April 28, 1977

proposed rail link between airport and Manhattan seen affected by Sup Ct decision, barring Port Auth from aiding new mass transit (S)

Article on severe impact of rising unemployment on jobless workers in Johannesburg; notes hundreds of thousands of blacks are jobless as country heads deeper into worst recession since '30s Depression; private economists say jobless rate is between 10% and 20% (M)

Study by Barbara Caress of Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC) says, despite 7 yrs of efforts aimed at increasing minority group enrollment in 7 NYC med schools to at least natl avg, schools, with exception of Cornell Univ Med Coll, have fallen even further behind; schools account for smaller percentage of minority med students than they did in '69; says so-called affirmative action 'never materialized'; study, conducted with Judy Kossy, argues that charges of 'reverse discrimination' are unfounded and harmful; says nonminority students have benefited from expanded med school enrollments; colls listed; Dr James Curtis of Cornell and Einstein Med Coll asst dean Dr Jean L Cook comment (M)

Sen defeats permanent tax cut amendments offered by Repubs that would probably have provoked veto; amendment sponsored by Javits and Danforth defeated, 58 to 39; amendment sponsored by Roth that would have cut taxes 10% across bd defeated 33 to 62; Long says Cong does not have votes to override veto; Byrd says action on tax bill will be completed this wk; amendment that would encourage investment in new facilities and create jobs by improving depreciation allowances is winning bipartisan support under leadership of Moynihan and Danforth (M)

NYS Sen and Assembly reach agreement extending 8.5% ceiling for 2 yrs; Gov Carey's efforts to substitute flexible interest maximum balked by Sen Repub leaders (M)