August 21, 1977

Sworn testimony and statements from persons familiar with Summa Corp. made in connection with legal battle for estate taxes and control of Hughes estate, show that before Hughes died, inner circle of employes frustrated Hughes's efforts to name Jack D Real mgr of newly formed Eastern Div of Summa, to curb power of F W Gay, and to reorganize mgt of his affairs; some or all of aides threatened to quit if Hughes went ahead with plans; data on heretofore secret events have been developed by Tex Atty Gen John Hill and his asst, Rick Harrison, in effort to establish that Hughes was legal resident of Tex for tax purposes; if successful, Tex would be entitled to 17% of Hughes estate as inheritance taxes (M)

Night collections, which costs NYC overtime, rose to 14. 5% in '76-77 from 14. 2% in previous fiscal yr despite city plan to reduce them to 12. 8% (S)

Comment on decision by Begin's Govt to build new settlements and extend Israeli services to West Bank and US expression of concern (M)

NYS Consumer Protection Bd distributes keys to complex food mfrs' codes that prevent shoppers from determining how long items have been on grocer's shelf; chart (M)

VW Beetle is being replaced in US mkt by more angular Rabbit; US sales were hurt by decline of dollar, cost of meeting US emission and safety standards and incursions by Japanese mfrs; VW sold 19-million Beetles worldwide, all time record; illus (M)

Cong concludes; new ruling Politburo elected; Chmn Hua, Defense Min Yeh Chien-ying and Deputy Prime Min Teng Hsiao-ping seen as heads; celebrations in Peking described; illus (M)

Voyager 2 launching revd (S)

illus of anti-Nazi demonstrators in Soltau, W Ger, picketing in front of Kappler's family home; former Chancellor Willy Brandt charges Govt with failing to combat neo-Nazi activities

NYS Temporary Comm on Mgt and Productivity in Public Sector, in rept obtained by NY Times, says that nearly 1 in 5 persons arrested for felonies in NYC in 76 was fugitive from earlier charges; charges that thousands of crimes could have been prevented if police enforced bench warrants more aggressively; holds Dept's Warrant Squad is badly understaffed and overwhelmed by its workload; Deputy Comr Francis J McLoughlin comments; Assembly Speaker Steingut directs comm to make full-scale probe of pretrial agencies that make recommendations on bail and probation and to develop new legis to revise probation system (M)

Today's Sections

China's Communist Party elected a new central committee and restored tough disciplinary measures for party members at the first congress since the death of. Mao Tse‐tung last year. The meeting, the party's 11th congress, was held in Peking. It now appears that. power in Peking is shared by a triumvirate of Hua Kuo‐feng, the party chairman; Yeh Chien‐ying, the Defense Minister, and Teng Hsiao‐ping, the recently rehabilitated Deputy,Prime Minister. Page 1, Column i. 1

US trade with Taiwan is 10 times greater than with People's Repub of China (S)