Pres Carter, on controversy over presence of Soviet-built mil jets in Cuba, says Russians have assured US they did not violate and will not violate '62 Cuban missile-crisis agreement that barred offensive weapons in Cuba, news conf; adds US has no evidence of nuclear weapons in Cuba (S)

CARTER IS TROUBLED BY MIDEAST DELAYS; SADAT AIDE ARRIVES

ICC approves proposal that it ease restrictions on new carriers and promote wider access (M)

I.C.C. Votes To Relax Truck Rule

25-member blue-ribbon comm, set up to devise new method of school financing in state, approves program which is expected to provide framework for legis action; plan will require state to nearly double its educ spending by raising $38 million a yr in new revenues for each of next 5 yrs; could bring corresponding $190-million decrease in local taxes, which now acct for more than 70% of educ spending; proposal would mandate minimum levels of spending for each student (S)

Tax Shift to Aid Schools Sought For Connecticut

Raymond Ericson lists variety of chamber music concerts being given in NYC weekend of Dec 1 (L)

Chamber Music Finds Home All Over Town

Foreign Min Botha reptdly feels article in NY Times on Crossroads squatters camp had been timed to embarrass him as he began negotiations with UN Sec Waldheim on SW Africa (S)

South Africans Halt Demolition Of Black Camp

J Russell revs new Egyptology exhibit, spanning 18th to 29th dynasties, at Met Museum of Art, NYC; illus (M)

Met Unwraps Egyptian Riches In New Setting

Pres Carter says he does not expect either recession or depression in '79 but acknowledges recent forecasts by private economists that econ growth rate might fall below 3%, news conf; says he is willing to risk being one-term Pres, if it comes to that, rather than water down his anti-inflation campaign; also says his wage-price guidelines have not been modified at all but that there is room for some flexibility in their implementation; notes vetoing '78 tax-cut bill might have helped control inflation slightly but would have added tremendous additional tax burden on public and greatly restrained econ growth; Carter illus (M)

PRESIDENT CONCEDES GROWTH RATE IN '79 MAY NOT REACH 3%

Article on establishment of Eur Monetary System by Western Eur nations in quest for unity and independence from US; aim is to narrow fluctuation of Eur currencies against each other; backers of system believe its success will speed Eur recovery from worldwide recession while setting member nations on path to pol unity; diplomatic observers concede effort reflects growing conviction on part of W Ger Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and other continental leaders that Eur must begin protecting itself against econ instability caused by declining dollar; workings of system described; drawing (M)

West Europeans Far‐Reaching Money Bloc

A few years ago, a talent scout for the North Shore Community Arts Center in Great Neck, L.I., heard a young performer in the Berkshires and decided to book her for a concert. This was one of the first local appearances by Elizabeth Swados, before she went on to acclaim for her work with Andrei Serban and awards for her own hit show, &#8220;Runaways.&#8221; Miss Swados hasn't forgotten her friends in Great Neck, though, and she will perform again tonight and tomorrow at 9 P.M. At the Arts Center, 236 Middleneck Road. Her show includes a preview of. her new musical, &#8220;Alice in Wonderland.&#8221; Tickets are $7.50. Reservations: (516) 4663636. From New York City, take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 33 and go north about four miles.

WEEKENDER GUIDE

Stanford R Ovshinsky, pros of Energy Conversion Devices, announces development of solar cell that he says can convert at least 10% of sunlight that strikes it into elec and ultimately perhaps much more; says device could be ready for residential roofs within 5 yrs, and could provide elec for 20 yrs at amortized cost of about 5c a kw hr; says no further breakthrough is needed; scientific community cautiously concedes that important step has been made; Ovshinsky's work with amorphous semiconductor material revd; his illus; illus of ovonic amorphous solar cell (M)

Cheaper Solar Energy Proclaimed by Inventor

News Summary

Leading chain stores rept sales increases ranging from 9.2% to 21% for Nov above yr ago level; big exception is Sears, which had 6.4% decline in sales (M)

Chain Store Sales Gain; Sears Off

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30 &#8212; The State Department received explicit warnings for more than a year that the lives of American citizens were in jeopardy at the People's Temple commune in Guyana and that the Guyanese Government had been corrupted by the Rev. Jim Jones, according to two lawyers.

