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PM-Soviet-U.S.,300
    MOSCOW (AP) - Pravda launched a blistering persopal attack on U.S.
Ambassador Malcolm Toon today, accusing him of slandering the Soviet
Union during his American speaking tour.
    The Communist Party newspaper took issue with remarks Toon made on
racism in Soviet society, microwave bombardment of the U.S. Embassy
and the ''panicked fear'' of the Soviet Union toward China.
    ''One thing is clear: diplomat Toon conducts himself extremely
undiplomatically,'' Pravda said. ''What he is doing is not to the
credit of this extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.''
    It was the second denunciation of Toon in two months since he left
on the speaking tour aimed at selling the agreement for limiting
strategic arms to audiences in several American cities.
    Pravda charged Toon has ''taken upon himself the mission of a
traveling Sovietologist'' and that he has forgotten ''his official
functions'' as spelled out in a 1961 convention.
    The paper said ''it's not quite necessary that an ambassador must
like everything in a country in which he is accredited.''
    But it added: ''Neither in the convention nor in some other
international documents of course (and it cannot be) is there even
half a word that a diplomat is allowed to be busy with slandering the
state whose hospitality he uses and to publicly slander this state.''
    The newspaper called it ''a puzzle why Mr. Toon should knit together
absurdities about 'racism' in the U.S.S.R.
    ''The ambassador must be aware that in the Soviet Union all forms
and exposures of racism, racial discrimination and nationalistic
discords have been denounced as illegal and those responsible are
prosecuted in the strictest way.''
    The paper also said it was ''confused'' as to why Toon again put
before the public ''tales'' of covert Soviet microwave bombardment of
the U.S. Embassy - a sore point in U.S.-Soviet relations since it was
first disclosed in February 1976.
    ''Maybe he hasn't learned how to differentiate between his
microwaves and other ones,'' the newspaper said.
    
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a057  0343  14 Oct 78
PM-International Overview,490
    VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church begin a
conclave today that will choose a new pope for the second time in less
than two months. Non-Europeans outnumber Europeans for the first time
ever, but the Italians still form the biggest national bloc.
    A total of 111 ''princes of the church'' are participating in the
secret, tightly-guarded gathering, the same number that elected Pope
John Paul I successor to Pope Paul VI in a 26-hour conclave just 50
days ago. John Paul died Sept. 28, only 34 days after his election.
    The only ''freshman'' elector is an American, Cardinal John Wright
who was bedridden in a Boston clinic for eye surgery when he missed
the August conclave. Another cardinal who missed the August conclave
because of sickness, Poland's Boleslaw Filipiak, died of a brain
hemorrhage at his home in Poznan Thursday.
    ---
    MOSCOW (AP) - Pravda launched a blistering personal attack on U.S.
Ambassador Malcolm Toon today, accusing him of slandering the Soviet
Union during his American speaking tour.
    The Communist Party newspaper took issue with remarks Toon made on
racism in Soviet society, microwave bombardment of the U.S. Embassy
and the ''panicked fear'' of the Soviet Union toward China.
    ''One thing is clear: diplomat Toon conducts himself extremely
undiplomatically,'' Pravda said. ''What he is doing is not to the
credit of this extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.''
    ---
    WINDHOEK, South-West Africa (AP) - South-West Wfrica's sun-blistered
sandscape is populated with a dozen squabbling ethnic clans, but
underneath lies a treasure trove of mineral wealth that could make an
independent Namibia one of Africa's richest lands.
    Fears that the cornucopia of diamonds, uranium and silver will
remain in South Africa's colonial grasp or fall into communist hands
help explain why Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance and the foreign
ministers of four other Western nations are flying here this weekend.
    Known to its black majority by the African name Namibia, this land
is still dominated by a stubborn white minority who know it as
South-West Africa - a former Germany colony put into South Africa's
care by the League of Nations after World War I.
    The United Nations terminated South Africa's mandate over the
territory in 1966 and has been trying unsuccessfully ever since to
push the South Africans out and get black majority rule.
    ---
    BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (AP) - Reeling from his third defeat in
four games, chess champion Anatoly Karpov postponed the 32nd game of
his world title match with Viktor Korchnoi today.
    Korchnoi crushed Karpov Friday night on the 71st move of their
resumed 31st game, when the champion resigned with only a rook and his
king left on the board.
    The Korchnoi victory threw the match into sudden death at five games
apiece, with each player needing one more victory for the title and
the record $350,000 first prize. The loser gets $200,000.
    
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n451  0524  16 Oct 78
 
BC-Labels 10-16
Attention: Financial editors
BY JEROME IDASZAK
(c) 1978 Chicago Sun-Times
    The companies that make appliances - from dishwashers to
freezers - are hoping that the federal government will
simplify proposed rules on energy labeling.
    The rules are intended to benefit consumers who want to buy
appliancs that use the least energy. The appliance
industry isn't fighting the rules, but does see some
problems.
    Hearings on the rules began last week and will continue through
Nov. 1 at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington. That
agency is responsible for developing appliance labeling, which was
ordered by Congress in 1975. As now proposed, an estimated
60 million product units have to carry labels.
    The energy act requires manufacturers to place ''an
estimated yearly operating cost'' label or tag on every new
refrigerator, freezer, heater, dishwasher, clothes washer, dryer,
room air conditioner, water heater, central air conditioning
system, furnance, TV set, kitchen range, oven, humidifier and
dehumidifier.
    One problem is how to compute the annual energy cost of each
appliance. ''The proposed energy label for central air
conditioners uses a 1,000-hours-of-operation figure to determine
the estimated yearly energy cost figure. In Seattle,
a 400-hour-operation figure is more realistic while in Miami,
a 2,800-hour-operation figure is applicable,'' said John
A. Kammerer, manager of planning for major appliances at Amana
Refrigeration Inc. of Amana, Iowa.
    A greater concern is that federal rules won't prevent states
from passing their own laws. That could cause chaos and
huge costs, according to Glenn S. Olinger, group
president of McGraw-Edison Co. in Elgin.
    Olinger said he expects the rules to take effect by mid-1979.
He thinks consumer will understand the labeling, but he doubts its
usefulness. ''I think everyone will be surprised after we
get done how little difference there will be between one
company's product and another's,'' he said.
    The Association is asking that clothes dryers, portable
electric heaters, microwave ovens, humidifiers and dehumidifiers
be excluded from the labeling because all of the products
have essentially the same efficiency. It also is asking to
put the label in prominent view, rather than, as proposed, that
each label be adhesive-backed (no tags) on the
front of the appliance.
    The manufacturers is to conduct tests to provide the information
on the labels. If the FTC or anyone else challenges the
results, then ''A reasonable number of covered products'' must
be shipped by the manufacturer for independent tests. Amana said
that could ''pose particular financial hardship for small
manufacturers.'' Kammerer said that Amana has 184 styles
and sizes of units to which the tests apply.
hb    (Endit Idaszak) 10-16
 
 
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a057  0413  17 Oct 78
PM-Nobel,40
BULLETIN
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded
jointly today to Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert W. Wilson of Bell
Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey and Prof. Pyotr Leontevitch
Kapitsa of Moscow.
    
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a063  0435  17 Oct 78
PM-Nobel, 1st Ld-Writethru, a057 a058,300
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URGENT
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded
jointly today to Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert W. Wilson of Bell
Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey and Prof. Pyotr Leontevitch
Kapitsa of Moscow.
    Half the $165,000 prize went to Penzias and Wilson for their
discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation. The other half
went to Kapitsa for basic research into low temperature physics.
    Penzias and Wilson were the fifth and six Americans awarded Nobel
prizes this year. The chemistry prize is being awarded later today.
    Kapitsa, who at 84 is one of the oldest Nobel laureates in science,
is the second Russian to win the award for low-temperature physics.
His associate, Lev Landau, got the physics prize in 1962 for studies
on liquid helium.
    Kapitsa worked in England for several years.
    Penzias was born in 1933 in Munich, Germany and received his
doctorate at Columbia University in New York in 1962. He has worked
with Bell Laboratories since 1961, and has been head of its radio
physics researh department since 1974.
    Robert Wilson, born in Houston, Tex., is the youngest of the physics
laureates. He is 42. He graduated from Cal Tech in 1962 and went to
Bell in 1963.
    On Monday, Prof. Herbert Simon of the Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pa. won the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
for pioneering research into the way complex business organizations
such as multinationals make their decisions.
    The other Americans to win 1978 Nobel prizes are Yiddish author
Isaac Bahevis Singer, literature, and microbiologists Daniel Nathans
and Hamilton C. Smith of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who
shared their prize in medicine with Werner Arber of the University of
Basel, Switzerland.
    
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a068  0502  17 Oct 78
PM-Late News Advisory,
 
    A 2nd Ld PM-Nobel, a063, will move shortly, providing additional
background.
 
    A 1st Ld PM-Fire, a060, will move from Philadelphia in about 20
minutes. The death count remains at seven.
 
