WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The Carter Administration has adopted a new strategy for nuclear war that gives priority to attacking military targets in the Soviet Union rather than to destroying cities and industrial complexes, Government officials said today.  

CARTER SAID TO BACK A PLAN FOR LIMITING ANY NUCLEAR WAR; 'DETERRENCE' TERMED THE AIM New Strategy Would Stress Strikes on Military Objectives Rather Than Cities, Officials Say Previous Policy Called Unrealistic Prolonged Nuclear War Carter Reported to Approve a Plan For Limiting Any Nuclear Warfare Help in Election Campaign No Prior Hint of Policy Change 

JUST a simple steaming and the tender, nut-sweet clams are ready to be plucked piping hot from their shells, then swished in broth and  dunked in melted butter for a delectable treat. It's the eating, not the preparation, of steamer clams that is the challenge.  

Steamers: The Hot Clams Of Summer; Steamers: How to Buy and Cook The Hot Clams of Summer 

The 171 Iranian men held without charges in the Federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. for four days were freed last night and left immediately for New York City. Twenty Iranian women held in similar circumstances in New York were released at about the same time.  

U.S. Authorities Release Iranians Jailed in Protest; Official Asserts No Reason Remains to Detain 191 Washington Charges Dropped All Are Iranian Nationals 191 IRANIANS FREED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES Lawyers Charge Students Beaten 

Barring a last-minute hitch, Esmark Inc., the Chicago company currently accepting sealed bids for its extremely valuable Vickers oil holdings, is expected to announce the winning bidders in about 10 to 15 days, oil industry sources disclosed yesterday.  

Vickers Bidding: Outcome Seems Near; A Decision On Vickers Held Near Belridge Bidding Recalled 

BONN, Aug. 5--The General Motors Corporation, continuing its realignment of overseas management, today named the head of its strong Pontiac division to the chairmanship of Adam Opel, its West German subsidiary.  

G.M. Shifts A Top Aide To Opel; G.M. Shifts A Top Aide To Opel Bleak Results From a Performer

A State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan ruled yesterday that landlords could not unreasonably refuse tenants permission to sublet their apartments. The ruling upset one made two months ago in another case in a lower court.  

Judge Backs Right to Sublet; Housing Court Ruling Upset; What the Landlord Said Some Allowable Reasons 

DENVER, Aug. 5--A few of the older natives here remember when you could smell the pine scent of the Rocky Mountains in downtown Denver. It is difficult these days, however, to catch even a glimpse of the Rockies through the glass-and-steel skyscrapers rising everywhere in the city.  

Denver a Hub in Energy Search; Denver Now a Hub in Energy Search Important Site for Solar Energy 

News Summary; International National Metropolitan 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The Carter campaign yielded today to demands of Kennedy forces for debates of the Democratic Party platform and convention rules in prime television time next week, and in return won a pledge for a party "united behind our nominees" once the convention battles are over.  

CARTER AIDES YIELD ON TV DEBATE TIME AND WIN UNITY VOW; EFFECT OF ACCORD IS DISPUTED Joint Statement Agrees to Back Party Nominee, but Kennedy Camp Terms Issue Open 'Nothing Certain in Politics' CARTER AIDES REACH DEAL WITH KENNEDY 'No Hesitancy' on Support 'No Movement to Kennedy' Lowest Support Ever Found 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The White House continued to wrestle with the Billy Carter controversy today despite the release yesterday of a voluminous report on the case, and an extended Presidential news conference, which senior officials had hoped would mute the debate.  

Carter Aides Field Queries on Report; White House Aides Field Questions Left Open by Report on Billy Carter Justice Dept. Warnings Inquiry From Billy Carter

Ronald Reagan, charging that the Democrats for years had overpromised and failed to deliver, urged black Americans in a speech here yesterday to put aside prejudices they might have against him as a "caricatured conservative" and support his Republican candidacy for the Presidency.  

Reagan Urges Blacks To Look Past Labels And to Vote for Him; Reagan Urges Blacks to Ignore Labels 'Look Beyond the Labels' Barriers Termed False Blacks Have Been Skeptical Economic Problems Recounted 

BUSINESS Digest; The Economy Companies Markets Today's Columns

Back in the summer of 1976, having been led to believe the White House had told it to drop dead, New York City felt it had to prove to the rest of the country that it was very much alive. Just in time, the Democrats brought their national convention to town.  

