SOMERS A dispute involving a resident's right to keep bees on his property and the threat to his neighbors' safety that the in  sects may pose has kept this town buzzing for more than a year and may soon result in legislation restricting the practice.  

Beekeeping Stirs Somers Controversy; Beekeeping Stirs Controversy

WASHINGTON IT HAS been dubbed "the continuing saga of the White Hats versus the I.R.S." by one New Jersey Congressional aide and "a classic  bureaucratic nightmare" by another.  

'White Hat Saga' Is Ending--Maybe; 'White Hat Saga'

Several hundred Polish-Americans burned a Soviet flag in mid-Manhattan yesterday. They sang the Polish national anthem and some of them wept.  

Strikes Making Polish-Americans Proud but Anxious; Cater Aide Sent to Rally

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23--It took 10 years, but the New York Jets finally toppled the Pittsburgh Steelers tonight, 20-13, with help from a pass rush that has been almost nonexistent for that period of time.  

Jets Defeat Steelers; New Front-Four Combination Jets Top Steelers as Defensive Line Excels Todd Carries for Score Jones-Walker Duo Problem in Defensive Secondary Jets Statistics

COACH JACKIE SHERRILL came mighty close to mentioning the possibility of a na  tional championship for his University of Pittsburgh football team this season when he sent each of the Panthers a short note last July "just to keep in touch," as he put it.  

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1980 At Pitt, Drums Are Beating For Another National Title; At Pitt, Drums Are Beating for Another National Crown One New Starter on Defense 36 Straight Games for Green McMillan at Fullback Leading Major College Teams 1970-1979

TOKYO, Aug. 23 (UPI)--A Soviet tugboat towed a crippled Soviet nuclear submarine to within a few miles of Japan's southern islands today, ignoring an order by the Japanese Government to keep the vessel outside its territorial waters.  

Soviet Ignores Order, Tows Submarine Near Japan; No Signs of Radiation

NEW HAVEN THE men were clustered around  a table, shouting "Move it!" "C'mon, number 5," "Talk to him, Mike," "Here comes the  eight, folks," "C'mon, Angel, baby!" and "Oh, oh, oh, home, baby, home!"  

Attendance Lagging At Off-Track Races; Teletrack Yields $5 Million to State

HARTFORD  SALLY, who is 64 years old, lay on a dirty sheet spread crookedly over half the bed, moaning and begging to be  taken to a hospital. The day before she had an ambulance take her, but the doctors sent her home in a taxi, not finding any reason to admit her.  

When Abuse Adds To Woes of the Old; State Moves to Bar Abuse of the Elderly

NEWARK SINCE 1947, when it began decentralizing its  operations to "regional home offices" across the country, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, the nation's  largest insurer, has reduced its employment here from more than 11,000 to 4,100 today.  

Prudential: Vital Role In Newark; Prudential Plays Vital Role in Newark

Major Figures on the Cultural Calendar

THE 1980-81 school year, which begins the day after Labor Day --nine days from now--is ex  pected to be a turning point for education in the state.  

School Year Will Begin With Controversy; School Year to Begin Amid Controversies

THE combination of a lack of jobs in specialized fields and  the rising professional expectations of women on the Island is causing a new type of partnership to emerge: the weekend marriage. More and more, professional couples, because of commitment to their careers,  

Till Monday Do Us Part; Till Monday Do Us Part

WILL a hurricane hit the Island this year?  Even after Hurricane Allen ploughed through Texas recently and left a less severe trail of destruction than some storm watchers had feared, forecasters who...  

Hurricane Prediction Is Up in the Air; Hurricane Prediction Is Up in the Air

"What matters most to this company isn't what happens in this office," said Peter M. Perez, president of Steinway  Sons, the piano makers. "The most important thing," he said, rising from his desk, "is what goes on out there. Let's go."  

The Steinway Tradition; The Steinway Tradition The Steinway Tradition

NORFOLK, Va. THE courteous, soft-spoken pilot who came on board the Indian coal freighter Kasturba outside the Virginia port of Hampton Roads was no ordinary guider of ships.  