The AP
    
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a071  0542  17 Oct 78
PM-Nobel, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a063,600
Eds: New info on all three winners throughout
URGENT
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded
jointly today to Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert W. Wilson of Bell
Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey and Prof. Pyotr Leontevitch
Kapitsa of Moscow, ''father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb'' and a
legendary scientist in his field.
    Half the $165,000 prize went to Penzias and Wilson for their
discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which has lent
solid support to the theory the universe was created through a ''big
bang'' explosion. The other half went to Kapitsa for basic research
into low temperature physics.
    Penzias and Wilson were the fifth and six Americans awarded Nobel
prizes this year. The chemistry prize is being awarded later today.
    Kapitsa, who at 83 is one of the oldest Nobel laureates in science,
is the second Russian to win the award for low-temperature physics.
His associate, Lev Landau, got the physics prize in 1962 for studies
on liquid helium.
    Kapitsa worked in England for several years.
    Kapitsa's ''discoveries, ideas and new techniques - such as a device
to produce liquid helium - have been basic to the modern expansion of
the science of low-temperature physics,'' the Swedish Academy of
Sciences said.
    Kapitsa, who worked with earlier Nobel greats such as Albert
Einstein, has long been mentioned as a Nobel prize prospect, having
played a leading role in low-temperature physics for many decades.
    He maintained laboratories both at Cavendish at Cambridge in England
and in Moscow, where he was director of the Institute for Physical
Problems at the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1934 he was prevented
by the Stalin regime from returning to England. In 1946 he lost his
post at the academy but returned again in 1955 when the Stalin epoch
ended. He has held his post ever since then.
    Penzias was born in 1933 in Munich, Germany and received his
doctorate at Columbia University in New York in 1962. He has worked
with Bell Laboratories since 1961, and has been head of its radio
physics researh department since 1974.
    Wilson, born in Houston, Tex., is the youngest of the physics
laureates. He is 42. He graduated from Cal Tech in 1962 and went to
Bell in 1963 where he teamed up with Penzias.
    Their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which may
date from the creation of the solar system, has marked an important
stage in the exploration of the riddles of the cosmos through
radioastronomy.
    The sensitive equipment needed for study of background radiation was
developed at Bell Labs in the early 1960s. It was originally used for
radio communications with the satellites Echo and Telstar until
Penzias and Wilson decided to use it to study microwave background
radiation.
    Their fundamental discovery and painstaking research has given solid
support to the so-called ''big bang'' theory of the creation of the
universe through an explosion.
    On Monday, Prof. Herbert Simon of the Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pa. won the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
for pioneering research into the way complex business organizations
such as multinationals make their decisions.
    The other Americans to win 1978 Nobel prizes are Yiddish author
Isaac Bahevis Singer, literature, and microbiologists Daniel Nathans
and Hamilton C. Smith of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who
shared their prize in medicine with Werner Arber of the University of
Basel, Switzerland.
    
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a081  0634  17 Oct 78
PM-Late News Advisory,
 
    A 3rd Ld PM-Nobel, a071, is being prepared. It will include comments
from the two Americans who shared in the Nobel Prize in physics and
will include information on the British professor winning the prize in
chemistry, providing a Nobel roundup.
 
The AP
    
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a087  0805  17 Oct 78
PM-Nobel, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a071,750
URGENT
Eds: New matter including chemistry winner and quotes
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The 1978 Nobel Prize in physics was shared
today by two Americans and a Russian while the award for chemistry
went to a Briton. The Americans were cited for their work on the ''big
bang'' theory of the creation of the universe.
    The physics prize was awarded to Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert
W. Wilson of Bell Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey and Prof.
Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa of Moscow. The prize for chemistry went to
British professor Peter Mitchell, 58, of Glynn Research Laboratories.
    Kapitsa, 84, one of the oldest recipients of the prize, was cited
for his research in the area of low-teperature physics.
    Mitchell was honored for his studies of biological energy transfer
in a branch of biochemistry known as bioenergetics, which concerns the
chemical process responsible for the energy supply of living cells.
    Half the $165,000 physics prize went to Penzias and Wilson for their
discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which has lent
solid support to the theory the universe was created through a ''big
bang'' explosion. The other half went to Kapitsa.
    Penzias and Wilson were the fifth and six Americans awarded Nobel
prizes this year.
    Penzias was born in 1933 in Munich, Germany and received his
doctorate at Columbia University in New York in 1962. He has worked
with Bell Laboratories since 1961, and has been head of its radio
physics research department since 1974.
    ''I'm very greatful,'' he said at his home in Holmdale, N.J. I came
here as a refugee almost exactly 40 years ago. I guess it's kind of
corny to say but I've realized the American dream. I came here with
nothing and end up with everything.''
    He said he and Wilson were researching the Earth's galaxy, the Milky
Way, when ''we found more radiation than we could account for in the
Milky Way, and it turned out upon investigation that this radiation
was coming from outside even our own galaxy. There's nothing out there
to cause it. That radiation was left over from the initial explosion
from which the entire universe erupted,'' he said.
    Wilson, born in Houston, Texas, is the youngest of the physics
laureates. He is 42. He graduated from Cal Tech in 1962 and went to
Bell in 1963 where he teamed up with Penzias.
    ''I hope it (the prize) doesn't make a big difference in my work in
the future,'' he said at his home in Elizabeth, N.J.
    ''A lot of the prizes have gone to Americans.'' He said he thought
American physics could compete with the rest of the world. ''It
doesn't surprise me for Americans to win the prize at all,'' he said.
    Their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which may
date from the creation of the solar system, has marked an important
stage in the exploration of the riddles of the cosmos through
radioastronomy.
    Kapitsa is the second Russian to win the award for low-temperature
physics. His associate, Lev Landau, got the physics prize in 1962 for
studies on liquid helium.
    Kapitsa, who was vacationing at a spa outside Moscow, said it was
''an exciting event for all of Soviet science,'' when told he had won
the prize.
    Kapitsa worked in England for several years and is said to have
worked on the Soviet atom and hydrogen bombs, although he denies this.
His reluctance to work toward a Soviet arms buildup after World War
II got him in trouble with Stalin.
    Kapitsa's ''discoveries, ideas and new techniques - such as a device
to produce liquid helium - have been basic to the modern expansion of
the science of low-temperature physics,'' the Swedish Academy of
Sciences said.
    Kapitsa, who worked with with earlier Nobel greats such as Lord
Ernest Rutherford of England, who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in
1908 but was also a great physicist, and Albert Einstein, who won it
for physics in 1921, has long been mentioned as a Nobel prospect,
having played a leading role in low-temperature physics for many
decades.
    He maintained laboratories both at Cavendish at Cambridge in England
and in Moscow, where he was director of the Institute for Physical
Problems at the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1934 he was prevented
by the Stalin regime from returning to England. In 1946 he lost his
post at the academy but returned again in 1955 when the Stalin epoch
ended. He has held his post ever since.
    The sensitive equipment needed by the Americans for study of
background radiation was developed at Bell Labs in the early 1960s. It
was originally used for radio communications with the satellites Echo
and Telstar until Penzias and Wilson decided to use it to study
microwave background radiation.
    Their fundamental discovery and painstaking research has given solid
support to the so-called ''big bang'' theory of the creation of the
universe through an explosion.
    On Monday, professor Herbert Simon of the Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, won the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
for pioneering research into thetheir decisions.
    The other Americans to win 1978 Nobel prizes are Yiddish author
Isaac Bahevis Singer, literature, and microbiologists Daniel Nathans
and Hamilton Q. Smith of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who
shared their prize in medicine with Werner Arber of the University of
Basel, Switzerland.
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    Eds: Kapitsa age 84 in 3rd graf correct sted 83 as previously sent
    
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a058  0414  17 Oct 78
PM-Nobel, 1st add,30
URGENT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Moscow.
    Half the $165,000 prize went to Penzias and Wilson for their
discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation. The other half
went to Kapitsa for basic research into low temperature physics.
    
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a226  1217  17 Oct 78
AM-Nobel Prizes Bjt,780
Laserphotos STO1, NY24, Others Upcoming
By DICK SODERLUND
Associated Press Writer
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Two Americans whose work with microwave
radiation supported the ''big bang'' theory of the creation of the
universe shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday with a Russian
scientist. The prize for chemistry went to a Briton.
    Dr. Arno A. Penzias, 45, and Dr. Robert W. Wilson, 42, both of the
Bell Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey, shared the $165,000 physics
prize with professor Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa of Moscow. Kapitsa,
84, was honored for his work in low-temperature physics.
    The chemistry prize, also $165,000, went to professor Peter
Mitchell, 58, of Bodmin, Cornwall, in southwestern England, for his
work in bioenergetics, which concerns the chemical process responsible
for the energy supply in living cells.
    Six of the nine men named to receive or share in Nobel prizes this
year are Americans. Americans shared with other nationalities in
physics and medicine, and won outright in literature and economics.
The Nobel Peace Prize has not yet been announced.
    Penzias and Wilson discovered cosmic microwave background radiation,
which added support to the theory that Earth was created by a
tremendous explosion some 15 billion years ago.
    Penzias, reached at his home in Highland Park, N.J., said he and
Wilson were researching the Milky Way when ''we found more radiation
than we could account for in the Milky Way, and it turned out upon
investigation that this radiation was coming from outside even our own
galaxy. There's nothing out there to cause it. That radiation was
left over from the initial explosion from which the entire universe
erupted.''
    Penzias, who went to the United States from Germany as a child 40
years ago, said, ''I guess it's kind of corny to say, but I've
realized the American dream.'' He was born in Munich in 1933 and
received his doctorate at Columbia University in New York in 1962. He
has worked for Bell since 1961 and headed Bell's radio physics
research department since 1974.
    Wilson,42, was born in Houston, was graduated from Cal Tech in 1962,
went to Bell in 1963 and teamed up with Penzias.
    ''I hope it (the prize) doesn't make any big difference in my work
in the future,'' he said from his home in Holmdel, N.J., when he was
notified he had won.
    Kapitsa is the second Russian to win Nobel honors for
low-temperature physics. His associate, Lev Landau, won in 1962.
    Kapitsa, a legendary figure in the physics world, has long been
mentioned as a Nobel prospect. His research with liquid helium has had
a major effect on Soviet steel and energy industries. His work has
contributed toward development of low-energy computers.
    He worked with Albert Einstein, who won the Nobel Prize for physics
in 1921, and with Lord Ernest Rutherford of England, a renowned
physicist who won the prize for chemistry in 1908.
    Kapitsa had laboratories at Cambridge University in England and in
Moscow and was head of the Institute for Physical Problems at the
Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1934 the Josef Stalin regime prevented
him from returning to England.
    In 1946 he was put under a form of ''house arrest'' by Stalin when
he was reluctant to work toward a Soviet arms buildup. He was said to
have worked on the Soviet atom and hydrogen bombs during the next few
years, but Kapitsa denies this.
    He resumed directorship of the institute in 1955 after Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev took power, and still holds the post.
    Kapitsa, who was vacationing at a spa outside Moscow, said, when
told of the honor, that it was ''an exciting event for all of Soviet
science.''
    Mitchell was not available for comment, but his wife Helen said he
would use the money to expand the laboratory he founded 15 years ago.
    A member of the Swedish Academy of Science, which awards the prizes,
said Mitchell's work, once viewed with skepticism but now accepted as
the basis of bioenergetics, can aid in the development of energy
sources.
    ''I believe that we futurely must imitate biological systems to meet
our long-range energy demands,'' Professor Bo Malmstrom of the
academy said.
    On Monday, Prof. Herbert Simon of Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh won the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in economic science for
his research into how complex business organizations make decisions.
    Other American winners this year are Yiddish author Issac Bahevis
Singer for literature, and microbiologists Daniel Nathans and Hamilton
Q. Smith of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who shared the the
prize in medicine with Werner Arber of the University of Basel,
Switzerland.
    Last year five of the 10 Nobel recipients were Americans. Americans
swept the prizes in 1976.
    
