Although trading volume in foreign currency futures is rising, the market remains speculative on the periphery of bank&#8208;dominated dealings in foreign currencies. Page D5.

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Marquette, the defending National Collegiate champion; Indiana, the 1976 champion; Syracuse, Providence, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Arkansas were among the 11 at&#8208;large teams selected yesterday to play in the 40th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament beginning next weekend.

N.C.A.A., N.I.T. Set Playoff Teams

Mar 6: Begin sends secret message to Sadat through US diplomatic channels reptdly urging resumption of direct negotiations; lr is in response to 1 Begin recd from Sadat last wk; Israeli Defense Min Ezer Weizman, who left on mission to US, orders freeze on site preparation for settlement at Nebi Saleh, West Bank (M)

Begin Said to Urge New Peace Talks In Letter for Sadat

WASHINGTON, March 5&#8212;President Carter will announce tomorrow his choice of a Government action to reopen the coal mines, Administration officials said today, adding that the &#8220;most likely&#8221; choice would be invocation of the TaftHartley Act.

TAFT‐HARTLEY ACTION CALLED LIKELY CHOICE

Beatrice Foods concludes tentative agreement to purchase co for about $488 million in cash and stock; deal, sought 3 times by Kellogg Co, is 54% over current mkt price; Beatrice chmn Wallace N Rasmussen and Tropicana chmn Anthony T Rossi comment (M)

BEATRICE FOODS BIDS $488 MILLION IN CASH, STOCK FOR TROPICANA

2d article links worsening situation to rapid urbanization, which has led to breakdown of family and soc ties, especially among Soviet youth; situation detailed; cartoon (L)

Soviet Crime Problem Tied To City Life and Social Ills

Article on econ problems facing nation's shipbldg indus, as result of global overcapacity that has idled 1/3 of world's tanker tonnage and cut shipbldrs business in half; Newport News pres R W Cousins comments; chart of US shipbldg orders through '79; Bklyn Navy Yard illus (M)

Global Slump Afflicts Ship Industry

BOSTON, March 5&#8212;The Knicks fivegame winning streak, their longest of the season, came to an end today in the worst and strangest of fashions.

Knicks Trounced By Celtics

US, in response to demands from third world for relief from econ burden of sharply higher oil prices, is reptdly planning to join several other Western countries in offering to write off some of outstanding official debt of poorest countries (S)

MORATORIUM BACKED ON SOME US. LOANS TO POOREST NATIONS

Article on SEC investigation into possible pol payoffs made by Auto-Train Corp notes about yr ago allegations began surfacing that corporate funds might have been used in pol campaigns; holds that 1 involved possible use of co funds, personnel and facilities in connection with fund-raiser during Ford campaign; co pres Eugene K Garfield denies allegations (S)

S.E.C. SUBPOENAS AUTO‐TRAIN PAPERS

China announced Hua Kuo&#8208;feng's reappointment as Prime Minister. Mr. Hua, 59 years old, is chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. His reappointment was decided by the National People's Congress, China's nominal legislature, on the proposal of the party's Central Committee. He had orginally been picked as Prime Minister by the late Mao Tse&#8208;tung in 1976, but recently his role has seemed circumscribed and somewhat ceremonial. The Congress also chose Marshal Yell Chien&#8208;ying, who is 80 as chairman of its standing committee., [Page 1, Col. 2.]

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Southern Ry's Southern Crescent, last major segment of US rail passenger service still operated by a private rr, may become Amtrak-managed; has had dwindling patronage since Amtrak was established, losing some $36 million since '71; private service will end April 6 if agreement is reached with Amtrak; proposal detailed; Southern spokesman Charles Morgret comments (M)

Southern Crescent Train Service Heads Toward Amtrak or Oblivion

IT is 5:30 A.M., and Linda Fratianne is trying to pretend that the empty bleachers at the Pickwick Ice Arena in Burbank, Calif., are filled with spectators. Smile, she tells herself. Get excited. Warm up.

