Federal agencies rush to spend their budget appropriations before end of fiscal year lest leftover money be returned to Treasury and Congress assume it appropriated too much money and reduce appropriation in next year; critics of system note that there is no way to return unused money to taxpayers, and Congressional budget committees studying this phenomenon of last—minute spending have made no corrective recommendations because of their inability to get precise information from departments (M)

U.S. Agencies Rush to Spend Before Cutoff

NYS Correctional Services Department spokesman defines differences between maximum-security prisons and less secure correctional facilities; basic difference is that maximum security prisons have walls (M)

Security Issue: Walls or Fences

UN Amb Young, in announcing his resignation, pledges to work hard for Pres Carter's re-election

News Summary

Young resigns; Pres Carter accepts resignation reluctantly; State Dept says US Amb to Austria Milton A Wolf held unauthorized meeting recently with PLO official Isa Sartawi in Vienna; Young and Wolf pors (M)

YOUNG RESIGNS POST AT U.N. IN FUROR OVER P.L.O. TALKS; CARTER EXPRESSES REGRET

Dow Jones industrial average rises 9.13 points to 885.84, high for year; NYSE trading volume rises to 46.1 million shares (M)

Dow Closes At Its High For Year

Chase Manhattan Bank and Continental Illinois National Bank raise rates to record—tying 12% from 115%; Harris Trust & Savings follows suit; analysts comment; graph (M)

2 Banks Raise Prime Rate to 12% As Credit Policy Seems to Tighten

Australian Government takes steps to speed export of uranium; loosens local equity requirements from 75% to 50% under 'special circumstances,' raising hopes among partners in Jabiluka, world's largest uranium project, that their current proposals, which breached earlier rules, will now be accepted; approves development of Yeelirrie uranium deposit in western Australia, 3d such development approved this year; Yeelirrie is 75%-owned by Western Mining, a local company, 15%-owned by Esso and 10%-owned by Angesellschaft of West Germany; agreement includes price-sharing arrangement under which Esso will provide additional 35% of project cost and will be entitled to additional 35% of product; Government has also decided to sell its 50% stake in Ranger deposit; opposition Labor Party scores initiatives and is committed to repudiating contracts if it wins elections scheduled for end of next year; map; illus (M)

Australia Relaxes Rules On Exploiting Uranium

Census officials, fearing undercount of illegal aliens, seek aid of Roman Catholic Church to reassure aliens that census data are confidential, and that giving information to census taker will not lead to their deportation; National Conference of Catholic Bishops is considering request, which was made by Census Bur Director Vincent P Barabba and Repr Robert Garcia; church officials reptdly fear roundup of illegal aliens by Immigration and Naturalization Service in spite of Census Bur pledge of confidentiality; Garcia wants Pres Carter to issue proclamation reassuring public of census records' inviolability; Census Bur is concerned primarily about undetermined millions of predominantly Catholic Spanish—speaking people who have migrated to US illegally in recent years (M)

Catholic Church's Help Is Sought In Census Count on Illegal Aliens

Government accepts Britain's invitation to conference in London that will attempt to settle dispute over majority rule; it is expected that Prime Min Muzorewa will head delegation and that former Prime Min Smith will accompany him; illus of Muzorewa's press secretary Costa Pafitis reading statement and of Muzorewa at new conference (M)

MORN ACCEPTS LONDON'S INVITATION TO RHODESIA PARLEY

Dr Gabriel Rubin, NYC psychiatrist who allegedly wrote 3,000 prescriptions during last 18 months for sedative methaqualone, at least 50 times as many as average psychiatrist, is arraigned in Queens Criminal Court, NYC; spokesman for Queens District Attorney John J Santucci, whose office conducted investigation along with NYS Narcotics Bureau, says Rubin was considered 'major writer' of Quaalude prescriptions in NYC and has been under surveillance since April (M)

Prescription Fraud Laid to Psychiatrist

rescue efforts continue; Royal Ocean Racing Club reports 17 deaths, including Chancellor of the Exchequer of Guernsey Peter Dorey; 25 yachts are reported still missing; all US yachts reportedly are safe; Ted Turner's yacht Tenacious wins event; Australia wins Admiral's Cup; illus (M)