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a233  1324  17 Oct 78
AM-Nobel-Reaction,450
By LUCI E. SCOTT
Associated Pess Writer
    HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) - Arno Penzias, the son of refugees and one of
two Americans awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, says
winning the award is a ''completion of the American dream.'
    Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, both of the Bell Telephone Laboratory
here, shared half of this year's $165,000 prize. The other half went
to Professor Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa of Moscow. The awards were
announced in Stockholm, Sweden.
    The Americans were cited for their discovery of cosmic microwave
background radiation, which has lent support to the theory that the
universe was created through a ''big bang'' explosion.
    Asked for his reaction, Penzias said in a telephone interview from
his home in Highland Park, ''it's going to sound corny ... but it's a
completion of the American dream.''
    Wilson said he was ''very pleased'' with the award.
    Penzias arrived in New York 40 years ago this week as the 6-year-old
son of penniless German Jewish refugees.
    After public school, he attended the City College of New York where,
he said, he chose a practical major like physics so he could make a
living, he said.
    ''It's really true. You can come to America and start with nothing
... and be able to achieve as much as anybody can,'' Penzias said.
    ''The phone company is the most American of institutions, and here I
am, right in the heart of our society.''
    Penzias' wife, Anne, said they plan to give part of the prize money
to charity - to aid either Jewish immigrants or youths.
    ''Youth is dear to our heart,'' said Mrs. Penzias, a school guidance
counselor.
    Upon hearing the news, the first phone call Penzias made was to his
parents, Karl and Inge Penzias in the Bronx. The prize winner's
mother, contacted at home, said, ''We are so proud of him.'' She said
as a child her son Arno was ''interested in everything.''
    Meanwhile, in Holmdel, Wilson's home phone rang about 7 a.m.
Tuesday. Calling was a friend, Paul Henry, who asked Mrs. Wilson if
what he heard on the radio was true.
    ''What do they say?'' she asked.
    It was then the Wilsons heard that he had been awarded the Nobel
Prize.
    ''I'm very pleased with it,'' Wilson said in a telephone interview.
''It's a very nice prize.''
    He said rumors had circulated that he might win, but ''there have
been so many other rumors that one tends to ignore them.''
    Asked what he would do with the prize money, he said, ''I haven't
even thought about that. I'll figure out where it fits in the scheme
of things.''
    Wilson and Penzias are the sixth and seventh Nobel prize winners
from Bell Laboratories since 1937. Last year, Philip A. Anderson of
Bell shared the physics prize with two other winners. Six Americans
have received Nobels so far this year.
    
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n026  0845  26 Oct 78
 
PM-CABLES
By ERNEST HOLSENDOLPH
c. 1978 Washington Star
    WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission is adopting a new
policy to make it easier for cable TV systems to pick up sports,
movies and other offerings from leading independent stations,
increasing the diversity of programming for cable subscribers.
    The agency made this clear Wednesday when it approved an application
by four companies to distribute by satellite the signals from
Chicago's WGN, one of the nation's leading independents. The
commissioners let it be known that future applications to distribute
other signals would likely get expedited approval.
    Cable operators and satellite firms agree that the development gives
them a better chance to show varied, quality programs from around the
nation, making them stronger competitors against network-fed
broadcasters in their communities.
    ''It provides a fine alternative for cable subscribers,'' said
Robert L. Schmidt, president of the National Cable Television
Association. ''It is also very timely, since we plan to have about
1,200 receiving antennas in place by the end of the year.''
    The companies that prevailed Wednesday included Southern Satellite
Systems Inc., United Video Inc., American Microwave Communications
Inc. and Midwestern Relay Co.
    American, United and Midwestern have already been involved in
land-based microwave distribution of WGN programs.
    ''We had heard plenty of talk for months about how stronger cable
operations would be good for competition,'' said Selman M. Kremer,
vice president of Southern. ''It was good to see some action to back
it up.''
    Southern has pioneered satellite distribution of broadcast
programming to cable operators with its distribution of Channel 17 in
Atlanta to more than 500 cable companies, which it initiated in 1976.
    Pending applications could lead to the distribution of programming
from KTVU in Oakland, perhaps in a few weeks, and KTTV of Lgs Angeles
and WPIX in New York City. Southern owns an interest in Satellite
Communications Systems Inc., the company asking for authority to
operate in Oakland and Los Angeles, but Holiday Inns owns the
controlling interest.
    WGN is strong in both professional and amateur sports broadcasting
as well as in movies.
    ''Movies are our mainstay,'' said Dick Petrash, a station staff
member. ''We have more than 3,000 titles now.'' Also the station
broadcasts 144 Cubs baseball games a year, 22 Bulls basketball games
and assorted amateur tournaments.
    Kremer of Southern Satellite Systems said in an interview here that
sports were the biggest national draw among cable viewers. Clearly
access to the stations in New York, the San Francisco Bay area and
Los Angeles would introduce a host of additional professional teams
to be televised.
    While the new commission policy is to look favorably on such
arrangements, commission rules will continue to limit the individual
operators to no more than two or three distant signals.
    
