Co history; chmn Robert Di Giorgo, Amer Securities Corp official Thomas J Wade and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc official David D J Maxwell comment; late founder Joseph Di Giorgio and Robert Di Giorgio pors; chart (M)

Di Giorgio Seeking Its Niche

Supreme Court unanimously declares invalid a tax imposed by New Mexico on generation of electricity that is sold in neighboring states (S)

Disclosures In Freedom Act Upheld

Article 1 — No Title

NJ'S bus system is plagued by unreliable service, rapidly rising fares and declining ridership; state audits show that substantial portion of $300 million in state and Fed subsidies has been used in ways that have little or nothing to do with improving service; funds, which went to 129 private bus cos in state, were used to pay old pension commitments, to pay for ‘no show’ jobs for relatives of owners and to finance executive vacations; NJ Legis is engaged in debate over Gov Byrne's proposal for state takeover of bus cos; Gambaccini notes that state does not have formal set of written rules for $55 million subsidy program; state has started negotiations for purchase of most troublesome of bus cos, Transport of NJ, which is owned by Public Service Electric & Gas Co, and whose losses in current fiscal yr will reach nearly $37 million; illus (M)

Jersey Bus Service Declining Despite Big Subsidies

Paul Goldberger architectural appraisal (M)

Model Designed on Dreams of Utopia

Amer trade negotiators tell Cong that industries plagued by high imports, such as textiles, leather, steel, rubber and autos, are being shielded from brunt of new tariff cuts under terms of new GATT accord; memo by deputy special US trade representative Alan Wolff indicates duties for leather imports are being reduced 4%, rubber 21%, autos 16%, steel 27%, apparel 15% and textiles 21%; article notes average percent reduction under terms of agreement is 31%; Wolff disagrees with Cong Budget Office that import‐sensitive industries will be ‘losers’ under terms of agreement (M)

Assurance Given on Tariff Cuts

ATLANTIC AVENUE stretches from the edges of the East River straight into the heart of Brooklyn. Near the river, it divides the restored neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill; a few blocks farther, its old storefronts and apartment buildings house Middle Eastern and Arab restaurants and food stores, and just before Atlantic crosses Flatbush Avenue, it traverses the Boerurn Hill neighborhood of small, turn&#8208;of&#8208;the&#8208;century brownstones and town houses.

Atlantic Avenue Shops: Eclectic Browsing

Supreme Court rules, 6 to 3, that journalists defending their work against libel suit can be required to disclose opinions they held while preparing material and their reasons for making specific news judgments; reverses appeals ct, ruling CBS TV producer Barry Lando must answer questions on these subjects in pretrial phase of suit brought by former Army officer, Lt Col Anthony Herbert, who contends he was libeled on 60 Minutes broadcast; White opinion holds Court could not on one hand require libel plaintiff to prove malice and then ‘erect an impenetrable barrier’ to acquisition of vital evidence; White is joined in majority by Chief Justice Warren E Burger and Justices Harry A Blackmun, William H Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens and Lewis F Powell Jr, who wrote concurring opinion; Justice Potter Stewart's dissent and that of Thurgood Marshall and William J Brennan Jr detailed; illus of Herbert with atty Mary O'Melveny (L)

Newsmen Dealt Blow on Defense In Suits for Libel

Taleghani and Khomeini meet to work out widening political differences while their supporters demonstrate in Teheran; unrest was stirred by arrest of Taleghani sons and daughter‐in‐law by Khomeini's Islamic militia; Revolutionary Council broadcasts statement praising Taleghani and attributing arrests to ‐opportunists and agents’; concedes for first time that its armed groups, called Revolutionary Guard, are not completely under council control; Islamic guerrilla organization Mujahedeen Khalq says it is putting its armed forces under Taleghani and urges that forces of neighborhood committees, or komitehs, also be put under his control; says all power should be put at disposal of Bazargan illus (M)

2 Ayatollahs Meet in Bid to Settle Their Growing Political Disputes

US Defense Dept officials rept US Sec Vance and Soviet Amb Dobrynin have resolved question of missile modification in SALT; say Moscow has agreed to US proposal that key specifications of weight and size of existing missiles would not be increased or reduced by more than 5% (M)

U.S. SAYS ARMS TALKS HAVE NOW RESOLVED VIRTUALLY ALL ISSUES

&#8221; YOU'RE being irrational,&#8221; my wife said to me the other day as I was raising hell with the children.

Growing Up Irrational

Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that Federal District Court in California wrongly allowed secret grand jury transcripts to be released for use in private antitrust case involving Douglas Oil Co and Petrol Stops Northwest (S)

HIGH COURT UPHOLDS BREAKING AND ENTRY IN FEDERAL BUGGING

News Summary

Industries plagued by high imports are being shielded from the brunt of new tariff cuts under the trade agreement initialed in Geneva last week, American negotiators have told Congress. They mentioned such industries as textiles, leather, steel, rubber and automobiles. New tariff schedules have not been published, but some the specifics were reported in a memo to legislators. [Page D1.]

