April 15, 1979

Article on growing demand for rent control notes that demand appears to be accelerating conversion of more rental apts into condominiums (S)

Rose Slivka article on residential crafts community operated by Natl Park Service in Peters Valley, NJ; 7 craftsmen rent own houses and studios for $50 a mo on condition that they open studios to public daily from Apr to Dec; illus (M)

Senate Subcommittee on International Economic Policy (Sen Paul S Sarbanes) issues staff study asserting that top capacity of Saudi Arabian oil production would be 12 million barrels a day in '87, far less than predicted; notes few years ago US energy experts were predicting Saudi production of 20 million barrels a day in '80; rept calls these conclusions ‘problematical at best,’ and says such increased production cannot be relied on to fill US energy needs; Saudi Arabia is currently producing 9.5 million barrels a day; US bought 1.5 million barrels a day of that in Dec, which made up 22.6% of American imports and 7.5% of nation's consumption; documents were furnished to subcom by Exxon Corp and Standard Oil Co of California; careful reading of report shows sharp and continuing differences between Saudi Government and Arabian American Oil Co (Aramco) over projections of output; Saudi Govt estimates production at 12 million barrels a day can last for 15 or 20 years before decline sets in; Sarbanes, Sens Frank Church and Jacob K Javits defend releasing rept; illus of Sarbanes and other Senators (L)

Foreign members of NY Cosmos, despite Immigration and Naturalization Service ruling that strike existed and that foreign players could be subject to deportation if they played in any league games, participate in Cosmos game in Atlanta against Atlanta Chiefs; illus (M)

Walter D Connor book Socialism, Politics, and Equality. Hierarchy and Change in Eastern Europe and the USSR revd; drawing