MAINZ, West Germany, Nov. 16-- Pope John Paul II, on the second day of a five-day visit to West Germany, called on Roman Catholics today to widen their contacts with other Christian churches.  

Pope, in Germany, Asks Catholics To Strengthen Ties to Protestants; Ecumenism Is Stressed Pope, in Germany, Asks Catholics To Strengthen Ties to Protestants Meets With the Handicapped Homosexuals Protest Pope's Visit

RAY LEONARD was leisurely cutting down a tree in the backyard of his house in Mitchellville, Md., re  cently when his wife, Juanita, offered to pin a picture of Roberto Duran on the trunk of the tree.  

Leonard in Quest of Sweet Revenge; Leonard in Quest Of Sweet Revenge 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16--Harold M. Williams, appointed in 1977 by President Carter to a five-year term as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, says he would like to finish out his term despite a longstanding tradition that an incoming President appoints his own chairman.  

S.E.C. Chief Is Inclined To Stay On; But Reagan Shift Is Still Expected 'A Five-Year Commitment' Transition Leader Named Williams Seeks to Finish S.E.C. Term 'A Very Good Way to Go' 

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Senator-elect Alfonse M. D'Amato said yesterday that he would seek to retain until the end of their terms the two United States Attorneys for the New York metropolitan area appointed by President Carter.  

D'Amato Asserts He Would Keep 2 U.S. Attorneys; Backs Finishing of Terms by Carter Appointees Offers Praise for Both Supports Transit Plan D'Amato Asserts He Would Keep 2 U.S. Attorneys Until Terms End 

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The nation's big banks, straining to accommodate their blue-chip corporate customers, are increasingly offering bargain-basement interest rates on short-term loans to such companies.  

Loans to Business Undercut Prime; Banks Undercut Prime Rate on Loans to Businesses 

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 16--Mike Friede dropped a pass today. It hit directly between the blue No. 8 on the left side of his white Giants jersey and the No. 8 on the right. He caught six others--including some by his fingertips on diving grabs--and his presence helped Earnest Gray catch six passes for three touchdowns in a 27-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers.  

Gray Scores 3 in Giants' Victory; Packers Fall, 27-21 Gray Scores 3 as Giants Top Packers, 27-21 Danelo Kicks Field Goal Packers-Giants Summary Scoring Giants Notes Giants Statistics 

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16--Presidentelect Ronald Reagan met with his economic advisers today to review proposals for major economic initiatives, and then vowed to do "what I said throughout the campaign that I was going to do."  

REAGAN REINFORCES HIS PLEDGES TO CUT TAXES AND SPENDING; MEETS WITH ADVISORY GROUP He Says Reductions Won't Deprive People of Needed Programs --Proposals Reviewed Cuts in Taxes and Spending Reagan Reinforces Committment to Cut Taxes and Government Spending Off for a Week in Washington Goal Is $620 Billion in Outlays 

Chemical Bank is planning to erect a threestory, glass-enclosed public park on Park Avenue.  

A New Touch Of Glass Due On Park Ave.; Tower for the 80's Outdoors to Get a Place Indoors In Renovation of Midtown Tower 

MOSCOW, Nov. 16--Two weeks ago, at a meeting of the Supreme Soviet, this country's nominal parliament, the Soviet oil minister engaged in a bit of bureaucratic sleight of hand.  

Slowdown Predicted In Soviet Oil Output; Slowdown Predicted in Soviet Oil Output Siberian Fields Behind Schedule Importing East-Bloc Labor A Limited-Risk Strategy 

TEHERAN, Iran, Monday, Nov. 17-- Iranian forces struggled today to prevent a complete Iraqi takeover of the southwestern town of Susangird in a major battle of the nine-week-old Persian Gulf war.  

IRAN FIGHTS TO STOP TAKEOVER OF TOWN IN A MAJOR BATTLE; Both Sides Report Hundreds Killed in Clash Over Susangird in the Oil Province of Khuzistan Kuwait Reports Iranian Raid Attacks on Abadan Reported Iranian Forces Try to Stop Takeover Of Khuzistan Town in Major Battle Kuwait Tells of Iranian Attack Support Pledged for Kuwait 

DENVER, Nov. 16--Like an old character actor stealing scenes from the bright new faces, Craig Morton employed 16 years of tricks and led the Denver Broncos to a 31.24 victory over the New York Jets today.  

Broncos Down Jets, 31-24; Late Pass Decides Last Quarter Is Fatal to Jets in 31-24 Defeat Praised by Robinson He's Cool Under Pressure 

BEULAH, N.D.--After almost a decade of planning, seemingly endless negotiations and financial problems that still fester, the nation's first large-scale synthetic fuels plant is at last being built.  

Gasification Plant Rising Amid Many Snags; Coal Gasification Plant Is Proceeding Despite Financing Snarl Trying to Focus on Future Delay Means More Cost Molecular Reassembly Setbacks in Congress Design Work Continued 

Harvel Wilder worked nights. Taking his big magnum revolver, he headed into Manhattan in search of "people who had money."  

