May 17, 1977

JDL leader Kahane and 9 followers are detained by security forces when they try to lay foundation stone for Jewish settlement outside Nablus, on West Bank (S)

5 killed and 7 critically hurt as NY Airways helicopter landing gear collapses during passenger embarkation at heliport atop Pon Am Bldg, NYC; 5th victim is Madison Av pedestrian struck by pieces of rotor blade; witnesses describe accident; scene described; criticisms over safety of Pan Am heliport recalled; Natl Transportation Safety Bd initiates probe; NYC officials comment; some fatalities listed; illus; map (M)

Carter Adm officials reach tentative agreement that would provide adequate income for people unable to work and financial incentives to those who can; plan would give higher welfare benefits to people working at low wages in private indus than it would to those who accept public jobs; purpose reptdly is to encourage workers to leave jobs on public payrolls and accept work in private sector as it becomes available; plan was worked out by Labor and HEW Depts; main points of agreement outlined (M)

Energy co execs and analysts from 15 countries warn that non-Communist countries must make enormous investments in coal, nuclear power and energy conservation to offset inevitable world oil shortage and war risk; warning comes from 2 1/2-yr study sponsored by MIT proposing that US triple or quadruple its coal production by turn of century to permit large exports to Eur and Japan that would diminish their needs for oil (M)

2d article finds that job prospects for young lawyers dim as field crows overcrowded; finds there are now 445,000 lawyers in US and by '85 there will be more than 600,000; BLS projects that fewer than 500,000 law jobs will be available then; also finds that there appears to be significant demand for legal services that has been unmet; '74 Amer Bar Assn survey showed that more than 2/3 of Amers had never used lawyer or had used only 1 once; survey showed that more than 60% of population believed that most lawyers charge more than they are worth; graphs showing ratio of lawyers to population and increasing law school enrollment (M)