September 29, 1977

body of Pinchos Jaroslawicz, who vanished last wk with up to $1-million in gems, is found bound and stuffed in small box in Manhattan office of diamond cutter Shlomo Tal, himself object of police search after being reptd missing by his wife; Tal, being held as material witness, is found sleeping in his wife's car in Queens; tells police that murder was committed by 2 masked men who abducted and robbed him; autopsy shows Jaroslawicz died from head injuries and asphyxiation; Tal says he kept silent about murder and had concealed body in box out of fear that murderers might harm his own family; Detectives Chief John L Keenan comments; illus (L)

Japanese Govt agrees to meet demands of guerrillas that it free 9 imprisoned comrades and pay $6-million in ransom; Govt says it is impossible to meet demand that prisoners be delivered within 18 hrs; 5 hostages freed, including Amers Carol Karabian and man named Krueger; other Amers aboard are Walter Karabian and Mr and Mrs John Gabriel; map (M)

Auth reptdly agrees to call in up to $1.1-billion of outstanding bonds in effort to free itself of restrictions on providing funds for mass transit: advance refunding is designed to replace bonds containing anti-transit restrictions with new bonds permitting such auth spending (M)

Carter rejects request by Emprise Corp for Pres pardon from '72 felony conviction; request is 1st ever made by corp for Pres pardon

Somali forces capture Jijiga and key pass that cuts into Ethiopia's central highlands; illus; map (L)

Center for Disease Control now believes legionnaires' disease is far more widespread variant form of pneumonia than believed during '76 Phila outbreak; Dr David W Fraser repts 9 cases diagnosed recently in Columbus, Ohio, and 5 in Vt; center experts also cite '68 Pontiac, Mich, outbreak and '74 Phila incidents at Odd Fellows conv in suggesting nationwide phenomenon; about 50 cases have been found in 19 states since '76; Fraser notes bacterium is unlike any other he knows (M)

Sen Byrd, in effort to break 5-day filibuster over deregulation of natural gas prices, offers so-called Jackson compromise calling for continued regulation of prices but at price higher than initial Carter Adm proposal; compromise strategy seeks to hold liberal coalition opposed to deregulation while diverting few votes from deregulation forces which had 6-vote majority in recent test vote; also seeks to convince filibuster leaders Abourezk and Metzenbaum to drop their opposition; proposal would raise price of newly discovered natural gas to about $2.03 per thousand cubic ft with escalation over 5 yrs to estimated $3.24; Repubs, including Sen Lloyd Bentsen, attack proposal; other parliamentary maneuvering described; highlights of filibuster noted (L)

On the diamond block‐47th Street from Fifth Avenue to the Avenue of the Americas—there are burglar alarms so sophisticated that if one goes off by accident the police are sometimes denied access to the office for fear they may learn how it works.

Comment on pol scene in Chile notes that visitors who have heard abroad that Chilean mil had suppressed works of Pablo Neruda find not only his writings prominently displayed in bookstores, but also new Govt housing development named for him (S)

Israeli Govt blocks attempts by ultranationalist Gush Emunim group to start 2 unauthorized Jewish settlements on West Bank but then works out arrangement that would allow would-be settlers to move into army camps in area; compromise appears designed to placate Begin's right-wing supporters without arousing further denunciation by US; under accord, 6 mil camps in West Bank are to be opened in next 3 mos to settlement groups; in meantime, aspiring settlers are to be allowed to live in 4 West Bank settlements already established by Gush Emunim: illus (M)

Sept 29-30: Syria and Jordan inform Carter that they accept US proposal for having unified Arab delegation, including Palestinians, meet with Israel at Geneva conf; in separate White House sessions with Carter, Syrian Foreign Min Khaddam and Abdul Hamid Sharaf, chief of Jordanian Royal Ct, say they advocate unified Arab delegation's actually conducting negotiations as group with Israel or breaking down into small 'functional' groupings, in which 2 or more Arab parties would sit with Israel; Sharaf says Jordan and Syria want smaller groups to deal with 'functional' subjects such as final boundaries, nature of peace and Palestinian rights; Sens Daniel P Moynihan and Clifford P Case charge US diplomats were instructed to urge Iran to threaten curtailed oil shipments to press Israel to make concessions in negotiations; State Dept denies rept (M)

Army hopes to move into south near Israel in few days to reassert Lebanese sovereignty over region if cease-fire proves effective; mil action noted; sources say Lebanon has called for meeting of UN Israeli-Lebanese Mixed Armistice Comm, which is expected to coordinate movement of Lebanese forces into south with withdrawal of Palestinian forces; Defense Min spokesman Maj Mahmoud Mattar comments; (M)