Mar 12: 20 to 30 Israeli civilians killed and about 70 injured when Palestinian terrorists land by boat, seize bus and fight with policemen near Tel Aviv; Weizman cuts short visit to US; says attack, worst inside Israel in 30 yrs, was carried out by 13 terrorists, including 2 women; police say none of terrorists escaped; Al Fatah takes credit for attack; illus; map (S)

FATAH ADMITS RAID

Hans Koning article on attractions in Amsterdam; illus (L)

Hans Koning's Gezellig Amsterdam

Long Beach, NY, residents and officials express hope that legalized casino gambling, if approved by Legis, will bring city into new era of prosperity; illus (M)

Long Beach: Hope in a City in Transition

For a warm, gloom&#8208;defying sense of humor you cannot beat Jamaica. Even in lean times, in late spring and summer, when tourists glide in from the skies less frequently, people face life with some oil of ribbing and kidding and verbal byplay. A visitor is always in- cluded. The contrast between the high spirits and the setting of a low&#8208;income tropical island yields some surrealistic episodes.

Jamaica's Humor Engages a Visitor

Robert Kornfeld article on cruise through canal; illus (L)

The Panama Canal From the Sky Deck

MOOD OF CONFIDENCE MARKS REVIVED TALKS ON STRIKE BY MINERS

Article revs events of Mar '68 that led to breakdown and change in world financial system as pol turmoil added to problems of huge foreign deficits and weak natl currencies for GB and US; cites gold rush of '68, in which massive demand for gold bullion overwhelmed dollar, threatened chaos and ultimately ended postwar financial arrangements of fixed exch rates; also notes creation of SDRs in attempt to reorganize bankrupt system; says both events were affected by widespread opposition to US involvement in SE Asia and dismay over econ consequences of ensuing dollar deficits abroad; says decade later fallout from devaluations, revaluations and shifting rules of game still imperils world prosperity; chronology; illus (L)

Of Vietnam and Gold and the Cauldron of ‘68

BRADLEY BEACH SOMEONE once estimated that there were 15 inches sand along the New Jersey oceanfront for every man, woman and child in the state. On some busy July 4th weekends in the past, it often appeared that just about everyone had arrived to stake a claim.

After the Storm: An S O S for U.S. and State Help

Each of us sees different things. watch my friends&#8217; faces grow thoughtful as the fire absorbs their vacant eyes. Some of them look melancholy, as they are reflecting on the fact that all life is only a burning up of energy, that, in a sense, we all go down in flames. For others, the fire is like a Rorschach test: They see in it whatever is uppermost in their minds.

At Home: Fire Company

Article on Gulf Oil's exploration for gas and oil in Finchville, NY; prospects are good geologically, but drilling has been disappointing so far; determination of royalty rights discussed; map; illus (L)

Then Came the Oil Search And Dreams of Riches

Wilson, Angus: The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Works revd by Paul Theroux; Kipling sketches

Puzzling Kipling

WASHINGTQN &#8212; It was a slightly raw winter's day on Dec. 28,1976, when President&#8208;elect Jimmy Carter summoned his designated Cabinet Secretaries to St. Simons Island, Ga. for a review of difficulties likely to arise during the first year of his Administration.

F. Ray Marshall Saw It Coming Long Ago

Comment on 3-acre hillside plot in Dobbs Ferry that is being developed by F & G Holding Co with most expensive condominiums in Westchester County

$135,000 Suburban Condos

Selection from John le Carre's introduction to Coward McCann & Geoghegan's 50th Anniv edition of book The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

SELECTION

Article on fur trapping in Conn; describes work of trappers Steve Bergenty and Mike Boscargin; notes hunting traditions that have been passed on for 3 generations in Bergenty family and regulations that are aimed at protecting species; illus (M)

Lure of the Woods Captures State's Trappers

Mideast Regional  Miami (Ohio) 84, Marquette 81 (OT) Michigan State 77, Providence 63 Western Kentucky 87, Syracuse 86 (OT) Kentucky 85, Florida State 76.

