Article on how home video recorders have begun to change way in which many Amers live; about 800,000 video recorders have been sold in US; many people are finding more personal uses for machines, which record and play back TV programs; many corps use machines to train employees and record confs; some owners of video recorders comment (M)

Video Recorders Changing Daily Habits

Nigeria posts $4‐a‐bbl surcharge on oil prices, same surcharge announced earlier by Libya and Nigeria; further upward pressure on price seen; Iran and Iraq are said to be demanding $1.40 a bbl above OPEC base price (M)

NIGERIA JOINS MOVE FOR A $4 SURCHARGE ABOVE 9% OIL RISE

Defense Dept, after wks of official silence, says it will ‘deactivate’ Fort Dix, eliminating 3,200 civilian and mil jobs there (S)

Fort Dix to Close

Veeder Root Co is flourishing now that gasoline prices in US are expected to top $ 1 a gal; is only US mfr of computer that permits gasoline pumps to register prices from $ 1 to $1.999 a gal; Olaf T Olsen, Veeder Root vp, and Charles Delissio, mgr of Bevic Co, distributor of devices in Conn, comment; illus (M)

Some Gas Pumps Add Up

NY Times/CBS News Poll indicates that public approval of Pres Carter improved because of his success in negotiating peace treaty, reflects strong approval for performances of Begin and Sadat; graph (M)

Carter Gains in Poll After Treaty, But His Rating on Economy Falls

ONE day this March, when everybody else I knew was sorting through canceled checks and feeling frail about their capacity to follow through on their commitments, my 7&#8208;year&#8208;old son bounded lightly into the front seat of the car after school and whispered into my ear &#8220;Guess what) I just got married.&#8221;

A 7‐Year‐Old Groom Gets Cold Feet

Comr McGuire transfers Capt Mario A Selvaggi, commanding officer of Manhattan's 19th Pct, after 17 officers there had been found neglecting their duties (M)

McGuire Warns All in Command By Punishing 3

Comment on Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus parade down 33d St to Madison Sq Garden; illus (M)

The Circus Moves In on Elephants' Feet

Bank of Montreal abandons plans to acquire 89 Bankers Trust branches; banks cite inability to agree on terms, joint statement; investment banking sources speculate that Mulholland comments at recent news conf soured deal; comments noted; Bankers Trust says it still plans to sell most NY met area branches; chmn Alfred Brittain 3d stresses bank will concentrate on developing wholesale, rather than consumer, business; Bank of Montreal exec vp Donald Payne comments (M)

Bankers Trust Sale Called Off

US Commerce Dept repts nation's trado deficit declined to just under $1.3 billion in Feb '79 — loss than half $3.1 billion deficit in Jan and lowest in 21 mos; cites decline in oil imports resulting from political turmoil in Iran; repts exports increased during mo by 2.9% to record $13.5 billion, while imports declined by 8% to $14.8 billion; graph (M)

U.S. Trade Deficit Cut Sharply

A move to impose substantial surcharges on top of the oil price increase of 9 percent announced by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries began spreading through the cartel. Nigeria joined Algeria and Libya in posting surcharges near $4 a barrel addition to the increase of $1.20 a barrel announced at the OPEC meeting in Geneva, according to industry sources. The new surcharges increase the chances that another round of unofficial price rises will spread through OPEC, setting off another series of energy price increases at the consumer level. [Page Al.]

BUSINESS Digest

Lilco says OPEC price increase of last Jan will mean $3‐a‐mo increase in its elec bills by July (S)

Gasoline in New York and Jersey May Rise by 5 to 7 Cents a Gallon

illus of swearing‐in ceremony for Judges Thorpe, Fogarty and Corrado

New Judges Sworn In at City Hall

ARNOLD KAPLAN consulted with Elan on every piece of furniture. David Watson wanted to be sure there was a separate room for Sarah. Jack Nessel renovated his diminutive duplex with Jennifer in mind. C. Ray Smith worked out an ingenious storage solution for Nino's pdraphernalia.

Life With Father: A Child's Weekend Room

Accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant near Harrisburg, Pa, releases above‐normal levels of radiation into atmosphere on Mar 28; exact cause of accident is not yet known; radioactive material, which was released with steam that had to be vented to prevent dangerous buildup of pressure in reactor chamber, is said to pose no threat to people of area, major amounts were released into bldg housing reactor, but workers are not believed to have been endangered; there is some concern about long‐range effects of radiation releases, particularly release of radioactive iodine; Jack G Herbein, vp of Metropolitan Edison Co, one of number of utilities that own plant, Lt Gov William Scranton 3d and Sen Gary Hart comment; map; illus (M)

Radiation Is Released in Accident At Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania

Eur auto mfrs plan to sell medium‐duty trucks in US; predict that their trucks, with fuel‐efficient diesel engines, will sell as well as Japanese lightweight trucks have in US mkt; US medium — and heavy‐duty truck mkt grossed about $7 billion in '78 on sales of 167,077 medium‐duty trucks and 202,640 heavy‐duty trucks; Mercedes Benz is constructing truck assembly plant in Hampton, Va; Mack Trucks has sold 20% of its stock to Renault of France; MAN of W Ger has disclosed plans to acquire White Motor Corp; Ford Motor Co exec Charles Hohnbaum and some investment analysts comment; drawing (M)