Mugger's Tale: He Prowled Without Fear Through a Fearful City; Beating the System Back on the Street Mugger Prowled Fearlessly Throughout a Nervous City First Sentence at 13 'Felt Easier' in Manhattan Returned to Times Square Netted $800 a Night Dreams of Armored Cars Lookouts at Corners Parole Possible in 1982 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16--The Energy Department announced today that its offer of $5 billion in financial assistance for commercial-scale synthetic fuels plants had attracted 18 proposals from industry, six of which involve projects relying on coal.  

U.S. Gets 18 Energy Proposals; Awards to Be Hastened Energy Proposals to U.S. Projects Would Start in 1983 

The stock market's surge in the wake of Ronald Reagan's landslide victory-- last week's volume on the New York Stock Exchange and the accompanying sharp rise in the Dow Jones industrial average were the second-highest ever --may well be justified in economic terms, many economists say.  

Some Basis For Market Surge Seen; Economists Are Confident About The Long Term Dow Highest in Nearly 4 Years Economists See a Basis for Market Surge 

Boris Aronson, the stage designer whose works for the Broadway theater spanned five decades and won him six Tony awards, died yesterday in a hospital near his home in Nyack, N.Y. He was 81 years old.  

Boris Aronson, Stage Designer With 6 Tonys, Is Dead; Did Not Want 'a System' Early Artistic Talent Other Early Credits Bridge From West to East 

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16--Goaded by high winds, rampaging brush fires swept across some 30,000 acres in southern California today, forcing thousands of residents to flee and destroying at least 90 homes.  

Thousands Flee Homes as 6 Fires In California Sweep 30,000 Acres; Blaze Near Pacific Palisades Fires in California Force Thousands to Flee Initial Report of Arson 'If My House Goes, I Go' Winds Hamper Helicopters 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 16 --As some 300 business executives and their families cheered and shouted "Go! Go! Go!" from their viewing stand three miles away, the stubbynosed blue and white rocket with the letters "SBS" on the side rose into threatening gray skies.  

A Businesslike Satellite Liftoff; Launch 'Just Pefect' 'Perfect' Liftoff for Business Satellite Once-Busy Cape Now Quiet In an Elliptical Orbit 

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 16--The house that Achmat Hassan built five years ago with an interest-free Government loan is set behind a small courtyard whose walls shield it from the traffic noise of Aziz Street. A tiny date palm rises in the courtyard, and around it play Mr. Hassan's three children, who range downward in age from ...  

The Kin of a Dead Iraqi Soldier Ask 'How Many More Martyrs?'; Family of Dead Iraqi Soldier Is Bitter War Called 'Qadisiya Hussein' Council's Actions Shadowy 

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J., Nov. 12--A small group of surf clam fishermen saw their way of life nearly destroyed four years ago by a blanket of pollution that suffocated offshore clam beds.  

Hard-Hit Jersey Clammers Wait for Day in U.S. Court; Case Viewed as Historical Tighter Fishing Restrictions 

Sports World Specials; Heisman Flak The Iron Men On-the-Job Training Screen Play A Short Story 

The budget staffs of the New York State Legislature met in Albany over the weekend to discuss the state's supplemental budget but failed again to find a middle ground between the Republicans' $150 million proposal and Governor Carey's plan, which could increase the budget to $400 million.  

Talks in Albany Fail to Achieve Budget Accord; Trooper Survived Attack 

TOKYO, Nov. 16--"Shogun," the fivepart series based on James Clavell's novel of feudal Japan that in September attracted one of the largest viewing audiences in the history of American television, arrived here last week in the form of a dubbed 2-hour-and-40-minute movie. It is not a box office smash.  

'Shogun' No Hit in Japan, but It Wins Guarded Kudos; Brutality 'a Bit Exaggerated' Fear of 'Misunderstanding' Eases Interest in Other Classics Seen An Explanation of Japan's Success 

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November 17, 1980

Headlines from November 17, 1980

Pope, in Germany, Asks Catholics To Strengthen Ties to Protestants; Ecumenism Is Stressed Pope, in Germany, Asks Catholics To Strengthen Ties to Protestants Meets With the Handicapped Homosexuals Protest Pope's Visit

Leonard in Quest of Sweet Revenge; Leonard in Quest Of Sweet Revenge

S.E.C. Chief Is Inclined To Stay On; But Reagan Shift Is Still Expected 'A Five-Year Commitment' Transition Leader Named Williams Seeks to Finish S.E.C. Term 'A Very Good Way to Go'

News Summary; Persian Gulf Crisis International National Metropolitan

D'Amato Asserts He Would Keep 2 U.S. Attorneys; Backs Finishing of Terms by Carter Appointees Offers Praise for Both Supports Transit Plan D'Amato Asserts He Would Keep 2 U.S. Attorneys Until Terms End

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Hotter Than July

The Game

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