February 27, 1979

The Administration sent its proposed standby plan for fuel conservation in an emergency to Congress, including gasoline rationing as a last resort, while stressing that it was separate from the steps being drafted to cope with the loss of Iranian oil. [Page A1.]

Jane Brody article on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a new technique developed by researchers to help them decipher complex interaction of living chem; repts NMR permits analysis of whole series of chem changes within living organs in as little as a minute, whereas former methods were expensive, time-consuming and restricted; applications noted; Dr Robert Shulman of Bell Labs, comments; diagram (M)

winners and their owners noted; illus (S)

Voyager 1 spacecraft nears rendezvous with Jupiter and several of its moons after journey of nearly 18 mos; reptd functioning normally; Univ of Ariz scientist Bradford A Smith, head of Voyager's imaging team, comments; some mission highlights discussed; planned experiments described; illus; drawing (M)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is seeking to amend the Administration's real wage insurance legislation to include both broader coverage and a tax on “excess” corporate profits.