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May 6, 1983

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STATE IS ACCUSED OF BACKING OUT ON LAYOFF DEAL

By Susan Chira, Special To the New York Times

The head of the state's largest Civil Service union accused the Cuomo administration yesterday of reneging on a deal that would have prevented layoffs of state employees. The charge, made by William L. McGowan, head of the Civil Service Employees Association, came as 1,220 state workers were dismissed in the first wave of 3,400 layoffs called for in the state budget. Mr. McGowan said that he had been promised that layoffs would be reduced if more than 4,200 state workers retired early. At least 7,500 state workers have filed early retirement papers, 3,300 more than the state had predicted. Therefore, Mr. McGowan said, there was no reason to dismiss any more than 100 workers at the most.

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Index; International

By Unknown Author

Thirsty Soviet's grand design: tap Arctic waters A2 Soviet assails Iran's crackdown on Communists A3 Demonstrators in Paris skirmish with the police A4 Around the World A5 Socialist International's stand on Puerto Rico angers U.S. A6 Close Senate vote seen on aid to anti-Sandinists A7 Proposed new constitution is in- troduced in South Africa A9 Hussein-Arafat talks reported at ''a final end'' A10 A Reporter's Notebook: The wait for an Israeli-Lebanese accord A12 Government/Politics Ruckelshaus plans few major policy changes A15 Three Democrats bid for trade unions' Presidential support A16 U.S. to reduce number of high- ways for double-trailer trucks A18 Jersey Assembly passes bill on teacher contracts B2 Top New York court limits sub- poenas of physicians' records B3 Senate votes $1.8 billion for health insurance for jobless B6 Washington Talk Pentagon: Chief of Naval Opera- tions on morality and weapons A32 Competing for the capital's lux- ury hotel market A32 Briefing A32 Religion Eastern Orthodox Christians pre- pare to observe Easter D15 PARKING REGULATIONS Because of Eastern Orthodox Good Friday, alternate-side parking is sus- pended in New York City today. All other rules remain in effect. Weekend Weekender Guide C1 Rhinebeck, a village that time passed by C1 New arts flourish in new spaces C1 Theater: Broadway C2 ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Mar- tial'' is back C5 ''The Provoked Wife,'' a comedy from London C30 Screen: At the Movies C10 ''The White Rose,'' dissident students in Nazi Germany C13 ''Routes of Exile,'' documen- tary on Diaspora and Morocco C15 Music: Horszowski, a legend in living sound C5 Stan Freberg joining six-hour ''salute'' in Hackensack, N.J. C32 The original Impressions in town on reunion tour C6 Art: Works from Royal Academy shown here C23 Auctions C26 Keith Sonnier at P.S. 1 in Long Island City C22 Art People C25 Books: Publishing C29 Restaurants C20 TV Weekend C30 Style The Evening Hours A20 Wives of lawyers aid Harlem youths A20 Cartier: Art Deco for the 80's A20 General Around the Nation A14 Defense lawyer stresses political points at Brink's trial B3 New evidence found against de- fendant in CBS murder trial B7 Health/Science Routine contact may spread rare immunological disease A21 Obituaries James Henry Breasted Jr., art historian D15 Sports Pages Leconte, seeded 13th, upsets Lendl in 2 sets at Forest Hills A23 Bruins rout Islanders, 5-1, and cut series lead to 3-2 A23 Two horses withdrawn from Ken- tucky Derby; field at limit of 20 A23 Strawberry answers Mets' call A23 Yankees' ''big bats'' pressing A24 Braves defeat Astros, 6-3 A24 Scouting: Nolan Ryan's secret A24 George Vecsey on Common Sense A25 Islanders' Bossy shadowed and stymied by a Bruins rookie A26 Outdoors: Alewives are fun to catch A26 Features/Notes Questions and Answers: The shutdown of Indian Point A1 Sports People A22 New York Day by Day B3 News Analysis Matthew L. Wald discusses U.S. ruling on Indian Point plants B5 David Shribman on the House vote on a nuclear freeze B6 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A30 The bishops and the Bomb The real politics of guns Fair, and foul, on the street Letters A30 Flora Lewis: The climb to the summit A31 Tom Wicker: Voting against ideas A31 Steve H. Hanke: Wise use of Fed- eral land A31 Arturo Cruz Sequeira: Blame the C.I.A. and the Sandinists A31

