hostages describe ordeal following their release and surrender of Hanafi Moslem gunmen; B'nai B'rith public relations dir Rabbi Bernard Simon comments; illus (M)

12 MOSLEMS FACING KIDNAPPING CHARGES AFTER END OF SIEGE

Carter Adm proposal would limit to 1 or 2 number of reorgn plans that could be submitted to Cong at any 1 time; proposal, which would assure that every plan would receive floor vote, is seen as effort to pacify Repr Jack Brooks, chmn of Govt Operations Com who opposes Carter's request for reorgn authority (M)

Byrd Tells Carter Senate Is Angered By Unilateral Acts

Carter Adm to discuss creation of huge stockpiles of buffer commodities, as well as internatl pool of funds to pay for them, in move aimed at stabilization of global commodity prices; reverses policy of Ford Adm; move seen major concession to developing nations since it is aimed at improving relations between Third World and indus nations (M)

U.S. to Negotiate On Pooled Fund For Commodities

chronology of negotiations with Hanafi Moslem gunmen; role of Iranian, Pakistani and Egyptian Ambs noted; illus (M)

3 Islamic Diplomats Bridge Gap to Gunmen

WASHINGTON, March 11&#8212;&#8220;I was waiting my turn to go to the men's room, and all of a sudden the two terrorists on guard faded away. I heard a noise, and then there was a beautiful sight: the Metropolitan police.&#8221;

Shaken Hostages Tell of Days of Terror

Blumenthal approves NYC's request for $255-million short-term Fed loan as key part of plan to tide city over shoals of threatened bankruptcy; asserts Carter Adm will develop legis proposals for 'dealing with the country's urban problems, including those of NY'; warns NYC 'it's not going to be a free lunch'; Beame comments; illus with Deputy Mayor Zuccotti (M)

U.S. GIVES NEW YORK A $255 MILLION LOAN UNTIL 30TH OF JUNE

Brazil cancels 25-yr-old mil assistance treaty with US on Mar 11 over State Dept rept criticizing its human rights practices; Brazilian Foreign Min says rept constitutes intolerable interference in its internal affairs; document was drawn up under '76 law, which requires human rights repts on all nations scheduled for mil aid; UPI repts Guy Brandao, Brazilian Foreign Min spokesman, says cancellation does not mean Brazil is no longer ally of US; Brazilian reaction linked in part to Carter Adm's drive to upset proposed purchase by Brazil of nuclear reprocessing facilities from West Ger (S)

Brazil Cancels Military Aid Treaty Over U.S. Report on Human Rights

Carter names Joint Cs/S member Lt Gen Edward L Rowny to delegation that will go to Moscow for talks starting Mar 28 on arms limitation; move is apparent gesture to mil and to such Sen critics as Henry M Jackson, who objected to absence of mil representation when ex-Sec Kissinger was in charge of delegation; other members of delegation noted (M)

U.S. GENERAL TO JOIN ARMS TALK IN SOVIET

Article on Toulon, France, mayoralty race holds contest exemplifies natl pol trends in nation, where Socialists are pressing hard to capture city hall long held by center-right party; candidates listed (L)

Toulon Mayoralty Race Reflects Many National Trends

Rr system abandons 100-yr-old custom of 'Ladies Only' compartments on trains, following complaints by men of overcrowding in other compartments (S)

British Rail Ending ‘Ladies Only’ Sections

Pres Carter sends 'personal regret' to Frei Montalva over press repts that Frei recd funds from US CIA (S)

CARTER SENDS A LETTER TO FREI ON C.I.A. ISSUE

Allard K Lowenstein, US delegate at UN Human Rights Comm's annual session, says debate comm held on Uganda was example of breaking out of 'straitjacket' on what subject, country or violation could be discussed (S)

Lowenstein Calls U.N. Rights Session ‘Balanced’

Opposition strike disrupts life in main cities and brings army into streets to contain widespread violence; incidents described; illus (M)

Opposition Strike Disrupts Main Cities of Pakisran

Indian doctors and family-planning workers are concerned that country's birth control program will be 1 of principal casualties of current election program; India is making measurable progress in birth control, principally in vasectomies (M)

India's Birth‐Control Program May Be Casualty of Election Campaign

Police on Mar 11 clash with nearly 1,000 leftist students who hurl fire bombs and set up barricades near Bologna Univ; 1 student killed, scores injured (S)

Bologna Student Killed In Clash With Police

5 persons arrested by Egyptian police confess to being Libyan agents sent to Cairo to sabotage Arab-African conf, Cairo (S)

‘Spies’ Held in Egypt Say Libya Sent Them

Rumanian Govt asks US and other countries to send med and data equipment and machines to help it overcome damages caused by severe earthquake; round-the-clock relief and clearance operations continue; much of debris has been cleared in many areas but some Rumanians and foreign observers criticize authorities for their 'cosmetic' help; destruction described (M)

RUMANIA MAKES LIST FOR EARTHQUAKE AID

Swiss voters expected to oppose Repub party leader James Schwarzenbach proposal restricting number of foreigners in country (S)

Swiss Vote on Proposal To Set Limit on Foreigners

Moshtaque Ahmed acquitted of illegal withdrawal of currency while commerce min in early '70s (S)

Convicted Ex‐Dacca Chief Cleared of 2d Charge

Fernandes begins hunger strike to protest Gandhi's refusal to let him out of prison so he can campaign (S)

Socialist Candidate in India Goes on Hunger Strike

Govt proclaims new amnesty that is expected to free many pol prisoners accused or tried under Franco regime who are still in jail; move seen designed to ease tension in Basque provs and to pave way for visit by King Juan Carlos to region; 2 San Sebastian bishops express doubt about official acct of killing of 2 ETA members; Martin Villa comments (M)

New Madrid Amnesty Expected to Free Many of 170 Political Prisoners

Carter Adm's request that Prof William E Griffith become Bd for Internatl Broadcasting member stirs controversy because of Griffith's role in '56 Hungarian uprising (M)

RADIO BOARD CHOICE STIRS CONTROVERSY

Col Gen Ivan Kukoc, noting Yugoslavia has potential for developing atomic bomb, says world conditions will shape decision whether to develop it, int in news wkly Nin (S)

Yugoslav Hints Atom Arm Goal

Zaire says it has recaptured 2 towns in Shaba Prov from 'foreign mercenaries'; sources speculate invaders were exiled Zairian guerrillas, members of former Katangan Army; map (M)

Zaire Asserts It Has Recaptured 2 Towns From ‘Foreign’ Invaders

Mar 12: article on Israeli city of Ophira in southern tip of Sinai and surrounding area; population of Ophira, roughly 600, has tripled in less than 2 yr; residents comment; illus of Israeli mil officials during monthly meeting with Bedouin leaders at command post in Sinai Desert (M)

Israelis Find Beauty, Few Comforts in Sinai

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March 12, 1977

Headlines from March 12, 1977

12 MOSLEMS FACING KIDNAPPING CHARGES AFTER END OF SIEGE

Byrd Tells Carter Senate Is Angered By Unilateral Acts

U.S. to Negotiate On Pooled Fund For Commodities

3 Islamic Diplomats Bridge Gap to Gunmen

Shaken Hostages Tell of Days of Terror

Billboard 200

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Hotel California

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Songs In The Key Of Life

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 12, 1977