NYS officials reptdly warn Arthur C Logan Hosp must be closed because it is nearly $20-million in debt; Harlem inst is only black-operated voluntary hosp in NYC; NYC and Fed Govt also seek closing (M)

Officials Predict Logan Hospital Must Close Soon

NYC Comptroller Harrison J Goldin says Police Dept's 911 emergency number system is being plagued and dept's manpower wasted by overwhelming number of false alarms triggered by malfunctioning bank or holdup devices, news conf; says 97% of up to 17,000 alarms recd daily are false (M)

Goldin Says Automatic Holdup Alarms Tie Up 911 Emergency Number

WHEN Yale University asked me to participate in its lecturer series this past term, I agreed in part because I thought the association might help redeem my undistinguished, indeed embarrassing, record as an un-

Teaching Was Easy, But the Grading Hurt

Japanese prosecutors announce 'full-scale criminal investigation' into sales activities by Grumman and McDonnell following press repts of alleged misdeeds by cos; both deny any wrongdoing; Japanese officials say they are following same methods used in obtaining information during Lockheed scandal (M)

Japanese Investigate Plane Sales

Amer Express Co offers to pay $830 million in cash for McGraw-Hill; McGraw-Hill indicates it will fight proposal; McGraw chmn Harold W McGraw Jr says co has hired Morgan Stanley & Co to act as its financial adviser; Amer Express says it proposed making McGraw-Hill a subsidiary to be operated by existing mgt; Amer Express has retained Lazard Freres & Co to work on deal with Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co; pors of Amer Express chmn James D Robinson 3d and Harold McGraw (M)

$830 Million in Cash Bid for McGraw‐Hill By American Express

Fighting reptdly continues throughout much of area held by Vietnamese forces, but it involves rear-guard actions that cannot reverse Vietnamese advance; heavy Vietnamese air raids continue, analysts believe Vietnam will not push forces near Thai border; diplomatic experts say chances of successful guerrilla war against Vietnamese will be sharply reduced if Pol Pot is in China; long history of animosity between Cambodians and their neighbors traced; illus of new leaders Heng Samrin and Chea Sim; map (M)

Cambodia Fighting Said to Persist, But Hanoi's Victory Seems Secure

FTC and HEW, in effort to save consumers as much as $400 million a yr on prescription drugs, promote use of cheaper generic drugs; major action includes publication by FDA of compendium of 2,400 prescription drugs listed by their generic names that agency considers to be med equivalents of brand-name products; lawsuits are being filed seeking to ban widespread publication of such lists, and prolonged legal challenge by pharmaceutical indus appears certain; HEW Sec Califano por (M)

U.S. AGENCIES BACK GENERIC DRUGS' USE IN BID TO CUT COSTS

US Postal Service says it will 'reconsider' moving if Koch adm could find alternative space in city at right price (M)

Postal Service Is Reconsidering Move From City

Deputy Prime Min Deng Xiaoping says that China has not asked to buy Amer weapons and knows that Washington opposes such sales (S)

PEKING SAYS TAIWAN CAN KEEP AUTONOMY UNDER UNIFICATION

NYC School Chancellor Frank J Macchiarola announces new citywide reading examination to diagnose acad deficiencies of ps children in grades 2 through 8 (M)

600,000. of New York City's Pupils Will Get New Reading‐Ability Test

American Express offered to acquire McGraw&#8208;Hill for $34 a share, or $830 million in cash or securities, in one of the largest corporate takeover proposals on record. McGraw&#8208;Hill said its initial reaction was &#8220;negative&#8221; and urged stockholders to take no action until the company's board had considered the offer. The offering price represented a substantial premium over the publishing company's most recent market price of $26 a share on Monday. [Pages A1, D16.]

BUSINESS Digest

Sec Schlesinger, signaling major shift in energy policy, says that US will emphasize increased indus consumption of natural gas, instead of coal, to reduce oil imports, address to Natl Assn of Petroleum Investment Analysts and Oil Analysts Group of NY; cites big gas surplus; analysts are skeptical (M)

Schlesinger Urges Shift To Gas Use

Coal indus observers say indus is in slump because of lackluster demand for coal from utilities, steel cos and indus in gen; production, although expected to be higher than last yr's strike-hampered output, is rapidly falling behind pace desired by Govt energy officials; illus (M)

Coal Industry in a Slump As Utilities' Growth Lags

Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham says she will relinquish control of paper to her son Donald; Post editors say they do not expect change of command to alter basic direction of newspaper, which will remain under control of Graham family; Mrs Graham will remain as bd chmn and chief exec officer; her por (M)

Katharine Graham to Step Aside As Publisher of Washington Post

Carey agrees to resubmit apptmts; Sen agrees to rev them promptly, and both sides insist that their original actions were correct (M)

CAREY TO RESUBMIT 68 ‘RECESS’ CHOICES

Sup Ct, 8-1, rules that once judge has made specific findings against co in SEC suit, those adverse findings are binding against co in any later suits brought by private shareholders, Parklane Hosiery case; ruling is expected to spur cos to seek out-of-ct settlements with SEC, other agencies to preserve their right to defend selves against subsequent private suits Parklane case detailed; Assoc Justice Potter Stewart majority opinion and Justice William H Rehnquist dissent cited (M)

High Court Bolsters Agencies

Byrne Urges Additional Aid Be Provided to Assist Cities

Article on transformation of Pemex from inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy to modern co well able to manage nation's growing oil resources; Jorge Diaz Serrano, dir gen, comments; graph of Mex oil production and proven reserves, '75-79; illus (M)

Pemex Rises to the Challenge

IN the last few months there have been a number of new food shops of more than routine interest opening in the city, as well as a few expansions of well&#8208;established shops. In fairness, it must be stated that most of these new additions are still in the shakedown stage.

Butcher, Baker, Chocolate‐Maker

Will be moving corp hq to 15-story office bldg in new Stamford Town Center; Singer will occupy bldg for about 1 yr until its own 15-story hq bldg is built next door (S)

Stamford Begins Final Phase of Renewal Effort

News Summary

Shah of Iran will reptdly turn over royal family's private holdings to foundation (S)

Iran's New Leaders Immobilized By Opposition in Most Quarters

Article on establishment of US-Chinese relations possibly freeing almost $200 million in Amer corp assets that were frozen in China since '49 (M)

Thaw in China‐U.S. Ties May Unfreeze '49 Assets

An article in Metropolitan Report yesterday said the Supreme Court in Washington had turned back challenges to a New York City law providing life imprisonment for the sale or possession of small amounts of hard drugs. It is a New York State law.

CORRECTION

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January 10, 1979

Headlines from January 10, 1979

Officials Predict Logan Hospital Must Close Soon

Goldin Says Automatic Holdup Alarms Tie Up 911 Emergency Number

Teaching Was Easy, But the Grading Hurt

Japanese Investigate Plane Sales

$830 Million in Cash Bid for McGraw‐Hill By American Express

Billboard 200

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits; Volume 2

A Wild And Crazy Guy

52nd Street

C'est Chic

Briefcase Full of Blues (Soundtrack)

Notable Births

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