ON the stage of Carnegie Hall the other night, just about 90 minutes before a Frank Sina  tra concert, Timothy Robinson went to work.  

Tuning a Piano: When It's Out, It's In; Tuning Your Piano: When It's Out, It's In

WASHINGTON, June 24--After more than a week of haggling between supporters of President Carter and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Democratic Party Platform Committee today adopted a 40,000-word document for the party's Presidential candidate to run on this fall.  

PLATFORM DRAFTERS BACK CARTER STANDS; Most Kennedy Proposals Rejected by Democratic Party Panel Several Positions Rejected Democratic Platform Panel Adopts Carter's Stands Other Provisions

WASHINGTON, June 24--A formal agreement preventing the closing of two New York City hospitals was signed today at a White House ceremony that indicated an easing of hostility between Mayor Koch and two Federal officials who had clashed sharply with him on the issue.  

Pact on Hospitals Signed; Koch at Peace With U.S.

At 10:35 A.M. yesterday, 35 minutes after transportation officials gathered at Lexington Avenue and 58th Street, the driver of a gray Dodge Aspen with ...  

Still Dreading Gridlock, the City Fights Spillback; Don't Lock--and Don't Litter! City's Dread Persists, So It Fights Spillback To Sidetrack Gridlock The Spillback Spillover 

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June 24-- President Carter assured Yugoslavia's new collective leadership today of continued American support for its policy of nonalignment and renewed his call for a similarly nonaligned regime in Afghanistan.  

PRESIDENT ASSURES BELGRADE U.S. BACKS NONALIGNED STATUS; HE RENEWS AFGHAN PROPOSAL On Trip to Yugoslavia, Carter Calls for Interim Regime in Kabul-- Soviet Attitude Unclear Afghan Proposal Made Earlier Pullout 'Not Significant' President Tells Yugoslavs of Support Detente 'a Universal Process' Crowds Light but Friendly 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 25--The Thai Foreign Minister, Siddhi Savetsila, said here today that the Vietnamese incursion across the Cambodian-Thai border was continuing ...  

Thai Officials Say Attack Across Frontier Has Not Ended; Hanoi Irked at Repatriation U.S. Voices 'Deep Concern' 

JUST as diamonds, pearls, gold and platinum inspire unscrupulous profit-seekers to palm off fake look-alikes, so fish of rare price are frequently misrepresented both in retail markets and  restaurants.  

Genuine Red Snapper; Expert Shopper Genuine Red Snapper: How to Tell It From Impostors The Snapper Family The Nonsnapper Snappers Nonsnapper Red Fish 

The Federal Communications Commission proposed yesterday that companies that own both a television station and a cable television system in the same area be forced to sell one or the other.  

F.C.C. SEEKS TO SPLIT TV AND CABLE UNITS; Move Would End Joint Ownership of Outlets in the Same Area Some Affected Markets F.C.C. Seeks to Split TV Stations, Cable Key Factor in Waivers 

TORONTO, June 24--It was not a run-of-the-mill annual meeting. There were no graphic displays of financial performance or models of ...  

Irwin's Child Stockholders; Children Are Shareholders at Irwin Toys Posing Thorny Questions 

"He doesn't seem like a banker," a student at the Wharton School said last year after having met Barry F. Sullivan, who at the time was executive vice president of the Chase Manhattan Bank.  

Lebrecque Seen As Moving Up In New York; Lebrecque Is Expected To Move Up at Chase 

Test scores that have merely kept pace with the small gains of urban districts around the country and school programs that have gained only slightly in diversity are the mixed legacy of a decade of decentralization in New York City.  

Achievement Lagging in Community-Run Schools; Community-Run Schools Just Keep Pace With Other Urban Districts in the U.S. Parental Involvement Rules on Tests Change The Road to Innovations Heated Issue on West Side Leadership Called the Key A Bold Outsider in Brooklyn The Freedom to Fail Answers Remain Elusive 

David M. Roderick, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, said yesterday that his company would report a profit for the present quarter and ...  

U.S. Steel Amenable On Imports; U.S. Steel, Amenable On Imports, Sees Profit 

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency is expected to rule that New York State's plan for complying with the Clean Air Act should be rejected because adequate funds to implement the plan's ...  

