June 10, 1979

The former Army induction center on Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan — where thousands of raw recruits were injected, inspected, detected and selected — is about to become a racquet club. The Brooklyn Army Terminal — where Fulton's steamboat was built and the keels of America's greatest warships were laid — may soon be sold. Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island — which the Army announced last week that it would close next year—. is expected to become part of the Gateway National Park.

“I have recently experieneed what I would formerly have diagnosed as an attack of insanity: that is, I have purchased a farm,” wrote Pierre Samuel du Pont in August 1906. Perhaps to prove his sanity, Mr. du Pont transformed his weekend retreat into Longwood Gardens.

Last year, the Metropolitan Opera Association, after all fees and out‐of‐pocket expenses were paid, netted $1,048,000 from its 17‐week springsummer dance season. That's right,

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Article on controversy among Minisink, Pa, residents, Army Corps of Engineers and National Park Service officials over future of land that was bought in valley in order to create Tocks Island Dam plan, which never came to fruition; Prof Barry Allen successfully fought Corps to halt dam construction and is now fighting Park Service to halt further evictions and preserve local historic buildings and culture; illus; map; Interior Dept logo (M)

“What are we going to do with this Polish Pope, this Slavic Pope?” asked John Paul II, touching the deep chords of nationalism and religious faith still vibrant in Eastern Europe after decades of Communist rule.