March 30, 1978

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)

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)

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

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)

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1978

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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