Mar 30: Weizman to meet with Sadat and War Min Gamasy in Egypt in effort to get peace talks restarted; Begin wins vote of confidence in Parliament after reptg on talks with Carter but some deputies in pro-Govt parties join opposition in backing Carter's position on UN Resolution 242; illus (M)

Israelis Say Weizman Is Flying To Cairo Today to Resume Talks

Both NYC and munic unions now agree that there will be enough savings in next yr's budget to finance some inreases for 200,000 city workers despite Mayor Koch's continued insistence that city cannot afford raises for its employees; size of increases is yet to be determined and there is wide disparity between what unions think is available and what city thinks is available (M)

CITY AND UNIONS FIND SOME CASH AVAILABLE FOR INCREASES IN PAY

US Sup Ct rules state police helicopter not exempt from Fed regis tax (S)

‘Staggering Costs’ Seen.

Eastman Kodak drops Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine as law firm for Berkey appeal; will be represented by Sullivan & Cromwell; counsel counsel Kendall M Cole comments (S)

Kodak Drops Firm In Berkey Lawsuit

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Article discusses easy availability of drug paraphernalia at city's so-called 'head shops'; notes 4 children, between ages of 11 and 14, in Phoenix House experiment, recently bought $300 worth of drug-culture goods without difficulty; bill, sponsored by State Sen Frank K Padavan, to ban sale of drug paraphernalia, noted; Phoenix House official Dr Mitchell Rosenthal comments; illus (M)

Children, in Test, Buy Drug Trappings Freely at ‘Head Shops’; ‘Why Not the Real Thing?’; Advertised in High Times; Lettucene for Social Smoking; A ‘Room Deodorizer’ Zoning Suggested

Harold Levy, chief antitrust atty for AT&T, serves notice that firm plans new series of challenges to Fed antitrust suit aimed at breaking up Bell System; disclosure came in int shortly after stormy beginning to long-awaited exch of documents between AT&T and Justice Dept; Dept delivered some 150,000 pages requested from files of antitrust div, bur of prisons and FBI, while co produced approximately 21,000 pages; neither side was satisfied with documentation, and sr dept repr Jules Fried 'exploded with anger' after learning that co planned to produce records a few cartons at a time, rather than all at once; illus (M)

A.T.T. Antitrust Challenge Off to Stormy Start

dollar again sinks to new postwar low of 221.60 against yen for 5th consecutive day on Tokyo exch on Mar 29; Bank of Japan restricts support in move that surprises currency dealers; Prime Min Fukuda says current upsurge of currency cannot be curbed without major initiative by US; dollar also weakens against most major currencies in NY; some prices cited; Asst Treas Sec C Fred Bergsten says 'time and patience' are needed to resolve dollar crisis; graph depicts dollar decline against yen (M)

DOLLAR SINKS AGAIN, BUT BANK OF JAPAN RESTRICTS SUPPORT

Article on Dr Fred Adams caring for twin 10-day-old thoroughbreds at Meadowlands; illus (M)

Motherless Twin Foals Win Race to Live, Now Need a Home

Allan S Gordon (Braun, Gordon & Co) makes ind bid for bd membership; charges chmn Levitt and vice chmn Jack Nash improperly influenced nominating com to reject his candidacy, int and lr to membership; dispute detailed; Nash defends actions; nominating com chmn H Kurt Blumberg and com member Daniel K Weiskopf comment (M)

Insurgent Joins Race For Board of Amex, Challenging Levitt

Moro appears to have directed veiled appeal to Ital Govt to make offer of negotiations for his release; photocopies of lr handwritten by Moro are delivered simultaneously in Rome, Genoa and Milan and typed text of lr is delivered in Milan; texts are accompanied by Red Brigades's leaflet (M)

Moro Makes Appeal In a Letter, Fearing He May Tell Secrets

Increased institutional buying enabled the stock market to post a modest gain yesterday in accelerated trading.

