Band of terrorists ambushes busload of Navy personnel outside San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing 2 and wounding 10; 3 nationalist groups take joint responsibility, say attack was in retaliation for deaths of activists, including Angel Rodriguez Cristobal; map (L)

Terrorists in Puerto Rico Ambush Navy Bus, Killing 2 and Injuring 10

Article on increased interest of Canadian banks in US market; penetration of US market by Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Royal Bank of Canada discussed; bank officials comment; diagram (M)

Canadian Banks Heading South

Correction notes that there is no limit on Federal heating-aid grants for households that receive Supplemental Security Income, as stated in Nov 28 (II:2:4) article

CORRECTIONS

Constitution receives expected landslide ratification, but vote does not appear to be ringing endorsement; turnout is smaller than in April referendum to establish Islamic republic, and Kurds and other ethnic minorities have boycotted vote; Constitution places power in hands of clergy and makes Khomeini Iran's leader for life (M)

IRAN CHARTER GETS EXPECTED LANDSLIDE

Scheduled airlines expected to suffer 3% drop in passenger traffic, '80, as result of rising costs, particularly for jet fuel (S)

Travel Business: Bumpy Road

Article on use of silicon chip by astronomers in their efforts to discover additional moons of Saturn; chip, or charge-coupled device, is hailed by astronomer Dr Bradford A Smith (Univ of Ariz) as biggest single advance in astronomy since invention of photographic plate in 19th century; was developed in '60's for picture telephone; Smith efforts to locate moons of Saturn by use of silicon chip described; illus (M)

Tiny Chip Helps Hunt For Moons Of Saturn

UN Security Council reaches tentative agreement on another appeal, its third, for prompt release of American hostages in Teheran; unlike previous two appeals, new one is designed to carry greater diplomatic weight; it will emerge in form of resolution adopted by all 15 Council members and not simply issued through Council's President; diplomats are aware that Khomeini has dismissed Council as tool of US; approval of resolution is put off until Dec 4 because Council members cannot agree on its wording; diplomats say principal stumbling block to agreement is insistence by Kuwait's representative Abdalla Yaccoub Bishara on language excluding use of force as solution; US opposes wording that would exclude use of force on ground that it is contrary to UN Charter; draft appeal contains 3 central points: request for immediate release of hostages, recognition that dispute exists between Iran and US with call that it be settled by peaceful means and request to Sec Gen Waldheim for help in resolving issue; illustrations of Bishara and of Council Pres Chen Chu (M)

U.N. COUNCIL DRAFTS NEW APPEAL TO IRAN TO FREE AMERICANS

Environmental Protection Agency sets up new air pollution rules called 'bubble concept' in effort to lower costs and increase efficiency; policy allows concerns to increase pollution from some sources at expense of others, provided total amount of pollution is within clean-air requirements; EPA says, by giving industry a chance to come up with its own plans for meeting clean-air requirements, it hopes that innovation will be encouraged and that new means will be found for dealing with increasingly complex air pollution problems; EPA Admr Costle, Environmental Defense Fund counsel Robert J Rauch and EPA Asst Admr William Drayton Jr comment (M)

New Air Pollution Policy to Give Industry Flexibility on U.S. Rules

Jane E Brody article discusses several new studies that explain protective benefits of mother's milk; drawing depicts how antibodies are provided by mother's milk (L)

New Studies Explain Protective Benefits Of Mother's Milk

11 persons are killed and at least 8 others severely injured when thousands of young people waiting to attend The Who rock concert, Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum, rush doors; Assistant Fire Chief Norman Wells says incident began just before scheduled start of concert when some fans managed to open door, touching off stampede; Hamilton County Morgue officials say those who died apparently were crushed to death; concert proceeded as scheduled despite deaths and injuries; neither fans inside nor performers were told about deaths; victims were among thousands of fans who purchased general admission tickets and started lining up earlier in afternoon; police say coliseum officials failed to open enough doors to handle crowd; fans comment; illus (M)

11 Killed and 8 Badly Hurt in Crush Before Rock Concert in Cincinnati

NJ Senate Labor Committee, 5-0, shelves bill that would revise state's no-fault law (M)

Byrne Rebuffed in Effort to Revise No‐Fault System in Auto Insurance

article on Congressional action on Pres Carter's energy program says that none of its major segments-neither windfall profits tax nor synthetic fuel bill nor energy mobilization board-seems likely to become law until next year (M)

Energy Program Lags in Congress

 Rhodesia to free elections and legal independence, President Carter pledged Congress. The promise was reported to Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina, who has introduced legislation to force the President to lift sanctions unconditionally. [A20:1&#8208;2.]