Hampton Roads: Catching Up to the Coal Boom; Hampton Roads: Catching Up to the Coal Boom

New York Cuts Teaching Force

We'll be spending the fall movie season back on earth, or so it appears. Few budgets are expected to go sky-high  and, at least for the time being, the technology of the future is a thing of the past.  

Film: The Earth Strikes Back; Earthly Concerns, Lovers and Cut-ups Spice the Season

Governor Carey, explaining his support of Bess Myerson in the race for the Democratic Senate nomination, said yesterday that he thought the post was a "Jewish seat."  

Carey Defends Support Of Myerson Campaign By Citing 'Jewish Seat'; Carey Says He Backs Miss Myerson Because the Post Is a 'Jewish Seat' Suggested Concept in '78

Seldom, if ever, has a new way of travel so quickly and so thoroughly eclipsed its predecessor. By 1960 the jet plane, which began to fly the North Atlantic only in 1958, was grabbing 70 percent of the market and by 1970 only four passengers in a hundred went to Europe by sea.  

Across the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth 2; A Trans-Atlantic Crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2

Major News; The Clock Stops At High Noon in Polish Labor Crisis Autumn Thunder Rumbles Early

PORT CHESTER THIS village of 2.2 square miles  and 25,000 people on the edge of one of suburbia's most affluent counties and next to another  has been ravaged by years of economic stagnation as industries left and the downtown area decayed.  

New Projects Buoy Optimism In Port Chester; Projects Buoy Optimism in Port Chester

On an afternoon heavy with nostalgia, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally won a game in New York yesterday. After six straight defeats in 13 months, they rallied to defeat the Mets, 4-2, at Shea Stadium.  

Mets Defeated by Dodgers, 4-2; Now Almon's Turn Cey Delivers

A SUPERB reporter and political analyst, a founder of The New Republic, the editor of The New York World's editorial page and the au  thor of several influential books, Walter Lippmann was, to James Reston, "the greatest journalist of our ...  

The Voice Of Reason; Lippmann

Investigators in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania say organized crime has increased its control over local cheese and pizza enterprises, a move they say is part of mob efforts to run the lucrative industry nationally.  

MOB SAID TO INVADE THE PIZZA INDUSTRY; Web of Control by Organized Crime Is Reported to Be Nationwide Skimming of Profits Alleged Mob Said to Invade the Pizza Business Findings Given to State and U.S. A Bonanno Connection 23 Cheese Companies Listed Mr. Piancone's View A Modest Beginning 'The Rolls-Royce of Mozzarella' Association Ends Abruptly Illegal Aliens Reason for Extending Credit Bought Brother's Business Moved to California Rappa Serving Term

WARSAW ONCE again, Poland is playing out the engrossing  spectacle of workers' revolt inside what purports to be a workers' state.  

Diet of Discontent; Polish Strikes Challenge The System Itself 'Sausage Theory' Can Backfire

Yootha Joyce Needham, known as Yootha Joyce, was an English actress best known for playing Mildred Roper opposite Brian Murphy in the sitcom Man About the House (1973–1976) and its spin-off George and Mildred (1976–1979).

August 24, 1980

Headlines from August 24, 1980

Beekeeping Stirs Somers Controversy; Beekeeping Stirs Controversy

'White Hat Saga' Is Ending--Maybe; 'White Hat Saga'

Strikes Making Polish-Americans Proud but Anxious; Cater Aide Sent to Rally

Jets Defeat Steelers; New Front-Four Combination Jets Top Steelers as Defensive Line Excels Todd Carries for Score Jones-Walker Duo Problem in Defensive Secondary Jets Statistics

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1980 At Pitt, Drums Are Beating For Another National Title; At Pitt, Drums Are Beating for Another National Crown One New Starter on Defense 36 Straight Games for Green McMillan at Fullback Leading Major College Teams 1970-1979

Billboard 200

Emotional Rescue

Hold Out

Glass Houses

Urban Cowboy

The Game

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 24, 1980