WASHINGTON, Dec. 8&#8212;The Carter Administration has drafted and will soon send to Congress the most sweeping proposal to overhaul the nation's pharmaceutical laws since adoption of the Food and Drug Act of 1906.

Overhaul of Pharmaceutical Laws Is Proposed by the Administration

Recause of a transmission error an article in The Times yesterday abouta student arrested for stealing cars stated&#8217; incorrectly that public transportation was available between Shirley, L.I., and Sufiolk Community College in Seiden. There is none.

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NIEDERELVENICH, West Germany, &#8212;After three decades of steady land acquisition, Peter Orem, 70 years old, and his son Hans&#8208;Josef, 38, feel that they have reached their peak as farmers in ternis of size and efficiency.

As Growers in U.S. Grumble, Farmers in Europe Prosper

Popular interest in flying saucers appears to be rising again and, with the rise, reports of U.P.O. sightings have been pouring into Government offices in increasing numbers, according to spokesmen for the White Houseand the space agency.

U.F.O. Interest Rising, Stirred by Science Fiction Films

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8&#8212;Volvo (Wers are nearly three times as likely to foster) their seat belts as Cadillac drivers. Women buckle up more often than men, young people more frequently than older people and Westerners more commonly than Easterners.

Seat‐Belt Use Found Highest In Foreign Cars

Daredevil Evel Knievel's most controversial stunt&#8212;an assault with a baseball bat on an author who wrote a book about him&#8212;landed him in jail,  and now it has also had a devastating impact on the Ideal Toy Corporation.

Assault by Knievel Halts Boom In Ideal's Daredevil Toy Sales

WASHINGTON. Dec. 8&#8212;The Government resorted today a less&#8208;than&#8208;expected 0.7 percent increase in the Wholesale Price Index last month, suggesting a further&#8212;at least temporary&#8212;abatement of inflation.

INFLATION ABATED TEMPORARILY

Stock prices rose slightly yesterday morning in response to a smaller&#8211;than&#8211;expected increase in November wholesale prices but ended the day on a mixed note.

Price News Buoys Stocks Early But Close Is Mixed, With Dow Off

LISBON. Dec. 8 &#8212; President Antonio Ramalho Eanes began consultations with political leaders today over the formation of a new government following the parliamentary defeat, in a dramatic predawn vote, of the minority SocinEst Government of Prime Minister Mario Soares.

Despite Defeat, Soares May Head New Lisbon Cabinet

Dr. Burton Gottfried, a Long Island dentist. will put away his drills and take out his meerschaums today for his stint at the. Long Island Antique Show and Sale at the Nassau Coliseum. Dr. Gottfried a widely known

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8&#8212;Demoeratio Congressional leaders and the. White House today reported provisional agreement on a Social Security financing, bill that would require no increases in payroll taxes next year above those already mandated by law.

ACCORD IS REPORTED ON SOCIAL SECURITY WITH TAX‐RISE DELAY

David M. Roderick, president of the United States Steel Corporation, said yesterday that a reference price averaging about $360 a ton on. imported steel&#8212;about $50 more than Japanese producers have been charging&#8212;would be fair and enable the domestic industry to compete with foreign producers.

$360 REFERENCE PRICE FOR IMPORTED STEEL lS URGED BY R0DERICK

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 8&#8212;Syria's President, Hafez aI&#8208;Assad, arrived here today to try to enlist Saudi aid in opposing Egyptian peace overtures to Israel.

Syrian President Flies to Riyadh To Seek Saudis’ Aid Against Sadat

LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 8&#8212;A long deadlock over the controversial plan of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio) for terminal here to handle Alaskan crude oil may be nearing an end, according to government and industry sources.

Environmental Deadlock Over Sohio Plan Is Easing

WHITE PLAINS, Dec. 8&#8212;A. justice in State Supreme Court here today struck down the Town of New Castle's prohibitions against multifamily housing as &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and &#8220;exclusionary and ordered the town to give him within six montns a plan to allow the construction of 3,500 multi&#8208;unit dwellings in the next 10 years.

WESTCHESTER TOWN LOSES ZONING CASE

Washington. Dec.8 &#8212; Senate energy conferees, whose 9.to.9 deadlock over natural gas deregulation has stymied even the appearance of action since the issue came up, took one small step toward compromise today.

Conferees on Gas Take a Step Ahead

TOKYO, Dec. 8&#8212;Japan has no Intention of making a public pledge to turn its massive trade surplus into a deficit, Nobuhiko Ushiba, Japan's new Minister for External Economic Affairs, declared in an interview here.

JAPANESE INDICATE THEY CANNOT MEET U.S. TRADE DEMANDS

Statewide welfare and Medicaid spending in New York State is officially forecast to show a rise over a 12-month period&#8212;completely counter to the pattern in a report by the Assembly Speaker, Stanley Steingut, last week that had heralded the first decline in spending in 20 years. Mr. Steingut's report was based on the first six months of 1977.

Albany Sees a 12‐Month Increase In Costs of Welfare and Medicaid

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 8&#8212;As the sun went down over the picturesque, pastel buildings of Hamilton harbor, the men in the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club bar, dressed in blazers, club ties and, appropriately enough, Bermuda shorts, shook their heads in glum agreement and snorted over a story in an American newspaper saying their Government had &#8220;overreacted&#8221; to racial disturbances over the last weekend.

Bermuda: Tenacious Island Pondering a Fragile Future

The Rescue Plan for Steel: Cure—or New Problems?

PERTH, Australia, Dec. 8 (AP)&#8212;Sir Basil Edward Embry, a British air commander who carved out a second career for himself in Western Australia, died today at his farm at Boyup Brook. He was 75 years old.

SIR BASIL EMBRY, 75, LED R.A.F. AND NATO FORCES

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UV Industries' countersuit against Globe&#8208;Union's management is the latest example of a new takeover trend in which resistance is met with legal action.

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Leila Hyams, an attractive blonde actress who was eminently successful at playing ingenues in a motion&#8208;picture career that began in silent films in 1924 and ended in talkies in 1936, died at her home in Bel&#8208;Air, Calif., Sunday after a

Leila Hyams, 72, ‘Golden Girl’ Of Movies in 20's and 30's, Dies

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December 9, 1977

Headlines from December 9, 1977

Overhaul of Pharmaceutical Laws Is Proposed by the Administration

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As Growers in U.S. Grumble, Farmers in Europe Prosper

U.F.O. Interest Rising, Stirred by Science Fiction Films

Seat‐Belt Use Found Highest In Foreign Cars

Billboard 200

Simple Dreams

Rumours

Commodores Live!

Foot Loose + Fancy Free

Street Survivors

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 9, 1977