The Pac-10 Conference, created 21 years ago from a nine-college league that bickered about and broke up over how to resolve a scandal involving payoffs to athletes, is trying to handle its latest scandal in a united and harmonious fashion.  

An Undivided Pac-lO Takes a Firm Stand; Problems Just Beginning An Undivided Pac-lO Takes a Firm Stand Kush Dismissal Sparks Action Conference Acts Quickly Two Profitable Bowl Games 

A metal mirror, about two feet square, was stuck in white sand in gin-clear Caribbean water 30 feet from the surface. As I watched through my mask, a queen angelfish, a large, graceful swimmer of indescent blue and gold and orange and violet, glided past its reflection, slowly circled...  

Grand Cayman's Underwater World; Exploring Grand Cayman Island's Underwater World If You Go... 

HIS third novel by Erica Jong is a literary prodigy. It reaches back to an earlier century for its very life: language, spirit and shape. "Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones" is over two centuries old.  

Erica Jong Circa 1750; Jong 

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A study examining possible discrimination by lenders in granting mortgages asserts that there is widespread discrimination against members of minority groups, but that discrimination against property because of its location, a practice known as redlining, is not as pervasive as community groups frequently allege it to be.  

Patterns Of Bias In Loans; H.U.D.Study Finds Mortgage-Loan Bias 

NEW DELHI, Aug. 16--New arson attacks, sniper fire and stabbings were reported overnight in the northern city of Moradabad as communal rioting continued in several widely separated Indian cities.  

Communal Riots Continue in India; Toll in Uttar Pradesh City Hits 130; COMMUNAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN INDIA Bricks Are Thrown and Shots Fired Toll Is Highest Since '69 

AFTER a long dry spell, venture capital is booming again, with funds now flowing steadily into  old and new partnerships, fueling a spate of business startups and giving a shot in the arm to undernourished growth companies.  

The Bulls Are Back In Venture Capital; Venture Capital 

OCEANPORT, N.J., Aug. 16--Spectacular Bid, bigger in appearance, bankroll and stature than ever, made his first appearance in the East in 10 months a successful one today. He pulled away under mild urging from Bill Shoemaker in the final furlongs and won the $255,692 Amory L. Haskell Handicap at Monmouth Park.  

$255,692 Haskell To 'Bid'; Spectacular Bid Scores in Jersey Fifth Down Backstretch Ready for Marlboro More Balanced Appearance Delp Facing Suspension 

MOUNT PLEASANT SUPERVISOR Michael L. Ro  vello may not be able to see forever on a clear day from his office at Town Hall Plaza, but he can see down Columbus Avenue to Pepsico Inc. and up the avenue to the Inter...  

Mount Pleasant's 'Golden Mile' Adding To High Quality Commercial Development; Adding to Mount Pleasant's 'Golden Mile' 

WE sit around a table that is decked with wild flowers and candles, eight women in long skirts, sipping wine  from coffee mugs. I have not known the others very long--we are summer...  

At Home

GDANSK, Poland, Aug. 16--Shipyard workers whose walkout has paralyzed Gdansk, Poland's major northern industrial center, settled their strike today,  their leaders reported. But they vowed to continue to occupy the Lenin shipyard here until Monday to support tens of thousands of other workers who are still off their jobs.  

SHIPYARD WORKERS IN POLAND REPORT STRIKE SETTLEMENT; But Their Leader's Vow to Occupy Port Facility Until Monday to Support Other Walkouts A Warning Against Reprisals Polish Workers Report a Settlement of Gdansk Strike 

Mexico is a time machine. The Yucatan takes you back 1,500 years; the state of Morelos transports you to 1910 and the battles of Emiliano Zapata. Similarly, a two-day trip to the region called El Bajio, northwest of Mexico City, can transport you through the four centuries between the Spanish conquest and the Revolution.  

Mexico by Time Machine: Four Centuries in Two Days; Mexico by Time Machine: Four Centuries in Two Days 

HARRISON, N.Y., Aug. 16--The third round of the Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic ended this afternoon in a tight traffic jam at the top, with four players within one stroke of one another, setting the stage for what could be an exciting finale tomorrow.  

Cadle 1--Stroke Leader; Cadle 1-Stroke Leader 

PLUM ISLAND THE common cold and foot-and-mouth disease may not exactly be kissing cousins. But if the experiments in genetic engineering currently under way at the  Animal Disease Center here result in eliminating that dreaded livestock scourge, humans could benefit, too.  

