March 15, 1979

PLO leader Yasir Arafat calls for Arab oil embargo against Egypt if it signs peace treaty with Israel (S)

NYS Comptroller Edward V Regan is skeptical about methods that will be used to finance NYC conv center and about its potential financial effects on state; also estimates that annual debt-service costs to state are $10 million to $15 million a yr higher than $25 million quoted by Carey adm aides (M)

An article in The Times March stated incorrectly that no one who lost a Presidential primary in New Hemp shire had ever gone on to win the nom'. nation. In 1964 Remy Cabot Lodge defeated Senator Barry Goldwater, who won the Republican nomination. In 1972 Senator Edmund S. Muslde defeated Senator George McGovern, who won the Democratic nomination.

Calif Public Utilities Comm orders Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co and Gen Telephone Co to draw up plans for refunding $363 million to their customers and reducing rates by more than $70 million a yr; order gives co until March 23 to file plans; Pacific Telephone says it plans to ask for temporary restraining order in Fed Ct in Los Angeles; co exec vp Arthur C Latno comments (S)

Sec Schlesinger says US oil shortage will increase from 500,000 bbls a day to 800,000 bbls a day as result of cutbacks in Iranian supplies and new allocation method being adopted by internatl oil cos (S)