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CORRECTION

By Unknown Author

An article in Metropolitan Report on Monday about the decline of sex-related businesses and felony crime complaints in midtown Manhattan incorrectly described the affected area. It extends from 30th to 50th Street and from the East River to the Hudson.

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TRANSPORT ISSUES LEAD STOCK RISE

By Alexander R. Hammer

The transportation issues led the stock market to its second consecutive broad advance yesterday in continued heavy trading. Turnover on the New York Stock Exchange soared to 107.9 million shares from 101.7 million shares the day before with many of the secondary issues attracting most of the buyers' attention. ''Volume in recent days has been climbing because many individual and institutional buyers are now increasing their purchases of stocks that are still selling at bargain prices rather than the high-priced blue chips,'' said Theodore H. Halligan, first vice president of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood. At the conclusion of the trading day, advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange outscored declining equities by more than a 2-to-1 ratio, about the same margin as on Wednesday.

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THE COST OF A SHUTDOWN: AN UNCLEAR BOTTOM LINE

By Unknown Author

What would happen if the two reactors at Indian Point were shut down because of yesterday's ruling by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission? The plant operators - the Consolidated Edison Company for Indian Point 2 and the New York Power Authority for Unit 3 - disagree sharply with opponents of the plants. Following are some questions and answers about the issues: Q. What would be the immediate consequences for customers? A. The utilities say their customers would have to pay for a cost amounting to $482 million a year, and they predict higher subway fares and the loss of thousands of jobs. Opponents of the plants say, however, that the cost would be far smaller, with less than a 1 percent increase in electric bills over 15 years.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 4, 1983, covering May 6, 1983.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Thriller by Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  2. 2
    Album cover for Frontiers by Journey

    Frontiers

    Journey

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for Kilroy Was Here by Styx

    Kilroy Was Here

    Styx

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Pyromania by Def Leppard

    Pyromania

    Def Leppard

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    14
  5. 5
    Album cover for Business As Usual by Men at Work

    Business As Usual

    Men at Work

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    45

Notable Births

Dani Alves

1983Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer[†]

Daniel "Dani" Alves da Silva is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the best full-backs of all time, he is also one of the most decorated players with 43 trophies.

Gabourey Sidibe

1983Gabourey Sidibe, American actress[†]

Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film roles include Tower Heist (2011), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), Grimsby (2016), and Antebellum (2020).

Trinley Thaye Dorje

1983Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama[†]

Trinley Thaye Dorje is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa.

Notable Deaths

Ezra Jack Keats

1983Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (born 1916)[†]

Ezra Jack Keats was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for The Snowy Day, which won the 1963 Caldecott Medal and is considered one of the most important American books of the 20th century. He wrote 22 books and illustrated at least 70 more in his signature collage art style. Keats is known for introducing multiculturalism into mainstream American children's literature. Keats' works have been translated into some 20 languages, including Japanese, French, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, German, Swedish, Thai, Chinese, and Korean.

Kai Winding

1983Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (born 1922)[†]

Kai Chresten Winding was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie Mondo Cane, reached in 1963 number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 and remained his only entry here.

Historical Events

Hitler Diaries

1983The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.[†]

The Hitler Diaries were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks by the West German news magazine Stern, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was The Sunday Times, who asked their independent director, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine. At the press conference to announce the publication, Trevor-Roper announced that on reflection he had changed his mind, and other historians also raised questions concerning their validity. Rigorous forensic analysis, which had not been performed previously, quickly confirmed that the diaries were fakes.

Historical Context for May 6, 1983

In 1983, the world population was approximately 4,697,327,573 people[†]