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n413  2212  29 Oct 78
 
BC-Berry 1stadd 10-30
Kim Upton xxx at Thanksgiving dinner.
    In case you have doubts, here are a few recipes that prove
our point.
          Cranberry pear relish
Time: about 25 minutes
Cost: less than $1.60
 4 cups fresh cranberries
    rinsed and drained
 1 (29-ounce) can cling peach
    slices, drained and juice
    reserved
 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
    In a saucepan, combine cranberries and reserved peach juice. Bring
to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Dice peaches
and stir into cranberry mixture. Remove from heat and stir
in cloves and orange rind. Pour into serving bowl and chill
until ready to serve.
          Cranberry mousse
Time: several hours, including refrigeration time
Cost: less than $1.80
    1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
 1 (3-ounce) package raspberry-flavored gelatin
    1 (16-ounce) can whole berry
    cranberry sauce
 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
    In a saucepan, heat cranberry juice to boiling; stir in
raspberry gelatin until dissolved. Stir in cranberry sauce.
Chill until mixture is thickened. Fold in whipped cream and
pour into serving bowl. Chill until firm. Makes 6-8 servings.
          Sweet and sour meatballs
Time: about 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cost: less than $2.25
  1 (16-ounce) can whole-berry
     cranberry sauce
  1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
  1 tablespoons prepared
     mustard
  1 tablespoon Worcestershire
     sauce
  1 small onion, minced
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  1 egg
  2 tablespoons oil
    In a bowl, mix cranberry sauce, tomato sauce, mustard,
Worcestershire sauce and onion. Mix beef, salt and egg and
shape mixture into 24, 1 1/2-inch balls or 40 1-inch balls. Heat
oil in a skillet and brown meatballs on all sides. Drain excess
fat. Pour cranberry sauce evenly over meatballs, cover and
simmer, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes for cocktail-size
meatballs and 30 minutes for dinner-size meatballs. This dish can
be made in advance and reheated in skillet or in a microwave oven
on high for 5 minutes. Makes 24 dinner-size or 40 cocktail-size
meatballs.
          Cranberry-oatmeal squares
Time: about 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cost: less than $2.20
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 1/4 cups flour
  3/4 cup brown sugar
  1 teaspoon baking powder
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  3/4 cup butter
  3 (8-ounce) cans whole berry
     cranberry sauce
  4 teaspoons cornstarch
  1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
    In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, baking
powder and salt. Stir to blend. With pastry blender cut in
butter until well mixed. Pat one half of this crumb mixture
into the bottom of a lightly greased 9-inch-square baking
pan. Set aside. In medium-size saucepan, combine cranberry
sauce, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook over medium heat,
stirring constantly, until sauce becomes thickened and clear,
about 4 minutes. Spoon mixture over crumb layer. Sprinkle
remaining crumbs over top filling. Bake in a preheated
350-degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes, Cut into 12 portions.
Serve warm with whipped cream.
          Cranberry-apple-mincemeat pie
Time: about 1 hour
Cost: less than $3.70
Crust:
1 3/4 cups graham cracker
     crumbs
two-third cups walnuts (finely
     chopped)
  1/4 cup sugar
two-thirds cup melted butter
Filling:
  1 16-ounce can whole-berry
     cranberry sauce
  3/4 cup prepared mincemeat
  1 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups sliced apples
  1 tablespoons sugar
  2 tablespoons cornstarch
  2 tablespoons melted butter
  2 tablespoons brandy
    In a small bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, sugar
and melted butter. Reserve half of the mixture. Pat half
in 10-inch pie plate. In medium-sized mixing bowl, combine
cranberry sauce, mincemeat, walnuts, apples, sugar, cornstarch,
butter and brandy. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake crust
for 8 minutes, then fill with filling and top with remaining
crumb mixture. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until apples are tender.
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BC-SPY 1stadd 10-30
Ingersoll and Oster xxx cloudy days.
    What makes this satellite such a stupendous asset is that it
can pick up more information of strategic importance in one day
than any espionage service can amass in years of furtive work.
    Moreover, KH-11 can transmit this information to Earth as
rapidly as it gathers it. It affords what the experts call
''real-time coverage.'' Other types of satellites have to make
periodic film drops before intelligence officials can get a
detailed look at what the satellites have seen.
    The film capsules are jettisoned from the satellite, usually
to be snatched out of the air by a hook attached to the nose
of an Air Force C-130 cargo plane, or fished out of the sea.
    With KH-11, there is no time lag, a strategic advantage the
Soviets apparently were not aware of before they got the manual.
    For these reasons, the intelligence community here was shocked
to learn of the Kampiles Affair. KH-11's secrets had been
compromised. With the manual in their hands, the Soviets
could learn a great deal about the satellite and its capabilities.
    There was immediate fear that the Soviets could use the manual
to devise ways to thwart KH-11, to ''blind'' it. There was fear,
too, that our ability to determine whether the Soviets
were cheating on the strategic arms limitation treaty had been
impaired.
    Now, consensus among national security experts in the Carter
administration and on Capitol Hill is that these fears are
groundless.
    ''The fact that they have the manual gives them more
information about our capability than we'd like them to have,''
said Paul C. Warnke, chief SALT negotiator. ''It doesn't detract
from our reconnaissance capability.''
    Warnke and Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), chairman of the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, agreed that regardless of
Kampiles, it would have been only a matter of time before the
Soviets determined what KH-11 could do.
    ''When that particular vehicle was sent aloft, there was no
idea it would remain as secure and undetected as long as it
did,'' Bayh said.
    It has been suggested that the Soviets never were positive that
KH-11 was a spy satellite until they acquired the manual,
since KH-11, unlike its predecessors, didn't have to rely on
film drops. Bayh took exception to this notion. From its orbit
and the territory it covered, he said, the Soviets could deduce
that KH-11's mission was reconnaissance.
    If KH-11 had an equatorial rather than solar orbit, they
would have concluded it was an early-warning satellite, sent up
to hover over a missile-test site or some other strategic area
by keeping pace with the Earth's rotations.
    ''There's no question the Kampiles disclosure was helpful
to the Russians,'' Bayh said. ''But in my judgment, the
symbolism is worse than the substance.''
    As for SALT ''verification'' - making sure the Soviets are
not secretly deploying some new missile system or otherwise
violating the SALT pact signed by the two nuclear superpowers
in 1972 - Bayh said: ''Kampiles does not keep us from being able
to determine what the 
ussian  are doing9
'
    Bayh anfpi  -ieve the Kampiles Affair will haunt the
Carter administration in the future. In the likelihood that
President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev
eventually will sign the SALT II agreement being negotiated,
conservative and hawkish critics in the Senate are sure to
raise the verification issue during the debate over ratification.
    ''It won't be factual but it'll be something they'll use
(against SALT II),'' said Bayh.
    Carter, the first President to acknowledge the United States
uses spy satellites, declined at an Oct. 10 press conference
to discuss the Kampiles case in detail, but he did say:
    ''Whenever the Soviets discover any information about our
classified material, it's obviously potentially damaging to
our country. It (the Kampiles case) has not affected our SALT
negotiations ... our ability to verify compliance (with SALT
terms) will be adequate in the future.''
    What Carter did not mention was the vast array of technical
devices deployed to bolster U.S. security - reconnaissance
satellites other than KH-11, early-warning satellites, spy
planes, electronic eavesdropping ships, conventional and
over-the-horizon radar stations, as well as microwave
communications apparatus to intercept civilian and military
telephone calls and radio messages.
    As a result of Kampiles, Bayh said, the Defense Department
has speeded up research and development in aerial surveillance.
    ''We need to do more in the next generation of sophisticated
satellite reconnaissance,'' he said, ''and I'm sure more funds
are going to be spent.''
    Notwithstanding the security blanket of early-warning and
reconnaissance systems that the United States has woven
for itself at the cost of billions, Bayh regrets the Kampiles
Affair. ''I don't want the jury to think Kampiles did no damage
to the country,'' he said.
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a233  1258  03 Nov 78
AM-Information, Bjt,700
Consumer Scorecard
By LOUISE COOK
Associated Press Writer
    Confused about credit? Worried about warranties? Anxious about auto
safety?
    The federal government probably can answer your questions and allay
your fears - if you can figure out who to ask.
    The alphabet-soup list of government agencies and the division of
responsibility among and within departments is confusing. If you've
got a question about food labels, for example, the Food and Drug
Adminstration is the place to go. If you want to ask about food
advertising, you should inquire at the Federal Trade Commission.
    The Consumer Product Safety Commission has no authority over many
items we commonly think of as consumer products. Food and drugs, for
example, are outside the commission's sphere of influence.
    Here is a look at some of the agencies that offer help to consumers:
    CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER: Established in 1970 as part of the
General Services Administration, the center serves as a distribution
outlet for federal publications. Four times a year it issues a catalog
of booklets, brochures and pamphlets available to the public, either
at no charge or for a small fee. The center distributed 26 million
publications in the year that ended Sept. 30, up from 17 million the
year before. Among the most popular booklets are those dealing with
automobiles, credit and health. The catalog is available from the
Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, Colo., 81009. A similar catalog,
listing selected publications issued in Spanish, is available from
the same address. There is no charge.
    CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: Set up to reduce injuries
associated with consumer products in or around the home, the
commission sets and enforces mandatory safety standards and, in some
cases, bans hazardous products. A recent commission report said the
most dangerous items in terms of severity and frequency of accidents
are: bicycles and equipment, stairs, ramps and landings; footballs and
football gear, baseballs and equipment, playground equipment and
power lawn mowers. Exempt from commission authority are: foods, drugs,
cosmetics, medical devices, motor vehicles, boats, airplanes,
tobacco, firearms, alcohol and pesticides. The commission has a
toll-free hotline for inquiries. The number is 800-638-2666. (In
Maryland, the number is 800-492-2937.)
    FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: This agency is responsible for the
purity and safety of foods, drugs and cosmetics and for the labeling
of such products. Food and color additives, antibiotics, insulin and
most prescription drugs must be approved by the FDA before they are
marketed and the agency enforces radiation safety standards for
products like X-ray equipment, color televisions, sunlamps and
microwave ovens. For information, contact the Consumer Inquiry
Section, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Md., 20852; telephone number: 301-443-3170.
    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: The FTC enforces antitrust laws and a wide
variety of consumer protection statutes including those relating to
credit, warranties and false advertising. The commission generally
does not handle individual complaints, but it keeps track of problems
for possible action against habitual violators of consumer protection
laws. Write or call: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission, Washington, D.C., 20850; telephone number: 202-523-3727.
    NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION: When you hear about
an automobile recall, it probably was ordered by or worked out in
conjunction with the traffic safety administration. The agency writes
and enforces safety standards which set minimum performance levels;
its jurisdiction includes automobiles, trucks, buses, recreational
vehicles like snowmobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, mopeds and all
related equipment. To report a defect or inquire about a safety
problem, call the NHTSA's toll-free hotline, 800-424-9393. (In
Washington, D.C., the number to call is 426-0123.)
    INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION: The ICC regulates surface
transportation by truck, bus and rail and sets standards for quality
and cost of interstate transportation. The area of ICC activity that
affects most consumers is household moving. The ICC sets standards for
interstate movers and requires companies to provide performance
reports to consumers on such things as number of shipments delivered
and number and type of complaints. The commission has a toll-free
hotline: 800-424-9312. (In Florida, call 800-432-4537; in Washington,
D.C., 275-7852.)
    
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a246  1527  05 Nov 78
AM-NFL Interruped,190
    NEW YORK (AP) - Football fans watching the Oakland Raiders and
Kansas City Chiefs on television were treated to more than an hour of
commercial-free play because of a mechanical failure, NBC said
Sunday.
    It was one of three problems that hit the network's regional
coverage of the National Football League, a network spokesman said.
    From 1:30 to 2:12 p.m. EST, 11 stations in upstate New York and Ohio
- including markets in Buffalo, Cleveland and Columbus - received
sound but no picture of the Cleveland Browns-Houston Oilers game
because of an American Telephone and Telegraph line failure, NBC said.
    And at the start of the Raiders-Chiefs game an AT&T switching
failure between El Paso, Texas, and Burbank, Calif., caused a complete
outage for about 10 minutes in St. Louis, NBC said.
    That game was fed to parts of Missouri and the entire West Coast
north to Portland, Ore., and every station involved received the
''clean feed'' - no commercials - from about 1:30 to 2:45. It was
caused by either switching failure or an outage at an AT&T microwave
tower, the network said.
    
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n132  2050  08 Nov 78
 
AM-OWNER
c. 1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    NEW YORK - The average buyer of a General Motors diesel car is a
little older, a little wealthier and more mechanically inclined than
the person who sticks to the conventional engine, according to
General Motors research.
    The company's Oldsmobile division, which produces the diesels, said
the average buyer has the following characteristics:
    -He is is male - 93 of every 100 Olds diesel buyers are, compared
with 85 out of 100 who choose the gasoline-powered version of
Oldsmobile models.
    -He's about 55 years old, compared with about 50 for the person who
stays with the conventional engine.
    -He earns about $35,000 if he buys an Olds 98 diesel model and
$30,000 if he buys an Olds 88, or about $5,000 higher in each
category.
    -He's more mechanically inclined. ''Even though they don't plan to
work on the engine, they're fascinated by the mechanics of it,'' said
David Van Peursen, head of the Oldsmobile marketing division. If he
has a diesel in his garage he's also likely to have a microwave oven
in the kitchen and a digital watch on his wrist, the company says.
    -He intends to keep his car longer - five years compared with three
years of a typical buyer of an Olds 98.
    -He does more highway driving and puts more miles on his car,
presumably taking advantage of the diesel's better fuel economy.
    
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a210  1019  14 Nov 78
AM-People,830
Laserphoto NY28
People in the News
    DETROIT (AP) - Benson Ford Jr., 29-year-old grandson of auto pioneer
Henry Ford, plans to contest his father's will because, according to
his lawyer, he ''might not even get a penny'' of the $100 million
estate.
    Ford claims the 1975 will does not accurately reflect his father's
intentions, and his lawyer, William Garrett, filed a motion Monday in
Probate Court to set aside the Sept. 5 order admitting it to probate.
    Benson Ford Sr., a director of the family-controlled No. 2 U.S.
automaker, died of a heart attack July 27 at the age of 59 while on
his yacht.
    His will names Benson Ford's widow, Edith, excutrix of the estate
and grants her half. The other half, after taxes and other specific
bequests, would go into two trusts of about $7.5 million each for
Benson Ford Jr. and his sister, Lynn Ford Alandt of Grosse Pointe.
    Garrett said the terms of the trusts permit, but do not require,
distribution of income to Ford and his sister, and the trustees may
use the income for other purposes.
    ''We believe that the estate plan was so complex that he (Benson
Ford) didn't envision the possibilities - that he did intend for his
son to have his rightful share,'' Garrett said. 
    Ford lives in Hacienda Heights, Calif., and, his lawyer says, plans
to take a job with Ford's Latin American division in the next few
months.
    ---
    NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - In 1985, New Jersey's prodigy politician will be
old enough to run for governor. Three years later, the presidency
perhaps.
    ''You have to be 35 years old to run for president,'' joked Peter
Shapiro, a Democrat who at 26 has what is potentially one of the most
powerful posts in the state. ''And no one made it that young.''
    But it's apparent that Shapiro, an assemblyman foh the past three
years, has visions beyond his newly won post as Essex County
executive. Shapiro is the first to hold the recently created job and,
under him, the freeholders will establish a new structure in which
the state's largest county will be run.
    ''At my victory party, the rumor was governor,'' the son of a South
Orange doctor laughed. ''People were chanting 'governor next' but I
was telling them all to shut up. Nineteen-eighty-five is seven years
away.''
    ---
Laserphoto LON10
    LONDON (AP) - Wednesday night will be Prince Charles night at
Buckingham Palace, where blue bloods and jet-setters will gather for a
gala birthday celebration for the heir to Britain's throne.
    The world's most eligible bachelor was 30 years old Tuesday, but the
birthday celebration was delayed because his calendar already was
crowded with a portrait sitting and the welcoming of visiting
Portuguese President Ramalho Eanes.
    Charles' parents, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh,
invited 20 for dinner Wednesday night and 350 to a birthday ball
afterward. ''Tiaras will not be worn,'' advised the invitations.
    Charles, whose taste in music usually runs to Berlioz and similar
composers, invited his favorite American pop group, The Three Degrees,
and a West Indian steel band to entertain.
    The guest list for the dinner included the former king and queen of
Greece, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Prince and Princess George
of Hanover and Crown Princess Beatrix of Holland and Prince Claus.
    ---
    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Nobel Prize-winning physicists Robert Wilson
and Arno Penzias were back in the limelight as New Jersey honored them
with proclamations, resolutions and neckties.
    Wilson and Penzias, employed by Bell Laboratories of Holmdel, were
awarded the Nobel Prize for physics for their discovery of cosmic
microwave background radiation, which supports the theory the universe
was created through a ''big bang'' explosion. They share the prize
with Russian scientist Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa, who his known as the
'father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb.''
    On Monday, Gov. Brendan T. Byrne signed a proclamation to honor the
American physicists for their achievement and ''to let the people in
the world know you're from New Jersey.''
    And the state Assembly and Senate passed resolutions noting that the
prize-winning work ''gives us a great understanding of what this
world is all about.''
    Having received the New Jersey neckties, bearing the official state
seal, the physicists presented Byrne with a T-shirt inscribed thusly:
''This is the way the world began, not with a whimper, but with a
bang.''
    ---
    MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet Union's two record-setting cosmonauts
received a hero's welcome Tuesday when they returned to the stellar
township where they lived and trained before their space mission.
    Vlodimir Kovalenok and Alexander Ivanchenkov, who spent 139 days in
space to set a new endurance mark, were presented with flowers and
given hugs by their families.
    Also on hand to greet them were Polish cosmonaut Miroslaw
Hermaszewski and East German Sigmund Jaehn, two old friends who
visited them in the orbiting Salyut 6 space station.
    Jaehn told the Soviet news agency Tass that ''when Berliners learnt
that I was leaving for Moscow, they brought me many flowers for my
friends and asked to tell them that they are real heroes.''
    The cosmonauts arrived at the stellar township from the Soviet space
center in Baikonur in Soviet Central Asia. All cosmonauts live in the
township, about 20 miles outside Moscow.
    
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n129  2003  15 Nov 78
 
BC-FED ADDATEND
NYT WASHINGTON: five vote.
    The five who are now voting are:
    -Paul A. Volcker, president of the Federal Reserve District Bank of
New York, who by virtue of his institution's kingpin role in the
money center, is first among equals and votes permanently. A former
deputy treasury secretary for monetary affairs, who negotiated two
devaluations of the dollar before floating displaced fixed rates in
1973, Volcker keeps an eye on the dollar's foreign as well as
domestic tribulations from his Italian renaissance styled
headquarters in downtown Liberty Street. Strongly aware of the
vicious circle of dollar weakness and domestic inflation, he pressed
for higher interest rates well before the dollar's collapse in late
October.
    LLES, PRE REPORTING, SOCIAL ISSUES OR PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.''
    ''Our constituency has been breaking up,'' he added.
    Hirsch said that while advertising was up over last year,
circulation, which is now 350,000, had not increased in the last
year. He said that subscription renewals also had been falling off
and that it was becoming increasingly expensive to acquire new
subscribers and build readership for the magazine, which has always
operated in the red. He specifically cited the rise in postal rates
as an economic hurdle.
    The magazine, which is published every other week, began in 1973
during the Watergate inquiry. Hirsch said that the interest in
''investigative reporting'' had drifted away and had been replaced by
the interests of what he called the ''me decade.'' He pointed to the
success of his new magazine, The Runner, which began publication in
August, as an indication of the shift in reader interest.
    Last year the MCA company took over New Times and made Hirsch head
of its new magazine division. He said he would continue to study the
possibility of other new magazines for MCA.
    New Times, under the direction of its editor, Jonathan Z. Larsen,
specialized in long investigations into such subjects as dangers from
use of aerosol cans, certain cosmetics, microwaves and much of the
country's drinking water.
    Among its more noted articles were the disclosure of racial slurs
made by Earl Butz, then secretary of agriculture, which led to his
resignation, and a jail interview with William and Emily Harris, the
captors of Patricia Hearst, in which they differed with Miss Hearst's
defense in her bank-robbery trial.
    
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n037  0936  20 Nov 78
 
BC-FOOD FAIR 2takes
c. 1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    PARIS - Amid caviar from Bulgaria, oyster extract from Japan and
snails from Turkey, the 25,000 buyers and importers who mingled,
dickered and tasted seemed mainly hungry for the American market at
Salon Internationalde l'Alimentation, the mammoth food trade show
that ran here all week.
    The caviar, oyster extract and snails were but a tiny fraction of
the countless delights displayed by 1,900 exhibitors on three floors
of a four-block-square hall during the show, which is held every
other year. About 1,100 exhibitors were French; the remainder hailed
from some 60 nations, including the United States.
    It was more than a passing culinary experience. Total imports of
agricultural and food products to the United Sacfakrowing
market for processed fods,ae expected to reach $13.5 billion in
fiscal 1980, and many exhibitors were here expressly with an eye
toward the enormous American market for food imports.
    ''We've just come into the American market with ham and pork
products,'' said Antol Hadi, a Hungarian export manager, ''and
already we're doing a $25 million business.''
    According to Philippe Casteja, general director of Borie Manoux, one
of Bordeaux's largest wine shippers, its exports, which are already
45 percent of its business, inceased 30 percent last t largely
in the United States. From the opposite side of the globe, 75 percent
of the frogs' legs and shrimp exported from Bangladesh went to the
United States.
    ''The market for imported cheese has increased 10 times in seven
years,'' agreed an American importer, Joseph Moskowitz, the president
of Adam Jay Foods Inc., a Long Island-based cheese company.
''Europeans are really going after the American market.''
    American buyers are courted at the show with generous samples washed
down by good wines - a welcome relief after microwave-revived
fast-food delights.
    David Stapleton, the managing director of Pinnys Smokehouses,
exporters of smoked salmon from Scotland, exports 85 percent of his
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a026  0108  21 Nov 78
PM-Radiation,400
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The controversy over Soviet microwave bombardment
of the U.S. embassy in Moscow continues despite a health study that
concludes the practice has not endangered the Americans working or
visiting there.
    The State Department said Monday, ''The study has found no evidence
to link service in Moscow, or possible past exposure to microwave
radiation in the embassy there, with higher incidence of death or
illness.''
    ''The department is obviously pleased that this independently
conducted study has found nothing to support assertions that the
health of foreign service employers in Moscow has been jeopardized by
service there.''
    The study by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was authorized in
1976 at the request of the American Foreign Service Association when
the Russians heightened their microwave bombardment of the embassy as
a surveillance measure.
    The use of microwaves raised concern about the effects on embassy
personnel, family and visitors, including questions about increased
risks of cancer.
    However, State Department officials criticized the Russians for
using the microwave emissions even though the level has declined.
    ''We continue to be concerned,'' department spokesman Hodding Carter
said.
    In addition, the association, which represents 6,500 active and
retired foreign service officers, said the study was coordinated by
Dr. Herbert Pollack, a department medical expert, ''who actively
participated in the earlier coverup on the part of department
management.''
    The association issued a statement saying the State Department had
refused its request to review the report before it was released.
    While saying it was not criticizing Johns Hopkins University, the
association cited ''some important and unfortunate elements about the
way the report has been handled,'' including Pollack's role and not
permitting researchers access to original data.
    Johns Hopkins researchers said that the study covered about 3,800
employees and their dependents who were stationed in Moscow and a
control group of about 7,500 persons at other Eastern European
embassies.
    Dr. Abraham Lilienfeld, who headed the study, said the health
records of the two groups were ''essentially, markedly similar.''
    Common uses of microwave beams are radar and the transmission of
television and long-distance telephone calls. Reasons for the Soviet
bombardment have remained unclear since the beams first were detected
at least as early as 1972.
    U.S. officials have said privately they believe the mircowaves are
intended to foil American electronic intelligence-gathering operations
at the embassy.
    
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a216  1053  21 Nov 78
AM-LATE NEWS ADVISORY,
 
    In addition to the stories listed in the News Digest, the following
are upcoming for AMs:
 
    MOSCOW - A State Department report on the abnormally high white
blood cell levels found among personnel at the American Embassy says
the condition was not connected to Soviet microwave bombardment of the
embassy and that the abnormality was medically insignificant. Slug
AM-Embassy Blood.
 
