Griffin apparently defeats Eve, who had hoped to become 1st black Mayor of major city in NYS (S)

DEMOCRAT IS MAYOR

Hale Observatory astronomers detect mysterious object between Saturn and Uranus that is orbiting sun and is believed to be new class of asteroid or perhaps solar system's 10th and smallest planet; object described; Drs Charles Kowal and Brian G Marsden comment; diagram (M)

Mysterious Object Beyond Saturn May Be Solar System's 10th Planet

Some roads are blocked on LI, and 100 homes lose elec power because of falling trees caused by heavy rains; some Suffern residents are evacuated because of structural damage to apt house (S)

Jersey Is Hardest Hit —1 Death Reported

Assemblyman Andrew B Stein is elected Boro Pres, defeating Councilman Robert F Wagner Jr by 3 to 2 margin; contest, $1.25-million extravaganza with expensive TV ad and furious st campaigning, overshadowed 4 other Boro Pres elections; Stein illus with parents (L)

Stein Defeats Wagner by 3 to 2 To Take Manhattan Borough Post

Byrne, in dramatic pol comeback, is re-elected Gov; vote, with 5,549 of 5,598 dists reptg, is 1,168,095 for Byrne, 869,887 for Bateman; illus (L)

BATEMAN IS ROUTED

5-inch rain innundates NYC met area for 2d day, flooding major hwys, knocking out subway service, slowing commuter trains, causing scattered power disruptions and making voting difficult for residents; some 100 people in hard-hit SI are evacuated from low-lying areas; illus (L)

New York Snarled by 5‐Inch Rain; Many Homes Flooded in Suburbs

Hofstede, running with backing of Sen Hubert H Humphrey and other Minn liberals, is elected Mayor, defeating incumbent Stenvig (S)

Dalton Elected Virginia Governor; A Maverick, 31, Wins in Cleveland

Pres Carter says he will sign energy legis only if it is fair to everyone, contributes significantly to energy conservation and development and protects Fed budget, Nov 8 TV speech; says basic US energy problem is using too much energy and wasting too much; says this threatens US econ system and natl security; says that his program provides 'adequate' econ incentives for producers and that windfall profits must be avoided; seeks to lessen tensions between White House and Cong (M)

Carter Tells Nation He'll Demand Equity In Energy Measures

Nov 9: PLO leader Yasir Arafat meets with Pres Sadat for talks on US-led initiative to reconvene Geneva conf; Palestinian spokesman says 2 leaders are in agreement after successful talks (S)

Arafat and Sadat Meet to Discuss Plans for Geneva Peace Talks

Article on high-rate of pesticide poisoning among Guatemala cotton pickers; illus (M)

Free Use of Pesticides in Guatemala Takes a Deadly Toll

Tass attributes disclosures on arms talks to opponents on new agreement (S)

Jackson, Critical of Arms Pact, Rejects ‘Leak’ Charge

The U.N. Today

carrier cancels all round-trip Frankfurt-Algeria flights because of refusal of Algerian Govt to allow W Ger guards to conduct searches of passengers boarding at Algiers; terrorist warnings against Lufthansa planes recalled; guards illus at Frankfurt Airport (M)

Lufthansa Halts Algeria Flight After Security Rebuff

indus unrest grows over natl pay curbs; customs and immigration workers are latest to strike (M)

Customs Workers Stage Strike in Britain As Protests Over Pay Restraints Grow

Soviet air force reptdly is carrying out flight development trials for 3 new combat aircraft, namely MIG-29 fighter, close-support plane and supersonic bomber based on TU-144 passenger transport; US analysts say Moscow apparently is adopting mirror-image concept US has sought to avoid; MIG-29 seen designed to cope with US F-15, F-16 and F-18 fighters (M)

Soviet Air Force Reported Testing 3 New Jets, Including Swift Bomber

3-member com, created by UN Gen Assembly in '68 to 'investigate Israeli practices' in occupied Arab territories but barred by Israel from areas, repts that life there is marked by demonstrations and riots attributable to occupation; com refused Israel's request that it also check on conditions of Jews in Arab countries; rept, prepared by reprs from Senegal, Sri Lanka and Yugoslavia--none of which has diplomatic relations with Israel--says its findings were reached by 'monitoring' situation inside territories, in part from articles in Israeli press, from testimony given by groups that made visits and from consulting with Internatl Com of Red Cross (S)

U.N. PANEL ISRAEL BARRED ASSAILS RULE OVER ARABS

Violence continues; rich and titled landowner Duke Massimilio Grazioli is kidnapped; abductors demand $11-million ransom; Alfa Romeo official Aldo Grassini is wounded in shooting incident; extreme left-wing terrorists claim responsibility for shooting and bombing; Christian Dems score Andreotti Govt, which promises to make proposals to stiffen law-and-order legis (M)

ITALY IS FRUSTRATED BY SIEGE OF VIOLENCE

Medical tests show that 1 of every 29 adults at US Embassy in Moscow has mysterious blood condition resulting in abnormally high levels of white blood cells; Soviets deny they have beamed radiation at embassy (S)

U.S. Is Said to Finish Moscow Blood Tests

Vorster say UN embargo nor possible oil boycott will force whites in S Africa to cede power; says Govt had anticipated move by making S Africa self-sufficient (M)

Vorster Says Whites Can Withstand U.N. Pressure

Carver and Chand are rebuffed in Zambia; Kaunda opposes plan to hold elections during transitional period (S)

Envoys Fail to Get Support of Zambia For Rhodesia Plan

cancellation is in compliance with UN Security Council ban; warships included 2 submarines (M)

FRENCH CANCEL SALES TO SOUTH AFRICA NAVY

Nahariya death toll reaches 3 as fighting continues; Israeli C/S Mordechai Gur says cease-fire can be regarded as broken; Israeli mil analysts say rocket attacks were apparently work of so-called 'rejection front' of Palestinians; map (M)

Israel Attacks Sites in Southern Lebanon With Jet and Artillery

Carter and Golda Meir meet and disagree about Carter's policy on convening Geneva talks and his support for Palestinian homeland; Meir says she doubts Israel will ever accept agreement that would create Palestinian homeland (M)

President and Golda Meir Disagree

Palestinian-Lebanese leftist joint command says Israel began 'wide-scale aggression' against villages, towns and Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon; Palestinian press agency Wafa says Israeli forces bombarded Palestinian camps and nearby Tyre, aiming at civilian targets (M)

Israeli ‘Aggression’ Charged

Iran confirms purchase of 7 Airborne warning and Control System (AWACS) planes from US (S)

World News Briefs

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November 9, 1977

Headlines from November 9, 1977

DEMOCRAT IS MAYOR

Mysterious Object Beyond Saturn May Be Solar System's 10th Planet

Jersey Is Hardest Hit —1 Death Reported

Stein Defeats Wagner by 3 to 2 To Take Manhattan Borough Post

BATEMAN IS ROUTED

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