article examines plight of Burmese Moslem refugees; illus (M)

Bangladesh, Sad Haven for Fleeing Burmese

negotiators for NYC and munic unions agree to resume bargaining on new contracts and to turn over to binding arbitration issue over which talks broke down--$200 million raise that was deferred during 75 fiscal crisis; intent is for Mayor Koch to have agreement in hand when he testifies June 6 before US Sen Banking Com; labor leader Victor Gotbaum illus (M)

City and Unions Agree to Return To Negotiations

Carter Adm officials say US will begin airlift to fly remaining French paratroopers and eventually replace them with up to 2,500 troops from Morocco and French-speaking West African countries; Moroccon King Hassan says he will send contingent of troops to help protect country from further attacks by Katangans; Carter, aided by CIA Dir Stansfield Turner, briefs Cong leaders on evidence that 'proves Cuban involvement in recent rebel attacks' (M)

U.S. PLANES TO FERRY FRENCH OUT OF ZAIRE AND FLY IN AFRICANS

NYS Assembly, 115-3, passes bill offered by Assemblyman Mark Alan Siegel that would make state's property tax payable by tenant rather than owner, presumably allowing tenant to claim Fed income tax deduction for such payments if approved by IRS (M)

Assembly Votes to Permit Renters Property Tax as Federal Deduction

BLS repts that May prices were unchanged (S)

WHOLESALE PRICES AND JOBLESS RATE UP SLIGHTLY IN MAY

22-Caliber Murder Case: Ohio police say same gun has been used in 9 slayings in last 6 mos and 2 '77 slayings committed within 50-mi radius of Columbus (L)

9 Ohio Killings Traced to One Gun

Vance Meets With Envoys

Pres Carter reasserts commitment to SALT treaty, news conf, Washington; says US policy remains 'to proceed aggressively' with discussions to conclude treaty as early as possible and without delay because of pol considerations and to ensure that treaty is in best interests of US; statement seen intended to dispel confusion over US policy, generated in part by differences between Brzezinski and Vance; Carter denounces as 'totally inaccurate' Washington Post rept that US had decided to freeze negotiations with USSR; Post publisher Benjamin Bradlee says newspaper's assertions are correct; recent statements by Brzezinski and Vance discussed; Carter illus (M)

Carter Says U.S. Is Still Seeking Early Accord on Arms With Soviet

FBI Special Agent L Carter Cornick tells US Magistrate Serena Perretti, Newark, NJ, that Michael Townley, suspect in Orlando Letelier assassination, gave FBI details of slaying in Washington and his own part in it; Cornick says Townley agreed to plead guilty to 1 charge of conspiracy to murder Letelier; Perretti rules that Alvin Ross Diaz, suspect in case, can be taken to Washington to face prosecution (M)

F.B L GIVEN DETAILS IN LETELIER KILLING

New Wafd Party disbands in protest over Sadat's restrictions; chmn Fuad Serag Eddin comments (M)

New Party in Egypt Disbands in Protest Over Sadat's Curbs

June 3-4: 5 persons are killed and at least 20 injured in explosion on bus in Jerusalem; Palestinian guerrillas claim responsibility; illus (M)

Explosion on Bus in Jerusalem Kills 5, Including American, and Hurts

Zaire: A Mobutu Fiefdom VViiere Fortunes Shift Quickly

500 French Foreign Legionnaires and mannes join 1,500 Chadian Govt troops in battle against Natl Liberation Front rebels; map (M)

French Troops Said to Help Crush A Large Insurgent Force in Chad’

Brit Prime Min Callaghan urges Africans to reject foreign interference before it is too late, speech, UN (M)

Briton, at U.N., Warns of ‘New Imperialism’

Turkish Amb Zeki Kunerlap's wife Nekla, her bro Basir Bacioglu and their chauffeur Antonio Torres Olmedo are killed by gunfire, Madrid, Spain; anonymous telephone caller attributes assassinations to late 19th- and early 20th-century Turkish massacre of Armenians

World. News Briefs

News analysis of current US-Soviet strains

Soviet Reactions to American Criticism Seem Muted, at Least for the Time Being

Amb Malcolm Toon and his deputy Jack F Matlock Jr issue instruction to embassy officials to remain silent on bugging incident (M)

U.S. Imposes Information Blackout On Bugging of Embassy in Moscow

news analysis; Carter's pledge to 'proceed aggressively' on SALT appears to bolster position of Sec Vance on priority of achieving arms accord

Carter's Call for Strong Effort on Arms Appears to Support the Softer Vance Line

Brezhnev ends 4-day visit to Czechoslovakia by renewing attack on Western alliance and US for interference in Africa (S)

Brezhnev Renews Attack on NATO’

Maj Gen John K Singlaub, forced into retirement after publically criticizing Pres Carter, charges Adm with making major defense decisions without consulting mil leaders; says Carter failed to consult Joint Chiefs of Staff on deciding to slow withdrawal of combat troops from S Korea (S)

General Forced Into Retirement Charges Carter Ignored Joint Chiefs

Va's Repub Party opens 2-day sen nominating conv, Richmond; Richard D Obenshain is regarded as frontrunner against Holton, Warner and Miller; illus (M)

10,000 in Virginia G. 0.P. Meet to Pick Senate Nominee

Sen James B Allen's death has left Ala's pol establishment pondering consequences of state's losing 3 most prominent pol figures all within few mos; death was preceded by Gov George C Wallace's announcement that he would not ran for office in '78 and Sen John Sparkman's announcement that he would retire from pol life (M)

ALLEN'S DEATH ROILS POLITICS IN ALABAMA

USN leases Glomar Explorer, vessel used in unsuccessful attempt to raise sunken Soviet submarine in '73, to Global Marine and Development for undersea mining operations (S)

Glomar Explorer to Put to Sea Again

Current scene; city is concerned with task of balancing good quality of life with increased econ growth; illus (L)

Tulsa Shares, Somewhat Reluctantly, in Oklahoma's New Prosperity

Hennepin County Family Ct Judge Robert Bowen, ruling that a mother's lesbianism had not interfered with her ability to be a good parent, grants woman permanent custody of her 3 children (S)

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June 3, 1978

Headlines from June 3, 1978

Bangladesh, Sad Haven for Fleeing Burmese

City and Unions Agree to Return To Negotiations

U.S. PLANES TO FERRY FRENCH OUT OF ZAIRE AND FLY IN AFRICANS

Assembly Votes to Permit Renters Property Tax as Federal Deduction

WHOLESALE PRICES AND JOBLESS RATE UP SLIGHTLY IN MAY

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

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Feels So Good

Showdown

Earth

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