December 28, 1978

FAA, in reaction to Sept 25 mid-air collision between Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner and Cessna over San Diego, proposes wide increase in flight areas in which all planes would be under strict radar control from ground; calls proposal most comprehensive set of air space regulations in history; moves to increase to 65 number of major airport areas having maximum control from radar facilities; agency Dir Langhorne Bond comments; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn pres John L Baker scores proposals as 'unnecessary' restrictions that will 'hobble' all air transportation; orgn official says campaign will be started to block implementation of new regulations; new proposals described (M)

Article on few jobs offered to skilled blue-collar workers as major corp hq move to Fairfield and mfg divs move out; soc and econ reasons for trend against mfg discussed; employment prospects for blue-collar workers noted; chart; drawing (L)

crisis reaches decisive stage after day of wild shooting and lawlessness in Teheran and strike that shuts down oil indus; Natl Iranian Oil Co pres Abdullah Entezam says oil rationing will go into effect Dec 29; illus; graphs indicate Iran's dwindling oil output (M)

Western Elec repts it will raise prices avg of 2.1%, effective Jan 1, on telecommunications products it makes; latest increases will bring additional revenues in '79 of some $123 million on expected product sales to Bell System operating cos of $6.1 billion (S)

Ruth Fitzgibbons article on Oriental, particularly Japanese, influence on minimalist designers; designers Cleo Nichols, Bob Patino, Vincent Wolf and Ronald Oates and dealer Ichiro Ohta comment; illus (M)