January 29, 1978

Comment on controversial regulations in NJ aimed at preventing banks from refusing to grant home mortgages in redlined urban neighborhoods; notes regulations please Gov Byrne, who has called for rebldg of NJ cities, but displease state's lending insts (M)

UNIONDALE, L.I., Jan. 28—The New York Islanders routinely disposed of the New York Rangers, 6‐2, tonight at. the Nassau Coliseum and forged club record of six consecutive victories.

Article by Robert Lindsey, Jeff Gerth and Aljean Harmetz on allegedly questionable financial practices in film indus; indus critics claim it is permeated by financial irregularities; actors Michael Caine and Sean Connery filed suit against Allied Artists Pictures, charging they were cheated out of profits from film The Man Who Would Be King, while actor-dir Tom Laughlin holds he knows of several specific cases in which money from production budget was siphoned by studio officials and production execs; indus execs comment; illus (M)

Prof Charles E Lindblom says recent econ developments in Amer constitute 'overwhelming confirmation' of thesis in his recently published book, 'Politics and Markets'; maintains mkt is far more efficient and flexible means of organizing soc than alternative, an authority system in which govt tries to replace mkt as coordinator of econ activity (S)

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