October 26, 1979

UAW and Chrysler reach tentative agreement on 3-year contract that would save company estimated $203 million in next 2 years compared with provisions of other contracts in industry; Chrysler chmn Lee Iacocca says Fraser will be nominated for election to company's board of directors; it is believed to be first time that union leader has been invited to serve on board of major US company; Fraser illus (M)

US says it has detected signs that low-yield nuclear explosion may have occurred in region around South Africa in Sept; says efforts are being made to check whether South Africa has secretly joined list of nations that have detonated atomic devices; says 'no corroborating evidence' has been received to verify possible explosion; illus; map (M)

Exhibit of French master drawings, Frumkin Gallery, NYC, reviewed by H Kramer (S)

Icebergs, long-lost masterpiece by American 19th-century landscape artist Frederick Edwin Church, it told for $23 million--highest ever paid at public tale for American painting; is purchased by unidentified American art collector at Sotheby Parke-Bernet auction; work had hung unidentified for years in reformatory in Manchester, England; Sotheby officials James P Miller, John H Marion, Peter B Rathbone and reformatory owner C A Hilditch comment; painting illus; list of other pieces of art sold for more than $1 million since '61 (M)

Article on success of FM radio stations across US notes different advertising format adopted by them, in which there are fewer commercials (M)