N.CA.A Basketball

Pole Vault: Mike Tully sets world indoor record (18 ft 5 1/4 in) (S)

Tully Sets World Mark Of 18‐5¼ in Pole Vault

The Knicks defeated the Nets, 126117, last night in a sloppily played, and foul&#8208;plagued game before a crowd of 14,114 at Madison Square Garden. Bab Rakel and Jim Capers, the officials, called a total of 61 fouls in the game that lasted 2 hours 16 minutes. The two teams shot a total of 91 free throws, 56 by the Knicks.

Beard Helps Knicks Beat Nets, 126‐117

Comment on importance of closets to NYC apt dwellers as size of apts shrink; drawing; illus (L)

As Apartments Shrink, Closets Get Respect

Article on NYC's refusal to permit Brookhaven Natl Laboratory to ship its nuclear wastes through city streets and how refusal could affect Conn; if Transportation Dept supports NYC, laboratory intends to resume shipping wastes through New London; Brookhaven is currently storing wastes, but storage space will be used up in about a yr; comments by Gov Grasso, New London Mayor Margaret M Curtin, City Mgr C Francis Driscoll, Dr Leonard S Solon of NYC Health Dept and Brookhaven spokesmen noted; illus; map of Brookhaven-New London route (M)

Nuclear Shipments Prompt Some Uneasy Reactions

0 UR first conversational impulses exhausted, our minds and bodies lulled by food and drink, we gazed, my guests and I, into the fire. Each of us sees different things.

Malcolm Browne article on some theories pertaining to origins of universe; views expressed by some contemporary astronomers noted; illus of Drs Steven Weinberg (Harvard) and Arno A Penzias (Bell (Labs), who hold contrasting views on origin of universe (M)

Clues to Universe Origin Expected

PARIS, March 11 &#8212; President Valery 'Giscard d'Estaing made a last&#8208;minute appeal to the French people in a television broadcast today hoping to repulse what seems a virtually irresistible leftist advance in the legislative elections tomorrow.

Gains for the Left in France Likely In First Round of Elections Today

ANGUS WILSON sits in a deck chair, his white hair fluttering in the wind, his pen moving steadily across the pages of an exercise book. As he works at his new novel, he seems oblivious to the cries of birds wheeling over his head and to the hooting of ships on the river. He is oblivious to the noise: When he wants the pleasures of a view without distractions he wears earplugs.

Angus Wilson, Biographer

Article on how offshore oil drilling could affect water quality and fishing in NY Bight; rig illus (M)

Oil Rigs: Friend Or Foe of Anglers?

Marco Júlio Castanheira Afonso Alves Ferreira is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a winger.

Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer

Marco_Ferreira

Casey James Mears is an American professional off-road and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66. He has raced in IndyCar, NASCAR's three national series including 15 seasons in the Cup Series, SCORE International, and the Stadium Super Trucks. A former winner of the Coca-Cola 600, Mears is a member of the Mears racing family as the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of IndyCar and off-road veteran Roger Mears.

Casey Mears, American race car driver

Casey_Mears

Arina Tanemura  is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and character designer. She made her professional manga debut in 1996 with the one-shot The Style of the Second Love in the shōjo manga magazine Ribon Original and later published her first series, I.O.N, in 1997, in the main Ribon magazine. She gained mainstream popularity from the late 1990s to mid-2000s with her series Phantom Thief Jeanne, Full Moon o Sagashite, and The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross.

March 12, 1978

Headlines from March 12, 1978

FATAH ADMITS RAID

Hans Koning's Gezellig Amsterdam

Long Beach: Hope in a City in Transition

Jamaica's Humor Engages a Visitor

The Panama Canal From the Sky Deck

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

The Stranger

Running On Empty

Slowhand

News Of The World

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 12, 1978