May 1, 1980

ATLANTA, April 30--Bert Lance, the former Federal budget director, was found not guilty today of nine bank fraud charges, ending the longest trial in Georgia history. The jury deadlocked and was unable to return verdicts on three other counts against him, resulting in a mistrial on those charges.

All-male eating clubs at Princeton University can continue to exclude women, Federal officials said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, April 30--The Government index designed to predict future trends in the economy provided strong evidence today of a developing recession by turning in its sharpest drop in five and a half years.

GRAND is the word, simply grand. If the scent of hard times is in the air, you'd never guess it when visiting the annual decorator show house to benefit the Kips Bay Boys' Club. Year after year, the 65-year-old youth rehabilitation center has managed to spark New York's best-known...

Demolition has begun near the United Nations enclave in preparation for a new 39-story tower that will provide offices for the world organization and foreign delegations, topped by a 10-story residential hotel incorporating special security arrangements for foreign dignitaries.