June 12, 1977

Belmont Stakes: Seattle Slew wins and becomes 1st undefeated Triple Crown champ; illus (M)

150 prison guards, state and local policemen, sheriffs deputies and FBI agents use helicopters and bloodhounds to search rugged mts; convict David Lee Powell surrenders; prison officials describe escape; Tenn Corrections Comr C Murray Henderson, Warden Stonney R Lane, Gov Ray Blanton and Asst Warden Clayton Davis comment; Atty Gen Bell gives Pres Carter 'status rept'; convicts still at large listed; illus; map (M)

Defense Sec Brown and many career professionals within CIA oppose CIA Dir Turner's plan to create new office to oversee all of nation's intelligence activities; State Dept and Joint Chiefs of Staff are reptd to oppose measure as well; most important inst change in plan would be shift of control of Natl Security Agency and Natl Reconnaissance Office from Defense Sec to new intelligence chief; issues at stake include question of whether nation is best served by 'intelligence czar,' and whether such post runs counter to Carter's campaign pledge of open govt with power dispensed among variety of agencies; other arguments pro and con noted (M)

Pres Carter says he is inclined to 'aggressively challenge' USSR for influence in areas around world, including Algeria (S)

Rev of Dutch Govt assault on S Moluccan terrorists (S)

Indonesian Pres Suharto and US Agr Sec Bob Bergland meet, Jakarta, to discuss econ relations between countries; Bergland meets with Agr Min Thoyib Hadiwidjaja on ways to increase Amer agr exports to Indonesia (S)

June 12: UN Sec Gen Waldheim calls on new Israeli govt to 'make its views known' in effort to defuse Middle East situation that 'remains very dangerous'; says recent talks with Soviet and US officials have led him to believe that Geneva conf could be reconvened before end of yr (S)

Fahmy announces that Brezhnev will meet Sadat sometime in future (S)

Fossilized remains of bird 12-23 million yrs old have been discovered in Shantung Prov (S)

US to grant Swaziland over $2-million toward 7-yr project to expand med services (S)

article on life in Cairo's Bulaq slum dist; discusses urban decay and population growth (M)

Govt reduces discount rate from 15% to 13%; move seen reflecting confidence in lira (S)