BUSINESS Digest

US Treas announces it will halve size of its monthly gold sales in move seen signaling belief that dollar has strengthened significantly in foreign‐exchange trading; says current trend in gold prices no longer appears to be factor in stability of dollar; is cutting monthly auctions from 1.5‐million to 750,000 ounces; began sales in effort to reduce attractiveness of gold as alternative to dollars among currency speculators; dramatic rise in value of dollar and decline of Japanese yen and West German mark discussed (M)

U.S. Halving Gold Sales, Reflecting Dollar's Gains

AT&T president Charles L Brown, presiding over annual meeting, Seattle, tells stockholders that he is confident that satisfactory solution to debate over telecommunications policy will soon be reached; warns that there is still possibility that Bell System can lose its monopoly grip on nationwide phone network; reports earnings for 1st calendar quarter rose to record $1.32 million, while revenues rose to $10.9 billion; illus (M)

A. T. &T Sees Monopoly Periled

Calif Superior Ct Judge Arthur K Marshall orders Lee Marvin to pay $104,000 ‘for rehabilitation purposes’ to Michelle Triola Marvin, singer with whom ho lived in wedlock for 6 yrs; rejects her claim that she was entitled to half $3.6 million Lee earned while they lived together and her contention that she deserved property settlement comparable to that of wife at dissolution of marriage; both sides claim victory; case has attracted internatl attention because of Lee's prominence and its plowing of new legal ground regarding reciprocal property rights of unwed couples; pors (M)

Lee Marvin Told to Pay $104,000, But Judge Prohibits Property Split

3 killed, 12 hurt, at NY Airways S‐61 helicopter with 18 aboard crashes while attempting emergency landing at Newark International Airport shortly after takeoff for La Guardia Airport; pilot had reported ‘control problem’; victims identified; James A Bradstreet, survivor, and Newark control tower personnel describe crash; wreckage illus (M)

3 Killed and 12 Injured in Helicopter Crash in Newark

Article on La Fortaleza, official residence of Puerto Rico's Gov and Mrs Carlos Romero‐Barcelo, San Juan; Mrs Romero‐Barcelo, American born and raised in Baldwin, NY, comments on life in Palace; illus (L)

Living in Puerto Rico's Palace

Reports 2d quarter of fiscal '79 earnings were $32 million net, or record $25 million on sales alone, without $7 million tax loss credit; earnings for 1st 6 mos of fiscal '79 were $58.2 million net; graph (S)

$32 Million Net Earned By A.M.C.

Radburn, NJ, historical planned ‘town for the motor age,’ is celebrating its 50th birthday; Radburn, 150‐acre pocket within Fair Lawn, was planned in early ‘20s as place where people of varied economic backgrounds could live in protected atmosphere; town's unique atmosphere described; illus; map (M)

Longtime Residency Mark of Its Success

ALBANY, April 18 &#8212; Union officials for the state's correction officers said today that the officers &#8220;are engaging in work stoppages&#8221; throughout the prison system over the state's refusal to resume negotiations on a tentative contract agreement reached on April 5.

Walkouts Start At State Prisons In Wage Dispute

ANOVEL way to organize desk&#8208;top clutter is to use accessories held in place by a special clamp. The Synthesis collection, designed by Olivetti, is a handsome set of modular units that can be used alone or combined. Made of durable plastic, the accessories come in deep red, black, gray or hazelnut. The clamp, available in gray or hazelnut for $29, can be used to support a set of the pencil holder ($10), ashtray ($14) and card holder ($7); or a letter tray/ file basket ($13). There is also a telephone tray and clamp ($36) that seems especially useful. The clamps can be mounted on a desk or shelf and are sold, with the accessories, at Manhattan Ad Hoc Housewares, 842 Lexington Avenue.

HELPFUL HARDWARE Clamping Down on Clutter

Repr Al Ullman supports proposed windfall profits tax and says tax revenues should go to development of alternative energy sources (S)

Windfall Tax Backed By Ullman

British campaign begins to generate some passion with Prime Min James Callaghan and Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher exchanging charges of extremism, each trying to suggest that other has forfeited any claim to support of thoughtful voter in center; National Opinion Poll shows Conservatives with 6% lead, but detailed analysis of voters' attitudes indicates sentiment has not hardened; illus of Thatcher during campaign visit to Willisham Farm, England (M)

Thatcher Speech Warms Up the British Campaign

Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress and singer. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's musical drama Almost Famous (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and received an Oscar nomination in the same category.

April 19, 1979

Headlines from April 19, 1979

Di Giorgio Seeking Its Niche

Disclosures In Freedom Act Upheld

Article 1 — No Title

Jersey Bus Service Declining Despite Big Subsidies

Model Designed on Dreams of Utopia

Billboard 200

Spirits Having Flown

Minute By Minute

Dire Straits

2-hot

Blondes Have More Fun

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 19, 1979