NY Times probe of NYC home-attendant program for handicapped persons finds widespread fraud and poor mgt; uncovers cases of eligible persons being excluded and of attendants not being paid wages for mos, causing great personal hardship; blames poor relationship between 2 responsible Human Resources Adm divs, Family and Adult Services under Gladys Harrington and Intake and Mgt office under Bobbie V Poussaint; both deny backlog on attendant payments; Deputy Admr James Chard defends mgt and blames state and Fed Govts and rapid program growth for any problems; hardship cases cited (M)

Troubles Plague Aid for Disabled

3d article in series names NY Times as 1 of news orgns that employed CIA operatives (S)

C.I.A. Established Many Links To Journalists in U.S. and Abroad,

insufficient and erratic rains cause widespread food shortages in sub-Saharan nations, map (M)

Sub‐Sahara Region, Scene of ‘72 Famine, Short of Food Again

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26&#8212;The Minnesota Vikings passed their way to touchdown the first time they had the ball, then never completed another pass as they controlled the ball throughout the second half and scored a 14&#8208;7 upset victory that eliminated the Los Angeles Rams from the National Football League playoffs.

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Washington officials say US goal in coming wks will be to work with Israel and Egypt to find agreed set of principles to govern talks on comprehensive Mideast peace settlement; Pres Carter pledges every effort to continue momentum; State Dept officials expect Sec Vance to participate in pol com talks in Jerusalem; Carter says he recd phone call from Begin calling talks successful; Adm officials say full rept on Sadat-Begin meeting is not expected until Amb Eilts meets with Sadat and Amb Lewis meets with Begin; warn against overly gloomy assessment of prospects for progress; US efforts to persuade Begin and Sadat to temper stands prior to Ismailia talks discussed (L)

Carter Says the U.S. Will Strive To Keep Up Mideast Momentum

Dec 27: Prime Min Begin and Pres Sadat end 2-day Middle East peace talks, Ismailia, Egypt, without reaching agreement on issue of Palestinian state and terms for Israeli withdrawal from Sinai, West Bank and Gaza Strip; pledge continued efforts for peace and announce formation of standing mil and pol coms to continue discussions, joint news conf; both stress progress and optimism that settlement will be reached eventually, but speedy breakthrough sought by Sadat seen virtually impossible (L)

RIFT ON PALESTINIANS

Ismailia Talks: Test of Stands

NYS Assembly Med Practice Task Force proposes sweeping laws to establish and enforce high standards of practice for drs and hosps in state, including periodic relicensing revs for physicians; Speaker Stanley Steingut, who created panel, is expected to sponsor legis; laws would make NY 1st state to take variety of med and hosp monitoring programs and place them under single authority with power to eliminate duplicative and sometimes conflicting regulatory criteria; major legis action proposed is creation of State Bd for Assessment of Quality Med Care; policy paper was prepared by task force dir Matthew L Lifflander; former NYC Health Comr Lowell Bellin comments; com co-chmn are Assemblymen Alan G Hevesi, Melvin H Miller and Vincent F Nicolosi; major med monitoring bodies now operating in NY listed (M)

ALBANY PANEL SEEKS STRICTER REGULATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE

Article on Govt's absorption of Crimean Tatars and Soviet Gers, who were uprooted in '44 from their homeland in Crimean peninsula by Stalin, who accused them of collaborating with Nazis during World War II and forbade them to return; map; illus (L)

Central Asia Absorbs Tatars .and Germans Exiled by Stalin

Mex Communist Party, by stressing independence from Moscow and aligning with other leftist groups, is emerging as significant pol force for 1st time in 40 yrs; pol reform approved by Cong should enable party to acquire legal status for 1st time and to participate with its own candidates in '79 cong elections; party sec Arnoldo Martinez Verdugo comments (M)

Mexican Communists Are Gaining Political Influence

illus of Sen Edward M Kennedy and wife Joan being greeted by Chinese officials in Peking

Associated Press ARRIVING IN CHINA, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his Joan, were Greeted yesterday by officials at airport in Peking. The Senator and members of his family are scheduled to visit several Chinese cities.

hundreds of Hungarian-Amers join motorcade from NY to Independence Hall, Phila, staging rallies in Woodbridge and Trenton (NJ) on way, to protest Carter Adm's decision (S)

Motorcade Protests U .S . Plan to Return Crown to Hungary

PARIS, Tuesday, Dec, 27 (Reuters)&#8212;A bomb exploded early today outside the apartment of a Paris judge, Michel Zollinger, slightly injuring a woman and damaging the building, police officials said.

