Army Deputy Comdr Gen Prasert Thommasiri seizes official radio stations and announces Govt takeover; Adm Sa-ngad Chaloryu, leader of Oct '76 mil coup, in separate radio broadcast, denies coup and says Govt is controlling situation; 24-member governing junta calls coup illegal and urges Army to resist; foreign news agencies' communications lines are cut; Bangkok is calm despite unconfirmed repts of minor resistance; Thai radio broadcasts order forbidding all troop and police movements; Prasert's ties to former Gen Praphas Charasatien, who was overthrown in '73 student-led rebellion, noted; Praphas returned from Taiwan exile in Jan and may be seeking to regain power (M)

Thai Group Proclaims a Coup; Takeover Denied by Government

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Illus at Rome fete marking EEC 20th anniv

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Joanne Chesimard convicted, sentenced to life; denounces jury as 'racist'; attys plan to appeal; Chesimard por (M)

Joanne Chesimard Convicted in Killing Of Jersey Trooper

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Carter Adm lifts ban on spending of dollars by US visitors to Cuba (M)

U.S. Will Allow Citizens to Spend Dollars in Cub a

58 Sens send lr to Carter endorsing his stand on human rights, just hrs before Sec Vance goes to Moscow for talks on arms control and other issues, probably including human rights; Carter welcomes move; lr delivered personally by Sen Howard M Metzenbaum, who organized signing only day earlier; list of signers; Adm officials, briefing reporters on Vance's mission, say he expects to have some 'heated exchs' with Brezhnev on human rights; arms control negotiator Paul C Warnke says he does not expect rights issue to affect outcome of arms limitation talks (M)

58 IN SENATE SEND LETTER OF SUPPORT TO CARTER ON RIGHTS

J R Schlesinger, in discussing Carter Adm opposition to development of plutonium fuel systems, says Adm wants to separate use of nuclear power from spread of weapons (S)

SCHLESINGER AGAINST PLUTONIUM FUEL USE IN NUCLEAR REACTORS

Appeals Ct rules that FCC's existing rules on type of programming allowed on pay cable TV are unnecesssary and inconsistent with 1st Amendment; says commercial stations have not proved their argument that removing rules will siphon away programs from free TV and make them unavailable to persons not served by cable (M)

F.C.C.'s Limits on Pay Cable TV Ruled Unconstitutional by Court

MAC, commencing 'exchange offer' that forms key element of NYC's plan to redeem $1-billion debt moratorium, is deluged with investors willing to exchange $211-million worth of short-term notes for MAC bonds; suprisingly brisk response means that city's goal of redeeming at least $250-million worth of notes with new MAC bonds would most likely be achieved on Mar 28 (M)

M.A.C. BOND EXCHANGE OFF TO ROUSING START

Natl Alliance vp Nawabzada Hasrullah Khan reaffirms call for nationwide protest strike Mar 26 aimed against convening of new Natl Assembly (M)

Pakistan Seizes Top Political Foes

Scene in Osaka, Japan, described; illus (M)

For Osaka, ‘Mediocre Remedies Are No Longer Adequate’

Smith to confer in S Africa with Vorster and possibly Owen (S)

Rhodesian Chief Will Confer With Vorster in South Africa

W Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt suggests some demands of Third World nations for higher and more stable earnings from their raw materials exports should be met, speech, EEC's 20th anniv meeting, Rome; proposes 3 ways of dealing with 25 major commodities; also issues proposal that would clear way for joint Eur stand on important trading issues with Third World nations; proposals seen response to Carter Adm's search for way of narrowing gap between indus and developing nations (M)

Schmidt Offers 2 Key Proposals For Economic Meeting in London

Biog; full name is Jacques Rene Chirac; was born Nov 29 '32; illus (L)

Conservative Frenchman on the Way Up

Biog of new Paris Mayor Chirac; illus (L)

CHIRAC TAKES OVER AS MAYOR OF PARIS

Mar 26-27: Egyptian UN Amb Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid, leading off new Security Council debate on Middle East, accuses Israel of recklessly annexing Arab territory and jeopardizing chance for Middle East peace; reiterates Arab insistence that PLO must be participant in Geneva conf; accuses Israel of 'barbaric' policy toward Arab inhabitants; Jordanian delegate Dr Hazem Nuseibeh proposes that Council set up 3-man monitoring team to rept monthly on any violations in occupied Arab territories; Israeli Amb Herzog denounces idea as attempt to get around face-to-face talks with Israel; says Meguid's speech violated commitment made by Egypt to reduce pol warfare when it signed '75 Sinai agreement (M)

Egypt Assails Israel on Annexations

D Middleton analysis of prime factors complicating upcoming Soviet-Amer arms limitation talks in Moscow; chart comparing leading missiles (L)

Ever More Complex Arms Issues Cloud U.,S.‐ Soviet Talks

USSR launches Molnia 1 communications satellite for telephone and TV communications (S)

2 Soviet Satellites Launched

Desai takes up reins of Govt; makes triumphant appearance at opening session of Parliament; announces 19 new Cabinet mins, including Ram, H N Bahuguna, Charan Singh, Raj Narain, Shanti Bhushan and George Fernandes; meets with supporters and pays call on Gandhi; with natl campaign out of way, 1 Cong Party state govt after another comes under attack from Desai supporters, demanding new state elections to sweep Cong Party out at that level too; Cong Party controls 21 of India's 22 state govts; motions of no confidence are introduced in Bihar and Gujarat state assemblies; Narayan says state govts are 'unrepresentative' (M)

India's New Prime Minister Takes Over and Appoints 19 to the Cabinet

Typhoid reptd in Beirut, Lebanon; Health Min Mohammed Sheito orders vaccination program (S)

Typhoid Reported in Beirut

Podgorny and Nyerere discuss Rhodesian problem (S)

PODGORNY AND NYERERE DISCUSS AFRICAN ISSUES

Massamba-Debat is executed after being convicted of plotting Ngouabi's assassination; Capt Barthelemey Kikadidi and 4 other persons who reptdly killed Ngouabi have been sentenced to death in absentia and are being sought; Massamba-Debat por (M)

FORMER PRESIDENT EXECUTED IN CONGO

Soares appts Alfredo Robre da Costa Indus Min, Prof Carlos Mota Pinto Commerce and Tourism Min, and Antonio Maldonado Gonelha Labor Min (S)

SOARES BRINGS EXPERTS INTO PORTUGAL'S CABINET

Govt and foreign reporters stumble into credibility gaps as they seek to describe what is happening in Shaba Prov, where invaders from Angola have established local adm; examples noted; map; illus (L)

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March 26, 1977

Headlines from March 26, 1977

Thai Group Proclaims a Coup; Takeover Denied by Government

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Joanne Chesimard Convicted in Killing Of Jersey Trooper

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Hotel California

Rumours

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Songs In The Key Of Life

Fly Like An Eagle

Notable Births

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