April 23, 1978

Article on antique bike collector James Spillane; illus (M)

RUTHERFORD

Old antagonisms and new injuries surfaced in Yankee Stadium yesterday when Manager Billy Martin “chewed out” his world‐champion Yankees and. then watched them go 12 innings to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4‐3.

Joan Mellen article on recent films depicting screen heroines as strong characters; they include Julia, 3 Women, The Turning Point, An Unmarried Woman, Annie Hall, The Eyes of Laura Mars, Girlfriends and Opening Night; illus (L)

A moment many thought might never come arrived last week. A year and day after President Carter submitted his energy program as the “moral equivalent of war,” leaders of the Congressional conference committee on energy trooped out of a marathon session of negotiations to announce that finally they had agreed to a plan for the eventual deregulation of natural gas prices. This time, they said, knowing there would be skeptics, they mean it. It was a significant breakthrough, but true to the spirit of a conference that began last October, it also underscored how much more work remains. First, the full committee must endorse the tentative settlement. Then it must take up new energy taxes, matters that are not as simple as they seemed before the deadlock over gas developed last December. Then the entire energy package, including elements settled months ago, must be voted on again by the full House and Senate, which had passed quite different bills. And then the President must say okay,. although his agreement to the parts already settled is a foregone conclusion.