units and right-wing Christian militias relying on Israeli support; fighting described; map (M)

Lebanese Close to Israel's Border Are Still Fighting Despite Truce

Waldheim, reptg to Security Council on his Mideast tour, stresses importance of resuming peace talks; cites issue of PLO participation as major obstacle (M)

Waldheim Sees Danger if Mideast Talks Don't Resume

Seoul police arrest Lee Woo Jung and Mun Ik Hwan, women connected with last yr's declaration signed by 17 Govt opponents, as they emerges from Prot prayer service on natl holiday commemg independence movement against Japan (M)

Police in Seoul Crack Down After Prayer Service

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Sen Armed Services com, which had planned panel discussion on Paul Warnke's nomination as arms control chief, hears opposition witnesses Paul H Nitze and Adm Thomas Moorer after Carter Adm declines to send supporting witnesses; Sens Gary Hart, John G Tower, Sam Nunn and Henry M Jackson comment (S)

White House Shuns Continued Hearings On Warnke Choice

Soviet authorities minimize news of fire (M)

News of Hotel Fire in Moscow Is Minimized by the Authorities

Cuba Extends Fishing Zone And Hints at U.S. Talks

Trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams, at Solzhenitsyn request, agrees to help defend imprisoned dissident Ginzburg; will apply for visa to travel to USSR and visit Ginzburg (S)

Edward Bennett Williams Hopes to Aid Jailed Soviet

Rhodesian Govt plans to recruit 12,000 men and women into Rhodesian security forces (S)

Rhodesia Plans to Recruit More Into Security Forces

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28 (Reuters)&#8212;Twenty&#8208;two people were killed and 85 injured in a head&#8208;on collision between two suburban commuter trains near here today, police headquarters said.

Commuter Train Collision Kills 22 Near Barcelona

Govt says Carter Adm is interfering in internal affairs by reducing mil aid to show its concern for human rights, statement following Foreign Min Cesar Augusto Guzzetti meeting with US Amb Robert C Hill (M)

Argentina Says Carter Interferes

Dr Klaus R Traube is dismissed as mgr of fast breeder reactor program of Interatom Co after Interior Min Werner Maihofer probes suspicion he has had contact with terrorist Hans-Joachim Klein; Maihofer says Traube had access to blueprints of all W Ger nuclear power plants and could have guided terrorist attack on one (M)

March 1, 1977

Headlines from March 1, 1977

CARTER SEEKING BILL TO THWART BOYCOTT

Despite Hint of Mafia Tie, Lottery Let Promoter Take Vending Role

U.S. MAY SUE MAINE IN INDIAN LAND CASE

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2 KEY INDICATORS LAG IN NATION'S ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THE COLD

Billboard 200

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Hotel California

Songs In The Key Of Life

Wings Over America

Year Of The Cat

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 1, 1977