April 7, 1977

Cong sources rept Carter Adm is ready to announce it will stop indefinitely efforts to develop plutonium as reactor fuel as part of effort to try to influence other countries to help prevent weapons proliferation; State Dept aides reptdly say initial reaction abroad has been unfavorable (M)

US Navy is rushing to complete Amer's 1st air and naval facility in Indian Ocean on Diego Garcia island; installations built on island since work began in '71 noted; mil officers and defense analysts say that even when base is finished at cost of $173-million, it will still not begin to approach Soviet air and naval facility at Berbera, Somalia; US officials appear to believe that development of base will not expand arms race in Indian ocean; base comdr Capt Philip F Yoswag comments; Carter Adm's proposal that Indian Ocean be 'completely demilitarized, and Soviet Pres Podgorny's indication that USSR is willing to open negotiations on issue, noted; map (M)

BASEBALL'S SNOWY INAUGURAL:

HR, opposing Carter's wishes, adopts amendment to foreign aid bill requiring Amer reprs on internatl lending agencies to vote against loans to countries violating human rights, except for loans directly helping country's citizens; Carter had wanted language allowing room for negotiations; Reprs Reuss and Badillo comment (M)

Apr 7: Sadat says 'everything will be normalized' between Israel and Arab states once final settlement is signed ending state of war in Middle East, press conf at end visit to Washington; says Egypt should not be asked to include such normalization as trade in actual final agreement; concedes that differences exist between him and Carter on details of settlement; says he seeks to end state of belligerency, to give Israel guarantees it wants, and to solve Palestinian question by creating new Palestinian state on West Bank and Gaza that would have link with Jordan; Sadat illus (M)