Article assesses impact of token booth torching in which 2 clerks were killed, allegedly by 3 Broad Channel, NY, youths, on Broad Channel residents; St Virgilius parish pastor Rev Kiernan Martin comments; illus; map (M)

Token‐Booth Killings Echo in Broad Channel

Energy Adm accepts responsibility for eventual disposal outside NYS of huge deposits of highly radioactive nuclear waste at West Valley, NY, storage facility; Carey adm agrees in turn to accept additional amounts of nuclear waste produced by nuclear reactors around NYS for interim storage at West Valley until Fed Govt comes up with plan for eventual disposal; agreement was reached by Sec Schlesinger and James L Larocca, State Energy Comr; Sen Daniel Moynihan says he had assurances from Schlesinger on Fed takeover a yr and a half ago; Fed Budget Office must still approve plan, which could cost Fed Govt estimated $200 million to $1.1 billion and take 10 yrs; kinds of wastes stored at facility, which is owned by state and leased to Nuclear Fuel Services, noted; map; illus (M)

U.S. AND NEW YORK AGREE ON DISPOSING OF NUCLEAR WASTES

Atty Gen Griffin B Bell appts Paul J Curran as 'special counsel’ to investigate $7 million in loans to Pres Carter's family peanut business from Natl Bank of Ga, news conf; special counsel's powers fall far short of those of special prosecutor, and limitation comes under immediate attack by Repubs, Sen Howard H Baker Jr, Repr Daniel Lungren, Carter's spokesman Jody Powell and Asst Atty Gen Philip Heymann comment; illus (L)

Bell Names Former U.S. Attorney To Investigate Carter Peanut Loans

Govt has decided to use its growing oil wealth to finance huge expansion of nation's indus, giving less‐immediate priority to creation of much needed jobs; program detailed (M)

Mexico Oil Funds to Go To Industry

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Dispute between 78‐yr‐old Celia Goodman and landlord of rent‐controlled apt at 152 W 58th St, Manhattan, continues; Goodman returned to her apt after Judge Stanley P Danzig signed order vacating eviction order and settlement reached between Goodman and realty official Robert Kohn on Mar 5; landlord and his atty, however, appeared later with ct order from another judge, prohibiting her from occupying apt pending ct action; illus (M)

Woman, 78, Battles for Her Apartment

Carter Adm is considering new energy program that would combine phased lifting of price controls on domestic crude oil with accompanying tax at wellhead or on oil cos' profits; White House stategists debate whether tax revenues, which could run as high as $15 billion a yr, should be returned to consumer through some sort of rebate plan; critics of decontrol cite new Cong study suggesting that move would cost consumers $14 billion the 1st yr, increase gasoline prices by 4.7c a gal, raise inflation by half a percentage point and raise unemployment rate 2/3 of a percentage point; options being weighed by Adm noted; Hamilton Jordan, Carter's top pol aide, and Repr James C Wright Jr, who was at White House briefing for Cong leaders, comment (M)

CARTER CONSIDERING GRADUAL DECONTROL OF OIL AND NEW TAX

Eastman Kodak Co introduces 6 new cameras plus instant film that it says is twice as fast as its fastest film now on mkt; new cameras include 3 instant models, of which 2 are motorized, and 3 pocket‐size cameras with built‐in electronic flash; co also introduces separate flash attachment (S)

6 Cameras, Faster Film Introduced by Kodak

Commerce Dept repts US corp profits surged by 26% lost yr, fueled by yr‐end business boom that approached 7% growth rate in GNP; upward revision of earlier estimates of econ activity help explain high rates of price increases this Jan and Feb, mos in which retail sales, construction and indus activity slackened; new figures leave unanswered Carter Adm's concern of whether winter slowdown in econ activity will produce slower rates of inflation in spring; Carter econ adviser Alfred E Kahn says record level of profits before and after taxes strengthens widespread belief that many Amer businesses are not assuming their full responsibilities in inflation fight; economist Kenneth Goldstein, in endorsing Kahn's view, says most firms could probably live within Adm's price‐wage guidelines; other economists also comment; graphs on corp profits, '76 to '78, and GNP, '77 to '78 (L)

Companies' '78 Profits Up by 26%

IT would seem that since the beginning of time the world has been divided into the alliumphiles and the alliumphobes, those who love garlic and those who have a passionate dislike for it. It would also seem that garlic, more than any other herb, has through the ages been considered by many to be a miracle worker, a serious cureall for an extraordinary number of fevers, humors and other ills.

