Outgoing Munic Assistance Corp chmn Felix G Rohatyn urges that city not go ahead with its public offering of short-term notes planned for later in Jan (S)

Rohatyn Urges More City Cuts Now to Avert ‘Surgery’

US Postal Service repts it is moving its Northeast regional hq from NYC to New Rochelle; Harry Nigro, gen mgr of communications for Northeast region, says that move will affect only 250 employees of 30,000 working for Postal Service in NYC; Mayor Koch spokesman says city officials are 'shocked' (S)

Area Postal Office to Leave City; Who Chose New Site Is Disputed

limited quantities of gasoline and kerosene begin flowing toward Teheran and other cities (S)

SOME FUEL FLOWING TOWARD IRAN CITIES; Hope for Stability Rising — Shah Back to Install New Regime

Carter Adm to propose $11.1 billion educ budget for fiscal '80, up $1 billion from '79 figure (M)

Revised U.S. Budget for Education Raised by Billion, to $1 1.1 Billion

Mayor Edward Koch proposes $100 increase in CUNY tuition--to $850 a yr for freshmen and sophomores and $1,000 a yr for juniors and seniors--to prevent $4-to-$5-million cut in univ's operating budget for fiscal '80; Gov Carey, who is proposing $100 increase in SUNY tuition, wants CUNY to match that increase for equity's sake; Dr Robert J Kibbee, chancellor, comments (M)

$100 RISE IN TUITION PROPOSED BY CAREY

Energy Dept sues 9 major oil cos for $1 billion it says they overcharged customers during last 5 yrs for natural gas liquids; most cos deny charge and accuse dept of contradictory interpretations of pricing rules (M)

9 Big Oil Concerns Sued by U.S.; Overcharging on Product Denied

US State and Defente Dept officials rept China it moving large numbers of troops and fighter planet to Vietnamese frontier in apparent effort to show growing concern over Vietnamese invation of Cambodia; say buildup evidently is designed to put pressure on Hanoi to halt offensive; do not rule out possibility of large-scale fighting along border but note that China whould probably be reluctant to attack for fear of touching off Soviet response; say China is continuing to send daily shipments of arms and ammunition to Cambodia through port of Kampong Som (M)

U.S. REPORTS CHINA BUILDING UP FORCES ON VIETNAM BORDER

Brit Prime Min James Callaghan says GB will sell Harrier jet fighters to China as part of $2-billion trade pkg (S)

Britain Will Sell Fighters to China, Callaghan Says at Summit Meeting

Gunmen believed to be Basque guerrillas shoot and seriously wound paramil Civil Guard in Llodio (S)

Civil Guard Shot in. Basque Area

Amer Jewish Cong pres Howard Squadron, who recently returned from China, says Deputy Prime Min Keng Piao has hinted that China might be softening its resistance to diplomatic recognition of Israel; cites meeting that he and Leonard Woodcock, head of US mission in Peking, had with Keng (S)

A Chinese Shift on Israel Hinted

analysis of Pope's performance since his election 3 mos ago; illus (M)

John Paul's Winning Ways; Public Seems Pleased by Liveliness of New Pope, But His Impact on the Large Issues Is Still Unclear; News Analysis

Ital pol figures score Pope John Paul II's intrusion into civil affairs with recent strong condemnations of new abortion law (S)

Pope Draws Wide Political Fire On Abortion and Divorce Views

illus of demonstration against Basques by mourners at funeral of Ortin Gil

United Press International

UN Security Council members confer on Cambodia's request for council meeting (S)

Members of U.N. Council Confer On Cambodia's Call for Meeting

Japan: Volcano on Sakura-jima erupts twice on Jan 5 (S)

Southern Japan Volcano Erupts

Energy Min Yitzhak Modai says Israel will not sign peace treaty with Egyptians unless it is assured of access to oil from Sinai wells it developed during mil occupation (M)

Israeli Links Peace Treaty to Oil Supply From Sinai

Prime Min Pol Pot says his people are engaged in 'life-or-death' struggle on 5 fronts against Vietnam and implies that Cambodian forces have been forced to shift to guerrilla warfare; history of battle, which began as border skirmish in Sept '77, traced; map; illus of Kampuchean revolutionary armed forces patrolling Kratie (M)

Cambodian Says Invasion Is a ‘Life-or-Death Struggle’

Chinese Deputy Prime Min Teng Hsiao-ping indicates China will support call by Cambodia for UN Security Council meeting and appears to rule out tending of Chinese soldiers to Cambodia, int; Communist Party newspaper Jenmin Jih Pao commentary outlines Peking's view that Vietnam will eventually be defeated because it will not be able to assimilate newly conquered territory; some diplomats in Phnom Penh reptdly have been evacuated to countryside (M)

China Implies It Won't Send Soldiers to Cambodia

Pol, econ and soc scene described; map (M)

Ina Forotten’ Peruvian City, Misery and Credit Cards

US State Dept says 11 helicopters of Amer design, delivered to Rhodesia in summer in violation of UN and US sanctions, apparently were sent from Israel; confirms Israel had permission to sell helicopters to Amer co with operations in Singapore; Israeli spokesman denies sale of craft to Rhodesia (S)

World News Briefs

Bakhtiar wants to retain close relations with US after he is installed as Prime Min (M)

NEW IRANIAN CHIEF WOULD KEEP U.S. TIE

Zionist Orgn of Amer submits petition with 100,000 signatures to Pres Carter asking US to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel (S)

Zionists Ask Carter to Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

Turkey is hoping US will resolve its econ crisis and help modernize its armed forces; Govt is attaching great significance to upcoming visit of Deputy State Sec Warren M Christopher; recent pol and religious violence discussed (M)

Turkey Looks to U.S. to Help Resolve Economic Crisis

Guard Held in $1.5 Million Theft Of Bank Funds in Armored Car

Article on oil refinery work as industry's contract with Oil, Chem and Atomic Workers approaches its Jan 7 expiration; 16 nonunion employees at Asamera Oil Refinery, Commerce City, Colo, will be able to run refinery if 112 union employees walk off job, but they will not be able to deal with emergencies; Bill Gill, union repr at refinery, and Donald St John, personnel dir, comment; illus (M)

January 6, 1979

Headlines from January 6, 1979

Rohatyn Urges More City Cuts Now to Avert ‘Surgery’

Area Postal Office to Leave City; Who Chose New Site Is Disputed

SOME FUEL FLOWING TOWARD IRAN CITIES; Hope for Stability Rising — Shah Back to Install New Regime

Revised U.S. Budget for Education Raised by Billion, to $1 1.1 Billion

$100 RISE IN TUITION PROPOSED BY CAREY

Billboard 200

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2

A Wild And Crazy Guy

52nd Street

C'est Chic

Grease

Historical Context for January 6, 1979