March 9, 1979

This is a weekend for dance novelties, with Bat‐Dor, the Israeli modern dance company, leading the list. New York will have its first full view of the company on Saturday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Parents of Cynthia Feliccea, 6‐mo‐old baby who died in Feb in heatless house in Queens and was found to have been malnourished and maltreated, have been indicted for criminally negligent homicide (M)

NYS Sup Ct Appellate Div, 4‐1, says dissident stockholders suit charging Henry Ford 2d with misuse of co funds should be brought in Mich instead of NY; atty Roy Cohn will appeal decision (S)

Article on lag in enforcement of NYC air pollution code; problems were exacerbated by suspension of 19 of 33 inspectors last Aug after investigation uncovered 'systematic and pervasive misconduct’ by agents who falsified records, abandoned their rounds and used city cars for personal errands; Mayor Koch says fiscal '80 budget will contain no funds for Air Resources; negotiations are under way with Albany for state takeover of some of functions, including air‐quality monitoring, environmental impact projections and taxi emission inspections; Jerry Ross, dir of air enforcement, comments; illus (M)

Wholesale prices rose 1 percent in February, the second consecutive month of sharp increases, throwing doubt on the progress of the Government's anti‐inflation program. The Administration said that it would step up its policing of prices and threatened to identify companies not obeying the voluntary guidelines. [Page A1.]