    HAVANA - Cuban exiles go into a second session with Cuban President
Fidel Castro with hopes for a historic agreement freeing most
political prisoners and permitting free travel of Cubans between this
country and the United States. Slug AM-Castro-Exiles.
 
    The AP
    
ap-ny-11-21 1357EST
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a228  1242  21 Nov 78
AM-Embassy Blood,490
By BARTON REPPERT
Associated Press Writer
    MOSCOW (AP) - A U.S. report issued Tuesday on the abnormally high
white blood cell levels found among personnel at the American Embassy
said the condition was not connected to Soviet microwave bombardment
of the embassy and that the abnormality was medically insignificant.
    The State Department report released here said a 17-month testing
program had failed to pinpoint the cause of the mysterious blood
condition but that it probably was caused by an environmental agent.
    ''The cause of the reactive change in lymphocyte counts remains a
matter of speculation,'' said the report prepared for the department
by Dr. Thomas P. Stossel, a cancer specialist from Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston.
    The blood tests began in February 1976 because of concern over
possible health effects from Soviet microwave beams focused on the
embassy.
    Data from the blood study's initial phase showed that the average
level of lymphocytes - one type of white blood cell - among embassy
personnel tested was 41 percent higher than that of ''control''
patients tested in Washington.
    However, Tuesday's official report said lymphocyte levels in Moscow
''fell abruptly'' starting with persons tested in August 1977 and
remained ''close to normal'' in further tests until the blood program
was stopped in June 1978.
    The elevated lymphocyte counts initially found among Moscow
personnel were described by the report as ''mild reaction to an
unknown environmental agent.''
    ''Although it is probably not feasible to determine the nature of
this agent, it is probably microbial,'' wrote Stossel, chief of the
medical oncology unit at Massachusetts General and an associate
professor at Harvard Medical School. That means the cause was related
to some type of bacteria, virus or microscopic parasite in the Moscow
environment.
    In conclusion, the report stated:
    -''This reaction disappeared in persons who left Moscow.''
    -''This reaction has no connection with exposure to microwave
irradiation in the U.S. Embassy.''
    -''This reaction has no importance with respect to general health of
persons associated with the U.S. Embassy.''
    Release of the blood tests report came one day after State
Department officials in Washington issued the findings of an
epidemiological study that also was prompted by the microwave
bombardment.
    The study, conducted by Johns Hopkins University, concluded that
''no convincing evidence was discovered that would directly implicate
the exposure to microwave radiation . . . in the causation of any
adverse health effects.''
    Stossel's report on the blood tests recommended that ''from a
strictly research standpoint'' it would be of interest to run further
tests on Moscow personnel about twice a year.
    Reasons for the microwave bombardment of the embassy have been
unclear since the beams were first detected at least as far back as
1962. American officials have said privately they believe the
microwaves are intended to foil American electronic
intelligence-gathering operationS at the embassy.
    
ap-ny-11-21 1546EST
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n999  0347  22 Nov 78
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BC-GREENE 2takes 11-22
The following Bob Greene column is copyrighted and for
use only by newspapers that have arranged for ts publication
with Field Newspaper Syndicate. Any other use is prohibited.
Release Monday, November 27
(Transmitted 11-22)
BOB GREENE: The New Times -- Victim of !
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    A magazine called New Times die
 the other y) Chances are
you didn't read it; even in its best days, its circulation was
only about 350,000. Still, it was awfully good. It just had the
misfortune of coming along during the wrong decade.
    It was brightly written, well-reportee, im
ginatively edited.
The
    di6 that whn every other magazine was writing
as.)e ,ur 
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't Work.'' The stories were
invariably fascinating to read, but theyrthat the
readers care about soal
S +'  TIHO ALMT IMPOSSIBLI?
    EN WE ANNE WEOSIN I got a call
from Frank Rich,'' said George Hirsch, the publisher of New
Times. ''Frank was the first editorial employee I hired when I
started the magazine.'' (He has since gone on to be movie critic
for Time.)
    ''Frank said he was sorry, and I said, 'Frank, when you left
the magazine, Woodward and Bernstein had the best-selling book
in the country. Now the best-selling book is about running.'
And Frank said, 'Yeah, that says it all.'''
    When it started in 1973, New Times promised to be the latest
in a series of great and prosperous American magazines. George
Hirsch had lined up a list of brilliant journalists to be
contributing writers; those of us who love good magazines had
hopes that New Times would be the successor to what Harper's
had been during the days when it had been edited by Willie
Morris and had featured the stories of Larry L. King, David
Halberstam, John Corry, and M
rshall Drady.
    Unfortunately, the reading public was growing tired of long
stories about subjects that were sometimes complicated. Hirsch
did not know it at the time, but the publishing successes of
the '70s were destined to be magazines that were centered
around either color portraits of the faces of show busin n5    ities or color p-
ortraits of fem2ital9
3''I seems rust terribly clear to me why we failed,'' Hirsch
said. ''When I 
(T E 3/8
GOOD IDEA THAT WOULD AT A RSHI I want
th tssu hard-news-o
a
  p urna But the country changed, and pple
clearly are not interested in that type of magazine anymore.
    ''We continued to write about environmental stuff, the
dangers of certai cor microwaves or drinking
water . . . some of it seemed pretty grim to people, no matter
how well the stories were written.
    ''Dulergate, there was a flurry of excitement in that
kind of reporting. But in the last few months . . . literally
the last few months . . . our research has shown that people
ry don't want to read that kind of stuff. We had a point of
view, a social conscience, a sense of rooting for the underdog.
What people want is 'good news,' flufds  m
fns   (more) 11-22
 
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n034  0944  24 Nov 78
 
BC-ADVISORY-USNEWS
 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT FEATURE OFFERINGS FROM SPECIAL FEATURES
Articles
are available singly or on a contract basis worldwide, excluding
Japan. Here is a digest of representative dispatches from the USN&WR
issue dated Dec. 4, 1978, publication date Monday, Nov. 27, 1978.
    A LOOK AT THE U.S. THROUGH RUSSIAN EYES (2,900)
     This country is burdened with inflation, unemployment and poverty,
and riddled with crime. Americans are crisis prone, discontented,
bigoted and ruled by a self-serving clique of rich capitalists.
That's the view the average Soviet citizen gets from his controlled
news media. Robin Knight of the USN&WR Moscow bureau finds that six
years into an era of detente, Soviet attitudes toward the United
States are hardening.
     Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28 Above available via DataNews
    IS CARTER ABANDONING HIS HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY? (2,400
     Interview with Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State
     Political realities, such as the strong U.S. Support for the
military government in Iran, have not affected the Carter
administration's basic commitment to human rights, says the State
Department official in charge of the program. She says that other
countries now realize that Carter is standing firm on the issue and
that it must be taken into account when dealing with the United
States.
     Worldwide release AMs Monday, Nov. 27 Above available via DataNews
    EXERCISE: HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? (2,900)
     Interview with Dr. Gabe Mirkin, Sportsmedicine Authority
     Exercise does more than ''train'' your heart. It works on your mind
as effectively as a tranquilizer, says this physician-author. There
even seems to be a connection between students' academic performance
and the amount of exercise they get. And, he advises those who may
have done little in the past, it's never too late to start. Worldwide
release AMs Monday, Nov. 27
     ELECTRONIC SMOG ADDS TO POLLUTION WOES (1,200)
     A form of pollution that cannot be seen, felt, smelled or heard may
be a major problem in the years ahead. It is electromagnetic
interference from radio and television stations, microwave ovens, CB
radios, garage-door openers and a host of other sources. Although it
does little more than interfere with TV reception or cause electronic
equipment to go haywire, scientists are warning that increased levels
could have effects ranging from behavioral problems to cataracts and
cancer. Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28
     WHY EVERYBODY IS SUING EVERYBODY (4,500)
     America is fast becoming a ''suing society,'' with patients suing
doctors, clients suing lawyers, students suing teachers, children
suing parents, and all sorts of people suing merchants, manufacturers
and government agencies. This veritable avalanche of lawsuits -
estimated at more than $7 million last year - is changing American
society. Costs of lawyers and insurance are adding to prices of
almost everything, and many government and corporate decisions are
taking the safe course.
     For more information on the syndication of U.S. News & World
Report, distribution, contracts or availability of these and other
features in the news magazine, contact The New York Times Syndication
Sales Corp., Jesse Levine or Dan Barber, in New York (212) 972-1070
(telex 640-198). In Europe or the Middle East contact Paul Gendelman
in Paris, 742-1711 or 742-1441 (telex 230650). In the Far East
contact Ray Falk in Tokyo at telex 2226717.
    
ny-1124 1245est
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n087  1457  27 Nov 78
 
BC-ADVISORY-USNEWS
    U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT FEATURE OFFERINGS FROM SPECIAL FEATURES
Articles are available singly or on a contract basis worldwide,
excluding Japan. Here is a digest of representative dispatches from
the USN&WR issue dated Dec. 4, 1978, publication date Monday, Nov.
27, 1978.
    A LOOK AT THE U.S. THROUGH RUSSIAN EYES (2,900)
     This country is burdened with inflation, unemployment and poverty,
and riddled with crime. Americans are crisis prone, discontented,
bigoted and ruled by a self-serving clique of rich capitalists.
That's the view the average Soviet citizen gets from his controlled
news media. Robin Knight of the USN&WR Moscow bureau finds that six
years into an era of detente, Soviet attitudes toward the United
States are hardening.
     Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28 Above available via DataNews
    IS CARTER ABANDONING HIS HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY? (2,400
     Interview with Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State
     Political realities, such as the strong U.S. Support for the
military government in Iran, have not affected the Carter
administration's basic commitment to human rights, says the State
Department official in charge of the program. She says that other
countries now realize that Carter is standing firm on the issue and
that it must be taken into account when dealing with the United
States.
     Worldwide release AMs Monday, Nov. 27 Above available via DataNews
    EXERCISE: HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? (2,900)
     Interview with Dr. Gabe Mirkin, Sportsmedicine Authority
     Exercise does more than ''train'' your heart. It works on your mind
as effectively as a tranquilizer, says this physician-author. There
even seems to be a connection between students' academic performance
and the amount of exercise they get. And, he advises those who may
have done little in the past, it's never too late to start. Worldwide
release AMs Monday, Nov. 27
     ELECTRONIC SMOG ADDS TO POLLUTION WOES (1,200)
     A form of pollution that cannot be seen, felt, smelled or heard may
be a major problem in the years ahead. It is electromagnetic
interference from radio and television stations, microwave ovens, CB
radios, garage-door openers and a host of other sources. Although it
does little more than interfere with TV reception or cause electronic
equipment to go haywire, scientists are warning that increased levels
could have effects ranging from behavioral problems to cataracts and
cancer. Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28
     WHY EVERYBODY IS SUING EVERYBODY (4,500)
     America is fast becoming a ''suing society,'' with patients suing
doctors, clients suing lawyers, students suing teachers, children
suing parents, and all sorts of people suing merchants, manufacturers
and government agencies. This veritable avalanche of lawsuits -
estimated at more than $7 million last year - is changing American
society. Costs of lawyers and insurance are adding to prices of
almost everything, and many government and corporate decisions are
taking the safe course.
     For more information on the syndication of U.S. News & World
Report, distribution, contracts or availability of these and other
features in the news magazine, contact The New York Times Syndication
Sales Corp., Jesse Levine or Dan Barber, in New York (212) 972-1070
(telex 640-198). In Europe or the Middle East contact Paul Gendelman
in Paris, 742-1711 or 742-1441 (telex 230650). In the Far East
contact Ray Falk in Tokyo at telex 2226717.
    
