Icelandic Airlines: DC-8 jetliner, carrying Indonesian Moslems from Mecca, crashes during landing approach to Bandaranaike Internatl Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka; 189 passengers feared dead; 70 others injured; crash is 4th worst in aviation history; witnesses describe crash; faulty airport navigation system seen factor in crash; craft was leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines (M)

189 Moslem Pilgrims Feared Dead In Charter Jet Crash in Sri Lanka

Article on group of 34 New Yorkers who migrated to Chico, Calif, in '61 in belief that area was 1 of safest places in US to survive nuclear war; only 5 of original adult members still live in Chico; group member Teal Nichols comments; illus (M)

Chico, Calif.: The Fallout 17 Years Later

A major air crash reportedly killed 189 persons near Colombo, Sri Lanka. A chartered DC&#8208;8 jetliner carrying Indonesian Moslems home from a pilgrimage to Mecca plunged into a plantation near the airport in a heavy thunderstorm. [Page Al, Columns 3&#8208;4.].

News Summary

co announces that, because of expected low earnings for '78, bd has voted to omit 4th qr divd payments on 1st preferred and common stocks (M)

Uniroyal Omits Payment Of Quarterly Dividends

correction on Nov 15 article that erroneously stated that Benjamin R Chavis, only Wilmington 10 member still in jail, would be eligible for parole in Jan '79; Chavis will be eligible in Jan '80 (S)

CORRECTIONS

Amer and Delta Airlines place orders totaling more than $2 billion for new-generation Booing 767 jetliners; deliveries to begin in '82; planes to be powered by Gen Elec engines; Boeing 767 mockup illus (M)

Boeing Has $2 Billion Jet Order

Fed Reserve System's highest policy-making council, 11-member Fed Open Mkt Com, is now in spotlight in spearheading Govt's anti-inflation assault; recent White House decision for sharply higher interest rates and stiffer reserve requirements has given com responsibility to pursue tougher policy of monetary restraint; connection between monetary policy and its impact on inflation discussed; chart on how com works and its members (L)

Anti‐inflation Spotlight on Fed

Heating oil prices are soaring, and the coming winter probably will be the costliest in history as a result. Retail prices of No. 2 have jumped&#8208;as much as 4 cents a gallon in two months, the biggest advance since the aftermath of the Middle East oil embargo. With the cold weather just beginning, further price increases are on the way, say oil specialists. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS

Amer Airlines pres Albert V Casey announces that co will move its corp hq from midtown Manhattan to site at Dallas-Fort Worth Internatl Airport next yr; Mayor Koch terms move 'betrayal' of NYC (M)

Associated Press, TM New York Times

Boris and Natalya Kats receive USSR permission to emigrate with infant daughter Jessica, who suffers from congenital inability to digest normal food; seek US med treatment; family illus (M)

Moscow Clears Way for Parents To Take Their Sick Baby to U.S.

Carter Mourns Anthropologist

PBA assails recruitment drive by NYC Police Dept aimed at doubling strength of 4,000-member auxiliary force; charges dept is using auxiliaries to avoid rehiring fully trained officers; Deputy Comr William E Perry denies charge (S)

Auxiliary Police Recruiting Assailed

BEFORE Sister Parrish began using them a lot and Angelo Donghia covered an overstuffed armchair with one, the rag rug occupied relatively low rung on the ladder of livingroom status symbols. But that is not to say that these colorful pieceworks of castoff curtains and clothes haven't always had their admirers. They have. And Eve Olsan, Finnish weaver extraordinaire, now living and working in New York, is an ardent one.

The Riches of Rag Rugs

surveys by NYC Consumer Affairs Dept and NY Public Interest Research Group find about 1/2 of NYC and NYS pharmacists violate state's generic drug substitution law by failing to supply cheaper generic drug; drugstore illus; NYS Pharmaceutical Soc exec dir Sal J Rubino rejects findings; NYS Pharmacy Bd exec sec Albert J Sica repts noncompliance not so widespread; NYS Assembly com hearing set on law changes (M)

2 Studies Find Violations In New Generic Drug Act

Kahn suggests that Teamsters sign 1-yr pact with trucking cos instead of 3-yr pact (S)

Kahn Cautions On Depression

Article on recent, unseasonable rise in gasoline and heating oil prices (M)

Price Is Soaring For Heating Oil; Inventories Low

NY Times analysis of ct records shows that charges against 3 of every 4 teen-agers arrested in NYC under state's 2-mo-old stricter juvenile justice law have been dismissed or transferred from adult Criminal Ct to Family Ct; most of city's dist attys and their chief aides say it is too soon to evaluate impact of new law, especially whether it might be deterrent to violent crimes by juveniles; Legal Aid Soc official Leon B Polsky contends law is being used unfairly against youngsters whose cases are heard and possibly publicized in open ct before they are switched later to confidential Family Ct (M)

