March 3, 1979

Pres Carter and Begin hold friendly meeting but fail to make progress toward resolving issues holding up completion of peace treaty; US and Israeli officials say peace effort might collapse if compromise is not reached; illus (M)

campaign for home rule suffers severe setback as Scotland gives only ambiguous approval to plans for ltd self‐govt and Wales overwhelmingly rejects them; complete returns show that 52% of Scots voted yes, while 48% said no; affirmative total falls well short of requirement by Parliament that 40% of all regis voters must give their assent; Welsh voters approve referendum, 80‐20%; final tallies; Prime Min Callaghan must decide whether he will try to press ahead with creation of Scottish assembly, for which chambers have already been prepared in Edinburgh; final decision rests with House of Commons; Scottish Sec Bruce Millan comments (M)

Soviet leader Brezhnev condemns China as ‘most serious threat to peace’ in world but stops short of pledging mil action if troops do not withdraw; Soviet Govt, after Brezhnev speech, warns China of 'severe retribution’; USSR has stepped up arms shipments to Vietnam and has stationed warships off coast; illus (M)

Bd of Regents calls for CUNY to continue as autonomous munic univ, but asks for legis that would make state responsible for financial support of sr colls and give Gov right to pick a majority of governing bd; other actions noted (M)

sharp rise in subway violence raises concern about system's safety; some passengers are changing riding habits as result; transit police union says current patrol system is ineffective; TA Police Chief Sanford D Garelik maintains higher incidence is not pattern, contending it is result of more accurate crime‐reporting system and publicity given to crimes; there have been 7 murders in 2 mos of '79 compared with 9 in all of '78 and none in Jan and Feb of '78; police problems outlined; recent violence recalled; illus (M)