May 25, 1980

The immediate impact of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement is that the season will continue unimpeded and the sport can achieve a fifth consecutive record-attendance year.

ATLANTIC CITY SPOKESMEN for the gambling casino industry are expressing satisfaction with reform legislation, some of which was passed last week, with more expected to be approved soon.

The Japanese Olympic Committee decided yesterday not to send a team to the Summer Games in Moscow, and the United States and the Soviet Union both claimed victory in their tug-of-war over participation.

THE book was described in a New York Times review as one of "renewal" and the author was praised for "selecting and balancing her material, delicately arranging perishable things."

WASHINGTON, May 24--The Carter Administration believes that most of the American hostages in Iran have not been dispersed as their captors report and that those removed from Teheran after the unsuccessful rescue attempt last month are being returned to that city.

IT was a moment I wanted to hold in memory, one of those rare times of contentment when the senses were in harmony with the environment.

HAUPPAUGE "THE children looked at the newspapers," Madelyn Dubiner said, "and then they came to you and said, 'Mommy, will I ever be able to have a baby?' And if they have a stomachache, the first thing they say is, 'Do I have liver cancer?' "

WASHINGTON ON Jan. 5, President Carter responded to the Russian intervention in Afghanistan with sharp restrictions on trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. Soviet orders for some 14 million tons of grain were canceled and exports of high-technology goods were suspended.

Agreement on a settlement of a lawsuit over the operation of Douglas Elliman Company has been reached amicably, according to both sides in the dispute.

WHITE PLAINS FROM 25,000 to 30,000 Westches ter residents hear from Richard N. Lander every year, and as a result about half of them end up in court--specifically, the jury box.

Peter Brook's season at the La Mama Annex, consisting of four plays in repertory, represents the culmination of his years of experimentation with his Paris-based company, the International Center for Theater Research. The plays, drawn from widely divergent sources, are essential experiences for anyone concerned with the progress of innovative theater.