March 21, 1979

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)

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)

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)

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)

correction on Mar 20 article

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)