City Girds for Democrats' Arrival With Flurry of Final Preparations; A Reception Similar to '76 Geraniums for Key Roads City Prepares for Arrival of Democrats 'Not Such Great Tippers' A First Visit for Many 

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GILROY, Calif. TOM MEYER took a big bite of  pasta al pesto, seasoned heavily with garlic, from a styrofoam dish and leaned over and  kissed his friend Pat.  

Garlic Town Savors The Smell of success; A Garlic Town in California Savors the Pungent Smell of Success Prize-Winning Garlic Recipes Joe's Baked Garlic Soup Kelly's Asian Chicken 

I WAS at my desk at home when I first heard the eruption. Mark, my normally well-behaved  Doberman pinscher, was attacking my year-and-a-half-old son Patrick.  

In the Home, Who Guards the Guard Dog?; Its explosive temper and a growing family may not always mix. In the Home, Who Guards the Guard Dog? 

The woman was Albanian and her companion, a tall dark-haired man, spoke Serbo-Croatian. When they boarded their taxi outside the Park Lane Hotel on Central Park South, they handed the cabby a slip of paper with an address written on it --at Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue in Brooklyn, a ride that should have cost about $12. At the Triborough Bridge, the cabdriver collected $51 for the toll.  

Detectives Play Victim to Snare Cabby Cheats; Detectives Play Victim To Snare the Cabbies Who Cheat on Fares No Immediate Arrests 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--After a year as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Paul A. Volcker has won both widespread praise for his crusade against inflation and a place as the most visible architect of the nation's economic policy.  

Year One of Volcker Fed at End; Central Bank Expected To Face Tougher Tests Year One of the Volcker Fed at an End; Tougher Tests on Economy Expected Low End of Its Target Professional Manner Is Open Firmly Opposed to Tax Cut 

SALISBURY, Zimbabwe, Aug. 5--A senior Cabinet officer was questioned today in connection with the killing of a 68-year-old white farm manager, threatening a scandal that could shake Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's Government.  

High Zimbabwe Aide Questioned in Killing of a White; High Zimbabwe Aide Questioned In the Killing of a White Farmer Minister Fails to Return Police Deployed Around Home

CORRECTION

JERUSALEM, Aug. 5--Prime Minister Menachem Begin and a team of his Cabinet colleagues drafted a message today for President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt aimed at encouraging him to resume negotiations on Palestinian autonomy.  

Israel Responds To Sadat Move Halting Parley; 'Everything Is Negotiable' Israel Replies to Egyptians on Talks 

Victor Posner, the financier, said yesterday that City Investing Company, target of two takeover bids by Tamco Enterprises Inc., had agreed to let him acquire as much as 21 percent of its voting securities.  

City Investing Assents To 21% Stake by Posner; City Investing Assents To 21% Stake by Posner 

DETROIT, Aug. 5--The Big Three auto makers reported today that car sales for the final 10 days of July dropped 25.2 percent from the same period last year, but they said that sales for the entire month were stronger than in May and June.  

Auto Sales, Still Sliding, Hint Relief; Late July Shows 25.2% Drop But Month Is Strong Loan Availability Cited Late-July Car Sales Sag, But Improvement Is Cited 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--Members of the Senate subcommittee investigating Billy Carter's ties to the Libyan Government today praised President Carter for his performance last night at his news conference.  

Senators Praise Report by Carter But Say They'll Continue Inquiry; Senators Hail Report but Press Inquiry Thurmond Voices Doubts 'Directed to Delegates' 

Bootleggers distilled their spirits in the dark cavern below Atlantic Avenue, according to the Brooklyn rumormongerers of 1911. Murderers buried the remains of victims there, it was said in 1936. And during the two world wars, some Brooklynites swore that a German spy headquarters lay beneath their feet.  

August 6, 1980

Headlines from August 6, 1980

Steamers: The Hot Clams Of Summer; Steamers: How to Buy and Cook The Hot Clams of Summer

U.S. Authorities Release Iranians Jailed in Protest; Official Asserts No Reason Remains to Detain 191 Washington Charges Dropped All Are Iranian Nationals 191 IRANIANS FREED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES Lawyers Charge Students Beaten

Vickers Bidding: Outcome Seems Near; A Decision On Vickers Held Near Belridge Bidding Recalled

G.M. Shifts A Top Aide To Opel; G.M. Shifts A Top Aide To Opel Bleak Results From a Performer

Billboard 200

Emotional Rescue

Hold Out

Glass Houses

Urban Cowboy

The Game

Historical Context for August 6, 1980