Townley has reptdly agreed to supply information to US authorities about plot to kill Letelier (M)

Suspect in Bomb Death of Letelier Said to Agree to Aid U.S. Inquiry

Co 1st qr net income was $466 million, down 3.4%, on record sales of $10 billion; vp Edward J Blanch comments (S)

FORD NET OFF 3.4% ON RECORD SALES

Thomas E. Mullaney discusses ways under consideration to case home&#8208;building costs&#8212;including permission for the lumber industry to cut more timber in national forests. Page D11.

The Economic Scene

Bloody, violent coup led by high‐ranking mil officer Abdul Khadir overthrows Govt of Pres Mohammad Daud, who is fatally shot after refusing to surrender to rebel troops who surrounded Pres Palace in Kabul; members of Daud family reptdly seek refuge in French Embassy; intense fighting reptd in Kabul; Daud seized power in '73 after deposing King Mohammed Zahir Shah; Daud and Zahir Shah illus (M)

Coup Is Reported in Afghanistan

Because of a mechanical error, continuation&#8208;page numbers for the two main articles in The Home Section were given incorrectly yesterday. The two articles, which began on Page A1, were continued on Page A6.

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Scaffolding on cooling tower under construction in Willow Island collapses on Apr 27, plunging 51 workers to their death 170 ft below; 11 members of 1 family are killed; tower is being built by Research‐Cotrell for Monongahela Power Co; immediate suspicion is that topmost layer of concrete was not allowed to harden thoroughly before scaffolding was attached to it; Gov Rockefeller calls accident the worst nonmining indus accident in W Va history; illus (M)

51 Killed in Collapse of Scaffold At Power Plant in West Virginia

Fed Reserve raises short‐term interest rates decisively for 2d time within 8 days in acceleration of drive to curb inflation (M)

Increase Is 2d in Bid to Curb Inflation

Kennecott workers in Utan discuss Curtiss‐Wright proxy fight; map; illus (M)

Back in Utah, the Real World of Kennecott

Because of Passover. alternate&#8208;sloe parking restrictions will he suspended today and tomorrow where the restrictions are normally in effect from A.M. to  11 A.M. or 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. They will also he suspended in areas where alternate&#8208;day, alternate&#8208;side parking is in effect from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M.; in the Manhattan garment center from 2 A.M. to 6 A.M., and at alternateday, alternate&#8208;side parking meters from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M.

PARKING RULES

Current scene in Saratoga Springs discussed; city of 25,000 is thriving on tourism and racing; faces possibility of casino gambling becoming important part of its life if state legalizes it; local residents seen divided; Chamber of Commerce disapproved proposal for casino gambling by 3 to 1 but Mayor Raymond Watkin still thinks idea should be investigated; illus (M)

Some in Saratoga Hope Wheel of Fortune Brings a Return to Casino Gambling

Article on computer frauds and embezzlements by co employees; Touche Ross & Co partner W Donald Georgen estimates fraud accounts for 10% of avoidable losses and costs in business; partner William C Mair, auditing standards dir James Loebbecke comment; drawing (M)

Management

LANCE GRAND JURY REPORTED TO FOCUS ON HIS BANK LOANS

Someone at the C.W, Post Center of Long Island University in Greenvale read the 1945 play &#8220;Dark of the Moon&#8221; and came up with the idea: Its mountain setting would be the theme of this year's American Arts Festival, opening today. The multimedia event, which continues through May 6, is a mix of music, art exhibits, lec ures, dance and, of course, performances of &#8220;Dark of the Moon&#8221; by Howard Richardson and William Bernoy. The play goes on ton??ght end tomorrow at 9; admission is $3. Beforehand, at 7 P M., there will be a &#8220;Southern mountain&#8221; dinner of barbecued spare ribs and fried chicken; the $12.50 tab includes a theater ticket. Tomorrow afternoon at. 4, the Country Dance Society will give a free demonstration of clog dancing. For information about other events, call (516) 299&#8208;2395. From New York City, take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 39 north; continue to Northern Boulevard and turn right.