Stock‐Buying Rise by Institutions Helps to Lift Dow 2.94 to 761.78

Article on Jack Lenor Larsen, pre-eminent designer of textiles for home furnishings; notes major Larsen retrospective planned by Fashion Inst of Tech; Larsen illus (M)

Fabrics. His Life and Art

Carter arrives in Brasilia; speaks of human rights and nuclear proliferation, issues that have exacerbated relations with Brazil; Pres Geisel offers cool response; Geisel and Carter meet; illus of Geisel with Carters (M)

CARTER, IN BRASILIA, RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS AND A‐WEAPONS ISSUE

article on personality and pol philosophy of Gov Thomson; his popularity is linked to dedication to low taxes, and his opposition to state sales tax and income tax (M)

New Hampshire Governor Strikes a Responsive Chord

CAB investigates allegations of 'bait and switch' techniques used by airlines, under which travelers are lured by discount fares but are charged more for tickets; complaint against Delta, Amer, TWA and Eastern noted; CAB chmn Alfred E Kahn comments; illus (M)

C.A.B. to Investigate Complaints Of ‘Bait and Switch’ Plane Fares

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REMEMBER when summer furniture was either redwood picnic tables or curlicued wrought iron with flowery cushions?&#8208;That was before designers started puttincr, things like wicker peacock chairs in living rooms. And deck chairs in dens. Being allowed indoors did a lot for the summer furniture industry. Manufacturers shifted their focus from mildew resistance to buyer resistance. In other. words, styling took on new meaning.

Outdoor Furniture:

Article on popularity of rare Tiffany glass; notes Met Museum of Art will incorporate loggia from Louis Comfort Tiffany's home into wall of new wing; illus (L)

A Tiffany Treasure Comes to Light

NYS Regents Bd issues consultant Jane Andrews' charging that degree-granting off-campus extension programs run by major colls are generally academically deficient; study focuses on 18 parent insts, more than 50% from outside Westchester County, that are serving county through off-campus programs; coll noted; Drs Edward F Carr (NYS Educ Dept), Donald Grunewald (Mercy Coll pres), Alvin P Ljerheuner (Asst Comr for Higher Educ), and Bros John Driscoll comment (L)

`Extension’ Colleges Under a Cloud

FDIC, which suspended trading in bank's stock Mar 13 after dirs were unable to raise $40-million in capital, seeks buyer for troubled bank; FDIC reptdly rejected $25-million offer from Banco Popular and offers from some US banks as too low; PR Sen Pres Luis A Ferre opposes similar offer from Banco Atlantico of Spain, which already owns 10% of stock; FDIC reptdly is concerned because $32-million in loans, representing 95% of bank's capital and reserves, were made to dirs, including Ferre's bro Herman and Herman's son, Herman Jr (M)

F.D.I.C. Closely Monitoring Affairs of Troubled Banco Credito

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US Steel to raise prices 2.2%, or $1030 a ton, on basic steel products, citing cost of new coal pact; WheelingPittsburgh follows suit; Council on Wage and Price Stability says increase is too steep (M)

U.S. Steel Lifts Prices by 2.2%; Wheeling Joins

Vice Pres Mondale discloses that Pres Carter, in move to head off growing Cong pressure has offered to pay corn farmers to let small part of their land lie idle this spring and to pay wheat farmers higher subsidy if they do not harvest part of what they have already planted; Bergland comments (M)

CARTER OFFERS RISE IN AID FOR FARMERS

The Treasury auctioned yesterday oneyear bills at an average yield of 6.877 percent.

1‐Year. Bills. Sold at 6.877%

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March 30, 1978

Headlines from March 30, 1978

Israelis Say Weizman Is Flying To Cairo Today to Resume Talks

CITY AND UNIONS FIND SOME CASH AVAILABLE FOR INCREASES IN PAY

‘Staggering Costs’ Seen.

Kodak Drops Firm In Berkey Lawsuit

News Summary

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

Slowhand

The Stranger

Even Now

Aja

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 30, 1978