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Carter decides that income tax credits would be best way to return billions of dollars of new energy tax receipts to public; new taxes are part of comprehensive energy program Carter will propose on Apr 20; Adm sources say tax credits will be uniform in size for all taxpayers (L)

CARTER PLANS REBATE OF NEW ENERGY LEVIES THROUGH INCOME TAX

Gov Carey, speaking at NYS Savings Banks Assn meeting, NYC, calls on banks to help state's econ by investing more heavily in residential mortgages; warns that if they did not, he would try next yr to rescind mortgage rate increase that banks hope to get this yr; mortgage rate of 8.5% expires May 1 and reverts to 6% unless new legis is approved (M)

CAREY URGES BANKS TO INVEST IN HOUSING

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Carter Adm endorses controversial bases agreement with Turkey that was signed in '76 by Sec Kissinger and was not approved by Cong; Adm will not ask Cong for prompt action on 4-yr, $1-billion aid and defense pkg until Turks make concessions in Cyprus; will ask Cong to relax arms embargo against Turkey and allow sale of $175-million in mil equipment in fiscal '78, increase of $50-million over present ceiling; Cong will be asked to permit exemption of $50-million for continued sales of F-4 Phantoms; Sens Thomas Eagleton, Paul Sarbanes, Reprs John Brademas and Benjamin Rosenthal, all opponents of aid, are briefed by Slate Dept; Rosenthal sees approval of aid in doubt (M)

Carter Supports Arms for Turks In Policy Review

NYC Police Dept study finds that number of people murdered by 'strangers' declined in city in '76 by 15.5%; despite increase, city still has 1 of highest rates in cateory of large cities throughout US; 1,622 murders were committed in city in '76, 1.4% below '75; other figures, including narcotics-related slayings, noted (M)

Murders by ‘Strangers’ Drop in New York

HR Speaker O'Neill contends ex-Pres Ford's criticism of Carter Adm may have been inspired by another bid for Presidency; Sen Cranston agrees (S)

Mondale and O'Neill Rebuke Ford For His Early Criticism of Carter

current scene in Havana described; some members of visiting businessmen's delegation comment; Govt's attempts to promote tourism discussed; La Vigia, Ernest Hemingway's old estate, described; illus (L)

Havana Wants Tourists, but Is in No Mood to Rhumba

Park Govt has begun nationwide police roundup of pol opponents in recent days as nation experiences 1 of most pol active periods in recent yrs; seizures are expected to focus renewed Amer attention on human rights situation and occur shortly after US Cong delegation visit to probe issue; developments also appear likely to further complicate already delicate relations with US because Pres Carter has made human rights issue a central theme of US foreign policy; criticism of US Amb to Seoul Richard L Sneider for his alleged lack of concern and inactivity in promoting human rights noted; Natl Council of Chs official Rev Kim Kwan Suk comments (M)

Seoul Rounding Up Political Foes In Wake of Visit by U.S. Officials

US Sup Ct rules, 5-4 on Apr 19, that spanking of schoolchildren, no matter how severe, by teachers or other school officials does not violate Const's 8th Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment; also rules that student has no const right to have even an informal hearing before spanking on whether punishment is justified; decision stems from case involving charges of excessive punishment in Dade County, Fla, jhs; ct also notes that teachers and school officials are subject under other laws to criminal or civil penalties for using 'unreasonable' or 'excessive' force to discipline pupils; ruling detailed; decision will have little effect upon NYC and NJ school systems, which bar physical punishment in their school systems (M)

CONSTITUTIONNOBAR TO SCHOOL SPANKING, HIGH COURT RULES

analysis of Soviet-Amer relations so far during Carter Adm finds that, despite pledges to further detente, period has been one of mutual testing (M)

U.S.‐Soviet Relations: A Period of Testing and Testiness

Apr 20-21: Assad and Soviet leaders end talks on Middle East, Moscow, in advance of separate consultations with US; reptdly discussed reconvening Geneva conf with PLO participation; illus (S)

