John Russell article on upcoming art exhibits at various NYC museums; illus (L)

Art: A Promise of Excellence

Environmental Protection Agency grants 5 auto manufacturers 2-year delay in meeting '81 standards for carbon monoxide emissions of their engines; says it will grant delays to any auto manufacturers who demonstrate that effective technology for meeting standards by time required does not exist; EPA Admr Costle claims delays will not cause any appreciable damage to air quality; companies involved are Chrysler, American Motors, Pontiac Div of General Motors Corp, British Leyland and Toyota (M)

Five Car Makers Get Emission Rule Delay For Selected Engines

Betsy Brown article on proliferation of Westchester County, NY, families who own horses and board them at stables in county; young rider Whitney Crosby and her family comment; illus (M)

A Riding Family...

review of proposal to slash Tri-State Regional Planning Commission's domain (L)

For Tristate Agency, an Uncertain Future

Article on repertory theaters operating in Nassau County; commenting are Susan Barclay (Nassau Rep), Joel Warren (PAF Playhouse), Anthony Stimac (East Hampton John Drew Theater), Richard LaFrance (Maidstone Regional Theater) and promoter Danny Newman (M)

2 Theaters Driving For Subscribers

Portraits of the Artist in Exile. Recollections of James Joyce by Europeans, edited by Williard Potts, reviewed; drawings

Joyce on the Continent

On the Go Again

The Steelers

Donal Henahan previews '79-80 opera scene in NYC (M)

Music: All Eyes Are On Opera

Article on NJ's zoning laws 4 years after NJ Supreme Court ruled that municipal zoning laws could not be used by localities as screen to keep out low‐ and middle‐income people; Rutgers University Prof Jerome G Rose, Lanidex Corp president Bud McNally, NJ Municipalities League assistant director John Trafford, planning consultant Harvey S Moskowitz and Mendham Mayor Richard Vetter comment (L)

Jersey Zoning: After 4 Years, Many Lawsuits, Little Housing

Kathleen Pohl article describes experiences living in medina (native quarter) of Moroccan coasul town of Essaouira (Mogador); illus; map (M)

Morocco With a Difference: An Apartment in the Medina

Two officials of the President's campaign committee contradicted allegations that Hamilton Jordan used cocaine at a discotheque. Page 17.

2 Say Jordan Didn't Use Drug

US officials continue to detain departure of Soviet Aeroflot jetliner; US action provokes angry response from USSR; map designating location of Aeroflot airplane at John F Kennedy International Airport; illustrations of Vlasova, of Federal officials using car to block airliner from taking off, and of US negotiator Amb Donald F McHenry and Soviet negotiator Yevgeny Makeyev (L)

Plane and Dancer Still Held As Russians Protest to U.S.

KINGS POINT ON the court he is 6 feet of poetry in motion, his curly blond hair streaming, his lithe form flowing into the ball, his racquet connecting with a solid thud. The shot executed. he dances back to the center of the baseline, bouncing on the balls of his feet, tense and alert, awaiting the return. After a while his face, with its high cheekbones, becomes gaunt. He weighs only about 155 pounds and looks almost fragile. But he is tough, as he has demonstrated in fiveset struggles time and again.

Gerulaitis at Crossroads as Open Begins

Last summer an executive living in Darien, Conn., retired from his job, sold his home and moved to a condominium on the shore. The closing had been set for July 15, but the buyer postponed it until the 28th.

Tax Break Tempts Homeowners

Westchester County (NY) Legislators Board committee considers bill to require doctors to notify parents of minors seeking abortions; anti-abortion and pro-choice spokesmen plan campaigns on legislation, with political undertones for coming elections; illus; Polly Rothstein says bill is unconstitutional and that county does not have legal jurisdiction; charges 'fanatical minority' seeks to impose its will, noting that 35 million Amers belong to denominations which support free choice (M)

Abortion Bill: Debate On

travel article on Cabourg and Illiers, France, towns that were inspirations for literary works of Marcel Proust; illus (L)

A Remembrance Of Things Proust

David Bird article on camping facilities available to public near Camp David, Maryland, presidential retreat; illus (M)

Camping Out Close to Camp David

Article on plans by developers Steven and Benjamin Rosen of Steven Organization Corp to renovate Jagger Rows, 22 town houses on 22d and 23d Sts, NYC, as cooperative apartments; Rosens have hired architect Richard Blinder for renovation; Wells & Gay head Paul Gay comments; illus; map (M)

Chelsea Town House

economic downturn nationally and softening of growth rate of proceeds from state's sales tax are causing concern among some legislators over meeting revenues needed for state's budget; 7% sales tax is Conn's largest single source of revenue (M)

Slump Could Upset State Budget

Article on developer Sidney Esikoff's plans to build apartment house in Kew Gardens; notes Esikoff's first 2 sets of plans failed to satisfy city planners and that he has asked architect Philip Birnbaum to correct them; Carol Berger, chairman of ad hoc citizens' committee monitoring project, comments; illus (M)

The Evolution of an Apartment House

MONTREAL, Aug. 25&#8212; For the second time in within 24 hours, Evelyn Ashford outran a world record&#8208;holder from East Germany in World Cup II, a feat no United States woman had acheived in track and field during the last 10 years.

Evelyn Ashford Again Conquers An East German

WASHINGTON &#8212; A week ago, Bob Strauss was relaxing on a couch in his Cairo hotel suite, complaining to an interviewer about the difficulties of putting together a coherent Middle East policy. &#8220;We haven't really been able to structure this at all,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We haven't handed over the baton neatly and completely.&#8221;

Strauss Wants to Be Seen As Carter's Middle East Man

PERTH AMBOY WHEN the telephone rang at the Chevron Oil Company's fire headquarters here earlier this month, the response was prompt. The call was from Mobil Oil on Staten Island. It had been fighting a stubborn blaze for almost two hours and was running low on the foam concentrate needed to extinguish it.

Fighting Oil Fires

Article on increased interest among blacks in influencing foreign policy in aftermath of Andrew Young's resignation; rising importance of Africa in East-West competition and rising political clout of blacks in US has created audience in Washington for their views (M)

U. S. Aides See No Policy Shift On Africa After Young Departs

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August 26, 1979

Headlines from August 26, 1979

Art: A Promise of Excellence

Five Car Makers Get Emission Rule Delay For Selected Engines

A Riding Family...

For Tristate Agency, an Uncertain Future

2 Theaters Driving For Subscribers

Billboard 200

Get The Knack

Breakfast In America

Candy-O

Bad Girls

I Am

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 26, 1979