Carter Adm is preparing to eliminate Office of Telecommunications Policy, White House agency that quides Fed policies involving communications; functions of office will reptdly be divided between Commerce Dept and 3 or 4 staff members working under Barry Jagoda, special asst to Pres for Media and Public Affairs (S)

White House Plans to End Office That Sets Communications Policy

Soviet Medicine Mixes Inconsistency With Diversity

Survey on US home-buying finds decline in number of 1st-time buyers; price increases have brought natl median cost of new home to over $49,000 and have caused steadily widening gap between home prices and avg income; recent Fed survey finds median value of single-family home rose 73% between '70 and late '75, while median income rose 40%; some fundamental changes in living and home-buying patterns of 20-to-35 generation discussed (L)

Rising Prices Squeezing First‐Time Home Buyers

Inquiry into backgrounds of leaders of movement to legalize laetrile shows they have frequently been subject of exaggerated claims about their scientific and med competence; leaders are Robert W Bradford, pres of Com for Freedom on Choice in Cancer Therapy Inc, largest orgn seeking to legalize laetrile, Ernest T Krebs Jr, com's science dir, Dr John A Richardson, among 1st drs in US to openly espouse laetrile as cancer cure, and Andrew R L McNaughton, who helped promote laetrile to prominence; illus of Krebs, Bradford (L)

INQUIRY CASTS DOUBT ON LAETRILE FIGURES

paraded through the streets of Addis Ababa. The force, the third largest in Africa, is to begin a major new drive against secessionist and insurgent forces. Page 3

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Begin, whose election victory stunned Amer Jewish community, will find deep measure of support among and rank and file of Israel's supporters when he visits Washington in July; change has come slowly and with considerable guidance from Zionist orgn leaders, some of whom still express private misgivings; they seek to persuade Carter Adm to avoid confrontation with Begin's new govt; fear US is formulating blueprints for Middle East settlement; Peter Bergson, former leader of Irgun, Rabbi Alexander M Schindler, chmn of Conf of Presidents of Major Amer Jewish Orgns, Rabbi Joseph P Sternstein, pres of ZOA, and Israeli Amb Simcha Dinitz comment (L)

Begin Gets Support Among Jews in U .S . As His Visit Nears

Carter confers with Vance, Mondale and natl security adviser Brzezinski on Middle East conflict (S)

CARTER SAID TO SEE NO IMMEDIATE GAINS IN TIES WITH SOVIET

Temporary Comm on City Finances rept examining long-term origins of fiscal crisis recommends city seek full state and Fed assumption of welfare costs (M)

BEAME PANEL WARNS CITY NOT TO RETURN TO HIGHER SPENDING

June 26: Carter will reptdly propose sale of $115-million in arms for Israel, including 200 wire-guided antitank missiles, 700 M-13 armored personnel carriers and 15 M-728 tank bulldozers; Adm officials say proposal is not meant to appease critics of Carter's Middle East policy, but is rather logical extension of Mondale's June 17 speech; say proposal, which responds to Israeli request made in Dec '76, is intended to build confidence and increase momentum for peace agreement; Carter, speaking to news editors, says that in place of Kissinger's step-by-step approach, US hopes to have overall settlement without delay, hopefully in '77; says he has been preparing for Begin's visit to Washington (M)

Carter Favors New Arms Deal For the Israelis,

News Summary

27th anniv of Korean War marked on both sides of 38th Parallel with mass rallies; DMZ is quiet; thousands demonstrate, Seoul, against Kim Il Sung; 200,000 reptly demonstrate, Pyongyang, against Park Chung Hee; Kim Il Sung, in int published in Paris Le Monde, calls for reunification through confed; says US troops are main obstacle; S Korea warns that N Korea is scheming to repeat surprise attack of June 25, '50 (M)

Koreas Mark Anniversary of War

Ethiopia marks start of major drive against secessionist and insurgent forces by parading new 80,000-member people's militia, 3d largest armed force in Africa, through Addis Ababa: Ethiopian leader Lt Col Mengistu Haile Mariam heads march; illus (M)