Assad Ends 2 Days of Consultations in Moscow on the Mideast

Israel exchs with Egypt 47 Palestinian prisoners, mostly from Gaza area, for bodies of 11 Israelis, including 9 soldiers and 2 spies; exch takes place in Sinai under auspices of UN Emergency Force and Internatl Com of Red Cross; Israeli mil officials say none of 47 Palestinians are well-known guerrillas; 11 Israelis are given mil ceremony, attended by Prime Min Rabin, Defense Min Peres, Foreign Min Allon and C/S Lt Gen Mordechai Gur; Peres says 11 prisoners who were included in original exch agreement declined to go to Egypt; illus (M)

Israel Releases 47 Arabs in an Exchange for 9 Dead Soldiers and 2 Spies

rept by Noise Advisory Council, official Brit Govt body, finds Concorde exceeds statutory noise limit on 72% of its takcoffs from Heathrow Airport; says its regrettable that craft has been exempted from noise regulations; contradicts findings of Civil Aviation Auth, which indicate less than 5% of takeoffs had exceeded noise limits during 1st yr of operation; council findings detailed (M)

British Government's Advisers Find Concorde Noisy

quips over being 'silenced' when his microphone goes dead for 3 mins (S)

Young Is Silenced—But Only for a While

US Amb Young calls for UN attack against torture (S)

Young Says Criticism Will Not Deter Him

52 journalists and govt reprs from countries around world take part in debates at UNESCO; agree that information gap exists between 3d-world and industrialized nations but they differ on how to close gap; UPI gen mgr Julius B Humi and AP gen exec John Kohler comment (S)

Press Role Disputed at Meeting

Self-described mercenary David Bufkin, who is recruiting mercenaries to fight in Zaire, denies Newsday rept that his activities are being financed by CIA (S)

MERCENARIES'RECRUITER DENIES LINK WITH C.I.A.

Vt Gov Richard A Snelling signs law banning sale of phosphate detergents; law is aimed at curbing water pollution by stemming algae growth (S)

Phosphate Detergent Ban Signed

Sen Foreign Relations Com, without dissent, rejects language approved by HR that would require Amer reprs at World Bank and other internatl lending insts to vote against credits for govts violating human rights, thus backing Carter on desire for more diplomatic flexibility; Carter explains his stand in lr to com acting chmn Sen Hubert H Humphrey; Sen bill provisions outlined (M)

Senate Committee Backs President On Aid to Nations Observing Rights

12 Prot and RC leaders, in lr to Pres Carter delivered by UN Amb Andrew Young, urge Carter to intervene on behalf of Christian dissidents (M)

Carter Urged to Intervene in Seoul

Foreign Min Mauricio Borgonovo Pohl is kidnapped on Apr 19 by leftist group Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front that threatens to kill him unless Govt frees 36 pol prisoners; also demands that Venezuela, Cuba and Costa Rica be asked to accept prisoners (S)

Salvador Minister Reported Kidnapped

Several thousand workers of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party march through Lahore sts in 1st pro-Govt demonstration since opposition began drive to force Bhutto to resign; opposition supporters of Pakistan Natl Alliance also march; 1 man is reptdly killed and 3 wounded in fight between Bhutto's foes and supporters; violence reptd in other parts of country; more than 180 people have died in last 6 wks; opposition sets another nationwide strike for Apr 22 to protest police shooting of demonstrators and to back demands for Bhutto's resignation; Pres Fazal Elahi Chaudhry summons Pakistan's Natl Assembly for Apr 26 (M)

Some in Pakistan Rally for Bhutto

analysis of Bhutto's pol crisis; roots of conflict center on such matters as ideological dispute over how rigidly Islamic society Pakistan wants to create, personal style with which Bhutto operates and question of how to govern and develop Pakistan; Bhutto refuses to resign, claiming people are behind him (M)

April 20, 1977

Headlines from April 20, 1977

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CARTER PLANS REBATE OF NEW ENERGY LEVIES THROUGH INCOME TAX

CAREY URGES BANKS TO INVEST IN HOUSING

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Billboard 200

Hotel California

Rumours

A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

Songs In The Key Of Life

Leftoverture

Historical Context for April 20, 1977