STATE DEPT. CALLED LAX ON MASS DEATHS

Justice Dept discloses that FBI and Secret Service have been enlisted to prevent violence in US in aftermath of mass deaths in Guyana; Pres Carter warns against overreaction to Jonestown tragedy, news conf; says it is 'unconst for Govt to investigate or to issue laws against any group, no matter how much they might depart from normal custom, which is based on religious beliefs'; Asst Atty Gen Philip B Heymann says Justice Dept is seriously weighing repts that a 'hit list' exists; Guyanese Govt requests autopsies be performed on bodies of Rev Jim Jones and his mistress Maria Katsaris; illus of Heymann and Terrence Adamson, member of Justice Dept's public relations team (M)

U.S. Moves to Avert Any Violence Stemming From Deaths in Guyana

82 children picked from City Ballet-affiliated School of Amer Ballet to perform in 'The Nutcracker'; illus of children rehearsing (M)

Holiday Tradition and Then Some

correction of earlier story on sales of mil equipment to foreign nations; sales totaled $13.8 billion in '78

WELCOME FOR NIXON AT OXFORD IS WARM

The nation's growth rate may fall below the 3 percent predicted earlier by Administration officials, President Carter&#8208;said. But noted that he did not expect either a recession or depression next year. The President's remarks were taken as his first acknowledgment that recent forecasts by private economists might be closer to the mark than those of his top advisers. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS

Nathan Giles shot and wounded by police following high-speed auto chase through lower Manhattan that began with minor traffic violation and ended in wild gun battle; is reptd in satisfactory condition with bullet wound in his back; had commandeered car driven by NY Times mailer Gerald M Smith and forced Smith to drive him for 2 hrs throughout city; Smith describes ride, chase by police, being mistakenly accused of minor traffic violation and also of being accomplice of Giles; police announce that pistol being carried by Giles has been linked to slayings of Willa Solomon Nov 6 and Cindy Pintos Oct 5; Police Comr Robert J McGuire praises action by officers participating in arrest; illus; map (L)

Suspect in the Murder Of Nurse Is Captured After Street Shootout

NYC Taxi and Limousine Comm is holding public hearings on proposal that would permit taxi owners to lease their cabs; Comr Jay Turoff supports plan but Taxi Drivers Union spokesman Ben Goldberg opposes it; illus (M)

City Studies Leasing of Cabs to Drivers

Roger Straus Jr, pres of Fanar Straus & Giroux, int on co and book publishing indus; illus

A Success Story At Farrar, Straus

Times of London suspends publication in dispute with unions; paper's mgt announces until all 65 bargaining units accept new production technology and agree to reductions in mgt, paper will not reappear; is also halting publication of Sunday Times and Times Literary, Educ and Higher Educ Supplements; Times managing dir Marmaduke J Hussey says chances of permanent shutdown are extremely remote; Natl Graphical Assn has refused to bargain because Times Newspapers issued ultimatum in April that it would shut down on Nov 30 unless its conditions were met; Kenneth R Thomson, head of owning co, Internatl Thomson Orgn, says he hopes shutdown will be for minimum time; illus of front page of last issue (M)

Times of London Halts Publication Amid Bitter Disputes With Unions

Allegheny Ludlum pres Richard P Simmons and USWA pres Lloyd McBride urge extension of import quotas on specialty steels; charge that new productive capacity abroad is being built with wide variety of govt assistance and that if quotas are lifted, unemployment in specialty steel segment of indus could rise from practically zero to 45%; assert that import restraints have improved profitability of indus and helped it increase efficiency and hold down prices, thus contributing to nation's anti-inflationary efforts; Sir Roy Denman of EEC's Exec Council warns that extension of quota could further complicate and retard talks aimed at liberalizing world trade (M)

U.S. Urged To Extend Steel Curbs

NYC police recover vials containing plankton stolen from car rented by Dr Christopher Hemleben of Geologisches Inst, Tubingen, W Ger, during trip to city (S)

Plankton Found; Scientist Sought

Davereaux Wiggins, accused of hurling airline stewardess Anne Picyk in front of onrushing subway train last July after attempted mugging, is sentenced to 4 to 12 yrs in prison after pleading guilty to robbery charge; charge of attempted murder is dropped and sentence is half maximum that could have been imposed (M)

Mugger Is Given Four to 12 Years In Assault Case

Chinese authorities reptdly have ordered people in Peking to stop putting up wall posters critical of Chmn Hua and have told them not to join in inflamatory demonstrations calling for democracy; diplomats in Peking say that these instructions were broadcast over closed-circuit communications network (M)

Peking Reportedly Orders a Halt To Rallies and Anti‐Hua Posters

Mathew William Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, and based in Nashville, Tennessee. So far, he has a total of five top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart.

December 1, 1978

Headlines from December 1, 1978

CARTER IS TROUBLED BY MIDEAST DELAYS; SADAT AIDE ARRIVES

I.C.C. Votes To Relax Truck Rule

Tax Shift to Aid Schools Sought For Connecticut

Chamber Music Finds Home All Over Town

South Africans Halt Demolition Of Black Camp

Billboard 200

52nd Street

Live And More

A Wild And Crazy Guy

Double Vision

Grease

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 1, 1978