Illus of hovercraft, which recently reopened ferry service between Hong Kong and Canton which was halted in '49; map

China Reopens Another Doorway

The hard&#8208;selling of President Carter's anti&#8208;inflation policy began in earnest last week, with the White House prophesying depression around the corner if the program's wage&#8208;price guidelines are not adhered to.

Inflation Saga: Great Exhortations

Affluent new soc, arising out of migration from North and East, has emerged in West Side of Houston; people are characterized as energetic and confident high-earners, ethnically diverse and sophisticated in outlook; are largely conservative Repubs with sprinkling of moderates and liberals who seem to be able to meet on middle ground; ints with residents; illus (L)

West Houston: A Hybrid Culture

Big Green Captures Ivy Title

JERUSALEM &#8212; Before the 1973 war, Israel was minor arms merchant with sales averaging $60 million year in a market dominated by the United States, the Soviet Union, France and Britain. Since then, Israel's military merchandise for sale has increased by at least six times, with sales this year estimated at $400 million.

Israel Arms Sales, a ‘Necessary Evil’

DURING the newspaper strike, those train commuters who. are compulsive readers had to fall back on books. Not being in the habit, many of them went to their local libraries and bookstores and picked up the first thing that came: to hand. The results were interesting.

Encountering Angst on the 8:28

Widely varying moves by NYC banks to cope with changing consumer banking mkt detailed; Chase Manhattan and Mfrs Hanover stress big-money clients, while Citibank and Chem Bank still seek small depositors; high cost and relatively low profitability of consumer business discussed; bank officials comment; table; illus (L)

Whither the Small Depositor?

To persons wishing&#8217; to have their special&#8208;interest programs, concerns, advertising, ideologies and candidacies disseminated through television, the medium is becoming increasingly frustrating. Some major program suppliers in Hollywood, as well as independent producers, argue that with only three commercial networks, the marketplace is too restricted, and that public television, with its limited financial resources, does little to expand the field. Interest grotips complain that there is a lack of genuine diversity of viewpoints and that extreme and perhaps unpopular viewpoints rarely get an airing. Political figures, particularly minorparty candidates, contend there Is seldom a sufficient forum afforded them. And members of the general public, in letters and telephone calls to stations, often cite the lack of opportunity to &#8220;talk back&#8221; and have their opinions

Should More People Have a Voice in TV?

Gaza Schedule Delays Accord

article on possibility of new bloodshed if Somoza does not resign as demanded by opposition forces; situation revd; drawing (L)

Taking Aim

At the height of the Vietnam War, workers in some West Coast defense plants sported lapel buttons that read, &#8220;Don't Bite the War that Feeds You.&#8221; Today, in Groton, Conn., a town dominated by the shipbuilding activities of a General Dynamics subsidiary, children wear T&#8208;shirts boasting: &#8220;My Dad Builds Tridents.&#8221;

Guns Over Butter Equals Inflation

To paraphrase an old Chinese saying, the path to an Olympic gold medal in basketball starts with a single dribble.

Tie Rutgers Men; U.S. Women Win

LONG ISLANDERS are worried about the future of their communities; overwhelmingly want tax relief and would welcome innovations such as casino gambling that niight bring new revenue to the areas, a New York Times suburban poll shows. At the same time, the poll shows them to be,apposed, 2 to 1, to construction of additional nuclear power plants.

Casino Gambling Is Favored in Poll

The specialists have tried dieting, massage, facelift and even large transfusions of money to prevent New York City's financial ailments from getting worse. Now they are shaking their heads and preparing the patient for radical surgery.

The Fiscal Dragon Demands Sacrifice

Repr Leo J Ryan and several members of NBC TV crew are shot and believed dead while in Guyana on investigative visit to commune of People's Temple, founded by Jim Jones; State Dept spokesman Tom Reston says incident occurred when Ryan party attempted to leave Fort Kaituma aboard 2 planes with about 9 persons who had apparently sought to leave commune; shooting was apparently work of some commune members; newsmen in party include Don Harris, Steve Song, Robert Flick and Robert Brown (NBC), Charles Krause (Washington Post), Ron Javers (San Francisco Chronicle), Gregory Robinson and James Reiterman (San Francisco Examiner) (M)

Coast Congressman Believed Slain Investigating Commune in Guyana

UNIONDALE, L.I., Nov. 18 &#8212; The New York Islanders manhandled and outsmarted the Philadelphia Flyers, 82, tonight in a National Hockey League game at Nassau Coliseum.

Islanders Turn Back Flyers, 8‐2

NYC Educ Chancellor Frank J Macchiarola ousts Munay Hart as head of school system's immunization program and orders probe in wake of audit finding that immunization records are missing for over 40% of newly admitted children in some dists; Health Dept to audit all immunization records; bd unsure whether fault lies with vaccination program or sloppy record-keeping (M)

School Inoculation Data Missing; Director of City Program Ousted

To Clean Up Industrial Miasma

Penn State in Sugar Bowl; Oklahoma Goes to Orange

I fully believed I would fall in love with the Soviet Union. I was going to ignore politics, polemics and propaganda for a month; ignore the myriad warnings issued by family and friends; and do just what Intourist, the official Soviet travel bureau said it encouraged: drive through the country in my own car, camping. An easy matter, as long as I planned the entire route and booked each night two months in advance through Intourist. I fully believed that by avoiding the typical hotel-and-bus routine, I would be able to meet the Soviet people on their own ground, and be able to learn about them and have them learn about me. fully believed all of this.

Setting up Camp in the Soviet Union

WESTCHESTER residents are demanding but more interested in their communities and their neighhors than those in other suburbs. They are better educated than most, better represented in the highest income brackets but a bit uncertain, nevertheless, about their future. They are angrier than anyone about taxes but surprisingly confident in their commuter railroads, and quite pleased, apparently, with county government, especially when compared with their view of local government. They like New York City and use it.

Suburban Poll: Ties That Bind

Johnson, Diane: Lying Low revd by Robert Towers; Johnson por (L)

Four Days of Four Lives

Gray Areas, in the Blue Law

County Contemplates a New Yardstick for Taxes

THEY voted it in last year, but now that New Jersey has an operating casino, with more on the way, the people of the state say they are not all that Interested in gambling.

On the Mind of the Public: Casinos and Carcinogens

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November 19, 1978

Headlines from November 19, 1978

China Reopens Another Doorway

Inflation Saga: Great Exhortations

West Houston: A Hybrid Culture

Big Green Captures Ivy Title

Israel Arms Sales, a ‘Necessary Evil’

Billboard 200

52nd Street

Live And More

Double Vision

Living In The U.S.A.

Grease

Notable Births

Historical Context for November 19, 1978