Foreigners Invade U.S. Truck Market

Prime Min James Callaghan's Labor Party Govt is turned out of office by margin of just 1 vote in Parliament, on motion of no confidence; vote, 311‐310, is 1st time in 55 yrs that Brit Govt has been defeated on confidence vote; Callaghan says he will see Queen Elizabeth and recommend that she call for new Parliamentary election; immediate crisis that brought down Callaghan grew out of difficult question of devolution, or limited home rule, for Scotland and Wales; Scottish Nationalists, after inconclusive referendum Mar 1 on issue, became disenchanted with what they saw as Callaghan's inadequate support of their cause and they withdrew their backing from him, giving Conservatives opportunity to make pol gain; latest public opinion polls show Conservatives, led by Margaret Thatcher, 13 percentage points ahead of Labor, which suggests solid Conservative victory, with Thatcher becoming GB's 1st woman Prime Min; Thatcher and Callaghan comment; their pors (L)

LABOR GOVERNMENT IS OUSTED IN BRITAIN BY VOTE1N COMMONS

Bel‐Fran Investments Ltd, family holding co of Samuel Belzberg and his bros, William and Hyman, repts to SEC it has bought 5.1% interest in Bache Group Inc; Belzbergs say they do not currently seek control of co, but will weigh move in future; holdings of Bache insiders total 30%; breakdown; co's finances revd (M)

Belzberg of Canada Buys 5.1% of Bache Group Inc.

Arab League meeting in Baghdad is adjourned because ministers cannot agree on steps to take against Egypt and US for signing Middle East peace treaty; Syria, Libya and PLO walk out in protest; Saudi Arabia refuses to go beyond minimum sanctions against Egypt approved at meeting in Nov; Jordan recalls its Amb to Egypt but docs not break off relations; Oman boycotts conf; supports treaty because it provides for return of Sinai to Egypt; PLO chmn Yasir Arafat proposes suspension of oil deliveries to US and Egypt and econ boycott of US; Iraq proposes meeting of Arab leaders to consider such demands; Arafat illus (M)

ARABS, DEEPLY SPLIT, BAR STRONGER STEPS AGAINST U.S., EGYPT

Fed Dist Judge Thomas C Platt Jr, who presided over more than 2 1/2 yrs of complex hearings on '74 collapse of Franklin Natl Bank, disqualifies self from proceedings after making Michele Sindona butt of joke he told in open ct in Oct; is replaced by Judge Jack B Weinstein, who must start proceedings from beginning; high cost of restarting proceedings noted; Sindona is key figure in at least 12 civil lawsuits that were consolidated into 1 case; his atty, John J Kirby Jr, charged joke showed prejudice to Sindona, lr to Platt; Platt apologized to Kirby; denies he disqualifies self because of joke; notes his son Tim, law student, took job with law firm involved in case; Ernst & Ernst, auditors for Franklin, unsuccessfully appeal disqualification; Platt por (M)

Judge Out In Sindona Bank Suit

review; illus of designs by Fendi and Miyake (M)

Fendi Furs Dazzle Milan

Pros Sadat opposes US assurances to Israel of US action in event Egypt violates peace treaty; says US‐Israeli agreement could be construed as ‘eventual alliance’ against Egypt; Sec of State Vance and Prime Min Mustafa Khalil discuss issue; State Dept says Egypt refused similar assurances; says memorandum, which promises that US will consult with Israel and consider increased mil presence in Middle East if Egypt violates treaty, is not defense treaty or firm security guarantee; says memorandum is similar to US commitments to Israel made by then Sec of State Kissinger in '75 at time of 2d Sinai disengagement pact; Sadat lauds Israel's promises to improve pol conditions on West Bank and in Gaza Strip; predicts that Syrian Pres Hafez al‐Assad will fall from power in '79; warns Col Muammar el‐Qaddafi against mil action along Libya's border with Egypt; urges Palestinians to open diplomatic contacts with US; State Dept makes public 2d memorandum that contains US pledge to sell Israel oil until Sept 1 '90, if it cannot purchase oil through normal internatl petroleum mkts (M)

Sadat Objects to U.S. Assurances To Israelis on Treaty Violations

News Summary

NYC Mayor Koch replaces 2 members of Rent Guidelines Bd because they do not meet NYC residency requirement; Norman Samnick and Dr Joseph McMurray Jr, residents of Long Island, have been replaced by Carolyn J Odell and Scott E Mollen; move comes 1 wk before bd is scheduled to meet to decide maximum rent increases in rent‐stabilized apts; announcement causes much criticism and speculation by tenants and property owners regarding reasons and timing for move; Housing Preservation and Development Dept Comr Nathan Leventhal comments (L)

2 Rent Aides Ousted on Residency Rule

Ted Kanell named pres, succeeding Richard Cherwin (S)

EXECUTIVE CHANGES

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March 29, 1979

Headlines from March 29, 1979

Video Recorders Changing Daily Habits

NIGERIA JOINS MOVE FOR A $4 SURCHARGE ABOVE 9% OIL RISE

Fort Dix to Close

Some Gas Pumps Add Up

Carter Gains in Poll After Treaty, But His Rating on Economy Falls

Billboard 200

Spirits Having Flown

Minute By Minute

Dire Straits

Love Tracks

Blondes Have More Fun

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 29, 1979