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June 2, 1981

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Index; International

By Unknown Author

Economic problems continue to close in on Mrs. Thatcher A2 U.S. is said to have endorsed U.N. subsidies of newspapers A3 New effort to be made to get Viet- namese troops out of Cambodia A3 Around the World A5 King Hassan hints at flexibility on Western Sahara A6 Syrian denounces U.S. diplomacy on missile crisis A9 Israel accuses Syria of increasing troops in Lebanon A9 Americans give $5.5 million to Jerusalem in honor of Mayor A9 High-ranking P.L.O. representa- tive is assassinated in Brussels A10 Government/Politics City Council finance chief wants surplus funds to go for subways B3 Supreme Court Roundup B9 Burger says laws are improperly drafted B9 General Fort Wayne, Ind., battles image and economy problems A12 Around the Nation A13 11 principals get summonses for immunization violations B2 Defense, summing up, accuses po- lice of lying at Met murder trial B3 Columbia School of Public Health cuts school year to save money B3 Ex-G.O.P. leader in Suffolk con- victed on Federal tax counts B5 Industry/Labor Teamsters open convention with message from Reagan B7 Miners' president praised on trip to promote proposed contract B7 Amtrak cutting headquarters staff by 25 percent B11 News Analysis Drew Middleton examines the Is- raeli-Syrian situation A10 Steven V. Roberts discusses Democratic divisions on taxes B11 Science Times New theories may promise new help for depression C1 The world's largest yo-yo, made to test the stratosphere C1 The engineer's search for safety in smaller cars C1 Doctor's World: Assassination at- tempts and unreliable reports C3 The Science Watch C3 Education: A foundation tries to save the humanities C4 Science Q&A C5 Arts/Entertainment How does Hollywood determine whether a movie is a hit? C7 Book discounts allegations that Jefferson had a black mistress C7 Negro Ensemble Company wins an Obie award C7 Two books reporting on Nicara- gua are reviewed C9 Barbara Walters interviews three "Women of the Year" C9 Cable-TV programmers on the lookout for new shows C15 Style Notes on Fashion B8 Short pants hit their stride B8 A coming-of-age ceremony for seven older women B8 Obituaries Theodore Fred Kuper, lawyer and education aide B10 Tamar de Sola Pool, former presi- dent of Hadassah B10 Philip D. Block Jr., former execu- tive of Inland Steel B10 Sports Brooks agrees to terms and will coach Rangers C11 Phils beat Mets, 5-4; Kingman hits 12th homer C11 Martin suspended a week, fined $1,000 for bumping umpire C11 Connors and McEnroe gain French quarterfinals C11 Aching Jim Palmer has healthy statistics C11 Partez withdrawn; Belmont field at 9 C12 No progress reported in latest baseball talks C13 Dave Anderson on Cathy Rey- nolds's caddie-husband C14 Features/Notes Notes on People B5 Going Out Guide C6 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A14 In defense of Wall Street Proving discrimination at large Anomalously angry at Libya Topics: urban images Letters A14 Sydney H. Schanberg: sharing the goodies A15 Tom Wicker: the politics of tax re- duction A15 Richard J. Barnet: dealing with Moscow A15 Barbara Caress, Stephen Leber- stein: 40 years after firings A15 Robert H. Hayes and Modesto A. Maidique: the technology gap A15

Metropolitan Desk519 words

WOMAN IS STABBED TO DEATH IN HER FLUSHING APARTMENT

By Leonard Buder

A 19-year-old Queens woman was stabbed to death early yesterday in her apartment, apparently by a burglar who smashed through a bedroom window that was accessible from an adjoining garage roof. The victim's nude body, with a kitchen knife protruding from her chest, was discovered by her mother when she returned home at about 3 A.M. The apartment had been ransacked, a window smashed, and a trail of blood on the roof and nearby marked the escape path of the killer, who had apparently been cut by broken glass, the police said. Although burglary was regarded as the probable motive, detectives said that they had not ruled out the possibility that the victim, Felisa Kamenoff of 31-50 140th Street, Flushing, had brought someone home or had been followed home from a local discotheque she had visited earlier in the evening. Time of Death Unclear Miss Kamenoff was stabbed 29 times and had been ''sexually molested,'' according to Dr. Phito Pierre-Louis, an associate medical examiner in Queens who performed the autopsy. He said that the young woman had been stabbed in the face, arms, chest and abdomen. He would not say whether she had been raped and added that the time of her death had not yet been established.

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NEW THEORIES OF DEPRESSION HOLD PROMISE OF SIMPLER REMEDY

By Marilyn MacHlowitz

As a graduate student experimenting with animals, Martin E.P. Seligman, now professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, unexpectedly came upon a phenomenon he later called ''learned helplessness.'' The concept he developed ultimately suggested that human depression grows out of the destructive ways that people learn to view their experiences. At about the same time, Dr. Aaron T. Beck, who is now director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, was continuing to study depression, searching for hostility and a need to suffer in his patients - important sources of depression in conventional psychoanalytic thought. Instead he found they had a view of the world that was relentlessly negative, and he later showed that their outlook could be rapidly changed through therapy. Dr. Beck's cognitive theory and Dr. Seligman's learned helplessness concept offer similar viewpoints on depression. Both have brought on a storm of research in recent years, resulting in support as well as criticism.

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IOWA BEEF REVOLUTIONIZED MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY

By Thomas L. Friedman

In laying out some $800 million in stock to purchase Iowa Beef Processors, Occidental Petroleum is acquiring a company that did for the American meat-packing industry what Henry Ford did for automobile assembly. In the process of revolutionizing the way meat is butchered and packaged, Iowa Beef forced the competition either to copy its methods or quit the business. Analysts are nearly unanimous that Occidental could not have found a better partner through which to make a major entry into the food industry. The combination of Occidental's money and Iowa Beef's experience is expected to turn the meatpacker into a worldwide processor, not only of beef but of pork products as well.

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CORRECTION

By Unknown Author

An obituary of the economist Barbara Ward yesterday incorrectly identified the founders of the International Institute for Environment and Development. It was founded in 1971 by Robert O. Anderson, chairman of the Atlantic Richfield Company, and Joseph E. Slater, president of the Aspen Institute.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 27, 1981, covering June 2, 1981.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon

    Hi Infidelity

    REO Speedwagon

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    25
  2. 2
    Album cover for Paradise Theater by Styx

    Paradise Theater

    Styx

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC

    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

    AC/DC

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood

    Arc Of A Diver

    Steve Winwood

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    20
  5. 5
    Album cover for Moving Pictures by Rush

    Moving Pictures

    Rush

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

Nikolay Davydenko

1981Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player[†]

Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semi-finals, which he accomplished on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in all but one of them. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, and he also won three ATP Masters Series. In mid-October 2014 Davydenko retired from playing professionally.

Chin-Hui Tsao

1981Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player[†]

Chin-Hui Tsao is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He is the second major league player, and the first major league pitcher from Taiwan. Like the first Taiwanese major league player, former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, he is a Taiwanese aborigine of Amis ancestry. He had previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Dodgers before spending the 2009 season with the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). After the 2009 Taiwan Series, Tsao was investigated for game-fixing scandals, although he was ultimately not indicted on February 10, 2010. Tsao was expelled by CPBL on December 23, 2009. He has recorded the fastest pitch by a Taiwanese pitcher at 100 mph in 2005.

Historical Context for June 2, 1981

In 1981, the world population was approximately 4,528,777,306 people[†]