May 12, 1977

war in Zaire's Shaba Prov has entered 3d mo and, while mil advances of combined Zairian and Moroccan forces remain modest and inconclusive, there is no doubt that on diplomatic front Pres Mobutu Sese Seko has achieved spectacular success; by turning Shaba invasion into small internatl crisis, Pres Mobutu has come out stronger than he was 2 mos ago; key to success is Mobutu's reliance on personal diplomacy rather than appeals to internatl orgns; situation revd (L)

Sen Karen S Burstein and Assemblyman Mark A Siegel charge that NYS Health Dept Fed-financed study of effects of abortion involving 48,000 women, without their knowledge, is 'massive invasion of privacy'; ask Comr Robert Whalen to halt study, which is technically legal, until women involved are notified and give their consent; Whalen calls release of names on sample output 'inadvertent' (M)

FDA, EPA and Consumer Product Safety Comm propose that spray can gases that deplete earth's protective ozone should be phased out and banned by Apr 15 '79; 3-step proposed phase out discussed; FDA Comr Dr Donald Kennedy, EPA Admr Douglas M Costle and Consumer Product Safety Com Chmn S John Byington comment, news conf (M)

Most US steel cos roll back price increases, of as much as 8.8%, to 6%, level set by US Steel Corp; Carter Adm expresses satisfaction; Treas Sec Blumenthal says rollback is evidence that Adm's program of voluntary restraint is working; pricing actions by various steel cos noted; indus spokesmen comment (M)

MISSION, Tex., May 6—In the busy operations room, Gil Rodriquez made a last‐minute check of his flying mutes, the weather and his targets. Seconds later he was out on the flight line, climbing into the cockpit of a converted C‐15 twin‐engine transport and starting its engines.