ny-1127 1757est
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n151  2044  29 Nov 78
 
BC-ADVISORY
    U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT FEATURE OFFERINGS FROM SPECIAL FEATURES
Articles are available singly or on a contract basis worldwide,
excluding Japan. Here is a digest of representative dispatches from
the USN&WR issue dated Dec. 4, 1978, publication date Monday, Nov.
27, 1978.
    A LOOK AT THE U.S. THROUGH RUSSIAN EYES (2,900)
     This country is burdened with inflation, unemployment and poverty,
and riddled with crime. Americans are crisis-prone, discontented,
bigoed and ruled by a se
f-serving clique of rich capitalists.
That's the view the average Soviet citizen gets from his controlled
news media. Robin Knight of the USN&WR Moscow bureau finds that six
years into an era of detente, Soviet attitudes toward the United
States are hardening.
     Worldwid59)e AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28 Above available via DataNews
    IS CARTER ABANDONING HE HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY? (2,400)
    Inter, with Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State
     Political realities, such as the strong U.S. support for the
7r
government in Iran, have not affected the Carter
adminisc's$c commie an ri
hts, sz)tate
Department official in charge of the program. She says that other
countries now realiezCarte
 i cz2irm n the issue and
that it must be taken into account when dealing with the United
States.
     Worldwide release AMs Monday, Nov. 27 Above available via DataNews
    EXERCISE: HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? (2,900)
     Interview with Dr. Gabe Mirkin, Sportsmedicine Authority
     Exercise does more than ''train'' your heart. It works on your mind
as effectively as a tranquilizer, says this physician-author. There
even seems to be a connection between students' academic performance
and the amount of exercise they get. And, he advises those who may
have done little in the past, it's never too late to start. Worldwide
release AMs Monday, Nov. 27
     ELECTRONIC SMOG ADDS TO POLLUTION WOES (1,200)
     A form of pollution that cannot be seen, felt, smelled or heard may
be a major problem in the years ahead. It is electromagnetic
interference from radio and television stations, microwave ovens, CB
radios, garage-door openers and a host of other sources. Although it
does little more than interfere with TV receptionor cause electronic
equipment to go haywire, scientists are warning that increased levels
could have effects ranging from behavioral problems to cataracts and
cancer. Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28
     WHY EVERYBODY IS SUING EVERYBODY (4,500)
     America is fast becoming a w'')s7y,'f76 patintsc lnctors, clients suin''te-
m udents suing teaches, children
suing parents, and all sorts of people suinnnx    ers
and government agencies. Ts veritao 
c;2che of lawsuits -
estimateduorthan mill4)t yearo8hangng MERI::( LAWYERS ACC L PRICES OF
ALMOST EVERYTHING, AND MANY GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE DECISIONS ARG
     For more information on the syndication of U.S. News & World
Report, distribution, contracts or availability of these and other
features in the news magazine, contact The New York Times Syndication
Sales Corp., Jesse Levine or Dan Barber, in New York (212) 972-1070
(telex 640-198). In Europe or the Middle East contact Paul Gendelman
in Paris, 742-1711 or 742-1441 (telex 230650). In the Far East
contact Ray Falk in Tokyo at telex 2226717.
    
ny-1129 2345est
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n056  1132  30 Nov 78
 
BC-ADVISORY-USNEWS 1/8
    U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT FEATURE OFFE
INGS FROM SPECIAL FEATURES
Articles are available singly or on a contract basis worldwi
e,
ebcluding Japan. Here is a digest of representative dispatches from
the USN&WR issue dated Dec. 4, 1978, publication date Monday, Nov.
27, 1978.
    A LOOK AT THE U.S. THROUGH RUSSIAN EYES (2,900)
     This country is burdened with inflation, unemployment and poverty,
and riddled with crime. Americans are crisis prone,discontented,
bigoted and ruled by a self-serving clique of rich capitalists.
That's the view the average Soviet citizen gets from his controlled
news media. Robin Knight of the USN&WR Moscow bureau find  that six
years into an era of eetente, Soviet attitudes toward the United
States are hardening.
     Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28 Above available via DataNews
    IS CARTER ABANDONING HIS HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY? (2,400
     Interview with Patricia Derian, Assistant Secretary of State
    Political realities, such as the strong U.S. Support for the
military government in Iran, have not affected the Carter
administration's basic commitment to human rights, says the State
Department official in charge of the program. She says that other
countries now realize that Carter is standing firm on the issue and
that it must be taken into account when dealing with the United
States.
     Worldwide release AMs Monday, Nov. 27 Above available via DataNews
    EXERCISE: HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? (2,900)
     Interview with Dr. Gabe Mirkin, Sports medicine Authority
     Exercise does more than ''train'' your heart. It works on your mind
as effectively as a tranquilizer, says this physician-author. There
even seems to be a connection between students' academic performance
and the amount of exercise they get. And, he advises those who may
have done little in the past, it's never too late to start. Worldwide
release AMs Monday, Nov. 27
     ELECTRONIC SMOG ADDS TO POLLUTION WOES (1,200)
     A form of pollution that cannot b seen, felt, smelled or heard may
be a major problem in the years ahead. It is electromagnetic
interference from radio and television stations, microwave ovens, CB
radios, garage-door openers and a host of other sources. Although it
does little more than interfere with TV reception or cause electronic
equipment to go haywire, scientists are warning that increased levels
could have effects ranging from behavioral problems to cataracts and
cancer. Worldwide release AMs Tuesday, Nov. 28
     WHY EVERYBODY IS SUING EVERYBODY (4,500)
     America is fast becoming a ''suing society,'' with patients suing
doctors, clients suing lawyers, students suing teachers, children
suing parents, and all sorts of people suing merchants, manufacturers
and government agencies. This veritable avalanche of lawsuits -
estimated at more than $7 million last year - is changing American
society. Costs of lawyers and insurance are adding to prices of
almost everything, and many government and corporate decisions are
taking the safe course.
     
     For more information on the syndication of U.S. News & World
Report, distribution, contracts or availability of these and other
features in the news magazine, contact The New York Times Syndication
Sales Corp., Jesse Levine or Dan Barber, in New York (212) 972-1070
(telex 640-198). In Europe or the Middle East contact Paul Gendelman
in Paris, 742-1711 or 742-1441 (telex 230650). In the Far East
contact Ray Falk in Tokyo at telex 2226717.
    
    
ny-1130 1432est
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n055  1138  04 Dec 78
 
ADVISORY
 
THE FIELD NEWS SERVICE With the complete report of the NEWHOUSE NEWS
SERVICE
    Good afternoon from the Newhouse News Service. This is your opening
schedule of stories from the Field and Newhouse news services. Other
schedules will follow, including a complete wrap-up.
    Please note: Newhouse News Service material on this wire is
embargoed in the following cities: New York, N.Y.; Watertown, N.Y.;
York, Pa.; Passaic, N.J.; Trenton, N.J.; St. Louis, Mo.; and
Cleveland, Ohio.
    If you have any problems or questions, please contact the Newhouse
News Service at 202-393-7130 
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
    
MICROWAIES (Bernstein - Newhouse) New aboratory studies reveal that
long-term exposure to small amounts of microwave radiation affects
behavior and the central nervous system, a top EPA scientist says.
About 600.
    
RADIO (Smith - Newhouse) The Republican National Committee charges
that taped news reports which the White House began providing to
radio stations around the country Monday is ''an abuse of tax
funds.'' But the Republicans aren't sure they can do anything about
it. About 300.
    
FRANCE (Wilson - Newhouse) Claude Manceron, noted French historian,
continues his gossipy, anecdotal, multi-volume story of the French
Revolution with items on Marie Antoinette's first baby, John Pual
Jones's raids, and Ben Franklin's romancing. Suggested for weekend
use. About 650.
    
BROADWAY, OFF & ON: SMITH (Raidy - Newhouse) Alexis Smith discusses
her starring role in ''Platinum,'' for which she has received the
best notices for a musical comedy actress in many a season. From New
York. Theater column, suggested for weekend use. About 1,000.
JG END
    
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n059  1205  04 Dec 78
 
ADVISORY
 
REPEATING BECAUSE OF GARBLING
    
THE FIELD NEWS SERVICE With the complete report of the NEWHOUSE NEWS
SERVICE
    Good afternoon from the Newhouse News Service. This is your opening
schedule of stories from the Field and Newhouse news services. Other
schedules will follow, including a complete wrap-up.
    Please note: Newhouse News Service material on this wire is
embargoed in the following cities: New York, N.Y.; Watertown, N.Y.;
York, Pa.; Passaic, N.J.; Trenton, N.J.; St. Louis, Mo.; and
Cleeland, Ohio.
    If you have any problems or questions, please contact the Newhouse
News Service at 202-393-7130 
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
    
MICROWAVES (Bernstein - Newhouse) New laboratory studies reveal that
long-term exposure to small amounts of microwave radiation affects
behavior and the central nervous system, a top EPA scientist says.
About 600.
    
