McGuire announces formation of 2 bank robbery units to stem continuing surge in such crimes; McGuire also accuses banking industry of having become lax in its approach to potential holdups; NYS Bankers Assn issues statement urging members to be more cooperative with police; illus (M)

McGuire Sets Up 2 Units to Help Fight Surge of Holdups in the City

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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Aug. 21 &#8212;Israel's chief delegate here met today with officials of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to discuss the group's new support for the Palestinians and he later criticized the organization, suggesting that diplomatic issues in the Middle East were best left to the countries involved.

Israeli at U.N. Meets With Blacks And Criticizes Support of P.L.O.

Strauss, Brzezinski and Vance discuss Middle East policy, White House meeting; agree to drop proposal for US to sponsor resolution on Palestinian rights in UN Security Council; meeting was held at Pres Carter's request; Strauss reportedly believes that Brzezinski has tried to limit his influence with Carter; Strauss and Vance illus (M)

STRAUSS, BRZEZINSKI AND VANCE CONCUR ON MIDEAST COURSE

Mobil Oil and Texaco sue to prevent company from carrying out proposed sale or merger; charge sale would violate state and Federal laws in order to solidify control of group of large investors; named as defendants in addition to company are James E Greene, executive vice president, Leland K Whittier, president, and 3 directors: John B Milliken, C B Z Buck and Frank C Hubbard; Mobil and Texaco, which own 35% of company, fear they will lose their profitable minority stake in company if it is sold (S)

Mobil and Texaco Sue Belridge

Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, NYC, offers psychotherapy through combination of music, dance and art which help draw out feelings of patients; founder Florence Tyson and some patients comment (M)

At This Clinic, Arts Are the Only Therapy

Fed Bureau of Prisons Director Norman A Carlson orders that special board of inquiry be convened to probe case (M)

U.S. Inquiry in Killing of Officer

U.S. foreign&#8208;affairs officials agreed on Middle East policy recommendations to President Carter that were said to include dropping plans to propose a resolution on Palestinian rights in the U.N. Security Council. The accord appeared to strengthen the role of Robert S. Strauss, the special Middle East envoy, who returned to Washington Monday convinced that such a resolution would interfere with American diplomatic efforts because of strong opposition by Israel and Egypt. [Page Al, Column 6.]

News Summary

New Government announces sweeping bill of rights for its citizens, promising them equal rights under law, orderly process of justice and, with some limits, right to free expression; civil liberties exempt from suspension provisions are prohibitions against torture, slavery, imprisonment for debt, use of compulsory methods of changing thought or religious beliefs and arbitrary revocation of nationality; bill becomes effective immediately for all but those people who are under investigation for possible crimes committed during Somoza regime; Government simultaneously announces that order giving it emergency power to rule has been extended for 30 days; bill also abolishes death penalty; other specifics of bill noted (M)

Nicaragua Issues a Bill of Rights; Vows Orderly Process of Justice

Pres Carter blames consumers for fact that American auto makers turn out cars that use more gasoline than foreign cars do, radio call-in show in Davenport, Iowa (S)

Associated Press

30 Bags of Money Taken at the Chase Manhattan Headquarters Building

Mayor Koch may abolish position of Deputy Mayor for Human Services, which will become vacant on Sept 1 when Haskell Ward leaves Koch administration; in that position, Ward had overall responsibility for social service programs operated by city's Human Resources Administration, as well as for health matters (M)

Koch May Drop Ward's Position From His Roster

SEC charges that Fuqua Industries violated laws regulating tender offers in its bid to acquire Hoover Co; says Fuqua's offer to purchase stock from Hoover family members made bid a tender offer (M)

Fuqua and S.E.C. Settle Complaint on Hoover Bid

ALL too often, gastronomes and nutritionists are at odds about foods that are valued by one group for their flavor and cooking properties and generally deplored by the other group for their effects on health. Fortunately, however, there are a few areas of agreement between these two factions, and foremost among them is the desirability of vegetable and nut oils.

