September 2, 1979

John Gruen profile of and interview with Wilson; her illus (L)

 

FUNGICIDES, dyes, acrylics and other chemicals have been manufactured in this New Haven suburb since 1947, and gases from the settling ponds and smokestacks in the small industrial park along the Quinnipiac River have drifted over the $200,000 homes along Ridge Road and the smaller houses across the river, generating occasional complaints.

A missing element in Britain's attempts to break the back of Northern Ireland terrorism has been a coordinated campaign with the Republic of Ireland to the south. The murder in Ireland last week of Earl Mountbatten

A week from Tuesday, the Suffolk County Republican Party, which has been run by the same people for a decade, will hold one of the more provoca

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 1 —Pioneer 11 survived a bombardment of fine particles from the rings of Saturn today and then swept within 13,000 miles of its pale yellow clouds for the first rendezvous by a spacecraft with the solar system's second‐largest planet.

Comment on Georgian mansion in Darien, Conn, that has been separated and divided into 2 parts by owner-developer William H Edgerton; illus (M)

Article on NYC's revised commercial and industrial incentive program notes it will sharply cut amount of tax exemptions now available and give city more discretion in granting exemptions; program has been credited with spurring significant new investments in city since it began in '77 when city was in recession; in last year or so, real estate markets have rebounded sharply and some planners began to question whether city was sacrificing too much of its tax base in granting lengthy exemptions for projects beginning to appear viable without incentives; board executive director Roman Ferber, builder Seymour Durst, J Walter Thompson executive vice president Alan H Jones and Cushman & Wakefield broker John J Kaiser comment; illus (L)

New York tennis fans, always eager for a charismatic new performer, found one at the United States Open last night when Yannick Noah, a 19year‐old from France who grew up in West Africa, made his stadium court debut and beat Butch Walts, a Californian, 7‐6, 6‐3, 6‐2.

article describes expermiment by which international team of scientists using West Germany particle accelerator found that subatomic particle called the gluon exists in nature; outlines quantum chromodynamic theory of matter, which discovery supports; Drs Samuel C C Ting and Leon M Lederman comment; diagram (M)

May, Gary: China Scapegoat. The Diplomatic Ordeal of John Carter Vincent reviewed by Joseph Lelyveld; drawings

Favored locations and some typical decor of Manhattan psychoanalysts' offices described; illus (M)