September 30, 1979

Justice Dept has conducted covert investigation to determine whether there it elaborate bribery plot under way to win approval from Carter Adm far sale of military and commercial aircraft to Libya; probe has focused on possibility that militantly Arab Govt of North African country conspired with fugitive financier Robert L Vesco and others to bribe Democratic National Committee chmn John C White and Adm senior officials (M)

In July, Pope John Paul II accepted an invitation from Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General of the United Nations, to address the General Assembly. The speech has blossomed into an ambitious seven‐day tour of the United States that will take the Pontiff to five of the eight American cities where cardinals usually reside, beginning with his arrival in Boston tomorrow from a three‐day stay in Ireland.

Ada Louise Huxtable appraises The Antheneum Center, visitors' center for historic town of New Harmony, Ind; architect is Richard Meier; illus (L)

Evidence that Exxon Corp passed along artificially inflated price increases to its customers in Canada and elsewhere was produced in course of '75 civil trial in Canada, in which Imperial Oil Ltd, an Exxon subsidiary, sought unsuccessfully to force Nova Scotia Power a Light to pay disputed fuel costs; trial, which went unnoticed in Canada and unreported in US, disclosed variety of pricing abuses; court decisions saved customers of Nova Scotia Power, which is now part of government-owned Nova Scotia Power Corp, estimated $100 million in higher fuel expenses; Exxon strongly contends that its prices are not excessive, but based on 'moderation and caution'; details (L)

Christopher S Gray comment on site of All Angels Episcopal Church, which closed in April; notes site is center of controversy that could lead to rezoning of 40-block area on West End Av and Riverside Drive, NYC; notes site is rallying point for West Siders who argue that 1961 zoning resolution encouraging tower-plaza designs does not work for them; church site has been purchased by developer Donald Zucker, who plans to put up 31-story building; architect is Philip Birnbaum; All Angels senior warden Hal Williamson, Community Planning Board 7 vice chairman Sally Goodgold, Gerard George, acting director of Manhattan office of Planning Dept, and NYC Planning Commission counsel Norman Marcus comment; illus (M)