Up to 160,000 phone customers in NYC will be getting new phone numbers in '78; extensions listed (S)

New York Phone Will Spend More

Mayor Koch to issue exec order barring discrimination against homosexuals in NYC govt, including police and fire depts, statement at news conf after 1st staff meeting

Koch, vows to Ban Discrimination, By the City Against Homosexuals

US officials see signs of possible compromise between Israel and Egypt over Palestinian issue despite differences between Sadat and Begin; say essence of projected agreement would be to persuade Begin to modify plan for West Bank and Gaza Strip to include possibility of eventual full self-determination; say problem is delicate because self-determination could lead to ind state dominated by PLO radicals, but since neither Israel, Egypt, Jordan nor US want such a state, there would be broad support for finding right formula (L)

COMPROMISE IS SEEN BY U.S. ON WEST BANK

Pres Carter and Sec of State Cyrus R Vance meet with Desai; Carter addresses special session of India Parliament; Rosalynn Carter speaks to Indian women leaders at Panchkuin Community Hall, New Delhi; illus (M)

PRESIDENT DISCLOSES CONFLICT WITH INDIA OVER NUCLEAR FUEL

Notre Dame's Vagas Ferguson, left, in end zone after first of his three touchdowns in 38&#8208;10 rout of Texas in Cotton Bowl. Above, Roland Sales, (21) and Greg Kolenda of Arkansas celebrate first score during 31&#8208;6 triumph over Oklahoma in Orange Bowl. Alabama crushed Ohio State, 35&#8208;6, in Sugar Bowl; Washington defeated Michigan,.27&#8208;20, in Rose Bowl. Page 39.

Notre Dame, Washington, Alabama and ArkansasWin

Seattle school bd, 6-1, approves 'Seattle Plan' that calls for desegregation of school system within 2 yrs through mandatory assignment of students by race; apparently is 1st major city to take such action without ct order or other Fed pressure; plan, lauded by Seattle Urban League, links about 1/2 of city's elementary school areas for mandatory pupil exchs; provisions detailed; School Supt David Moberly comments; children illus (L)

Seattle, Without Federal Pressure, Will Begin to Desegregate Schools

NY Times/CBS News survey of 1,427 NYC residents to gauge public mood as Mayor Edward Koch begins adm finds public perception of trains and buses running on time has improved over last 4 yrs with 43% of those surveyed confident that they can get to work on time; chart (M)

POLL FINDS INCREASE PIN HOPE FOR NEW YORK

Jan 3: King Hussein sees nothing in Israeli peace proposal that could form basis for negotiated settlement of Israeli-Arab dispute, int, Teheran; sees settlement impossible without Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands and Palestinian 'self-determination under conditions of total freedom; reiterates his commitment to 'total peace'; says majority of Arab world and many Palestinians seek final peace; indicates he has overcome his initial resentment of Sadat's peace initiatives (L)

Hussein Rejects Israeli Proposal, Says It Contains Nothing Positive

Residents of Timbuktu, Mali, face famine because of drought of Niger River; pattern of poor and irregular rains has devastated crops, and at same time Niger, whose flooding is counted upon to irrigate rice crops, is at lowest seasonal level in yrs; map; illus (M)

Drought and Low River Bring Timbuktu Region to Edge of Famine

The U.N. Today

WINDHOEK, South&#8208;West Africa, Jan. 2 (Reuters)&#8212;Three persons were killed and eight wounded in fighting that began after an argument among black miners at Tsumeb, in the north of South&#8208;West Africa, the police reported today. The police said the trouble started when one miner was stabbed to death in an argument yesterday. The incident resulted in a second fight last night in which twc other men were killed.