Is Linda Fratianne Too Shy for Stardom?

Article on H E Foster & Cranfield, firm which auctions to public inheritances of relatives who want immediate cash rather than wait for death of person from whom they will inherit; por of actioneer (M)

Birthrights Up for Auction As Investments in London

Article examines Bronx youth gangs; comments on life styles of sisters JoAnn and Nellie Vega, members of rival gangs; illus (M)

True Story of City Gang Life No Glittery ‘West Side Story’

161 persons compete in 1st annual Amer crossword puzzle tournament organized by Will Shortz and held at Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Conn; Nancy Schuster wins $125 prize (M)

161 Enthusiasts Cross Words at Puzzle Contest

FNMA officials call HUD plan 'disruptive, burdensome and contrary to will of Cong; underlying fued is fundamental question of whether FNMA should continue to function as private, profit-seeking corp responsive primarily to shareholders or whether it should become Govt-directed agency, tied to HUD's housing goals (M)

FANNIE MAE CALLS H.U.D,PLAN A BURDEN

Article examines how major league farm teams are thriving; charts; illus (L)

Baseball's Farms Thriving Despite Free Agents

Natl People's Cong re-appts Chmn Hua as Prime Min in move seen as more of effort to preserve continuity than reflection of realities of power; Hsu Hsiang-chien named Defense Min; no action is taken to revive position of Pres; Cong also selects Marshal Yeh Chien-ying as chmn of Standing Com, post that makes him hon head of state; selects new slate of 13 deputy prime mins and new state council that is heavily weighed with associates of Deputy Prime Min Teng Hsiao-ping; selections listed; Cong also approves new words for Natl Anthem; por of Chmn Hua (M)

RUA NAMED PREMIER BY CHINA'S ASSEMBLY; NO NEW JOB FOR TENG

consensus in Dist 17, W Va, appears to be that miners would not obey back-to-work order, but would return to work under Govt seizure; illus (M)

Miners’ Concern Focuses Now On What Might Happen Next

Article on growing trend in nation's school systems to include study of death in curriculums; controversial nature of subject discussed (M)

Schools Take Up Study of Death

NJ Gov Byrne says he foresees no abandonment of commuter transportation in state, int on CBS-TV program 'Newsmakers' (M)

MINERS REJECT CONTRACT, 2 T01; CARTER TO ANNOUNCE PLAN TODAY FOR COMPELLING RETURN TO WORK

NY Times survey finds Amer citizens and private-sector employers angry about high salaries and lucrative benefits given to Fed employees; finds they contend that Govt salaries far exceed those in private indus since inactment of Fed Comparability Act of '70, which guarantees Fed employees enactment rise every Oct pegged to comparable rises in private sector; claim rises are, in fact, not comparable; note Fed Govt payroll was $59 billion in '77, and that each percentage point of increase costs taxpayer $500 million; comments from Civil Service Comm Chmn Alan K Campbell, Martin Lefkowitz of Chamber of Commerce, Jerry Rosow of Work in Amer Inst and David J McLaughlin of McKinsey & Co; chart showing pay increases for Fed employees (L)

Federal Pay, on the Rise, Stirs Ire in Private Sector

Golembe Associates study for Reserve City Bankers Assn, citing sharp rise in loan losses during 70s, urges liberalization of Fed tax treatment of additions to loan-loss reserves; finds such additions increasingly exceed maximum deductible for tax purposes (S)

Study for Banks Finds Tax Rule On Bad‐Debt Cushion Too Strict

Springtime in New York without Angel Cordero? That's right, except for some major stakes races.

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March 6, 1978

Headlines from March 6, 1978

Commodities

N.C.A.A., N.I.T. Set Playoff Teams

Begin Said to Urge New Peace Talks In Letter for Sadat

TAFT‐HARTLEY ACTION CALLED LIKELY CHOICE

BEATRICE FOODS BIDS $488 MILLION IN CASH, STOCK FOR TROPICANA

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

The Stranger

Running On Empty

News Of The World

Slowhand

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 6, 1978