July 24, 1978

US Women's Open: Hollis Stacy wins; illus (M)

2d qr earnings are expected to soar as compared with 1st qr of '78 and with 2d qr of '77; table summarizing 2d qr profits in selected industries (M)

Postal workers in several dries signal their intention to follow lead of workers in Jersey City and San Francisco; in San Francisco, Fed Dist Judge Stanley A Weigel issues temporary restraining order barring any picketing at Richmond bulk-mail center; hundreds of union members in various cities say they will reject contract; postal officials rept that picketing at NYC Gen Post Office did not have adverse impact on operations; in Valley Stream, LI, police rept that village post office was vandalized on July 23; police rept nothing is missing; in San Francisco, dismissal notices are served to about 50 strikers; some notices are served to workers on picket line; postal inspectors go to workers' homes late at night to deliver them; illus of picketing at NYC post office, of workers working at Jersey City facility (L)

USSR objects to US plan for deploying mobile intercontinental missiles, adding new complication to strategic arms limitation talks; Carter Adm officials say Soviet negotiator Vladimir S Semyonov told Arms Control and Disarmament Agency dir Paul Warnke that Amer proposal to hide missiles in clusters of underground silos might not be compatible with terms of new treaty; specifically questioned so-called multiple aim point system in which hundreds of missiles would be shifted among thousands of silos (M)

correction on July 6 article