Ethiopia, Set for Drive on Rebels, Parades New 80,000‐Man Militia

Collaboration of Christian Dems and Communists linked to growing violence; extremist groups find themselves frustrated and with no outlet for protest; frustration is fed by continuing inflation, apparent inability of police to deal with terrorists and lingering image of govt unable to deal with problems (M)

Italy's Rival Parties Cooperate, but Crisis Continues

W Eur intelligence experts concerned about fate of Yugoslavia after Tito dies and possible USSR attempts to bring nation back under its control; official line in Belgrade is there will be orderly transfer of power to council Tito's successor; gen staffs and foreign mins of members of NATO base their concern on fact that Tito is believed to be only 1 to unify nation and that USSR has channeled much money into Yugoslavia; analysts believe USSR's preliminary strategy after Tito's death will be aimed at breaking up Yugoslav federation of 6 repubs because mil prospects, superficially favorable to USSR, might result in war of attrition (M)

A Post ‐Tito Yugoslavia Is Worrying NATO

Min Marc Lalonde introduces Govt bill that would increase fed role in provincial soc welfare programs and add $131-million to yrly cost, now $444-million (S)

Ottawa Proposes a Bill  To Expand federal Role  In Aid Plans for Needy

US and Canadian officials indicate boundary dispute created by 200-mi fishing zone may have to be decided by 3d party 'to avoid serious friction in our relations'; disputed area involves 12,000 sq mi in Gulf of Maine known as Georges Bank (M)

U. S . and Canada, Divided on Fishing, May Seek Arbiter

Burmese troops shell and strafe Karen rebel stronghold near Burma-Thai border, killing 30 insurgents, wounding 15; Thai border police bar Karens from crossing border (S)

World News Briefs

Syrian Pres Assad, in int with Arabic magazine Al Mostakbal, charges that US engineered 'massacre' in Lebanon after it failed to perpetuate conflict between Egypt and Syria; says Syria will not allow Lebanese fighting to recur (S)

SYRIA SAYS U.S. IS TRYING TO KEEP ARABS DIVIDED

Natl Tourist Orgn has restored 18th century mansion of Mousli family in Makrinitsa and has opened it to visitors (S)

GREEKS TRY TO EASE IMPACT OF TOURISM

City of Hull, Que, which lies across river from Ottawa and is 300 mi from Quebec City, is being developed as annex to fed capital that will house 15,000 to 20,000 fed employees, large part of them English-speaking, in next 2 yrs; is regarded as trespass and pol affront to independence-minded Quebecois; map (M)

HULL A BATTLEGROUND IN CANADIAN CONFLICT

Canadian immigration authorities jail Newton on his arrival from Cuba; Newton atty Paul Copeland comments; Mrs Newton is allowed to enter Canada (S)

Huey Newton Arrested On Arrival in Toronto; Was on Way Back to U.S.

Spanish Communist Party scores USSR attack on its ind orientation, statement; party pres Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria), generally considered pro-Soviet, is named as foremost of leaders proposing statement (S)

Mrs. Ibarruri Rebukes Soviet

USSR attack seems to signal major drive to tighten ideological controls

DRIVE FOR RED UNITY SEEMS UNDER WAY

Article on dispute in Israel over drafting of women notes Prime Min Begin has agreed to end requirement that women seeking religious exemption must undergo screening on Judaic religious tenets; Rabbi Moshe Hirsch holds Govt seeks to remove girls from parental influence, int; 'Oriental Jew' refused exemption under old system comments (M)

Controversy Over Drafting of Women Pits Israel's Military Needs Against Orthodox Religious Beliefs

HARRISMITII, South Africa (UPI)&#8212;It is no unusual to have a scofflaw say, that he did not pay a parking fine because the ticket blew off the windshield. It is something else again when the same excuse conies from a traffic inspectorwho gave himselt the ticket

Traffic Inspector in South Africa Leaves Parking Ticket on Own Car.

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June 26, 1977

Headlines from June 26, 1977

White House Plans to End Office That Sets Communications Policy

Soviet Medicine Mixes Inconsistency With Diversity

Rising Prices Squeezing First‐Time Home Buyers

INQUIRY CASTS DOUBT ON LAETRILE FIGURES

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Billboard 200

Rumours

Book Of Dreams

Commodores

Barry Manilow Live

I'm In You

Notable Births

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