January 14, 1978

Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (Sen)

Pres Marcos, faced with rising allegations of corruption, says he is considering cancelling Westinghouse Elec's contract to build $1.1 billion nuclear power plant already under way; announcement follows disclosure that corp made payments to Marcos's close friend Herminio T Disini 'for assistance in obtaining contract and for implementation services' (M)

Japan increases quota on oranges imported from US to 45,000 tons from 22,500 tons (S)

Body of late Sen Hubert H Humphrey to lie in state in Capitol Rotunda

Koch signs pay-raise order and predicts 'reasonable' US officials will accept decision, news conf; illus; Deputy Mayor David W Brown and City Planning Comm Chmn Robert F Wagner Jr to decline raise; Koch says he is forming creative efficient team at no cost to taxpayers because $2-million cost will be offset by changes in severance pay procedure; notes not all execs will get raises; details plan and fringe-benefit changes; execs will be permitted to accrue no more than 2 yrs of vacation time; order will not penalize holdover Beame adm officials; labor leaders Barry Feinstein and Victor Gotbaum to seek increases for lower-level employees; Councilmen Henry J Stern and Abraham G Gerges critical (M)

illus of school crossing guard, John Ross, helping Ft Lee schoolchildren cross st during snowstorm

Jan 14: US, finding Egyptian-Israeli differences over Palestinian question too deep to be resolved easily will propose temporary arrangement be worked out for administering West Bank and Gaza Strip, leaving ultimate future of Palestinians to negotiations in coming yrs; proposal calls for Egypt and Israel to agree on set of principles to govern further negotiations and to concur on framework outlining procedures for settling Palestinian question (L)

Park Tong Sun reptdly tells US investigators, Seoul, that he made $20,000 contribution to Pres Nixon's re-election campaign (S)

murder of Chamorro is aggravating pol crisis that Nicaragua has been suffering since leftist guerrillas launched new offensive against Govt in Oct '77; riots have erupted and opposition groups have suspended planned pol 'dialogue' with Somoza; many factories are closed and union leaders are urging workers to walk off their jobs; natl strike is being considered; Govt accuses 'Communist gangs' of taking advantage of funeral processions to assault and burn factories and vehicles; one of alleged murderers Silvio Pena Rivas tells ct that he was paid $14,300 to kill Chamorro by Cuban-Amer Dr Pedro Ramos, who owns blood-plasma co that had been frequently criticized by Chamorro's paper; Somoza denies repts that he is owner or part-owner of co, although he admits his family owns its land and bldg, which is destroyed in rioting; also says that, if charges against Ramos are sustained by ct, Govt will seek his extradition from US, where he was visiting at time of murder; Chamorro's son promises to maintain La Prensa's strong ed line, while his pol allies say they will continue their campaign to restore democracy to repub; illus of Chamorro's widow (M)

Brit lawyer Isadore Fisch says he was rebuffed by Soviet prosecutor's office and state security police when he offered to represent Anatoly Shcharansky; says he and Shcharansky's mother Ida Milgrom were told by staff member and KGB officer at Lefortovo Prison that only a Soviet lawyer would be acceptable; Milgrom was told last wk to get a lawyer for her son by Jan 13 (S)

Pres Kekkonen is campaigning for large turnout in pres elections of Jan 15-16 as joint candidate of nation's 6 major pol parties; appeals for big turnout as 'kind of referendum' on his 'active foreign policy of neutrality,' which is based on maintaining good relations with neighboring USSR (M)

Montreal police threaten strike in demand for 4-day work wk; demand was rejected on ground that it would cost too much for extra personnel (S)