July 14, 1979

State Department recommends sale of additional $1.2 billion in military equipment to Saudi Arabia, but denies link to increase in Saudi oil production; others see a connection (M)

4 Palestinian gunmen seize Egyptian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey; kill 2 Turkish security guards and take 20 hostages, including Ambassador Kamal Ahmed Ulma; 2 hostages escape, but 1 is killed and another is badly injured when they jump from top floor of embassy; Palestinians demand release of 2 guerrillas jailed in Egypt and that Turkey sever diplomatic ties with Egypt and Israel; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) denies involvement in incident; Egyptian Govt agrees to Turkish request for permission to storm embassy, but only as last resort; Turkish Cabinet meets in emergency session; Prime Min Bulent Ecevit and Interior Min Hasan Fehmi Gunes join in negotiations; Egyptian Prime Min Mustafa Khalil holds PLO responsible, but group called Eagles of the Palestinian Revolution takes responsibility for raid; illus; map (M)

mood among residents of Kalgoorlie, Australia, noted; NASA experts to visit Australia to analyze fragment; Kalgoorlie Mayor Ray Finlayson says city will fight moves to confiscate it; fragment illus (M)

Federal Aviation Adm Admr Langhorne M Bond lifts ban against DC-10s; orders stringent inspections of craft at regular intervals and directs McDonnell Douglas Corp to redesign components of underwing engine mounts; 8 domestic lines, which lost estimated $2.5 million a day as result of grounding, move quickly to return craft to service; illus (M)

H Smith analysis of Camp David talks (M)