8 Killed in African Miners Fight

Saudi Arabian officials say leaders will press Carter for more deliveries of mil equipment and other measures they feel needed for security (S)

Saudis Shun Open Backing of Sadat

Egypt, reptdly heartened by outcome of meeting between Pres Carter and King Hussein, puts final touches on proposals that Pres Sadat will present to Carter at meeting in Aswan; proposals, countering those put forward by Prime Min Begin, aim at agreement on set of gen principles aimed at bypassing seemingly insurmountable obstacles that emerged at Israeli-Egyptian meeting in Ismailia (L)

Egyptians, More Optimistic, Prepare Plans for Carter

excerpts from transcript of int with King Hussein (L)

Excerpts From Transcript of the Interview in Teheran With King Hussein on Middle East Negotiations

Bad weather prevents Woods from leaving Usotho (S)

Bad Weather Prevents Departure. Of Banned Editor From Lesotho

defectors from Justice Party say they will participate in govt to be led by Bulent Ecevit, virtually assuring his apptmt as Prime Min (S)

World News Briefs

Canada, beset by problems of inflation, separatist issue in Quebec and precipitous decline in Canadian dollar, is going th rough period of painful self-examination; Gov Gen Jules Leger, in New Yr message to Canadians, expresses concern with which people view situation (M)

AILING CANADA GETS ‘GET WELL’ GREETING

Pennsylvania Mirror Ceases

ex-Pres Eduardo Frei Montalva rejects 'form and substance' of plebiscite, while young Christian Dems shout in sts for pol liberty; plainclothes security agents arrest 5 Christian Dems in Ahumada mall after demonstrators scatter leaflets calling for 'no' vote; among those arrested are Adolfo Zaldivar, younger bro of Andres Zaldivar, party's unofficial pres; 5 demonstrators are released after questioning; legal obstacle to holding plebiscite on schedule is removed by new Controller Gen Sergio Fernandez, who assumes office on Jan 2; he reverses ruling of predecessor that there is no legal basis for referendum, but new rule recognizes that result of vote 'will not have any legal consequences' (M)

Chilean Plebiscite Called a ‘Trap’ by Ex‐President

Police open fire on thousands of striking workers, killing 5, Multan, Pakistan; trouble began at textile factory where workers have been on strike since Dec 29, demanding bonuses equivalent to 4 1/2 mos' wages (M)

5 Killed and 10 Hurt As Pakistan Police Shoot at Strikers

Indian official voices suspicion that plane may have been sabotaged; plane was en route to Dubai; at least 17 bodies reptd recovered (M)

Indian Aviation Aide ‘Suspicious’ About Plane Crash

Israeli TV repts that retired Gen Ariel Sharon, hero of Sinai campaign in '73 Arab-Israeli war, will be member of Israeli delegation at peace talks with Egypt opening in Jerusalem on Jan 15; says he will serve under Min Moshe Dayan, who will head Israel's team (S)

Israel TV Says. Sharon Will Join Peace Team Sitting in Jerusalem

Poland's Foreign Min Emil Wojtaszek flies to Moscow to rept on Pres Carter's visit; is expected to meet with Foreign Min Gromyko and possibly with Brezhnev (S)

Polish Minister in moscow for Talks

Harold Corbett, pilot of light plane that ditched at sea off Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, says he fought off sharks during 15 hrs before rescue; Carl Caldwell, Hawaii County fire dept paramedic, comments (S)

Pilot Tells.of Fighting. Sharks Near Hawaii After Plane Ditching and Loss of His Wife

Unidentified extremists attempt to set fire to Communist Party office in Udine and Christian Dem offices in Bologna and Bergamo; no serious damage reptd (S)

Italian Party Offices Attacked

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January 3, 1978

Headlines from January 3, 1978

New York Phone Will Spend More

Koch, vows to Ban Discrimination, By the City Against Homosexuals

COMPROMISE IS SEEN BY U.S. ON WEST BANK

PRESIDENT DISCLOSES CONFLICT WITH INDIA OVER NUCLEAR FUEL

Notre Dame, Washington, Alabama and ArkansasWin

Billboard 200

Simple Dreams

Rumours

Foot Loose + Fancy Free

All 'n' All

Out Of The Blue

Notable Births

Historical Context for January 3, 1978