Drum Photograph by John Marmaras

Article on financial reverses suffered by John S Samuels 3d notes his indebtedness to defunct American Bank & Trust Co and his payments to David Graiver and his associates (M)

Cultural Impresario's Businesses Tumble Into Debt and Disarray

Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio is sounding out members of Suffolk County Dem Committee on feasibility of challenging Martin J Feldman, County Legislator, for Dem nomination for County Executive (M)

Vecchio Weighs Challenge to Feldman

Hardwick, Elizabeth: Sleepless Nights revd by Jona Didion

Meditation On a Life

Article on planned revision of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp's underwriting guidelines that should affect standards that lenders apply in granting home loans; corp says proposed revisions will be stated in such a way that mortgage availability to consumer will be enhanced without sacrificing ‘investment quality’ of loans (L)

New Guidelines On Home Loans To Aid Buyers

Profile on co notes co lost sales leadership in forest-products indus in ′78; chart (L)

Slow Growth For a Giant

Article assesses prospects of Conn Superior Court approving proposed school-financing plan (M)

School‐Aid Drama: The Last Act?; Legislature Sends A Formula To the Courts

To celebrate the recent gains of the black theater movement, . the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art, an Upper West Side company founded in 1968, is sponsoring a five&#8226;week festival of black music, dance, poetry and MUM, beginning Tuesday evening at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts.

Black Theater Has Moved Beyond Revolution

After two straight rainouts, the Mets finally got back into action at Shea Stadium yesterday and promptly ran into more heavy going.

Hooton of Dodgers Victor on 4‐Hitter

A Ruling All Sides Won’

&#8220;OUR ultimate option,&#8221; says Ford. &#8220;One of the most important options we have introduced,&#8221; says General Motors. And Chrysler, with a degree of restraint, merely cites faith in its own &#8220;costly and complex&#8221; engineering.

ABOUT CARS

Tex, Mich and Puerto Rico consider shifting to earlier Presidential primary to force candidates to be more responsive to their area's concerns; in Tex, opponents claim motive is to give lift to John B Connelly's Presidential candidacy; say state always changes its primary date when Texan is running for President (M)

Democrats in Texas Seek to Gain Edge by Shift to March Primary

The new Israeli&#8208;Egyptian peace machinery coughed cautiously to life last week after a last&#8208;minute stall over key words. At the United States surveillance station at Um Khashiba deep in the Sinai desert, ratification documents were exchanired. An  im- promptu jam session by Israeli and Egyptian military musicians enlivened a two&#8208;hour wait while Israel successfully argued that autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza should be promised specifically for the &#8226;'inhabitants,&#8221; not the territory. The effect was to steer the commitment away from Arab demands for a transition to Palestinian state.

A Deadly Backdrop As Israel, Egypt Implement Accords

Travel in rugged back-country of southeastern Utah described; illus (M)

The Rock Country of Southeast Utah

Municipal TV Link In Peril

Richard J Walton article describes visit to Sparta, ancient Greek city-state that is now quiet town of of 10,000 people; illus; map (M)

Ancient Sparta:

Long Island officials, after period of problems, feel that CETA program is achieving moderate success; some officials fear that proposed program cuts may have adverse impact; emphasis on Long Island will now center on obtaining employment for hard-core unemployed in private sector rather than on finding jobs in public sector; 2,000 CETA workers will be laid end of June because Fed regulations prohibit them from remaining in program longer than 18 mos, Nassau County Exec Francis T Purcell and Suffolk County Exec John V N Klein comment (M)

CETA Gains Despite Criticism

About Cars: Warranty ‘War’

&#8220;I'm not going to kid you about this,&#8221; President Carter somberly told a New Hampshire &#8220;town meeting&#8221; Wednesday. &#8220;We're going to see rising price figures coming out week after week for the next few months.&#8221; Even so, the next day's news may not have been quite what he had in mind.

Inflation Curve Zooms Upward

UNIONDALE, L.I., April 28 &#8212; Outgunned, outhustled and outmaneuvered for most of the game, the Islanders nevertheless scored a 4&#8208;3 overtime victory over the Rangers today because the puck takes funny bounces.

Islanders Beat Rangers, 4- 3, in Overtime and Tie Series

BEIRUT, Lebanon &#8212; The fruit and vegetable sellers have moved out of the heart of the city, which ironically called Martyrs Square; to set up new ad hoc markets in the Christian east and largely Moslem western sectors. Beirut center, once a bustling meeting place of Christians and Moslems, is now sniperland, unsafe for any faction, even neutrals.

Poor Lebanon Remains the Main Crucible Of Conflict

Article assesses question of whether bluefish are becoming endangered by commercial fishing indus, which has ability of raking whole schools from sea in one sweep; dispute between sport fishermen off NJ coast and commercial indus outlined (M)

Commercial Haul Of Blues Alarms Sport Fishermen

Mesa Verde National Park: John Brannon Albright article on trip to pk; illus; map (L)

The Mysteries Of Mesa Verde

Article on several Atlantic City, NJ, homeowners near boardwalk resisting offers from casino-hotel complexes to sell their land; illus (M)

Holdouts Making Casino Builders Zig

Selection from The Reader Over Your Shoulder by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge

SELECTION: From “The Header Over Your Shoulder”

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Bernhard August "Hardie" Gramatky, Jr. was an American painter, writer, animator, and illustrator. In a 2006 article in Watercolor Magazine, Andrew Wyeth named him as one of America's 20 greatest watercolorists. He wrote and illustrated several children's books, most notably Little Toot.

April 29, 1979

Headlines from April 29, 1979

Drum Photograph by John Marmaras

Cultural Impresario's Businesses Tumble Into Debt and Disarray

Vecchio Weighs Challenge to Feldman

Meditation On a Life

New Guidelines On Home Loans To Aid Buyers

Billboard 200

Minute By Minute

Spirits Having Flown

2-hot

Dire Straits

Desolation Angels

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for April 29, 1979