Carter says he will welcome visit by Begin

President to Ask Broader System Of U.S. Alliances

NYS Gov Carey's unemployment-ins program includes extending coverage of workers on farms that have 10 or more employees and pay over $20,000 in wages during qr (S)

MATERNITY PAY LIMIT OF 8 WEEKS BACKED 2BY ALBANY LEADERS

Pres Carter orders reassignment of Singlaub; Defense Sec Brown's statement concerning reassignment follows meeting between Carter and Singlaub; illus (M)

Carter Disciplines Gen. Singlaub, Who Attacked His Policy on Korea

Carter Adm departs from tradition in permitting dept heads to select own subordinates, depriving Dem Cong members of much patronage; Adm can make about 2,000 job apptmts and 4,000 apptmts to various comms; Carter's personnel asst James S King fears ind apptmts, including retention of some Repub holdovers, may deprive Pres of pol advantage and employee loyalty; sharp Dem criticism of Repub holdovers in various depts revd (M)

Carter Takes Hands‐Off Approach To Patronage, Irking Some in Party

Amb Young tells Johannesburg business leaders they hold key to soc change in country, speech (M)

Young, in South Africa, Asks Change

Pol observers say that with most of entrants set, contest for Dem mayorol nomination is, as of now, essentially 2-way race between Mayor Beame and former Repr Bella S Abzug, with several other hopefuls trying to make it 3-way race; say that Beame and Abzug are most likely to qualify for 2-candidate runoff on Sept 19; contention assumes that no candidate will win 40% of vote in initial primary; other leading candidates, State Sec Cuomo, Repr Edward I Koch and Boro Pres Percy Sutton, seen trying to edge by either Beame or Abzug to qualify for runoff, not by virtue of any disagreement on substantive issues, but by style, perception, imagery and as much TV ad as they can afford; assessment of candidacies of Beame, Abzug, Cuomo, Koch, Sutton, Joel Harnett and Reprs Herman Badillo and Mario Biaggi (L)

OBSERVERS PREDICT BEAME‐ABZUG RACE

Seattle Slew Wins Preakness

Mrs Michiko Sako, one of 'Hiroshima maidens,' bomb victims who were brought to US for treatment, discusses her physical and psychological rehabilitation; illus (M)

A ‘Hiroshima Maiden’ Conquers Bitterness

Female cadets Mary Elizabeth Flynn and Joan Zech illus with corps members in Armed Forces Day parade, NYC

The New York Times/Bou Glass

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Vance and Gromyko, before leaving Geneva, stress major substantive differences remain to complete agreement following accord on framework pkg; Gromyko, far less positive, charges US continues to seek unilateral advantage; Vance holds news conf on pkg; remaining problems discussed (M)

MAJOR SNAGS REMAIN AS PARLEY IN GENEVA ON ARMS ACCORD ENDS

Comment on Pres Carter decision to recall and reassign Singlaub (S)

News Summary

Mondale meets with Tito, Belgrade; Tito, in apparent reference to Pres Carter's human-rights policy, warns he will not be lectured on civil rights in Yugoslavia; Mondale hails US-Yugoslav ties (S)

Tito, at Talks With Mondale, Attacks U.S. on Rights

Jazz concert in Havana is highlight for those who took 1st cruise ship from US to Cuba in 16 yrs; illus; trumpeter Arturo Sandoval cited as outstanding; Cuban and Amer musicians meeting informally, hold jam session (M)

jazz Provides High Note of Cruise to Cuba

Christian Dems and Communists are discussing formulation of joint program; other parties, except neo-fascists, are invited to join talks; agreement, if reached, could usher in new chapter in Ital pol; Communists regard willingness of Christian Dems to negotiate as step forward in their drive for seats in Cabinet; leaders of both parties are having difficulty convincing their memberships that negotiations will yield pol dividends (S)

Italy's Communists In Official Talks

Palestinian guerrillas of rival 'gen command' factions clash at Ein el Hilweh refugee camp, near Sidon; Arab efforts are under way in Beirut to disarm camps (S)

World News Briefs

U.S.‐Soviet Mood Becomes Mellow In Geneva Talks

Sec Vance says he plans to visit China sometime in Aug, about 3 mos earlier than he had first said was likely (S)

Vance Rescheduling China Visit for August

Australian Govt, after conf with Carter in Washington by Deputy Prime Min Douglas Anthony, feels confident it can surmount controversy that has held up mining and export of uranium since export would contribute to Carter aim of limiting use of breeder reactor, which has potential for weapons proliferation (M)

Australia, After U.S. Talks, Hopes to Export Uranium

Visit Divides South Africans

Vorster briefs S African ambs on talks with Mondale (M)

Vorster Meets With Ambassadors

HANOI, Vietnam, May 21 (Agence France&#8208;Presse)&#8212;The Foreign Ministry tonight made public a letter in which former President Richard M. Nixon told Prime Minister Pham Van Dong of projected $3.25 billion in postwar reconstruction aid.

Hanoi Publishes Nixon ‘73 Letter About $3 Billion in Postwar Aid

Article on discussions at Salzburg conf on safeguarding materials against theft; Internatl Atomic Energy Agency aide Rudolf Rometsch, Euratom aide Hans W Schleicher and US reprs Richard T Kennedy and Harvey E Lyon comment (M)

NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS ASSESSED AT MEETING

Western nations refuse to endorse parts of documents; final Maputo Declaration and 'Program of Action for Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia' are adopted by 92 nations and Africa liberation movements represented at wk-long conf (M)

Africa Document Rejected by West

GAO acknowledges its recent critical rept on F-16 fighter contains conjecture which could be misleading if taken out of context; cites examples (M)

G.A.O. Says Its Report On F‐16 Fighter Plane Might Be Misleading

Patrick Joseph Smullen, was an Irish jockey who won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times. In a career running from 1992 to 2018 he rode 1,845 winners in Ireland and 47 in Britain. Amongst his biggest successes were riding Harzand to victories in the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby in 2016. He was stable jockey to Dermot Weld from 1999 until 2018.

May 22, 1977

Headlines from May 22, 1977

President to Ask Broader System Of U.S. Alliances

MATERNITY PAY LIMIT OF 8 WEEKS BACKED 2BY ALBANY LEADERS

Carter Disciplines Gen. Singlaub, Who Attacked His Policy on Korea

Carter Takes Hands‐Off Approach To Patronage, Irking Some in Party

Young, in South Africa, Asks Change

Billboard 200

Rumours

Hotel California

Marvin Gaye Live At The London Palladium

Rocky

Songs In The Key Of Life

Notable Births

Historical Context for May 22, 1977