February 22, 1978

Community School Bd 26, whose jurisdiction comprises several affluent communities in eastern Queens, rejects as much as $40,000 in Fed funds that would have created part-time jobs for econ disadvantaged youths; most of youngsters eligible for program live outside dist and are bused in for school-integration purposes; bd, in lr to Pres Carter explaining decision, contends Fed funds 'bypass' middle-income children; decision, reptdly 1st such action taken by a school bd, has created controversy that has split dist; bd pres William Caulfied defends bd's action; map (M)

Article on increasing trade between W Ger and USSR notes W Ger has become USSR's biggest capitalist trading partner; both nations exchanged approximately $5-billion worth of products in '77; illus (M)

AFL-CIO pres George Meany abandons advocacy of comprehensive protectionist trade bill and calls for series of legis steps to shield Amer workers from foreign competition, news conf, Bal Harbor, Fla; lists 14 proposals needed to alleviate 'crisis' affecting Amer workers; illus (M)

Treas Sec W Michael Blumenthal presses Gov Carey and legis leaders to commit themselves to state aid to NYC that would grow in yrs ahead beyond $200‐million they have already agreed upon for next yr; new request from Blumenthal is conveyed in round of private meetings, where it is described as prerequisite before Pres Carter could recommend program of continued Fed financing assistance when current Fed seasonal‐loan program expires June 30; illus of Blumenthal, Carey and Lt Gov Mary Anne Krupsak (M)

EPA and FDA urge balancing costs of air and water pollution controls against estimated econ benefits from improved human health as Fed controls on air and water pollution continue to tighten; details (S)

Operators reject Pittsburg A Midway contract. lr from BCOA chmn Edward Leisenring Jr to W Va Gov Rockefeller; demand binding arbitration, with miners returning to work while arbitrators work out new contract; Kenneth Dawes, union official chiefly responsible for Pittsburg & Midway proposal, says operators can 'go straight to hell'; HR Speaker O'Neill says Pres Carter believes it will be at least 25 days before strike creates an emergency situation of the kind needed for back-to-work order under Taft-Hartley; Pittston pres Nicholas T Camicia assumes leadership of operators' bargaining team, a move that apparently means relative reduction in influence of group's hard-liners, J Bruce Johnston of US Steel and Bobby Ray Brown of Consolidation; delegation of miners calls at UMW hq with petition demanding Miller's recall (M)

illus of Green following swearing-in ceremony

Sup Ct leaves standing ruling that Western Union must pay overtime to adm and professional employees who filled in during '71 strike (S)

Ethiopian head Lt Col Mengistu Haile Mariam, following meeting with David L Aaron, sends assurances to Pres Carter that Ethiopian forces would neither invade Somalia nor interfere in internal affairs of any adjoining countries; also says he will soon agree to receive new US amb to provide better channels of communication between nations (M)

Article on La Costa, Carlsbad, Calif, spa frequented by such celebrities as authors Brooke Hayward and Gore Vidal and actress Bette Davis; illus (M)

Sup Ct declines to hear challenge by Suffolk County and Concerned Citizens of Montauk to Fed Govt's sale of oil and gas leases in Baltimore Canyon; Interior Sec Andrus 'delighted'; Suffolk County Exec Klein says county must now press for passage of outer continental shelf legis; NJ Gov Byrne says Andrus has assured him that every effort will be made to protect state's shoreline; Exxon plans to begin drilling in 3 wks; API pres Frank N Ikard says there is an 8-yr time lag between lease sale and commercial production; map (M)

Co agrees to sell Western Pacific RR to new co formed by rr's mgt; new co will pay $14-million in cash for rr and assume some $103-million in liabilities; transaction will result in $70-million after-tax loss; new mgt will sell stock to raise purchase price (S)