August 21, 1979

Article on what US hopes to learn from Soviet space effort (M)

India's political scene is in turmoil; Singh attributes his downfall to his refusal to accede to demands to scrap special courts that are hearing cases against Gandhi and son Sanjay; Gandhi says her Congress Party has not yet determined whether it favors general elections or giving Jagjivan Ram a chance to form a new govt; Desai recalls his comment that Singh Govt would fail; Reddy has not yet made any decision on Ram's application to form new Govt; Singh por (M)

NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams accuses Coca-Cola Bottling Company of NY of running illegal lottery in its Dr Pepper 'cash caps' game; accuses company of deceptive and misleading advertising and of failure to register its game as required; company, without admitting or denying charges, agrees to modify its game and pay state $2,000 in investigative costs (M)

Judge Hauk dismisses OPEC from antitrust suit on grounds that Vienna-based organization cannot be served with complaint; rules that refusal of 13 defendant Governments to appear in court does not constitute waiver of sovereign immunity; expresses some concern about application of Sherman Antitrust Act, which plaintiffs are invoking, to foreign states, noting that law does not apply to states in US; rules that damages are not in court's jurisdiction to grant; decision is expected in 2 weeks (M)

GE, in deal that removes major obstacle in proposed merger with Cox, agrees to hire more minority employees and to produce prime-time minority affairs programming at WSB-TV in Atlanta; agreement settles 3-year-old petition filed with FCC by NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union (M)