WEEKENDER GUIDE

NYSE trading vol totals 35.47 million shares (M)

Blue‐Chip, Glamour Issues Hit Hard

analysis of Carter's tax reform‐tax cut program; resistance to reform in Cong is linked to lack of public support (M)

Carter Tax Reform: Broad Public Support Lagging

Interior Sec Andrus says series of studies by Natl Research Council have produced no evidence that oil cos are withholding gas from offshore leases and only 1 instance, Texaco's Tiger Shoal field, where gas production could be significantly increased; council found that 5 of 6 fields studied have significantly smaller reserves than heretofore recorded by Geological Survey; Andrus says dept will continue efforts to see that newly leased tracts are developed with due diligence; council chmn Charles J Mankin and Amoco vp R S Tremaine comment (M)

U.S. Says Studies Find No Proof Companies Withheld Natural Gas

FOR anyone who can tell one work of art from another, there is no better free entertainment to be had this side of the Atlantic than a daylong Saturday prowl among the dealers&#8217; ealleries in New York City.

A Saturday Guide To Gallery Hopping; Saturday Gallery‐Hopper's Guide to Art, Shops and Food; Who's Showing Uptown; ‘American Genre’; Primitive or Surrealist?; Motherwell at Knoedler; A Bit of Science Fiction; ‘Big Horse’ & Company; Meditations in Stone; Black on White; After Hopper; The Way It Was; Louis at Emmerich

4 Justice Dept attys who withdrew from investigation of FBI agents after policy dispute with Atty Gen Bell accuse Bell of having ‘undercut’ their inquiry, statement to Sen subcom which oversees Justice Dept appropriations; 1 of attys, William L Gardner, says group's chief complaint was that Bell refused to allow them to seek perjury indictment against J Wallace LaPrade; Gardner claims that bur continued to use illegal surveillance tactics until Nov '74, a full yr after 3 indicted officials had left bur; says his group wanted to prosecute at least 8 present and former agents, but Bell would not allow this; Gardner, Richard F Johnson and Stephen Horn are still employed at Justice Dept; 4th atty, Paul R Hoeber, quit at time of dispute 5 months ago (M)

Aides Say Bell Hurt F.B.I. Inquiry

House Ways and Means Com beats back effort to overturn Carter's free‐trade decision; case for protection of nuts and bolts indus will go to House on May 5 (M)

House Croup Backs Carter Trade Move

Dreyfus Corp, in face of SEC opposition, drops plan for fund to invest in stocks of cos that are potential takeover candidates; co repr Daniel Maclean comments (S)

Dreyfus Drops Plan For Merger Fund

Carter overrides comm and allows shipments; says India has assured US that fuel will not be used for explosive or mil purposes; notes that Nuclear Non‐proliferation Act permits continuation of shipments for 2‐yr period, during which US can try to reach agreement with recipient countries for full‐scope safeguards (S)

CARTER ORDERS SALE OF URANIUM TO INDIA FOR POWER FACILITY

News Summary

Proliferation of ch‐sponsored schools in US in last decade is reptdly provoking ch‐state conflicts as some educ officials begin monitoring their standards and effectiveness; number of such schools in US, reasons for their creation and their predominantly fundamentalist Baptist orientation noted; recent demand by NC authorities that 11 of such schools be required to rept on enrollment, facilities, course offerings and teacher certification brought protests from parents and charge that state was violating freedom of religion; difficulties Ky, Vt and Ohio educators have experienced in their attempts to impose minimum educ standards discussed; illus (L)

Private Schools Provoking Church‐State Conflict

Comment on continuous and growing controversy between psychiatrists and courts on determining whether slayers acquitted by reason of insanity should or can be safely returned to society; focal point of dispute centers on disparity of legal opinion and views of many psychiatrists that in many cases it is virtually impossible to predict future behavior (L)

Determining When a Killer Is Again Sane

NJ official Dr Robert Altman, opposing proposed $15‐million immunization program, warns damage claims could reach $228‐million (S)

Flu Program Is Opposed

Lauren Cecilia Fisher, known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author and singer. She was the lead singer and guitarist in the alternative rock band Kenickie.

Lauren Laverne, English singer and television and radio host

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Mohammad Daoud Khan also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan; 18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978) was an Afghan head of state, military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until he himself was deposed in a coup and killed in the Saur Revolution.

Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (born 1909)

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The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces.

The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.

April 28, 1978

Headlines from April 28, 1978

Suspect in Bomb Death of Letelier Said to Agree to Aid U.S. Inquiry

FORD NET OFF 3.4% ON RECORD SALES

The Economic Scene

Coup Is Reported in Afghanistan

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Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

Slowhand

London Town

The Stranger

Weekend In L.a.

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for April 28, 1978