Paris Area Hit by 15 Bombings Over Holiday

50 Moslem rebels attack Maria Christina Airport, Mindanao, killing 2 civilians (S)

World News Briefs

Douglas Burchman is 2d victim to die in Sunshine Mills explosion; Newman H Massey died Dec 23 (S)

Second Burn Victim Dies

400,000 Moslems, who originally left India in '47 when subcontinent was subdivided to escape riots in Hindu-dominated India, find themselves in same situation in Bangladesh: unwanted and unable to leave; staunchly supported Pakistani Army in last days of E Pakistan; Pakistan, under increasing internatl pressure, has recently said it would accept 25,000 (S)

Moslems Who Fled From India in 1947 A re Uprooted Again

banned Christian Dem and Socialist parties urge electorate to vote against mil Govt (S)

Two Banned Parties in Chile Urge Voters to Reject Pinochet Regime

Comment on Encyclopedia of Ignorance, compendium of what man does not know in sciences; book was published by Pergamon Press and contains contributions from 60 eminent scientists writing on what they do not understand but would like to know about in their fields (S)

‘Encyclopedia Of Ignorance’ Is Published

Awarding of $92-million contract by Quebec Govt to Gen Motors to build buses stirs bitter dispute over role of multinationals in Canadian econ; Govt, in reply to Bombardier-MLW, locally-based co, defends its action by saying Gen Motors bid was lower and will make munic transportation cheaper to run (M)

GM. BUS PACT STIRS PROTEST IN QUEBEC

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet repts Natl Intelligence Agency deputy chief Sabahattin Savasan has been arrested on charges of passing information to Amer and Brit spies; says he is accused of passing secrets to US CIA and Brit Secret Service concerning Cypriot and Turkish policy toward Amer mil presence in Turkey (S)

Turkey Is Said to Arrest Official On Charges He Spied for U.S.

illus spending Christmas with family in Waverly, Minn

United Press International QUIET CHRISTMAS AT HOME: Senator Hubert H. Humphrey with wife, Muriel, and grandchildren in Waverly, Minn.

E Ger is emerging as increasingly prominent promoter of USSR diplomacy in many parts of world; E Ger diplomats are carrying USSR opinions to sensitive areas where Russians would rather not show themselves at present; some examples cited (M)

EAST GERMANY AIDING MOSCOW'S DIPLOMACY

Russian immigrants in US, Eur, Australia and Japan answer Solzehnitsyn's plea for recollections of their native country; Solzhenitsyn recently asked for written recollections for use in his Russian Memorial Library, Cavendish, Vt; spokesman Irene Alberti says no material has arrived from USSR (S)

Russians Answer Plea For Memoirs of Home

Gen Bernard W Rogers, noting that 50-80% of young enlisted solders who are married are in financial difficulty, urges variable money allowances to help soldiers cope with living costs in areas where prices are particularly high; Rogers and Air Force Gen David C Jones and Marine Corps Gen Louis Wilson warn that any new plan to reduce established fringe benefits, such as health care, commissaries and early retirement options, will undermine morale (M)

Army Chief Urges :r. Pay Change to Aid Married Soldiers

Intelligence arm of Pentagon has offered to help several private communications cos improve their defenses against unauthorized eavesdropping; activities of Natl Security Agency were disclosed by V Orville Wright, pres of MCI Communications Corp, and then confirmed in recent days by execs in other communications cos; William J Thaler, acting head of White House Office of Telecommunications Policy, says he has no knowledge of reptd effort by security agency to develop formal links with cos; another White House official said agency's action was surprising and appeared to go beyond normal range of concerns; staff member of Natl Security Council says allegations are being investigated and that rept on them would be prepared for Dr Frank Press, Carter's science adviser (M)

A U.S. AGENCY OFFERS AID ON PHONE PRIVACY

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December 27, 1977

Headlines from December 27, 1977

Troubles Plague Aid for Disabled

C.I.A. Established Many Links To Journalists in U.S. and Abroad,

Sub‐Sahara Region, Scene of ‘72 Famine, Short of Food Again

Asseclaid Pius end United Press IntornatIonal

Carter Says the U.S. Will Strive To Keep Up Mideast Momentum

Billboard 200

Simple Dreams

Rumours

Foot Loose + Fancy Free

All 'n' All

Out Of The Blue

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 27, 1977