September 30, 1977

HR-Sen conf com approves construction of $183-million 400-billion-electron-volt accelerator at Brookhaven Natl Laboratory; approves $10.5-million for start-up; device--an intersecting storage accelerator, which scientists refer to as Isabel-will be first of its scale in world; Repr Jerome A Ambro says it will restore US to supremacy in fields of high-energy and basic physics; he and Suffolk County Deputy Exec Arthur Bergman discuss econ impact for county; County Exec Klein hails Ambro; Dr Ronald Rau, dir of high-energy physics at Brookhaven, comments (M)

US Appeals Ct backs lower-ct decision to lift NY-NJ Port Auth ban against Concorde landings at Kennedy Internatl Airport; agrees that 18-mo-old ban is unreasonable and discriminatory, and therefore illegal; scores Auth's 'unwarranted official inaction'; modifies lower-ct ruling in opening door for local authorities to reimpose ban if they can devise noise criteria for Kennedy Internatl that do not discriminate against Concorde; Auth to appeal to US Sup Ct; US Repr Scheuer meets with members of NY delegation to drum up support for demand that Auth promptly promulgate nondiscriminatory noise rule (M)

HR approves funds for neutron bomb, striking Weiss's amendment 297 to 109; debate comments by Weiss and Reprs Holtzman, Downey and Carr noted; Pres Carter's decision on whether to produce and deploy weapon is expected to follow consultation with NATO allies and is to be made after detailed studies by Pentagon (M)

Suffolk County, NY, farmers George C Reeve and Nathaniel Talmage give up right to develop their land under county's Farmlands Preservation Program; illus (M)

Treas Dept estimates changes it is urging Carter to propose in his tax reform pkg would increase Fed income tax for most families in $100, 000-and-up bracket, and would reduce taxes for almost everyone else; Treas recommendations outlined; chart (L)