Analysis Shows 3 of 4 Youngsters Avoid Adult Court System

NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educ Fund Inc and SCLC are moving toward open courtroom fight over who should handle well-publicized Ala rape case involving retarded black Tommy Lee Hines, who has been sentenced to 30 yrs for raping white woman; Hines was defended at trial by NAACP atty Henry S Mims; SCLC and NAACP Legal Defense Fund hired lawyer U W Clemon to file motion for new trial on ground of 'ineffective assistance of counsel'; reaction to move by NAACP noted; case revd (M)

RIGHTS UNITS BATTLE OVER ALABAMA CASE

Dollar closes at 190.5 yen, highest level in 2 mos on Tokyo exch (S)

Japan Cuts Its Trade Surplus

article on Van Day Treux, who has been named Tiffany & Co design dir and div vp, replacing George O'Brien; Treux career; illus (M)

Van Truex: Designer And Catalyst

Boyce Rensberger article on Mead's pioneering career in anthropology; illus (M)

A Pioneer and an Innovator

Pres Carter decides tentatively to increase mil budget to nearly $124 billion for '79 in move designed to strengthen NATO and bolster Amer weaponry and equipment in Eur; decision buoys key defense officials; possible reasons for Carter's change of heart discussed (M)

WHITE HOUSE PLANS RISE TO $124 BILLION IN MILITARY BUDGET

Michael J DelGiudice sec to Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut, reptd almost certain to join Gov Carey adm in high-level post, probably as State Dir of Operations; plan, under consideration by Carey and his staff, hinges on naming of current operations dir, Thomas R Frey, to post of chief counsel to Gov; he would replace Judah Gribetz, who is expected to leave adm; pors of Robert J Morgado, Carey's chief of staff, and DelGiudice, Gribetz and Frey (M)

Steingut Aide Due for State Post

Officials and knowledgeable observers agree that despite 3 yrs of steady effort to match expenses with revenues, city's financial outlook remains as perilous as ever, with city facing cumulative deficit that Mayor Koch's office has said will reach $2.3 billion between now and '82; City Council Pres Carol Bellamy declares 'I don't see us making it unless something drastic occurs,' adding 'we need extraordinary remedies, and we don't have them in hand'; during adm of Mayor Abraham D Beame, city officials frequently put rosier picture on fiscal situation than facts warranted; this is not true of Koch adm; no one inside or outside City Hall now disagrees with conclusion that only way city will balance its books is by wholesale elimination of some functions that city govt now performs; comments on city's fiscal situation by Sidney Schwartz, NYS's special deputy comptroller, and Stephen Berger, former Emergency Financial Control Bd exec dir, noted (M)

New York Aides Fear Drastic Steps Are Necessary to Solve Budget Gap

FAA Chmn Longhorne Bond voices concern that airline indus deregulation may be undercut by scarcity of planes and lack of adequate airport facilities; says cities that own and operate airports might well become 'mini-CAB's' by allocating gates among airlines; says airlines holding leases should share gate space with others; Airport Operators Council Internatl exec vp J Donald Reilly suggests that carriers will be lining up to secure facilities at most airports in hub cities, such as NY, Chicago and Atlanta; Bond illus; airport terminal illus (M)

New Airlines vs. Lack of Space

Kip McKey Bouknight is an American professional baseball pitcher who most recently played with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Kip Bouknight, American baseball player

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Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, is a Turkish long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon.

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner

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Takashi Nagayama  is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Eiji Kikumaru in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya in "Rock Musical Bleach". During his run in Tenimyu, he garnered the nickname "Nagayan", which he is still referred to by fans and friends. He made his television debut in 1998 with the drama Change.

Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor

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Gary Andrew Naysmith is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is the manager of Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir.

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Carolina Moraes Parra is a guitarist and drummer for the Brazilian indie-electro band CSS. She joined CSS at the Tim Festival gig in 2004.

November 16, 1978

Headlines from November 16, 1978

189 Moslem Pilgrims Feared Dead In Charter Jet Crash in Sri Lanka

Chico, Calif.: The Fallout 17 Years Later

News Summary

Uniroyal Omits Payment Of Quarterly Dividends

CORRECTIONS

Billboard 200

52nd Street

Live And More

Double Vision

Living In The U.S.A.

Grease

Notable Births

Historical Context for November 16, 1978