August 18, 1980

LANESBORO, Mass. Robert and Jennifer Steele did not have to be shown the statistics to know that something startling was happening to agriculture in New England, an economic activity that has been in decline for 160 years and whose doom has seemed obvious and imminent for decades.

CAIRO, Aug. 17--Less than a year and a half after Egypt and Israel signed a celebrated peace treaty, their new relationship has become mired in mistrust and recriminations.

WARSAW, Aug. 17 The labor crisis in Poland deepened today as striking workers in three northern cities formed a special organization to consolidate their demands and strengthen their bargaining position with the Government.

YONKERS As this Hudson River city grapples with a strike threat by seven municipal unions, including the police and the firefighters, deeper problems continue to harass its officials.

Municipal bonds have lagged behind the general prosperity in the credit markets during recent months, the victim of a flood of new offerings and a lukewarm reception from some traditional big buyers.

LONDON, Aug. 17 Britain announced today that it had temporarily closed its embassy in Teheran, the scene of recent large and angry demonstrations.

Many officials of the American Broadcasting Companies who are responsible for internal cost controls possess limited authority to review multimillion dollar payments to two major independent producers and are forced to rely upon sketchy or ambiguous data when approving payment requests, according to ABC's own documents.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. With fewer than 4,000 executive jets available in the world and nearly 5,000 potential buyers, the executive jet business often resembles musical chairs as companies sell airplanes back and...

HARRISON, N.Y., Aug. 17 Curtis Strange, who thinks "I might be mellowing out at the golden age of 25," won the third tournament in his three years as a golf professional today, this one the Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic.