February 25, 1979

Profile of and int with Lt Gov William A O'Neill; por (part I) (M)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 24 —Who said life with the Yankees would be dull this year? Apparently it won't be. not as long as George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin have each other to kick around.

Ken Sandler profile of and int with dance impresario James Nederlander; describes Nederlander as 'most important' ind impresario in US; illus (L)

JUDGED in terms of the power, range, novelty and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today. He is also a disturbingly divided intellectual. On the one hand there is a large body of revolutionary and highly technical linguistic scholarship, much of it too difficult for anyone but the professional linguist or philosopher; on the other, an equally substantial body of political writings, accessible to any literate person but often maddeningly simple‐minded. The “Chomsky problem” is to explain how these two fit together.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's national security adviser, caused a flap at the State Department a little more than a year ago when he diagnosed the skirmishing between Cambodia and Vietnam as a symptom of the deeper Sino‐Soviet strueele. He has been proven right, with a vengeance. Cambodia threatens to become Vietnam's Vietnam. And a Chinese invasion force of 200,000 to 300,000 men last week prompted a Soviet military airlift to Hanoi, widespread uneasiness over more direct Soviet intervention and faint (so far) rumblings along the Sino‐Soviet border.

Sea Cliff (NY), long considered 1-party town, finds itself with newly formed pol party and 1st woman mayoral candidate; Rosemary Arctander, who heads new Sound View Party, is challenging Francis W Deegan, candidate of 32-yr-old Civic Progress Party in Mar 20 election; incumbent Mayor Ivan Pouschine, who is retiring after three 2-yr terms, comments (part I) (M)

Article on renewed popularity of 2-family houses; reasons for increased demand listed; zoning problems discussed; illus (L)

former Repr Joshua Eilberg pleads guilty to charges that he illegally accepted money for helping Phila hosp obtain Fed grant; Judge Raymond Broderick sentences him to 5 yrs probation and $10,000 fine, bars him from seeking state or local office during probation period and orders him to contribute 6 hrs of community-service work each week; Eilberg is barred for life from holding Fed office; case recalled; Eilberg illus (M)

TORONTO. Feb 24 — For??fied like an enriched loaf of bread the Rangers beat a surprisingly mild‐mannered bunch of Toronto Maple Leafs tonight by 4‐2. Having heard report of Toron to's aggresion in recent games, the Rangers dressed Frank Beaton and Dean Turner. noted for their enforcement tactics in the minor Jeagues. It was their first National Hockey League appearance.

Article on Fed crackdown on investment scams involving forward contracts in gold and other precious metals that have bilked many investors; Commodity Futures Trading Comm suit against 5 bullion brokers noted; drawing (M)

The compositions of Stephen Sondheim, whose new musical “Sweeney Todd” opens Thursday at the Uris, with Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in the leading roles, have been praised as sophisticated, elegant, highly literate, imaginative and witty. They have also beendamned as too intricate for their own good, ambivalent in their attitudes and, above all, cold. Mr. Sondheim, some critics have said, is brilliant but lacks heart. He would rather play alienating musical games with his audience, these critics say, than send them out of the theater humming a good, old‐fashioned tune. If only Mr. Sondheim could hitch his lyrics to the melodies of a new‐found Richard Rodgers. If only he embraced sentiment instead of shrinking from it. If only he didn't insist on those plotless concept musicals. If only... .

The Chinese invasion of Vietnam has demonstrated to the world, and particularly to its three military powers — the United States, the Soviet Union and China itself — the appropriateness of the Duke of Wellington's dictum that for a great power there is no such thing as a small war.