November 17, 1977

Callaghan Govt wins pivotal victory in its effort to grant partial self-govt to Scotland and Wales; votes are procedural and bill still must be formally approved by Commons, Lords and in referendums (M)

Carter Adm is seriously disturbed by steadily expanding Cuban mil presence in Angola, Ethiopia and other African countries; officials see presence as deliberate strategy by Castro to intervene in Africa much as he promoted Cuban revolutionary intervention in Latin Amer in early '60s; Amer intelligence estimates place total Cuban involvement in Africa at 26,000 men in 16 countries, including 20,615 soldiers or mil advisers; map (L)

Beame and Mayor-elect Koch jointly announce opening of nonprofit Business Mktg Corp, aimed at attracting businesses and jobs to city and to keep and expand those already here; corp pres Bernhardt Denmark says city has thus far provided $910,000 of scheduled $1.5-million appropriation to cover projects starting costs; claims many businesses do not realize city's Labor costs are very competitive and getting better; cites study showing clerical costs in NJ have risen 20% this yr to surpass NYC; says corp proposes to deal primarily with individually targeted cos and is currently dealing with 14 businesses it seeks to attract to city and 21 it seeks to retain here; also lists 14 industries that could profitably stay in city; corp has recd $50,000 Rockefeller Bros Fund grant to develop data bank to keep information on factors affecting profitably of businesses in NYC; Mrs Hanover Trust Co pres John F McGillicuddy heads campaign to raise between $2 and $2.5 million from private sources for corp; corp chmn are Deputy Mayor Osborn Elliott, NY Chamber of Commerce and Indus chmn Oscar Dunn and R H Macy & Co chmn Donald Smiley; Gregg Deppeier is econ resources vp (M)

Nov 17: Sadat flies to Syria and begins talks with Assad on Egypt's latest efforts to rally Arab countries for new Geneva conf; Syrian spokesman says 2 leaders agreed to coordinate efforts for just and lasting peace but makes no mention of Sadat's proposed visit to Israel; illus of Assad with Sadat; illus of Israeli designer preparing model of Egyptian flag (M)