HUD Sec Harris, reptdly ordered by White House to tone down her criticism of Fed Reseve Bd's monetary policies, cancels appearance before HR Banking Com rather than change views (S)

Patricia Harris Balks at Testifying

H C Schonberg comment; notes petition for landmark status; lists some great performers who concertized in hall and bemoans lack of farewell gala; drawing (L)

Critic's Notebook

Beatrice, Tropicana In Merger

At the American Bar Association convention, which will end here on Wednesday, hundreds of meetings are held, ranging from the vaguely frivolous to the practical to the serious. Attendance at these sessions in the last few days seems to have paralleled the intensity of the rain outside.

As Rain Aids Attendance, Law Parley Weighs Both the Frivolous And the Serious Ammo

Pres Carter approves Fed emergency financial aid for Love Canal area, permitting Disaster Assistance Adm to join with state and local agencies; NYS Gov Carey promises $4 million in assistance, speech to local residents before Carter announcement; expects 50-50 Fed aid; Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corp pledges $250,000 contribution to Niagara Falls plan to drain rain and groundwater from landfill site; will continue technical assistance (M)

Carey Promises State Aid to Victims of Pollution

Real Places

Newsprint shortage caused by strike of 27 West Coast paper mills begins to affect area newspapers; strike, in 5th wk, has caused beginnings of shortage in San Francisco and Los Angeles and increased reliance on non-striking Canadian mills; situation revd (L)

Paper Supplies Dwindle In 27‐Mill Coast Strike

HR rejects move by Repr Sidney R Yates to kill $2.1 billion appropriation for new nuclear-powered carrier opposed by Pres Carter (S)

HOUSE BACKS FUNDS FOR ATOMIC CARRIER OPPOSED BY CARTER

both pilgrims and dignitaries file past body at papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo (M)

United Press International

Regime of the Vacant See, interregnum between death of pope and election of successor, starts formally as Cardinal Jean Villot, 2d-ranking prelate of RC Ch, takes possession of Apostolic Palace of the Vatican (M)

CARDINAL TAKES UP CONTROL OF CHURCH; FUNERAL SATURDAY

Les Brown article on how Warner Communications 2-way computerized cable system in Columbus, Ohio, can interfere with individuals rights of privacy (M)

TV Set Views Viewer

Beatrice Foods and Tropicana merged just minutes after a Federal Appeals Court delay of the merger expired. Beatrice will pay Tropicana stockholders some $488 million in cash and stock. But the Federal Trade Commission, which considers the merger anticompetitive, intends to continue its opposition. [Page D1.1

BUSINESS Digest

Int with comedians John Monteith and Suzanne Rand, as they prepare for performance at Theater East; illus (M)

2 New Comedians Joke Their Way Up

pleasures of paper-doll collecting described (M)

Washington Journal

Sec Vance opens talks with Pres Sadat (M)

Vance Starts Crucial Talks in Egypt

The papal interregnum began formally as Jean Cardinal Villot, the secondranking prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, took possession of the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican and called a meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals to elect a new pope. The body of Pope Paul VI, who died Sunday, is to lie in state in St. Peter's Basilica Thursday and Friday and to be buried Saturday. [Page Al, Column 6.]

News Summary

Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan, deploring jailing of NY Times reporter M A Farber, says that Cong might have to act to assure continued freedom of press, speech to Sen; Sens Alan Cranston and Edward Kennedy and Repr Philip M Crane share Moynihan's concerns (M)

Moynihan Sees Need For Bill to Guarantee Freedom of the Press

Carter Adm, reptdly in move to mollify union leaders' criticism of Carter, some of whom are hinting at not supporting him in '80, moves to curb Council on Wage and Price Stability head Barry Bosworth's comments on high-cost labor settlements (S)

WHITE HOUSE CURBS CRITICISM OF LABOR

Los Angeles lawyer Jonathan B Marks, at Amer Bar Assn panel discussion, describes actual 2-day 'mini-trial' conducted by 2 cos which resolved 2-yr patent infringement suit and saved cos between $500,000 and $1 million in litigation costs; says trial was conducted by TRW Inc and Telecredit on their own before hired 'neutral adviser'; urges corps apply careful cost benefit analysis at early stage of their litigation; says he believes outcome of case would have turned out same in ct; resolution of case noted; Marks illus (M)

‘Mini‐Trial’ to Settle Lawsuit

Illus of US citizen Robert Bailey embracing wife and son, brought by US delegation from Vietnam, during Portland, Ore, reunion

Associated Press

Article on significance of upcoming FTC and FCC investigations into quality of TV ads aimed at children; drawing (M)

Storm Ahead on TV Ads for Children

Announces plans to move women's apparel and accessories buying depts to hq in Chicago; of 2,000 employees, 880 executives and 100 to 150 clerical workers will be offered transfers to Chicago (M)

Sears to Cut New York Buying Unit

Article on proliferation of cut-rate air fares notes booming travel, rising co earnings and declining profits for travel agents; graph; illus; travel agents' trade assns score fares; agents comment; some agencies, catering to corporate travelers, have not been affected by declining commissions (L)

Air Travel Boom Makes Agents Fume

Article on new fall shoe styles; notes rejection of Parisian high heels for more functional styles; illus (L)

On Heels, There's No Firm Stand

Steel production rose to 2.64 million net tons in the week ended Aug. 5, an increase of 3.7 percent over the preceding week's 2.55 million tons, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported yesterday.

Output of Steel Rises by 3.7%

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August 8, 1978

Headlines from August 8, 1978

Patricia Harris Balks at Testifying

Critic's Notebook

Beatrice, Tropicana In Merger

As Rain Aids Attendance, Law Parley Weighs Both the Frivolous And the Serious Ammo

Carey Promises State Aid to Victims of Pollution

Billboard 200

Grease

Some Girls

Natural High

Double Vision

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Notable Births

Historical Context for August 8, 1978