WASHINGTON, May 16&#8212; The Defense Department placed the 82d Airborne Division and the Military Airlift Command on alert today for possible evacuation of American citizens from the combat area of Zaire.

U.S. SET TO EVACUATE 73 CITIZENS IN ZAIRE

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radicals illus demonstrating near airport

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Schwenk is found not guilty of charges that he stole $245,000 from County Repub Com during 10 yrs of his chairmanship; Judge John A Gallucci holds Dist Atty's office failed to prove that Schwenk had deliberately, and with criminal intent, used money for personal living and business expenses; during yrs he led party, $2.7 million in party funds were deposited in Schwenk's personal acct; por (M)

Schwenk Not Guilty On Charges of Theft From Suffolk G.O.P.

Jeffrey Butler, pres and publisher of East/West, publishers of 10 in‐flight magazines, int; illus

Publisher Builds High‐Flying Enterprise

Fed Reserve Bd repts Index of Indus Production for Apr rose to 142.5 (1967 equals 100), for 1.1% gain over Mar, indicating burst of econ growth; business inventories rose by $4.3 billion; mfg capacity utilization rate rose to 83.2%, up half a point; chart on indus output (M)

U.S. Output Up by 1.1% Last Month

Article on Halston's design for adult Girl Scouts' 5‐piece wardrobe; illus (M)

No Sequins This Time:Halston Dresses the Scout

Comment on new game Class Struggle, Marxist version of Monopoly, invented by NYU Assoc Prof Bertell Oilman; illus (L)

N.Y.U. Professor, Marxist Game Inventor, Finds Art Imitates Life

Abercrombie & Fitch Bldg, vacated last Nov, is to be stripped to steel skeleton and rebuilt into new, contemporary 17‐story office bldg; illus (M)

Abercrombie Shell Getting A New Skin

Sebastiani: A Rich Harvest In California

Fed Dist Judge John F Dooling Jr school integration order for Andrew Jackson HS, Queens, rules out busing across nearby Nassau County line as a solution (S)

U.S JUDGE DIRECTS CITY TO DESEGREGATE QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL

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correction: Sen roll‐call failed to specify that resolution opposed package (S)

CORRECTION

Ark PSC staff will challenge gas supply contracts between Ark Okla Gas, which is owned by Wilton E Stephens, and Stephens Production Co, a subsidiary of Stephens Inc, investment banking firm of Wilton and Jack Stephens; under '72 contract renegotiation, utility was obligated to buy gas from production co for 30c a thousand cu ft (MCF) with price rising a penny a yr until '82, but 9 secret amendments to contract have brought price to $1.25 per MCF; comm officials say increases were tied to ‘fair field price,’ a fluctuating price set for integrated utility cos that own large natural gas reserves; say Stephens‐Ark Okla Gas contract does not qualify for fair field price because it is not an integrated co; say utility's long‐term contracts with producers not affiliated with Stephenses do not contain escalating amendments tied to fair field price and the price paid for non‐Stephens gas is much lower than that paid for Stephens gas; case raises large issues of possible self‐dealing and conflict‐of‐interest; Stephenses' empire discussed (L)

The Stephens Empire Faces a Challenge

IN A civilization in which giant food corporations take pride in their &#8220;Look, Ma, no hands&#8221; approach to cooking (flour, sugar, yeast and shortening are tossed into a hopper, a button is activated by computer and a short while later a loaf of bread or cake emerges, brightly wrapped in its slick, antiseptic wrapper), a firm that staunchly defends its century&#8208;old, made&#8208;by&#8208;hand, made&#8208;on&#8208;thepremises techniques seems nothing short of a miracle.

Phyllo Pastry: Miracle on 9th Avenue

heavy fighting has broken out around Eritrea's capital Asmara indicating start of Govt offensive against secessionist guerrillas; 20,000 Ethiopian troops have broken through guerrilla lines that have long encircled Asmara; it is not known whether Cuba and USSR are actively involved in counteroffensive; map (M)

ADDIS ABABA'S FORCES LAUNCH MAJOR DRIVE ON ERITREAN REBELS

HONG KONG, May 16&#8212; Did the Red Guard pick the wrong target to attack in the Cultural Revolution? Have Chinese been deluded all these years in treating the thoughts of Mao Tse&#8208;tung

China Disputes Legacy of Mao More Directly

Macy's defends its policy of photographing customers who return items as unpleasant but necessary deterrent to shoplifting (L)

Refund Policy Raises a Question of Privacy

AMMAN, Jordan. May 16 (AP)&#8212;Sources close to the Jordanian royal household reported today that King Hussein would marry Elizabeth Halaby, an American architect, at the royal palace on May 25, Jordan's Independence Day.

Hussein's Wedding to American Expected May 25

restudy of notebooks, papers and other items found in David Berkowitz apt after his arrest shed further light on his disturbed life; Berkowitz por (L)

Re‐examination of Berkowitz Files Offers New In

May 17: Pres Carter and top Adm officials make scores of telephone calls to key Sens and leaders of Amer Jewish community in effort to reduce negative pol impact of struggle over arms package (M)

Carter Leads a Drive to Mollify Jewish Opponents of Arms Deal

Dow Jones indus avg rises to 854.30; NYSE trading vol totals 48.17 million shares, 4th highest ever; ASE mkt‐value index rises to 143.83 (M)

Stocks Up; Volume Is 4th Highest

NY Times series on effects of terrorism on Ital politics finds Red Brigades has established itself as effective mil and pol power by transfixing and intimidating nation and paralyzing its pol leadership in attempt to create climate of civil war; finds Ital democracy has reacted to crisis with surprising vitality and cohesion and that new public awareness has emerged; finds terrorists are far from having section of country on its side and has failed to disrupt de facto alliance between ruling Christian Dem Party and Communists, under which Communist Party has agreed to back Christian Dems in Parliament in exch for prior consultation on policy; finds terrorists may still pursue long‐range objective of goading Communist Party into extremism; discusses growing incidence of pol violence in Italy; illus (M)

Red Brigades Intimidates Italians But Fails in Effort to Start Civil War

Roy M Cohn, representing stockholders in their suit against Ford Motor Co, int (S)

Roy Cohn Strides Into Limelight, Again

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May 17, 1978

Headlines from May 17, 1978

U.S. SET TO EVACUATE 73 CITIZENS IN ZAIRE

BUSINESS Digest

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Schwenk Not Guilty On Charges of Theft From Suffolk G.O.P.

Publisher Builds High‐Flying Enterprise

Billboard 200

Saturday Night Fever

London Town

Slowhand

Feels So Good

Earth

Notable Births

Historical Context for May 17, 1978