Eur Monetary System functions smoothly during 1st month of its infancy; analysts attribute situation to relative calm of currency markets and to fact that new system is yet to face major test (M)

Europe's Money Pact: Calm Start

NY Islanders win regular season NHL championship; illus (M)

Islanders Beat Rangers, Finish Atop N.H.L.

Gov Carey's proposal to merge trial courts into 1 Supreme Court is strongly opposed by Dem and Repub leaders (M)

Court System Changes Sought by Carey Face Bipartisan Opposition

News Summary

Article on wool indus in GB; notes that despite efforts to rejuvenate indus there is no assurance that woolens can long survive; British woolen indus has about 400 mfrs with sales of $2 billion a yr; indus's output has been in long downtrend, mainly because of imports; trend to casual wear, which uses more artificial fiber, is part of problem; many in indus are hopeful that imports can be curbed, perhaps with help of Common Mkt's Multifiber Agreement; graph; illus (L)

British Wool Called Test Case for Nation

Pope John Paul Il officiates over Palm Sunday mass before crowd estimated at 70,000, St Peter's Square, Rome; illus (M)

Pope Shifts Audiences Outdoors To Accommodate Large Crowds

Most oil indus leaders object to windfall profits tax, scoring Carter's references to their ‘undeserved,‘ ‘enormous’ and ‘excessive’ profits; profits in indus are expected to rise 25% this yr; comments by Charles DiBona (API), John E Swearingen (Indiana Standard) and Mobil spokesman noted; other oil indus leaders, including execs of Atlantic Richfield and Standard Oil (Ohio), express more open attitude toward tax (M)

Oil Industry Fights New Profits Tax

Florida: Louisville ft Nashville freight train derails near Crestview, Fla; tank car containing anhydrous ammonia explodes and burns; some 4,500 residents in Panhandle area are evacuated; map; illus (L)

Floridians Flee Fumes From Spill

Empire Airlines: Federal Aviation Administration blames air traffic controllers for near collision between turboprop and American Boeing 727 near Kennedy International Airport (M)

F.A.A. Report Faults Air‐Traffic Controller In Feb. 11 Near‐Crash

Middletown, Penna, nuclear accident raises questions about reputation of engineering community; experts comment on problems engineers face in dealing with increased public skepticism (M)

Scientists and Society's Fears

Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner docks unassisted in NY Port because of strike; illus (M)

QE2, Unassisted By Harbor Tugs, Docks Smoothly

co dirs back new bid by Kenneth Thomson in battle with George Weston Ltd for control of Hudson's Bay; Thomson interests increase all-cash offer to $37 a share (Canadian) for 75% of outstanding ordinary shares of Hudson's Bay; offer is valued at $640.8 million (M)

Hudson's Bay Backs New Bid

Suburbs around country that have obeyed open-housing laws find they are not drawing enough whites, and fear they will soon have rigidly segregated housing patterns of central cities (M)

Integrated Suburbs Now Fearful Of Not Drawing Enough Whites

NYC Planning Commission calls on Mayor Koch to reject all major new capital-construction projects in preparing his '79–80 exec budget; asks city to deny funds for building public schools, colleges, hospitals and mass-transit facilities; rept is presented by Chmn Robert F Wagner Jr (M)

KOCH ASKED TO STOP NEW CONSTRUCTION, CLOSE 200 SCHOOLS

Article on efforts by NJ, NYC and LI communities to ban head shops, stores that sell drug-culture paraphernalia; several NJ communities have forced shops to close; NYS Assemblyman Frank K Padavan has sponsored bill to ban shops on grounds they encourage drug use; laws and bills are contested by civil libertarians and shop owners who contend that there is no proof that paraphernalia purchasers actually intend to use illegal drugs; Jim Fanning, owner of Joint venture, Paramus, NJ, comments; illus (M)

Lawmakers Act to Ban Head Shops

Pakistan denies it plans to develop nuclear weapons and denounces US's decision to terminate Amer aid on suspicion that such nuclear program was under way; attributes US policy to influence of ‘Zionist circles’; illus of Gen Zia (M)

Pakistan Denies It Plans A‐Bomb; Denounces Washington Aid Cutoff

Voice of Islamic Repub radio announces that former Labor and Soc Affairs Min Manouchahr Azmon, Gen Amir Hussein Rabii, Gen Khajeh Muri and former policman identified only as Balali have been executed after secret trials, Teheran; says Rabii criticized Shah and Gen Robert E Huyser, deputy comdr of US forces in Eur, during trial; Entezam scores protests from US, France, GB and Netherlands over execution of Hoveida; many Iranians have become skeptical of Bazargan's Govt; say destiny of nation is being decided arbitrarily by secretive religious coms of mullahs determined to impose Islamic rule; 5 guards are killed when they try to disarm bomb found in Teheran mosque after announcement of Hoveida's death; over 70 of Shah's aides have been executed since revolution (M)

TEHERAN ANNOUNCES 4 MORE EXECUTIONS

Petrochem product prices are expected to rise further as result of OPEC decision to raise oil prices; cos with access to price-controlled natural gas are expected to fare better than those dependent on oil-derived naphtha, chiefly those operating in Eur; situation of several cos noted; spokesmen comment; graph of spot price for naphtha in '79 (M)

New Oil Rise to Spur Petrochemical Spiral

Masters Golf Tournament: Article on apprentices who have qualified to play; illus (M)

The Apprentices in the Masters

Nearly 3,000 worshipers attend Palm Sunday mass, St Patrick's Cathedral, NYC (M)

The New York Times/Paul Hosefros.

NYC's number 1 legislative priority this yr--measure designed to channel $68 million to help close Mayor Koch's budget deficit--runs into heavy opposition in Cong; so-called ‘targeted fiscal assistance’ measure is dealt sharp setback when HR Budget Com cuts proposal from $400 million nationwide to $150 million (M)

Koch's Hope of Aid Dealt Heavy Blow in Congress

&#8226; Sal Bando, who joined Milwaukee two years ago as a free agent, telephoned and wrote Tommy John last November in an attempt to lure the pitcher to the Brewers as a free agent. But yesterday Bando and the rest of the Brewers found themselves facing John, pitching against them in his Yankee uniform.

John Tops Brewers In Debut

Digest

Comment on Southern Pacific Communications Co, 1 of 2 surviving cos that challenged AT&T; Southern Pacific, in its latest move, has filed suit charging AT&T with violating Fed antitrust laws by restraining trade and by attempting to monopolize communications services; Southern Pacific has so far been largely successful in its attempts to get bigger foothold in AT&T domain; trend seems to be in favor of increased competition, and Cong efforts to overhaul Fed communications law are expected to encourage more open indus; Southern Pacific pres C Gus Grant expects to see co, which lost $11 million in '77 and $2 million in '78, capture up to 3% of AT&T's long-distance mkt by 1984; total mkt is expected to be $23 billion in 5 yrs; graph of present network of Southern Pacific and planned network; illus of technician (M)

Southern Pacific Takes on Bell

The New York Times /Joe Traver

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April 9, 1979

Headlines from April 9, 1979

Europe's Money Pact: Calm Start

Islanders Beat Rangers, Finish Atop N.H.L.

Court System Changes Sought by Carey Face Bipartisan Opposition

News Summary

British Wool Called Test Case for Nation

Billboard 200

Minute By Minute

Spirits Having Flown

Dire Straits

Love Tracks

Blondes Have More Fun

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 9, 1979