exhibit of Mondrian's diamond-shape abstract paintings at National Gallery, Washington, DC, reviewed by Hilton Kramer; illus

Success Is Mixed At National Gallery

Article on executive dining rooms of Wall St firms; illus (L)

The Wall Street Dining Rooms

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AT 1 O'CLOCK this afternoon, if all goes as planned, a thousand or more people will converge on Hancocks Bridge in Salem County, not far from working and planned nuclear&#8208;power plants.

Environmentalists: A Wide Spectrum

Article on housing market in NYC metropolitan area and across nation; notes market for single-family homes appears gradually to be weakening, particularly in suburban communities where sales prices have been ahead in period after '74–'75 recession, higher-priced houses are getting harder to move and sales ‘traffic’ is reported on decline; more modestly priced homes in more central locations are reported doing better; National Realtors Assn executive vice president Jack Carlson, brokers Henry Macguire, Jo Weiss and Joan McLaughlin, attorney Benjamin Morris and others comment (L)

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BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Aug. 4 &#8212; To the surprise of everyone, including himself, a journeyman of modest success found himself leading today after the third round of the 61st Professional Golfers&#8217; Association championship.

Caldwell Is Leader In P.G.A.

DANA WALLACE pondered the future of the group renter on Fire Island one recent Sunday afternoon. As he spoke, he stood watching the surf roll onto the sandy shoreline from the deck of his A&#8208;frame house in the island's Ocean Beach section.

‘Grouper’

GM and Ford Motor Co executives are exuding quiet confidence despite numerous problems plaguing auto industry; industry observers say their optimism is not unfounded; say industry's future lies in forging alliances with foreign auto makers; development of fuel-efficient, down-sized X-cars noted; some auto executives comment; drawing; graph compares domestic and foreign car sales (U)

Beset on All Sides, Detroit Still Exudes Confidence

Article on refusal by National Arts Endowment of funds requested by NJ Council on Arts; council's internal problems noted; revised application by council for $405,000 was approved in June; commenting on situation are John Wessel, former representative for endowment, Jacqueline Rubel, director of Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and Janet Mills, Budget and Grants Committee representative; illus; chart of funds allocated by NJ Arts Council (L)

Arts Council: From ‘F’

Illus of US Representatives Benjamin S Rosenthal and Robert F Drinan on tour of refugee camp in Hong Kong

U.S. Legislators See Refugees

WANTAGH, L.I., Aug. 4 &#8212; Precisely 50 years to the hour after Robert Moses, then head of the Long Island State Park Commission, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Jones Beach State Park, beachgoers here sang &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; today as a 1,600&#8208;pound cake was sliced by cutters chosen from the crowd.

Birthday Party at Jones Beach

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison reviews Bernard Lefkowitz book Breaktime. Living Without Work in a Nine to Five World (L)

The Other Hustle

Ann Jones article describes her travels through Pelopponese; illus (M)

Back of Beyond in the Peloponnese

Long Island Caucus, bipartisan group of 6 Representatives from Nassau and Suffolk Counties, finds that although they are working together on certain key islandwide issues, they have had only moderate success in current Congressional session; members are Reprs Jerome A Ambro, Thomas J Downey, William Carney, John W Wydler, Norman F Lent and Lester L Wolff (M)

L.I. Caucus Finds Mixed Success

Fine, Reuben: A History of Psychoanalysis reviewed by Anthony Storr; drawing

A Disciple's Chronicle

Visit to restored Moravian settlement of Old Salem (North Carolina) described; illus (M)

The Past Lives On In Old Salem, N.C.

reorganization plans of new pres Michael D Rose and new chairman Roy E Winegardner discussed by Rose, int; illus (M)

Holiday Inns Is Booming

After a rigorous month&#8208;long going over in Senate hearings, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty emerged last week looking reasonably robust.

SALT II Gets Some Strategic Support of Its Own

Article on suits against Bedford, Mount Pleasant, North Salem and Harrison, NY, by Stuart R Shamberg, lawyer who successfully opposed Town of New Castle in case in which town was ordered to rezone for apartments; latest suits contend that zoning is unconstitutional, does not allow construction of inexpensive homes or apartments to satisfy either local or regional housing need, and prevents landowners from developing their property economically; Mount Pleasant Planning Board chairman Albert Lucchino, North Salem Supervisor Tom DePaoli, Harrison Supervisor John Passidomo and Bedford Supervisor Albert Marchigiani comment (L)

Suits Over Town Zoning Rules Proliferate

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: THE NEW REVOLUTION

HARTFORD AN ancient and recently neglected theory of politics is that lawgivers seldom thrive as rulers. Consider Moses, who returned from consultations at a

A Code's Impact on Lawyers

Energy Department reports that Government's gasoline allocation program contributed to creation of spot shortages and long lines at service stations in recent months; finds no evidence of hoarding of oil by refiners, but says some refiners have been conservative in their use of stocks (M)

FEDERAL ALLOCATION OF GAS IS CRITICIZED BY U.S. ENERGY DEPT

article examines career of NJ Chief Justice Richard J Hughes, who will be replaced by Wilentz after reaching mandatory retirement age of 70; illus (M)

Hughes in Retrospect: A Public Life

Action on 4 appointments in NJ is held up, according to some Justice Department officials, because Repr Peter Rodino is angered that old friend, Vincent Commisa, had been turned down for bench; dispute raises serious questions about judicial appointment procedure that is supposed to be based on merit and free of political influence; 1 of targets of Rodino lobbying campaign is Anne E Thompson, Mercer County Prosecutor, black woman whose nomination fulfilled promise by Senators to increase minority representation on Federal bench; other nominees are H Lee Sarokin, Judge Harold Ackerman and Dickinson R Debovoise

Delay in Action On U.S. Judges Laid to Rodino

Article on sex-discrimination suit filed by Linda Lane in '76 against Plainedge, NY, school district after she lost bid to head English Department in 1 of schools in district; says sex bias in nation's schools is persistent problem (M)

Sex Bias in Schools Is Called Persistent

David Jonathan Healy is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield.

David Healy, Irish footballer

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The Bala Hissar uprising was an insurrection that took place on August 5, 1979, at the historical fortress Bala Hissar on the southern edge of Kabul, Afghanistan. Insurgents, as well as rebellious Afghan Army officers infiltrated and occupied the fortress. They were met by ruthless air bombardment by the Khalq government's MiG aircraft and artillery tank attacks.

In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.

August 5, 1979

Headlines from August 5, 1979

Success Is Mixed At National Gallery

The Wall Street Dining Rooms

CRITICS’

Environmentalists: A Wide Spectrum

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Billboard 200

Bad Girls

Breakfast In America

Get The Knack

Cheap Trick At Budokan

Candy-O

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for August 5, 1979