March 17, 1977

Jets to play 1st 2 home games of '77 season at Giants Stadium, NJ, and remaining 5 at Shea Stadium; Beame opposes move; Jets pres Leon Hess comments (M)

Kamal Jumblat, Druse chieftain who led leftist-Moslem alliance during Lebanese civil war, is assassinated on mt rd near Beirut; his driver and bodyguard are also killed in maching-gun attack by unidentified assailants; news of killing causes panic in Beirut; Syrian troops of Arab peacekeeping force are on alert and patrols are increased; Phalangist Party leader Pierre Gemayel, who was Jumblat's adversary, eulogizes Jumblat as 'great man'; calls on all Lebanese to close ranks to head off attempts by 'vicious elements' to disrupt country; repts from mt area where Jumblat died say several people were killed in village of Mazraa in rioting over assassination; Pres Sarkis chairs emergency Cabinet meeting; Col Ahmed al-Hajj, comdr of Arab peacekeeping force, repts to Cabinet; Prime Min Hoss urges restraint; members of Jumblat's Progressive Socialist Party meet in emergency session; Jumblat s biog and career sketch; por (M)

Pres Carter arrives to attend traditional town meeting; sleeps in home of local resident; illus; map (M)

illus of delegation being greeted by Vietnamese officials at Hanoi airport, Mar 17

Survey of new attempts by organized labor to unionize Southern states; notes orgn effort, if successful, could significantly affect pace of southern industrialization, which has been increasing in recent yrs; notes lag in pay scales due to lack of unions' influence (M)