News Summary

Mayor Koch calls unusual special meeting of Board of Estimate to discuss fiscal problems of Health & Hospitals Corp, corporation expects revenue from Medicaid, Medicare and health insurance reimbursements to equal this year what it spends for medical services in $1.29 billion budget, but Budget Dir James R Brigham Jr sees corporation falling short of what it needs by $55 million; illus of participants at board meeting (M)

Projecting Hospital Revenue Is Tricky, Koch Learns

Saudi sources say Saudi Arabia's armed forces have sealed off oil-producing area in eastern part of country after clashes last week with demonstrators; report follows seizure of Grand Mosque (M)

United Press International

Article on movement in California to introduce educational vouchers, which would allow private schools to compete with public schools for tax money that now goes exclusively to public schools; John E Coons and Stephen D Sugarman are principal force behind movement; Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers president, has charged that passage of proposed constitutional amendment authorizing such vouchers, written by Coons and Sugarman, would be 1st step in dismantling of public education throughout country and has told teachers that efforts to defeat it would be 'fight of the century' (M)

EDUCATION

Sen Kennedy says he supports Carter's efforts to free American hostages in Teheran, speech to Nevada Democrats; his criticism of deposed Shah has stirred first major controversy of Presidential campaign; Democratic and Republican political opponents denounce Kennedy for injecting Iranian crisis into political campaign; Kennedy says 'support for hostages does not mean support for Shah'; accuses Khomeini of 'violating every principle of international law' by permitting seizure of hostages; remarks that Kennedy was criticized for were made in TV interview in San Francisco; Kennedy opposes Carter Administration's decision to admit Shah into US; says Shah ran one of most violent regimes in history of mankind; says US should deny Shah permanent asylum; Kennedy illustration (M)

Kennedy, After Criticizing Shah, Supports Carter's Efforts on Iran

Acting under pressure from the State Department and the Canadian Government, the Justice Department rejected a recommendation of its own investigators last year that Gulf Oil and eight other companies be indicted. The indictment would have charged the nine with involvement in a worldwide uranium cartel. [Page Al.]

BUSINESS Digest

Federal grand jury begins hearing evidence to determine whether any criminal acts were committed in awarding NYC bus shelter franchise; investigation is 1st of several in bus shelter dispute to reach grand jury stage; NYC Investigation Department is continuing inquiry into contracts award, which has produced charges of improper conduct on part of several city officials; NYS Supreme Court Justice Bentley Kassal is attempting to reach compromise to resolve civil suit that has stalled construction of shelters; compromise would involve new bids for franchise and sale of existing shelters to Convenience & Safety Corp, which won franchise in competitive bidding from Bustop Shelters Inc; investigation by Investigation Commissioner Stanley N Lupkin, ordered by Mayor Koch pending signing of new contract, is concentrating on bidding arrangements; Bustop officials have charged that City Comptroller Harrison J Goldin rigged bidding by raising bonding requirement; Goldin auditor Salvatore J Nasella has submitted deposition saying that Goldin aides Judy Seidenfeld and Steven Newman attempted to influence Bustop audit; aides deny charges; Goldin denies impropriety; roles of Franchises Bureau and Transportation Department are also being investigated; Lupkin, Goldin and Corporation Counsel Allen G Schwartz illus; shelter illus (L)

Federal Grand Jury Considering Bus Shelter Franchise

Dollar plunges to historic low against West German mark; price of gold soars to $431.50 per ounce in New York and $431 in London; heavy dollar sales attributed to increasing American-Iranian tension and worldwide unease it is creating; Bundesbank official Leonhard Gleske says decline of currency is, in essence, psychological and political and not economic, other banking officials concur (M)

Dollar Falls To a Low In Germany

Article on growing use of computers by architects; notes computer graphics is becoming major technological tool, translating complex structural, engineering and environmental data into pictures; says computer graphics hold promise of restoring balance between art and science in architecture; Cornell Univ Prof Donald P Greenberg, acknowledged leader in field of computer graphics, comments; drawings; illus (L)

Computers Become a Major Design Tool

Article on follow-up studies of hyperactive children who were 1st generation treated with drugs for hyperkinetic syndrome; researchers find that some of these individuals, as they come of age, continue to experience some of symptoms associated with syndrome; several studies discussed (M)

Hyperactive Children Often Suffer As Adults

Interstate Commerce Commission grants permission to Southern Pacific Transportation Co to operate over lines of bankrupt and strike plagued Rock Island Railroad, providing relief for Western farmers with products ready for market (S)

Southern Pacific Granted Use of Rock Island Lines

Government documents show that when Justice Department decided not to indict Gulf Oil Corp and 8 other companies on felony charges stemming from their involvement in uranium cartel, it was acting against recommendation of its staff and in response to pressure from State Department and Canadian Government; show further that State Department was aware of arrangement to raise uranium prices worldwide before group of uranium-mining companies held its 1st meeting, in Feb '72, but did not inform Justice Department; Asst Atty Gen John H Shenefield, who was directly responsible for making decision not to seek indictments, and spokesmen for Gulf and Canadian Government comment; illus of former Canadian Prime Min Pierre Trudeau, who allegedly met with Pres Carter about grand jury investigation (L)

Data Show U.S. Rejected Uranium Cartel Prosecution

French court reportedly froze Iran's 10% stake in Eurodif uranium-enrichment plant and suspends repayment and servicing of $1 billion Iran made to finance project; reportedly acted on request of French, Belgian, Italian and Spanish atomic energy authorities, which are also shareholders in enrichment plant, after new Iranian Government failed to keep up certain routine payments to project (M)

Iran Curbed On French Atom Plant

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December 4, 1979

Headlines from December 4, 1979

Terrorists in Puerto Rico Ambush Navy Bus, Killing 2 and Injuring 10

Canadian Banks Heading South

CORRECTIONS

IRAN CHARTER GETS EXPECTED LANDSLIDE

Travel Business: Bumpy Road

Billboard 200

The Long Run

On The Radio: Greatest Hits: Volumes I & II

In Through The Out Door

Tusk

Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for December 4, 1979