Scientists See New Gains In DNA Use; DNA Gains Seen 

ONE grew up on the city streets in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, the other in the horse country of Kentucky. One broke into professional baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the other with the Cincinnati Reds. One is black, the other white.  

Randolph and Flynn:; Playing Second Base In a First-Class Way Randolph and Flynn: Playing Second Base In a First-Class Way History in the Making The Night of the Trade 

WASHINGTON THE average American family, after paying "inflation-swollen prices" for the necessities of life, has nothing left to save. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Democrat of Texas, once argued.  

Economics Bentsen Style; Bentsen Economics 

UESTION: Is it possible to cram into a novel every joke the theme and plot will allow, then add a couple of hundred more for good measure, and still maintain, from first page to last, a graceful, elegant and, above all, seemingly effortless ...  

Peter De Vries in Form; De Vries 

LONDON When the London critics make their ritual season's-end assessments in the theater, they regularly bemoan the relative lack of sparkling new scripts, but on another matter they are invariably in agreement. The performers,  male and female, old, middle-aged and young, famous and obscure, were at their best since--well, since the year before. How on earth to pick the strongest of the strongest?  

Why British Acting Is in a Class by Itself; Why British Acting Is in a Class by Itself 

MIAMI, Sunday, Aug. 17--Hijackers seized three jetliners yesterday and ordered them to fly to Cuba, according to airline and Federal officials. The hijackings brought to six the number of United States planes commandeered and diverted to Cuba in a week.  

3 HIJACKINGS FORCE JETLINERS TO CUBA; Two Flights From Miami and One From San Juan Are Diverted 2 Hijackings in 30 Minutes 3 More Jets Forced to Havana; Total of 6 Seized in Week Toy Said to Be Bomb No Resistance to Arrest Use of 'Behavioral Profile' 

MADISON HARRY BAUR, Bert Lahr and George C. Scott have acted in different versions of "Volpone," and Volpone needs all the help he can get.  

Volpone in Madison

GIANTS DEFEAT BRONCOS, 9-6: Norris Weese, Broncos' quarterback, looking for a receiver as he was rushed by two Giants in the second quarter of preseason game last night at Giants Stadium. Page 9.  

Giants Win, 9-6, on Danelo Kick; Takes Advantage of Penalty Protection Encourages Simms Drive to Denver 8 Giant Defense Excels 

BEFORE a nuclear plant generates electricity, it generates radioactive waste. And before the waste can be processed or  properly stored, it must be trucked away.  

Who Should Control 'Hot Cargo' Routes?; ISSUE AND DEBATE THE BACKGROUND Who Should Control 'Hot Cargo' Routes? PROPONENTS OPPONENTS THE OUTLOOK

A DECADE ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that all residents of government mental hospitals and institutions--among them the old, the feeble and the men  tally and emotionally handicapped--had to be housed in "the least restrictive" environment.  

Boarding Home: Where the Aged Wait for the End; Where the Aged Await the End 

Major News; At the Garden, Convention Gives Carter a T.K.O. Koch Bangs On The Federal Pipes Polish Unrest Out in the Open

BALTIMORE, Aug. 16--The Gaylord Perry Show, the first half of tonight's entertainment at Memorial Stadium, was more critical to the American League's only division race, but the second act, The Earl Weaver Show, ...  

Perry Is Victor; Gamble, Soderholm Connect Yanks' Perry Stops Orioles, 4-1 Weaver's Tirade Manager Kicks Dirt Umpires' View Dimmer Gossage Strong in Relief Yankees Box Score 

Keith Mbusi Dabengwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He was appointed head coach of the Denmark national cricket team in October 2021.

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Daniel González Güiza is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Roteña.

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August 17, 1980

Headlines from August 17, 1980

An Undivided Pac-lO Takes a Firm Stand; Problems Just Beginning An Undivided Pac-lO Takes a Firm Stand Kush Dismissal Sparks Action Conference Acts Quickly Two Profitable Bowl Games

Grand Cayman's Underwater World; Exploring Grand Cayman Island's Underwater World If You Go...

Erica Jong Circa 1750; Jong

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Patterns Of Bias In Loans; H.U.D.Study Finds Mortgage-Loan Bias

Billboard 200

Emotional Rescue

Hold Out

Glass Houses

Urban Cowboy

The Game

Notable Births

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