November 18, 1977

Former sr CIA analyst Frank Snepp, in book published by Random House called Decent Interval, says intelligence system failed in Cambodia after Govt fell in spring of '75 because CIA planners chose to focus 'stay behind' operations on central cities and cities were evacuated by Cambodians; contends officials knew for yrs that Khieu Samphan, who became Khmer Rouge post-war leader, intended to raze cities and turn soc into 'great rural estate' (M)

RC bishops approve 1st official set of guidelines for all religious instruction in US; document, termed a directory, incorporates ch reforms adopted by Vatican Council II and draws upon findings from modern behavioral science; concepts and goals implicit in directory separate it markedly from older Baltimore Catechism, produced in 1885; some features noted; Abps John F Whealdon and Joseph L Bernardin comment (M)

Begin says Sadat will arrive in Jerusalem on Nov 19 and will pray at Al Aksa Mosque on Nov 20 before addressing Knesset; expresses hope that King Hussein will make similar trip; Dayan tells group of US Congressmen that Sadat's visit is courageous; doubts Sadat will open negotiations on separate peace or presume to speak for other Arab countries; advance party of Egyptians arrives in Jerusalem, Nov 18, equipped with sheet music for Egyptian natl anthem (M)

Nov 18: Sadat, disregarding criticism in Arab world and in his own Govt, formally accepts Begin's inv to visit Israel; planned trip immediately causes uproar in Arab world, with Syria, Iraq and some Palestinian groups condemning trip; more radical Arabs refuse to accept Sadat's contention that he is is not going to promote separate agreement; US officials in Israel confer with Begin to seek assurances that Sadat will have something to show for visit; Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Vance confer on ways to help Sadat; Carter telephones Begin; US sends messages to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to support Sadat; illus of Sadat accepting inv from US Amb Eilts (L)

Dr Mario E Jascalevich to stand trial Jan 30 on charges of murdering 5 hosp patients; NJ Sup Ct rules, 6-0, that there is no time limit to indictment of alleged murderer; Jascalevich, who was referred to by news orgns as Dr X before '76 indictment, had hoped to avoid prosecution by having ct hold that too much time had elapsed between alleged crimes in '65-66 and Bergen Country grand jury indictment; Jascalevich has been accused of murdering 5 patients at Riverdell Hosp, Oradell, where he was chief surgeon, '63-67; indictment follows NY Times investigation into 13 'unusual or unexpected' deaths at hosp; state will argue that Jascalevich injected patients with lethal doses of curare, muscle relaxant, which was found in corpses in '76 exhumation; 5 were Carl Rohrbeck, Nancy Savino, Margaret Henderson, Frank Biggs and Emma Arzt; case revd; Jascalevich por (M)