December 7, 1977

Sadat says he will carry peace negotiations 'through to the end' with Israel alone if other Arab countries involved in conflict refuse to take part in later stages envisioned for Geneva conf, int; accuses USSR of using Palestinians and Syrians as 'agents' to obstruct settlement; blames USSR for 'impertinence' of other Arab states that have denounced his initiatives; rejects Arab charges that he is seeking separate Egyptian-Israeli treaty; says Syria is welcome to attend Cairo conf even without diplomatic relations; says Begin has so far not replied to his initiative; says he will seek 'comprehensive' settlement with Israel on Israeli withdrawal and Palestinian rights; says US will continue to have important role; says he is thinking of US security guarantees between opposing forces; says he has kept in close contact with Carter although he had not informed him of decision to visit Israel ahead of time; says his relations with Saudi Arabia remain friendly (L)

Cecil E Roberts Jr, vp of UMW dist 17, says he and dist pres Jack Perry are putting aside differences with Miller and are supporting his efforts to win new contract; expects strike to last 2 mos; Bill Bryant, another union dissident, also urges support for Miller; estimated 160,000 miners are away from mines on 1st day of strike; illus of Ga Power coal storage area (M)

refusal of Sunnyvale, Calif, IAM members to heed leadership's call for strike to support similar action by members in southern Calif and Ga discussed; Sunnyvale workers contend they have right to make their own decisions; move held as possible warning to union leaders of changing attitudes among rank and file and local leaders (M)

Japanese Prime Min Takeo Fukuda and Cabinet adopt major portion of pkg of proposed trade-liberalization measures, aimed at easing trade tensions with US; proposals, which are subject to amendment and augmentation before discussion with US, reptdly fall far short of 'basic,' 'drastic' and 'extraordinary' measures demanded by Amers during recent bilateral talks; measures detailed (M)

Pres Carter approves rept by interagency task force headed by Anthony M Solomon outlining plan to protect US indus from import competition; plan calls for enforcing some form of trigger-price mechanism within next 60 days, with sharply higher 'dumping' duties placed on imports coming in below trigger price; gets qualified endorsement in Japan and Western Eur; many analysts expect trigger price to be based on costs of Japanese indus, which is most efficient mfr, thus hurting Eur suppliers; former trade negotiator Harold B Malmgren sees plan relying too much on import curbs; Matthew J Marks, originator of trigger price mechanism, recently noted that govts must go beyond such short term palliatives to internatl talks to stabilize indus conditions; Adm officials say they hope plan can be phased out as conditions improve; Solomon por (M)

Cuban Pres Castro says presence of Cuban troops in Angola has nothing to do with relations between US and Cuba and is not 'a negotiable issue'; remarks came in conversation in Havana with Reprs Frederick W Richmond and Richard Nolan; illus (L)

Carter Adm plan to protect depressed steel indus includes tax breaks and other aid indus needs to modernize its plants (S)

Sup Ct rules unanimously that employers cannot deprive female employees of accumulated seniority because they take uncompensated leaves of absence to have children; reaffirms '76 conclusion that Fed civil rights laws do not require employers to permit workers to use accumulated sick-leave credit to remain on payroll when women leave jobs temporarily for childbirth (M)

Dec 7: Sec Vance criticizes USSR for denouncing Sadat's initiatives and questions USSR's Mideast aims news conf; says US still believes that USSR wants to see comprehensive settlement; says Israel and Egypt have agreed that time has come to deal with questions of substance at Cairo conf; says US hopes Cairo meeting will open way to Israeli-Egyptian accord on overall principles to guide peace treaties between Israel and Arabs; says Syria has now accepted his proposal to meet Assad during his forthcoming trip to region; indicates Adm is no longer wedded to holding Geneva conf, but is receptive to any approach that produces results (L)

Justices, 9‐0, Block A Loss of Seniority In Maternity Leave

Rosemarie Maniscalco dies; physicians fail to detect fetal heartbeat during her final moments of life and no effort is made to deliver child; Deputy Chief Med Examiner Milton A Ward is perform autopsy (M)

Nordic countries--Sweden, Finland Denmark, Norway and Iceland--call on UN Gen Assembly to express concern over human-rights violations in Lganda (M)