Sec Vance reaffirms Carter Adm's desire for increase in trade between both nations; meets with Natl Council for US-China Trade chmn William A Hewitt (S)

U, S SEEMS TO STRESS CONTACTS WITH CHINA

USSR Fishing Min spokesman Alexander Ishkov says authorities are investigating seizure (S)

U.S. WARNS RUSSIANS VIOLATIONS IN FISHING MAY HURT RELATIONS

Amb Young says US got into difficulty in Africa because it made 'cold war' assessments of developments based on paranoia about Communism, news conf, Washington; cites instances in Africa where US had concluded that USSR or Chinese mil or econ aid meant Communist domination (M)

Young Feels U.S. Is ‘Paranoid’ On Communist Activities in Africa

Calif Appeals Ct frees 5 young adult followers of ch from parental custody; stays Mar 24 order of Superior Ct Judge S Lee Vavuris that made parents conservators of children; Jacqueline Katz, Underwood and Brown have left ch following deprogramming and will remain with parents; Hovard and Kaplan rejoin ch (M)

FIVE IN UN CHURCH WIN CUSTODY RULING

Survey of increased use of part time workers finds many are students (M)

Growing Part‐Time Work Force Has Major Impact on Economy

CUNY study indicates that students who took part in system's SEEK program of intensive remedial work graduated at no better rate than other disadvantaged students who were eligible for program but who could not be admitted; findings stir considerable concern and some controversy in top-level univ circles; Chancellor Kibbee comments (M)

Graduations Rate Unaltered by City U. SEEK Program

is fined $1,500 for his part in maintaining illegal bank accts in Washington (S)

Rabin Fined $ 1,500 For Bank Accounts; Wife to Stand Trial

VANTAGE POINT: President Carter holds his 2&#8208;year&#8208;old grandson, Jason, on his shoulders, the better to see the annual Easter Egg Rol/

Associated Press

France discloses that number of French mil instructors are stationed in Zaire to instruct Zairian mil how to use French equipment, planes and tanks; Angola Pres Agostinho Neto condemns French and Moroccan intervention in Zaire; Uganda Pres Idi Amin protests Morocco's involvement; illus (M)

PARIS SAYS ITS AIDES INSTRUCT ZAIRE ARMY IN USE OF EQUIPMENT

Sen George McGovern says Cuban Premier Fidel Castro was adamant in insisting on end to US trade embargo as condition for reinstitution of '73 antihijacking agreement; says Castro assured him pact will be enforced nevertheless; Castro illus (M)

McGovern, Back From Cuba, Says He Will Seek the End of Trade Ban

Article on Algeria's efforts to improve efficiency of its Socialist econ; Govt officials comment (M)

Algerians, 15 Years After Independence, Are Demanding a Better Life

visit to 'ground zero' on Runit island of Enewetak atoll, and US plans for 3-yr effort to render area habitable discussed; illus (L)

A Visit to ‘Ground Zero’

US State Dept spokesman Hodding Carter 3d says France's decision to provide transport planes to help contain incursion in Zaire shows how serious situation has become (S)

U.S. Calls Situation Serious

903d Cosmos Satellite Launched

Sudan Pres Gaafar al-Nimeiry says he is ready to give Zaire help (S)

Sudan Promises to Send Help

Smith says little progress should be expected from his scheduled talks with Owen (S)

Smith Expects Little Progress

New Brit and Amer peace initiative on Rhodesia receives early setback when Mugabe says Owen had 'failed to convince' him that Britain was capable of achieving a solution (S)

New Rhodesia Plan Set Back as Black Expresses Doubts

The U.N. Today

US, in policy shift, invites UN colonialism com to send mission to Virgin Islands; US UN delegate Donald McHenry comments; action seen spurred by Amb Andrew Young; Brit repr Richard J Dalton comments; inv to visit was extended after consultation with Gov Cyril E King (M)

U .S ., in Policy Shift On Virgin Islands, Invites U.N . Mission

Rtskhiladze released from jail; Gamsakhurdia and Kostava remain in custody (S)

One of Three Dissidents in Tbilisi Is Released by the Security Police

Jenmin Jih Pao ed calls for hard work to restore order following last yr's factional conflict and says it may take 3 yrs to achieve complete success; also calls for continuing campaign against 4 purged leftist leaders and outlines 8-pt program to build China into more powerful nation; offers no hint about possible rehabilitation of Teng (S)

Peking Editorial, Calling For Stability, Envisages Success Within 3 Years

flight recorder from KLM jetliner reptdly indicates crew questioned position of Pan Amer plane on runway; $4.5-million suit filed, NYC, on behalf of Dutch businessman whose wife and son were passengers aboard KLM plane; names Pan Amer and pilot involved (S)

KLM Jet'Jet Tape Said to Contain Question on Pan Am Plane'Plane Position

Pres Sarkis shifts Col Ahmed al-Hajj from command of Arab League peacekeeping force to head of Lebanon's 7,000-man internal security force; repts from southern Lebanon say artillery exchs continue between Christian militia and Palestinian guerrillas (S)

World News Briefs

Govt forces reoccupy Mekong River island, Xieng Xu, seized by rebels; unconfirmed repts say 2 rebels were killed, 2 captured and rest fled to Thai side of river; tanks remain in position; 100 island residents are returning; increase in insurgent activity around Vientiane noted; map (M)

Laos Recaptures Rebel‐Held Island

Defense Dept repts it will withhold state income taxes from pay of mil personnel beginning July 1; 34 states affected; many states have had difficulty collecting such taxes in past; Dist of Columbia also has asked that its tax be withheld (S)

34 STATES TO WITHHOLD TAXES FROM SERVICEMEN

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April 12, 1977

Headlines from April 12, 1977

U, S SEEMS TO STRESS CONTACTS WITH CHINA

U.S. WARNS RUSSIANS VIOLATIONS IN FISHING MAY HURT RELATIONS

Young Feels U.S. Is ‘Paranoid’ On Communist Activities in Africa

FIVE IN UN CHURCH WIN CUSTODY RULING

Growing Part‐Time Work Force Has Major Impact on Economy

Billboard 200

Rumours

Hotel California

Songs In The Key Of Life

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Leftoverture

Notable Births

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Historical Context for April 12, 1977