August 24, 1979

A detail of a portrait by Robert Peake the Elder at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.

Chase Manhattan Bank pulls out of ship-leasing transaction, noting it could come under foreign control during life of lease in violation of Jones Act ban on ownership of American ships engaged in interstate commerce by foreign-controlled companies; says Chase is still well below threshold of 'foreign control' as defined by Jones Act; other bankers express surprise that Chase sees serious possiblity of foreign take-over (M)

Albert Hall, actor who appears in film, interviewed; por

Federal grand jury indicts Essex County Sheriff John F Cryan, his high-ranking assistants William J Leonardis and Rocco Nerri, and former Essex County Democratic Chairman Harry Lerner on racketeering, conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges; 5-count indictment charges that from '70 to present, they conspired to operate sheriff's office by extorting and receiving bribes in excess of $100,000 from department employees in return for salary increases, promotions, preferred job assignments and other job-related benefits; Cryan, Lerner pors (M)

“If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish'd‐for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.” So Shakespeare wrote in 1598, and it's just as true 400 years later. This wished‐for weekend, the Riverside Shakespeare Company will present a new outdoor production of “Henry IV, Part 1,” tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 8 P.M. in Columbia University's Van Am Quadrangle just inside the main gate at 116th Street and Broadway. A half‐hour before curtain, there will be refreshments as well as street players to stroll through summer's bower. Then audiences will see the “historye of Henry the IV…with the conceipted mirthe of Sir John Falstoff.” The Riversiders, with Stuart McDowell, director, in the lead, will play unmiked, with live music. No “hurly‐burly innovation” here. It's free. Information: 222‐3581.