Susan Fraker article on canoeing on Machias River, Maine; map; illus (L)

Daring the Rapids OfMaine's Machias

Orchid Industry Fights to Survive

William R Dunnett on husbands and wives taking separate vacations; drawings (L)

Separate‐But‐Equal Vacations

Article on Vance's 1st 8 mos as State Sec; his failure to achieve any major diplomatic breakthroughs noted; restoration of team effort by State, Defense and Treas Depts and White House in conduct of foreign policy seen as his main achievement; Vance comments, int; illus (L)

Vance's Score: Even Abroad, Ahead at Home

One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Movie): Agnes Varda, dir, int; illus

Varda: ‘Is There Such a Thing as A Woman's Film?’

Article on continuing decline in co earnings; reasons discussed; co dir gen Gilbert Perol comments; Concorde and Perol illus; chart (M)

jet Lag at Air France

Exhilarating Matisse

The case against two summer residents accused of eating a cookie and piece of crumb cake in public was dropped yesterday by a judge in Ocean Beach, Fire Island. Page 43.

Cookie Case Dropped

illus of Princess Alexandra congratulating US team

Courageous Wins, Seeks Finale Today

PHILIP ROTH'S 10th book is a thoughtful, even gentle, stylistically elegant novel about &#8208;the paradox of male desire, that lacerating sexual passion which may lead to happiness but cannot survive it.

Cool‐ Book on A Warm Topic

Philip Roth lives in southern New England. When I called to request an interview,. he suggested that he drive into New York and we talk for several hours, after agreeing on ground rules. I asked if I could come to his home. &#8220;I'm not going to go through your trash cans.&#8221;

Talk With Philip Roth

WASHINGTON&#8208;The nation's television sets were tuned to the Lance hearings last week, but one of the most revealing political episodes of the past few days occurred before the hearings went on the air. It was Jody Powell's effort to plant a story aimed at discrediting Senator Charles H. Percy before the Illinois Republican got a chance to question Bert Lance.

In Lance Case, the ‘New Morality’

Govt acknowledges possible irregularities in police handling of Biko case (M)

SOUTH AFRICAN HINTS MISHANDLING IN DEATH OF KEY BLACK LEADER

The earliest start of the football season in Columbia's 87 years of play did not improve the recent fortunes of the Lions yesterday at Baker Field, where a crowd of 7,125 saw a familiar result. The Lions, losing the ball four times on pass interceptions and twice on fumbles, lost to Harvard by 21&#8208;7. It was the seventh straight loss that Columbia has suffered at the hands of the Cantabs.

Lions’ 7th Straight Loss to Harvard

Dem mayoral primary revd as runoff nears; traditional pol alliances seen thrown into disarray; Koch holds wage increases deferred in agreements with city unions until next yr may have to be deferred further because of city's continuing fiscal troubles; Carey seeks to counter impression that he had abandoned Cuomo, asserting he supports him ‘more strongly than ever’; Abzug throws her support to Cuomo; most of Dem regular orgn clubs in Bklyn and Bronx are supporting Koch; Cuomo has support of most of Queens and Staten Is orgns; Koch given edge in Manhattan; labor is generally backing Cuomo; Cuomo illus with wife Matilda and Abzug (L)

Koch and Cuomo Backers Ignore Usual Alliances as Runoff Nears

BALTIMORE, Sept. 17&#8212;Though they suffered a reverse in the American League office, the Orioles kept their momentum in their divisional race as they pounded the Red Sox, 11&#8208;2, today at Memorial Stadium. As a result they stayed 2&#189; games behind the Yankees.

But Baltimore Loses Appeal to League Over Forfeit

For the Moment, Lance Is Defying Thee Oddsmakers

Hanging Tough

Article on high rents in NYC's luxury apts; notes Fed study shows median rent in NYC has climbed 57% in period between '70 and '75, while median income of city's renters has risen by 17%; illus (L)

Up, Up And Away: Here Come The Super Rents

Dr Mikhail Shtern arrives in NY for what he says is missions to support ‘common struggle for freedom’; hopes to meet with US leaders, including Pres Carter, to discuss oppression in USSR, but says he has not yet been invited to do so; would like to thank him for his firm stand on human rights and to show him lr that he says Amy Carter sent to his son August thanking August for copy of book he published about Shtern's trial; Carter Adm has denied lr; Shtern details horrors of Soviet imprisonment (L)

The New York Times/D. Gorton

Article discusses reasons why US spending has fallen short of budget outlays for 12 of lost 18 yrs; notes officials blame incorrect budget analyses on friction among various levels of Govt, bureaucratic tendency toward overestimation, and unpredictable factors such as weather, which can slow construction, and Cong, which can appropriate funds earlier or later than anticipated; notes Fed outlays in fiscal '77 are $9.4-billion less than expected; comments from OMB Asst Dir Dale McOmber and Alan Greenspan, chmn of Council of Econ Advisers in Ford Adm (M)

Why U.S. Spending Falls Short of Budget Outlays’

Previdi, Renzo: Renzo Previdi, cerebral palsy victim, found slain in subway car, White Plains, NY (M)

Parents’ Long Wait Ends as Police Identify Palsy Victim Slain on IRT

Thirty&#8208;six years ago, Grace Hamilton moved to her apartment at 146 West 17th Street. She paid then and still pays $41.27 a month for her two and half rooms, which she shares with her Doberman vinscher. Princess.

In Chelsea, The Affluent And the Poor Coexist.. Uneasily

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., .Sept. 17&#8212;Can a good college football team play two games in six days against quality competition and win both games?

Fusina Passes Pace Nittany Lions

William D Schwartz article on US propane indus and how it is being affected by declining natural gas production and legis before Cong; indus leaders foresee abundant supplies; growth of imports noted; Mark J Anton (Suburban Propane) and R J Munzer (Petrolane) comment; chart shows vol business of 10 leading distributors; graph shows production and consumption in US '70-76 (M)

Propane: Old Energy in New Bottles

US Labor Dept statistics indicate number of working women age 20 and older in NJ increased by almost 15%, while number of employed men dropped by 2.5%; show total employment for such women was 1,093,000 in '76, with 1,662,000 men in same age bracket working; '70 figures were 944,000 women and 1,703,000 men; factors causing increase noted; NJ Labor and Indus Dept planning and research dir Arthur O'Neal and Community Affairs Comr Patricia Q Sheehan comment (M)

Women Outpace Men in Employment

Barrett Conrad Foa is an American singer, dancer, and actor. He is best known for his performances in Broadway theatre. He has played many leading characters in Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. He has appeared in multiple Broadway shows, including Mamma Mia! and as Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q. From 2009 to 2021, he portrayed Eric Beale on the military police procedural NCIS: Los Angeles.

Barrett Foa, American actor, singer, and dancer

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Kieran Martin West is a retired English rower and Olympic champion who represented Great Britain.

Kieran West, English rower

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Paul Isaac Bernays was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was an assistant and close collaborator of David Hilbert.

Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888)

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Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to Earth. Real-time distance and velocity data are provided by NASA and JPL. At a distance of 166.40 AU from Earth as of May 2025, it is the most distant human-made object from Earth.

Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.

September 18, 1977

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Daring the Rapids OfMaine's Machias

Orchid Industry Fights to Survive

Separate‐But‐Equal Vacations

Vance's Score: Even Abroad, Ahead at Home

Varda: ‘Is There Such a Thing as A Woman's Film?’

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