Tar dais&#8208;a&#8208;pew and close automatically, and if you are a bumpkin from America you may get bopped a few times before you remember it. A monorail brings passengers from the airport to the edge of the business district; it is a rapid, obstacle&#8208;hopping mini&#8208;train that runs over waterways, swoops under bridges, sneaks between buildings and parallels (and mocks) jammed expressways.

Tokyo: Culture Shock Makes The Head Spin

The New York Yankees clinched the American League's Eastern Division title when the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees had won earlier in Detroit. Section 5.

Yanks Win Division Title

Although it is likely to he the most important event in the Presidential campaign, the debate last week between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter produced little that was either stimulating nr new about the candidates capacities, characters and intentions.

Avoiding. The Worst

Article on Peter Solmssen, US Advisor on the Arts for Office of Internatl Arts Affairs; illus (M)

Are Art Exchanges a Game of Propaganda?

MONTREAL, Sept. 25&#8212;The Philadelphia Phillies clinched a tie for the National League East Division title today when Mike Schmidt clouted his 37th homer of the season and drove in three runs in a 6&#8208;5 victory over the Montreal Exnos.

PhiHies’ Beat Expos, Gain Division Tie

A Talk With Alex Haley

Article on current state of filmmaking in Eur; illus (L)

In Close‐Up:

Census Bur repts number of poor in US rose 2.5% in '75 to 25.9-million, largest yrly increase since Govt began keeping poverty records in '59; largest proportional increase occurred among whites, families headed by males, and those who are not elderly; purchasing power of Amer family dropped 2.6% despite $817 rise in median income to $13,729 as result of inflation; other data; charts (L)

Poor in U.S. Rose by 2.5 Million In 1975, Most in Recent Decades

Most New York apartment dwellers have the right to sublet their apartment&#8212;or break their lease, at the landlord's option&#8212;even if the lease specifically forbids subletting. But evidently they are taking little advantage of the right, in part because it is not widely known.

To Sublet Or Leave Is a Right By Law

THERE are more than 5,000 workers at Ford's Mahwah plant, the company's largest assembly line in the United States, and those of them with families are concerned about the future under the best circumstances. A strike means almost instant hardship.

Ford Workers Face Hard Times

Mary Louise Wilkinson travel article on Toledo, Spain; illus (L)

Toledo: A Day Trip Misses The Best of It

Before he fought Joe Frazier for the third time, Muhammad confessed that his personality had attracted the world.

Gate of $3.5 Million Forecast at Stadium For Ali‐Norton Bout

article on controversy over tenure issue and plans by pros Seitz and trustees bd to eliminate philosophy group and concentrate on biomedical research; chmn David Rockefeller comments (M)

Rockefeller University Hit by Storm Over Tenure

PARIS&#8212;The Marcel Dassault company, whose owner's wealth rivals that of any Persian Gulf Sheik, is trying to buck the headwinds of what French newspapers are calling &#8220;de Vathaire gate,&#8221; a word play on &#8220;Watergate.&#8221; The scandal involves payoffs in high places and other irregular practices in France's military&#8208;industrial complex.

The Scandal in Dassault's Missing Dossier

SUCH local issues in Nassau County as the sales tax, the wage freeze for county employees and disputes between the county and its Patrolmen's Benevolent Association are expected to play more important roles in November's election than national issues.there will he a very favorable response for Democrats from the public.&#8221;

Sales Tax and Wage Freeze Critical Issues in Nassau

Beame Adm drafts new econ development plan involving tax concessions to business; plan would include $250 tax credit for each new employee added and kept on payroll, removal of 4% city sales tax on fuel, equipment and machinery, and freeze on real estate tax rate beginning '78 (M)

Beame Drafts Business Tax Breaks

Article on Pahlevi Foundation of NY office tower being built at 5th Av and 52d St and on implications of influence peddling, bribery attempts and duplicity involved; role of law firm Rogers & Wells, headed by former State Sec William P Rogers, in getting tax-exempt status for bldg, on grounds its income would be substantially used for scholarships and loans for Iranian students in US, discussed; other Amers involved, some of whom comment, include Repr John M Murphy, former Treas Asst Sec James A Reed, Frederick P Glick, Alan Berman, John Tishman, of Tishman Realty and Construction Co, and former Mayor John V Lindsay; key Iranians involved include Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, former Prime Min J Sherif-Emami and Nasser Sayyah; bldg contract was given to Frank Briscoe Co, low bidder after several alleged bribery attempts to other builders by Sayyah; while Pahlevi Foundation of NY has made no grants for charitable or educ purposes, Pahlevi Foundation of Teheran has made grants to Princeton and Columbia Univs; illus of bldg site and of Rogers (L)

The Shah in New York

Columbia played wide&#8208;open football yesterday at Baker Field to score a 38&#8208;31 victory over Lafayette College.

Backus Stars vs. Lafayette

T. G. I. Fall

PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 25&#8212;The Rutgers fans waited until the game was over this time before leveling the goal posts at Palmer Stadium in celebration of a victory over Princeton. But after the 17.0 triumph today, the fans needed only 9&#189; seconds to tear down the south posts and 11 seconds to demolish the north.

Knights Triumph by 17‐0

Article 4 — No Title

If one wants to look ahead to what plays will come to New York this season as well as in future seasons, one should check the schedule at, among others, the Long. Wharf Theater in New Haven, the Arena Stage in Washington and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. It is from such regional theaters as these that so many significant new plays have come, such works as &#8220;Streamers,&#8221; &#8220;The Changing Room,&#8221; &#8220;The Great White Hope,&#8221; &#8220;Moonchildren,&#8221; &#8220;In the Matter of J. Robert. Oppenheimer&#8221; and &#8220;A Texas Trilogy.&#8221;

Regional Theaters Spawning New Plays

I cannot guess what Alex Haley's countrymen will make of his birthday present to us during this election and Bicentenniai year. One is tempted to say that it could scarcely have come at a more awkward time&#8208;what with them conventions, the exhibition of candidates, the dubious state of this particular and perhaps increasingly dubious union, and the American attempt, hopelessly and predictably schizophrenic, of preventing total disaster, for white people and For the West, in South Africa. There is a carefully muffled pain and panic in the nation, which neither candidate, neither party, can coherently address, being, themselves, but vivid symptoms of it.

Roots

WASHINGTON&#8212;Presidents sometimes rail at Congress, recriminate against critics or tongue&#8208;lash bureaucrats. From time to time they govern. But they hardly ever debate.

The Debates: A Marketplace In the Global Village

Lobbyists Play Pass the Bill

Michael Ballack is a German former professional footballer. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Ballack was known for his passing range, powerful shot, physical strength and commanding presence in midfield.

Michael Ballack, German footballer

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Sami Vänskä is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player

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Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.

September 26, 1976

Headlines from September 26, 1976

Tokyo: Culture Shock Makes The Head Spin

Yanks Win Division Title

Avoiding. The Worst

Are Art Exchanges a Game of Propaganda?

PhiHies’ Beat Expos, Gain Division Tie

Billboard 200

Frampton Comes Alive

Silk Degrees

Hasten Down The Wind

Fleetwood Mac

Wild Cherry

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 26, 1976