article on 8 separate lobbying offices in Washington for NYS and NYC (M)

8 Units Lobby For New‐York In Washinfiton

NYSE trading vol totals 55.8 million shares, 2d heaviest trading ever; Dow Jones avg rises to 833.59; traders illus (M)

Stocks Rise in Market s2d Busiest Day

Co earned $870 million in 1st qr on record sales of $14.9 billion; sales were up 10]from '77 but profits declined 4%

G.M. QUARTER SALES CLIMB TO A RECORD

Pres Carter defends proposed $25 billion tax cut, insisting that it would not be inflationary and rejecting Cong and other suggestions that he reduce or delay it; press conf (M)

PRESIDENT DEFENDS PROPOSAL TO REDUCE TAXES BY $25 BILLION

Fed Reserve Chmn Miller says $25 billion reduction in Fd deficit could result in ‘important’ lowering of interest rates, testimony before Sen Banking Com (S)

Fed Expects Inflation Surge, Lets Interest Rates Rise

Pres Carter rejects appeal by Cong leaders that he delay submission of proposal to sell fighter planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt as part of $4.8 billion package involving Israel, news conf; Dayan reaffirms his opposition to deal; UPI repts that Dayan said Israel would rather forgo its planes than see Arabs get theirs (M)

Carter Rejects Plea To Delay Proposal On Jets for Arabs

Sun Life Assurance Co, in midst of natl crisis over moves by Quebec govt to make prov ind of Canada, has decided to move hq from Montreal to Toronto (M)

Top Canadian Company Backs Move. From Montreal to Toronto.

Sup Ct, 6‐2, rules that although women live longer than men on avg, employer who charges women more than men to participate in pension plan is committing illegal sex discrimination; equal rights movement endorsers hail action as significant victory; ruling says that beginning immediately, employer‐operated funds can no longer deduct more from paychecks of women than men with same wages on grounds that women are likely to draw 15% more in benefits after retirement; Justices emphasize that ins cos remain free to weigh relative longevity of men and women in setting rates for coverage and to consider relative presence in given work force in calculating plan costs; Justice John P Stevens writes majority opinion; illus (M)

SUPREME COURT BARS HIGHER PENSION COSTS FOR WOMEN THAN MEN

Article on Lillian Vernon, ‘1st lady of mail order catalogues’; Vernon sends out 15 million catalogues each yr and has 1.5 million customers; illus (M)

A Business Made To Order, by Mail

1st qr net income falls 7% to $155 million; chmn Jerry McAfee says that co's cash reserves have been substantially depleted and that co will reduce its '78 capital spending, put at $2.5 billion in Jan; por (M)

Gulf Oil Profit Off Sharply,    Cash Is Greatly Depleted

Comment on problems facing white Rhodesians as mo‐old transitional Govt struggles to survive faltering econ and worsening war; illus (L)

For White Rhodesia, ‘Pretty Bad and Getting Worse’

TWU lawyer John F O'Donnell, in surprise move, agrees to new vote under Amer Arbitration Assn supervision; 1‐mo delay is expected to affect negotiations between city and coalition of munic worker unions; union officials and reprs of Com of Concerned Transit Workers comment; TWU official John Lawe illus (M)

Transit Union Voids Vote on Pact

co repts earnings of $147.1‐million in 3d fiscal qr ended Mar 31 on sales of $2.174‐billion; 9‐mo rept noted (S)

Con Ed Net Up 2.7% For First Quarter On Increased Rates

Conn Univ (Stamford) 6‐wk clinic to help students overcome shyness problems described; illus (M)

A Clinic for Those Who March To a Diffident Drum

Co, with assets of $275 million, says it is considering bankruptcy proceedings (S)

Chase Realty Trust In Trouble on Debt

Mimi Sheraton article on cottage cheese; illus (L)

Cottage Cheese: For Connoisseurs

Legal researchers hold that US trend to reduce jury size diminishes defendant's chances of winning his case, in study sparked by '70 Supreme Ct decision upholding constitutionality of 6‐member juries in certain criminal cases; also question whether main justification for smaller juries, that they save time, is valid; trend has met with some resistance, particularly in large Northeastern States, while American Bar Assn has adopted standard that requires 12‐member juries for all crimes punishable by imprisonment for 6 mos or more; in past 10 yrs 38 states have authorized smaller juries in some civil actions, 34 states allow them in criminal trials, and 80 of 95 Federal District Courts have reduced jury size in civil actions (M)

Defendant Seen at Disadvantage In U.S. Trend to Smaller Juries

Article on expanding use of microprocessors, or computer chips, in consumer products; mkt performance assessed; illus (M)

Technology

Susan Heller Anderson article on wk spent dieting and exercising at Forest Mere, health hydro or spa in Liphook, Eng; illus (M)

A Week at an English Health Hydro

Description of how‐to booklets published by Govt; drawings (M)

How‐To Help From Uncle Sam

An obituary of Rabbi Benjamin Schultz incorrectly reported yesterday that the American Jewish League Against Communism had ceased operations in 1960. The organization is still active, and Roy M. Cohn has been its president since 1962.

CORRECTION

St Paul voters repeal 4‐yr‐old ordinance barring discrimination; repeal campaign was led by Bapt Min Richard Angwin (S)

LAW ON HOMOSEXUALS REPEALED IN ST. PAUL

Charles Allmon int on success of his Growth Stock Outlook (pub) in picking small growth cos whose stocks made major gains (M)

Market Place

Simon Wiesenthal gets message from Pres Carter on receiving award from Decalogue Soc of Lawyers, Chicago (S)

Notes on People

Tax&#8208;exempt bond prices declined sharply yesterday after an institutional investor&#8212;unnamed but presumed to be a fire and casualty insurance company &#8212; decided to sell a list of $37.7 million of long&#8208;term securities. The sale pushed interest rates on state and city bonds higher.

BOND PRICES TUMBLE IN TAX‐FREE SECTOR

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April 26, 1978

Headlines from April 26, 1978

8 Units Lobby For New‐York In Washinfiton

Stocks Rise in Market s2d Busiest Day

G.M. QUARTER SALES CLIMB TO A RECORD

PRESIDENT DEFENDS PROPOSAL TO REDUCE TAXES BY $25 BILLION

Fed Expects Inflation Surge, Lets Interest Rates Rise

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

Slowhand

London Town

The Stranger

Weekend In L.a.

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 26, 1978