July 4, 1977

US State Dept asks Carter Adm to approve emergency admission of 15,000 Indochinese refugees stranded in Thailand and throughout SE Asia; White House reptdly is sympathetic to request; officials say Adm is aware of opposition from influential Cong members to any further entry of Indochinese without specific legis; US has admitted 145,000 refugees since fall of Saigon in '75; Repr Joshua Eilberg is major critic of proposal; State Dept officials say series of articles on refugees by NY Times writer Henry Kamm aroused concern in human rights and Asian burs of dept; State Sec Cyrus R Vance reptdly is taking personal interest in casing refugees' plight (M)

EPA considers joining private citizens suing TVA to enjoin it from 'emitting sulfur oxides in violation of applicable state emission limitations;' action results from EPA's lack of success in forcing TVA to comply with law after 7 yrs of battling in and out of ct; TVA contends EPA has no authority to force it to comply under Clean Air Act of 1970 (M)

Hollywood Swaps Sweepstakes: J O Tobin wins; Seattle Slew finishes 4th in losing 1st race; illus (M)

Article on booming Southern econ notes its increasing attraction of foreign banks; opening of Atlanta branches by leading internatl banks noted (M)

USSR scores development; noted (M)