May 31, 1978

Agr Dept predicts that prices will rise 8% to 10% in '78, steepest rise since '74 (S)

CAB, in experiment in reduced Fed regulation, proposes that airlines decide for themselves whether to fly particular routes; proposes specifically that authority to fly between Oakland Internatl Airport and 15 other airports be extended to several airlines at once as means of obtaining quick and improved air service in San Francisco Bay area (M)

Univ of Wis-Milwaukee to challenge secrecy order issued by Commerce Dept's Patent and Trademark Office on univ-sponsored, publicly funded research on computer security; order concluded that study conducted by Prof George I Davida and funded by Natl Science Foundation contained 'subject matter, the unauthorized disclosure of which might be detrimental to the natl security'; univ asst chancellor Frank A Cassell comments; Patent Office security dir C D Quarforth refuses to comment on how many secrecy orders have been issued; Milwaukee campus chancellor Warner A Baum has asked foundation dir Richard C Atkinson to join in protest against order (M)

Vietnamese resettlement program will resettle 10 million people, 1/5 of population, in next 20 yrs, with 4 million to be resettled by '80; plan could prove to be 1 of most significant developments in country in 20th century; crackdown aimed at eliminating all private enterprise apparently has frightened and angered many of 1.2 million ethnic Chinese; resettlement program aims to relieve major unemployment in south, overcome chronic food shortages in north by opening new farmland and improve police control of populations; map (M)

last in series concentrates on activities in SC, where Legis will not convene again until Jan; finds defeat last winter has caused many proponents to redouble their efforts on behalf of cause; finds obstacles are formidable in state, while even staunchest opponents of ERA agree that feminism will persist; illus of Betty Friedan and Eleanor Cutri Smeal (L)