E.P.A. Likely to Block State Clean Air Plan; Could Affect Road Subsidies Plan Covers 9-County Area Decision Called Appropriate E.P.A. May Block Clean Air Plan 

CHICAGO, June 24--Barry F. Sullivan, the executive vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank, was elected chairman and chief executive officer of the First Chicago Corporation today and its principal subsidiary, the First National Bank of Chicago. He will assume the post July 28.  

Chase Official Will Succeed Abboud; Sullivan of Chase Named To Head First Chicago 

BUSINESS Digest; The Economy Companies Markets Energy International Today's Columns 

News Summary; International National Metropolitan 

WASHINGTON, June 24--Consumer prices rose at a relatively moderate pace of nine-tenths of 1 percent in May, the same as in April, the Government reported today.  

CONSUMER PRICES UP 0.9 PERCENT IN MAY; ANNUAL PACE IS 11%; KAHN FINDS INFLATION EASING Month's Rise the Same as April's, With Housing Costs Still High --New York Figure 0.6% 'Still a Long Way to Go' Looking to Mortgage Rates Consumer Prices Up 0.9% in May, A Second Modest Monthly Increase 

Increasing unhappiness over policy toward Iran and foreign policy in general has eroded President Carter's public standing back to the level it had before the hostages were seized at the United ...  

Approval of Carter's Foreign Policy Drops in Poll to Pre-Hostage Level; Approval of Carter Foreign Policy Declines in Poll to 20% Rating on Hostage Issue Unhappy With 2-Man Choice Strength in Middle West

WASHINGTON, June 24 (AP)--The Senate beat back air-quality amendments today and approved a $4 billion measure to pay for converting 38 oilfired utility plants across the country into coal-burning facilities.  

Senate Votes to Convert Oil-Fired Plants to Coal; 'Dollar Won't Stretch' Senate Bill on Coal 

THE greatest dry white table wines, the ones most eagerly  sought by connoisseurs, are the expensive white Burgundies of France, but if anyone had to decide ...  

Wine Talk Reliable, Charming Muscadet; Wine Talk 

WASHINGTON, June 24--In a major policy change, the Senate voted today to sharply curtail Federal interest subsidies for college student loans, a move that could save the Government up to $3 billion over the next five years.  

Senate Approves Measure Cutting Interest Subsidy on Student Loans; $36 Billion Authorized Senate Votes to Curtail Subsidies on Student Loans Loans Not Always Needed 

DETROIT, June 24--The Big Three auto makers said today that sales of new American-made passenger cars for the June 11-20 period fell 27.2 percent below sales for the same period last year.  

Mid-June Auto Sales Down 27.2%; But Analysts Say Worst May Be Over for Big 3 'Hit Bottom in May' G.M. Sales Fall 24.4%

Nearly a year of financial brinkmanship ended successfully for the Chrysler Corporation yesterday, when documents were signed in the 17th-floor conference room of a Park Avenue law firm providing an immediate $500 million loan to sustain the auto company.  

Chrysler Issues First of Its Notes Backed by U.S.; $500 Million Deal Marks Success of Aid Efforts Authorization in Washington First U.S.-Backed Notes Are Issued by Chrysler 'Close Call' in Washington 

ONE of my favorite lines in food literature has to do with salads and was written by an 18th-century British physi  cian and author named John Arbuthnot. The line appeared in the "History of John Bull," published in 1712, and ...  

Ingenious Salads-- Summer Challenge; A Summer Challenge for the Amateur Chef--Ingenious Salads Cold Spaghetti Primavera Potato Salad With Walnuts Rigatoni and Broccoli Salad Tabbouleh Mushroom and Avocado Salad

June 25, 1980

Headlines from June 25, 1980

Tuning a Piano: When It's Out, It's In; Tuning Your Piano: When It's Out, It's In

PLATFORM DRAFTERS BACK CARTER STANDS; Most Kennedy Proposals Rejected by Democratic Party Panel Several Positions Rejected Democratic Platform Panel Adopts Carter's Stands Other Provisions

Pact on Hospitals Signed; Koch at Peace With U.S.

Still Dreading Gridlock, the City Fights Spillback; Don't Lock--and Don't Litter! City's Dread Persists, So It Fights Spillback To Sidetrack Gridlock The Spillback Spillover

Billboard 200

Glass Houses

Just One Night

McCartney II

Against The Wind

Mouth To Mouth

Historical Context for June 25, 1980