Toll in Yacht Race Reaches 17

Bodil W Nielsen article on Japanese influence on interior designs; notes influence in Long Island (NY) homes of Ted Deglin and John B Wisner in Quogue, NY, and William and Milly Johnstone on Fire Island, NY; illus (L)

Under the Japanese Influence

Outlook for sufficient winter supplies of home-heating oil dim following API report that output of distillate fuels declined during week ended Aug 10; table (S)

Fuel Oil Output Off

Regional Plan Association, contending that racial separation in NYC metropolitan area is still 'very strong,' identifies 76,200 acres of available land within 30 miles of midtown Manhattan that it says could accomodate housing for over 1.5 million persons, including low- and moderate-income families and racial minorities; contends that discrimination and not income is main reason that nearly 2/3 of region's black families-blacks represent 12.4% of region's total population-are confined to about 1.35% of region's residential land, based on '70 census data; association president John P Keith comments; map shows current black population by county and potential number of housing units in metropolitan area (M)

New Study Calls Bias in Housing `Strong’ in Area

Pan Amer signs agreement with China for 3 round-trips this winter between San Francisco and Shanghai, first such service since Communists came to power in 49; China's national airline will use planes and crews leased from Pan Am; negotiations leading to pact, China's desire for regularly scheduled service and efforts of other US carriers to obtain similar routes discussed (M)

Pact Signed For Flights By China

Article on financial recovery of company, formerly Government Employees Insurance Co, which neared bankruptcy in '76; chmn John J Byrne discusses growth plans, int; illus; graphs; table of corporate data (M)

Geico Builds on New Confidence

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World Bank study says key to providing more jobs, lifting people out of poverty and preparing way for rational industrialization in low-income countries, is agricultural development and particularly support for small farmers (S)

Farm Support Held Key To Aiding Poor Nations

NYC Parks Comr Gordon J Davis calls for investigation of concrete cracks in foundation of Yankee Stadium; claims deterioration does not pose any danger to people attending events, but inquiry is necessary to prevent long—term damage; Estimate Bd is expected to approve probe, which will cost $225,000 (M)

Yankee Stadium Concrete Cracks; A Study by New York Expected

Article on different treatments of city windows by interior decorators; designers Richard Gillette, David Hecht and Noel Jeffrey comment; illus (M)

City Windows: Who Needs A View?; The New York Times/ Edward Hausner; Imaginative City Windows: Who Needs a View?; For window effects, designers play with glass and light

3-alarm fire damages Mobil oil depot, Staten Island, on Aug 15; 3 Mobil workers and 2 firemen are slightly injured; Mobil initially tried to bar reporters from grounds; Boro Pres Anthony R Gaeta calls for full investigation (S)

Fire at S.I. Gasoline‐Storage Depot Is Smothered After a 4‐Hour Battle

Several former govt and private consumer advocates, exemplified by Mrs Virginia Knauer, former special asst on consumer affairs to Presidents Nixon and Ford, are now working for private businesses helping sell their products; consumer advocates with public credibility are much in demand by corp America to present company's interests to public and public's concerns to company; controversy developing over trend noted; Knauer's job helping sell used cars for Hertz Corp noted; corp positions held by other consumer advocates also noted; Knauer and Bess Myerson illus (M)

Consumer Advocates Who Go Commercial

NYS prison officials say they are transferring all 190 high-risk prisoners from Downstate Correctional Facility; Correctional Services Department spokesman Louis Ganim comments (M)

Fishkill Is Transferring 190 High‐Risk Prisoners

high Carter Adm officials say Young's freewheeling style of operating and his original false version of recent contact with PLO had damaged US credibility, undercut US Middle East policy and undermined his own effectiveness (S)

High Officials Say Young Became Diplomatic and Political Liability

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August 16, 1979

Headlines from August 16, 1979

U.S. Agencies Rush to Spend Before Cutoff

Security Issue: Walls or Fences

News Summary

YOUNG RESIGNS POST AT U.N. IN FUROR OVER P.L.O. TALKS; CARTER EXPRESSES REGRET

Dow Closes At Its High For Year

Billboard 200

Get The Knack

Bad Girls

Breakfast In America

Candy-O

Teddy

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 16, 1979