April 27, 1977

Manhattan Dist Attys' office arrests 8 alleged pornographers on felony charges and seizes 4,000 copies of pornographic films involving children between 8 and 12 yrs old; Dist Atty's office squad makes 2 separate raids on Criterion Film Labs and Hol-Jay Studios: Criminal Ct Judges Robert Haft, Elliott Golden, Milton Samorodin, George Roberts, Leon Becker and Milton Williams sat in loft at Hol-Jay Studios for 5 hrs to view and rule on 100 'master' pornographic films; those arrested noted (M)

State Dept aide Hodding Carter 3d repts Dir Warnke and Soviet Amb Vladimir S Semyonov will meet in Geneva May 11 preparatory to later meeting there by Sec Vance and Min Gromyko on completion of arms limitation agreement; comments on 4 matters to be taken up; Warnke comments; Sen Alan Cranston offers 'Vladivostok-plus' proposal, calling for accord based on ceilings agreed on there plus restraints on US cruise missile and Soviet Backfire bomber (M)

HR and Sen conferees break deadlock and accept Carter's $4-billion public works job program by agreeing to detach controversial water pollution provisions from bill; Adm officials estimate legis will create 280,000 jobs; under compromise allocation formula NYS will receive $500-million ($200-million of which will go to NYC), NJ will receive $202.5-million and Conn will be allocated $74.3-million (M)

NYS Appeals Ct upholds constitutionality of MAC, removing what MAC officials say had been 'cloud' driving up corp's interest rate and hampering its efforts to meet NYC's financing needs; chmn Rohatyn lauds decision; Prof Leon Wein, plaintiff in suit challenging constitutionality of MAC, says he will appeal to US Sup Ct (M)

Workmen successfully complete 1st step in capping blown out well; timing of remaining steps depends on weather conditions; Phillips Petroleum officials claim 20 tons of oil and water have been skimmed, of estimated 2.6 to 4-million gallons that have spilled into sea; spill is continuing at rate of 650,000 to 1-million gallons a day; Hans Christian Bugge, head of Norwegian environmental authority, says slick covers 175-250 square miles; Boots Hansen, blowout expert from Tex, is in charge of sealing off well; illus (M)