Vegetable Oils: Looking for What's Best

correction article notes that terms of Anthony Industries' proposed acquisition were incorrectly reported on Aug 18 (S)

CORRECTIONS

UAW ad urging action on Federal energy program; drawing (M)

World Bank Spurs Energy Aid

West Milford, NJ, residents are fighting efforts by Newark to lease to private developers portion of 18,000 acres of land Newark owns in West Milford; fear that Newark's problems may appear along with 5,000 housing units city proposes building; West Milford Mayor William Wobbekind says township's position is that Newark property is primarily watershed area and that housing plan is rejected solely on environmental issues; Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp executive director Colin Minert and residents comment; illus; map (L)

Newark Battling Jersey Township On Housing Bid

FISH CREEK, WIS. &#8220; SOME people play golf to relax. I boil fish,&#8221; Russ Ostrand bellowed as he hoisted another container of whitefish and red potatoes from a boiling caldron. Four nights a week, from May to October, Mr. Ostrand, red&#8208;faced and as big as Paul Bunyan, practices his own form of relaxation, watching over a steaming pot at the White Gull Inn. He is a master of the fish boil, a culinary exercise traditional here on the Door County peninsula.

Fish Boil: Culinary Tradition In Bunyan Country

Sales in hardware and home-improvement industries--already on solid uptrend for past 5 years--increase further during summer '79, apparently because threat of gasoline shortages kept more people than usual at home and busy on repairs; National Real Hardware Assn says summer '79 may account for close to 40% of industry's annual sales instead of 35% that May-through-August period usually contributes; association assistant director Joeanne Hixon, Building Supply News editor Patricia Coleman, Hechinger Co chairman Richard England, Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers president Frank Denny and Ernst Home Centers executive vice president Calvin Hendricks; illus; graph shows home-improvement sales from '75 to '79 (M)

Summer Hardware Sales Helped by Gas Shortage

Natural gas from Canada would be imported into New England for the first time under an agreement in principle announced by two American and two Canadian pipeline companies. The agreement calls for a 350&#8208;mile pipeline to be built between Maine and Rhode Island by a unit of Transco and the Algonguin Gas Transmission Company. It would cost an estimated $420 million and would be ready time for the 1983.84 heating season. [D1.]

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1979

Saluting with white&#8208;gloved hands, nearly 2,500 policemen lined up five deep for three blocks yesterday morning outside St. Teresa's Church on Staten Island to pay tribute to Officer Thomas Schimenti Jr. The 35&#8208;year&#8208;old policeman was shot and killed Friday while attempting to apprehend a suspected bank robber near Grand Central Terminal.

2,500 Policemen at Funeral Pay Tribute to Slain Officer

Chase Manhattan Bank raises broker rate to 11 3/4% from 11 1/2%, move expected to preface further rise in prime rate; analysts comment (M)

Chase Lifts Broker Rate; Pressure on Prime Seen

Natural gas from Canada will be imported into New England for 1st time under agreement announced Aug 21 by 2 American companies, Transco Companies and Algonquin Gas Transmission, and 2 Canadian companies, Q&M Pipe Lines and Pan-Alberta Gas; agreement, which calls for construction of 350-mile pipeline from just outside border town of Calais, Me, to point near Burrillville, RI, guarantees 2 American companies 250 million cu ft of gas daily for 20 years at prevailing price set by National Energy Board of Canada (S)

Pact Signed For Canada Gas in East

STATE'S DEMOCRATS ALTER PRIMARY PLAN

Jane E Brody article examines facts and fantasies concerning proper diets for athletes; illus; drawing (M)

Fact vs. Fantasy In the Athlete's Diet

Brandon Quintin Adams is an American actor, known for having played Jesse Hall in the first two Mighty Ducks movies and Kenny DeNunez in The Sandlot. He also played Jimmy Bean in the 1989 film Polly.

Brandon Adams, American actor

Brandon_Adams_(actor)

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August 22, 1979

Headlines from August 22, 1979

McGuire Sets Up 2 Units to Help Fight Surge of Holdups in the City

Article 6 — No Title

Israeli at U.N. Meets With Blacks And Criticizes Support of P.L.O.

STRAUSS, BRZEZINSKI AND VANCE CONCUR ON MIDEAST COURSE

Mobil and Texaco Sue Belridge

Billboard 200

Get The Knack

Breakfast In America

Candy-O

Bad Girls

I Am

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