The Worldly Delights of Garlic

Thousands of US coll students attend opening of Expo Amer, merchandising and recruiting gambit to lest $10‐billion‐a‐yr coll mkt; event, being held in Daytona Beach, Fla, offers natl cos excellent platform to sell themselves and their products because of large number of students in area; described; illus (M)

Business and Youth: Embrace in the Sun

King Hussein of Jordan accuses US of ‘arm‐twisting’ to try to win support for Israeli‐Egyptian peace treaty; says pact could cause US relations with Jordan and other Arab nations to deteriorate; hopes to meet with Pres Carter soon; Jordanian officials say US natl security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski in recent meeting implied that there could be restrictions on arms aid if Jordan did not cooperate; Hussein illus (M)

Begin Says Israel Will Never Allow Palestinian State in Occupied Area

Tentative agreement is reached on most major disputed issues thot resulted in strike; Marcantonio Lacatena, pres of striking Council of NJ State Coll Locals, says it is likely strike will continue tomorrow, March 21, because there will be no time to ratify agreement if 1 is reached overnight; major stumbling block to settlement is removed when Gov Byrne's office announces that clauses on academic freedom and textbook selection will remain part of contract; while details of tentative agreement with affiliate of Amer Fed of Teachers are not made public, it is understood that total pkg will amount to more than $10 million, about $2 million more than state had 1st offered; William Paterson Coll spokesman Dennis Santillo comments; illus (M)

Accord Reached In Most Disputes In College Strike

BUSINESS Digest

Article on application of Fed wage and price guidelines to univs and colls notes that most univ financial officers feel they should not have much trouble complying with wage guidelines, although several colls officials complained that Faculty and staff salaries have lagged well behind inflation during past 5 yrs (S)

How Cornell Cot Price Relief

2‐yr study of 66 cities with populations from 50,000 to 900,000 shows surprising exceptions to commonly held belief that oldest cities are most troubled financially; finds signs of fiscal stress in some younger cities in booming South and West, and fiscally sound econ in some cities in troubled Northeast; study was conducted by Charles F Stamm of Touche Ross & Co and James M Howell of First Natl Bank of Boston; they note that many factors can influence fiscal performance of cities, from level of Fed and state aid received to mgt practices and munic commitment to particular levels of service delivery; study finds only 4 cities, Stamford, Hartford, Boston and Atlanta, showed evidence of serious fiscal stress; study could have impact on formulas for distribution of Fed aid to cities; other findings detailed; study was based on '75 data; charts showing local taxes per capita and operating expenses per capita in various cities (M)

Study Turns Up Surprises on Fiscal Shape of Cities

Drive for passage of ERA fails in key states of Okla, NC, Ill and is seen as doubtful in Fla; as result, outlook for final passage seen bleak; opponents plan ‘victory’ dinner in Washington; supporters plan to focus their energies on state legis races in '80 in hope of defeating enough opponents to shift balance of power their way; deadline for ratification by 38 states is June 30, '82; backers of ERA are confident that deadline extension will stand; Jane McMichael (Exec Dir of Natl Women's Political Caucus), Gene C Howard (Okla Sen Pres), and Repr John Monks comment (M)

Prospects for Equal Rights Plan Dim as Drive Fails in Key States

Article on rediscovery of faith healing in ‘mainline’ chs; faith healer Emily Gardiner Neal, who will appear at All Saints Ch, Park Slope, Bklyn, and St Peter's Lutheran Ch and Central Presb Ch, Manhattan, comments; program at All Saints Ch noted (L)

‘Mainline’ Churches Rediscover Healing

William McCollam Jr (Edison Elec Inst) urges Pres Carter to promote construction of coal‐fired and nuclear power plants (S)

New Hope For Sohio Oil Pipeline

Alcoa reduces size of aluminum price increases announced for Apr 2 in order to comply with last wk's revision of Fed anti‐inflation price guidelines; under revision, cos can no longer take half the price increases they are entitled to as of Apr 1, but must spread them out into at least 2 installments; Edward Dooley (Council on Wage and Price Stability) comments; graph of Alcoa's ingot prices Jan '67 to present (M)

Alcoa Price Rise Cut To Meet New Guide

News Summary

Article on Dr Konstantin Frank, pres of Vinifera Cellars, Hammondsport, NY, who embarked on career as wine‐grower after retiring at age 65; Frank, who will be 80 on July 4, was honored at birthday party given by NYS Commerce Dept for his contributions to wine indus; Frank illus (L)

At 80, Still Obsessed By a Grape

Repub leaders in HR endorse const amendment to require balanced Fed budget

PRESIDENT FIGHTING BUDGET CONVENTION

Illus of Jean Dubuffet sculpture La Chiffoniere that will be on exhibit in Central Pk for next 3 mos

March 21, 1979

Headlines from March 21, 1979

Token‐Booth Killings Echo in Broad Channel

U.S. AND NEW YORK AGREE ON DISPOSING OF NUCLEAR WASTES

Bell Names Former U.S. Attorney To Investigate Carter Peanut Loans

Mexico Oil Funds to Go To Industry

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Billboard 200

Spirits Having Flown

Minute By Minute

Dire Straits

Blondes Have More Fun

Love Tracks

Historical Context for March 21, 1979