RADIO (Smith - Newhouse) The Republican National Committee charges
that taped news reports which the White House began providing to
radio stations around the country Monday is ''an abuse of tax
funds.'' But the Republicans aren't sure they can do anything about
it. About 300.
    
FRANCE (Wilson - Newhouse) Claude Manceron, noted French historian,
continues his gossipy, anecdotal, multi-volume story of the French
Revolution with items on Marie Antoinette's first baby, John Pual
Jones's raids, and Ben Franklin's romancing. Suggested for weekend
use. About 650.
    
BROADWAY, OFF & ON: SMITH (Raidy - Newhouse) Alexis Smith discusses
her starring role in ''Platinum,'' for which she has received the
best notices for a musical comedy actress in many a season. From New
York. Theater column, suggested for weekend use. About 1,000.
JG END
    
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n100  1626  04 Dec 78
 
MICROWAVES
(Newhouse 009)
By PETER J. BERNSTEIN
Newhouse News Service
    WASHINGTON - New laboratory studies show that long-term exposure to
small amounts of microwave radiation affect the behavior of animals
and can reduce their immunity to disease, a government scientist says.
    Microwaves emitted at the maximum level the government considers
safe - 10 milliwatts per square centimeter - produce ''some
significant effects'' on laboratory mice and rats, Dr. Daniel F.
Cahill of the Environmental Protection Agency said in an interview.
    Rasults of the tests, conducted over the last three years at EPA's
Health Effects Research Laboratory in Raleigh, N.C., and at private
research centers, have raised far-reaching questions about the impact
of microwave radiation on people both at home an din the workplace.
    A committee comprised of scientists from four federal agencies is
reviewing the test results to determine whether the existing
standard, set in 1966, should be revised. ''The implications are it
will probably be lowered,'' said Cahill, director of the Experimental
Biology Division at the Health Effects Research Laboratory.
    Agencies participating in the microwave review are the EPA, Food and
Drug Administration, Consumer Products Safety Commission and the
Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Most of the actual
analysis of research findings is being done by the National Academy
of Sciences.
    Though microwave ovens are commonplace the radiation they emit is
considered so insignificant as to pose no hazard, either at home or
in the workplace, government officials said. ''Even if a defective
microwave oven were to leak at the maximum possible level, it
wouldn't exceed the federal standard or pose a hazard,'' said David
Janes, an EPA radiation expert.
    He said that EPA's primary interest centers on exposure to
microwaves through FM radio, UHF and VHF television, and to a lesser
extent, citizen's band radio and airport radar. EPA has found a
handful of remote sites close to transmitting towers where radiation
from microwaves exceeds the federal guideline. ''If we have a problem
now it's not a very severe one,'' he said.
    Nevertheless, EPA is exploring the idea of establishing a separate
microwave standard for the general environment, strictly as a
''preventative'' measure, Janes said.
    The current standard, adopted by the Occupational Health and Safety
Administration, is only advisory. Industries can adopt the standard
or ignore it. In at least one instance, a company was found to be
exceeding the standard, but OSHA officials could do nothing about it.
    Now that an increasing number of Americans are exposed to microwave
radiation in the workplace - 2 million by one government estimate -
officials want to lower the standard and make it mandatory.
    The concern about chronic effects of microwave radiation represents
something of a turnabout for the government. Until a few years ago,
American scientists concentrated on the so-called ''thermal'' effects
of microwave radiation from acute, high-level exposure. ''The dogma
was that if you couldn't produce anything with an acute slug, then
there was no problem at chronic low levels,'' Cahill said.
    The recent laboratory tests seem to substantiate the view of Soviet
and East European scientists who have long held that chronic,
low-level exposure affects behavior and the central nervous system,
he said.
    ''What the Soviets were saying to us was that our experience and all
our data for ionizing radiation (X-ray) doesn't apply to this
problem,'' Cahill said.
    The Soviet microwave standard is 1,000 times lower than the current
U.S. standard.
    ''When we at EPA changed our way of doing things to take a look at
how the Soviets do theirs, we began to see things - that they
appeared to be more correct than we had given them credit for,'' he
said.
    Two years ago the U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed to collaborate on
microwave health research. The work has been conducted on rats, mice
and Chinese hamsters.
JG END BERNSTEIN
    
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n124  1907  04 Dec 78
 
ADVISORY
NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE REPORT OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978:
    
MICROWAVES (Bernstein - Newhouse) New laboratory studies reveal that
long-term exposure to small amounts of microwave radiation affects
behavior and the central nervous system, a top EPA scientist says.
610. a100 (Newhouse 009)
    
LEADERS (Benson - Newhouse) House members re-elect their leaders and
stage a preview of fiscal politics in the new Congress. 440. a098
(Newhouse 008).
    
RADIO (Smith - Newhouse) The Republican National Committee charges
that taped news reports which the White House began providing to
radio stations around the country Monday is ''an abuse of tax
funds.'' But the Republicans aren't sure they can do anything about
it. 350. a082 (Newhouse 007).
    
BUSINESS (Nagan - Newhouse) The American economy may be heading for
a recession next year, but there are few signs of such trouble in the
latest government statistics. 750. a074, a075 (Newhouse 005, 006).
    
FRANCE (Wilson - Newhouse) Claude Manceron, noted French historian,
continues his gossipy, anecdotal, multi-volume story of the French
Revolution with items on Marie Antoinette's first baby, John Pual
Jones's raids, and Ben Franklin's romancing. Suggested for weekend
use. 650. a079 (Newhouse 001).
    
BROADWAY, OFF & ON: SMITH (Raidy - Newhouse) Alexis Smith discusses
her starring role in ''Platinum,'' for which she has received the
best notices for a musical comedy actress in many a season. From New
York. Tpeater column, suggested for weekend use. 1,200. a070, a071,
a072 (Newhouse 002, 003, 004)
    
GOOD NIGHT FROM THE NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
JG END
    
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n580  0539  05 Dec 78
 
BC-Sked 3takes 12-05
Editors: For the convenience of editors holding morning news
conferences, we now move a schedule of what has been on this
wire during the night.
 
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 1978
 
WASHINGTON
 
WASHINGTON (Ingersoll - Sun-Times - MISSILE) - A mobile missile project
being considered by the Defense Department could cost $30 billion,
force the uprooting of 50,000 Great Plains residents - a plan
that would be highly controversial. (1,150) - a501, a502 FNSPM
 
WASHINGTON (Myers - Sun-Times - HOUSE) - After almost a decade of
biannual upheavals, this week's House attempt to put itself
in order portends to be a relatively tranquil affair - amid
groping for solutions to problems created by reforms.
(1,100) - a503, a504 FNSPM
 
WASHINGTON (Oster - Sun-Times - KAHN) - In his fourth straight day
of verbal pyrotechnics, anti-inflation boss Alfred Kahn denounces
excessive pay raises approved by legislators in Ohio and
Illinois - urging voters to send a ''rollback message.''
(700) - a505 FNSPM
 
WASHINGTON (Myers 2d story - Sun-Times - ANDERSON) - By
overwhelming his right-wing rival, Rep. John Anderson
retains his No. 3 House Republican leadership
post - while affirming his intention to continue
exploring a presidential race. (550) - a506 FNSPM
 
ATLANTIC CITY (Hines - Sun-Times - FAA) - Federal government
plans and gadgets may make the increasingly crowded skies much
safer by the end of the century - but they would not insure against
a recurrence of the recent San Diego collision. (550) - a507 FNSPM
 
WASHINGTON (Bernstein - Newhouse - MICROWAVES) - New
laboratory studies reveal that long-term exposure to
small amounts of microwave radiation affects behavior and the
central nervous system, a top ERA scientist says.
(650) - a100 (Newhouse 009).
 
WASHINGTON (Benson - Newhouse - LEADERS) - House members
re-elect their leaders and stage a preview of fiscal
politics in the new Congress. (450) - a098
(Newhouse 008).
 
WASHINGTON (Smith - Newhouse - RADIO) - The
Republican National Committee charges that taped news
reports which the White House began providing to radio
stations around the country Monday is ''an abuse of tax
funds.'' But the Rublicans aren't sure they can do
anything about it. (350) - a082 (Newhouse 007).
 
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n132  2017  06 Dec 78
 
BC-BROADCAST 2takes
By ERNEST HOLSENDOLPH
c. 1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday
that the nation should seek an expanded share of the world's
broadcasting spectrum at a Geneva meeting next year, where keen
competition is expected between industrial and developing nations.
    For instance, the commission wants to expand the AM radio band,
adding up to 700 radio stations in the United States, as well as more
citizens' band, other mobile frequencies, navigational channels and
satellite systems.
    The commission's list of priorities was transmitted Wednesday to the
State Department, which will assemble the delegation and priorities
for the United States for the World Administrative Radio Conference
in September 1979.
    More than 1,100 delegates from 154 nations, members of the
International Telecommunications Union, will meet for about 10 weeks
at the conference, which is convened once every 20 years to carve up
the world radio spectrum for use in the following two decades.
    At least four years in preparation, the list of priorities was
compiled with difficulty because of ''competing demands for portions
of the spectrum,'' said Kalmann Schaeffer, foreign affairs adviser to
the commission.
    Schaeffer and Samuel E. Probst, director of spectrum plans and
policies for the National Telecommunications and Information Agency,
said they expected the State Department to accept the FCC plans
without much change, but there is the possibility that political
exigencies may lead the department to make some modifications.
    The commission's list of needs include the following:
    - Expansion of the AM - amplitude modulation - broadcast band, which
now extends from 570 kilohertz to 1610 KHz, by creating a second set
of frequencies from 1615 to 1800 KHz to be shared between
broadcasting and other services.
    - Allocation of the entire band from 470 megahertz to 890 MHz, now
given over exclusively to ultra-high-frequency television, to both
television broadcasting and fixed and mobile radio communications
such as citizens band.
    - Increase in high-frequency or short-wave band allocations for
broadcasting, and maritime and amateur communications. This part of
the spectrum, from 3 to 30 MHz, will also be sought by developing
nations for basic communications - much as developed nations now use
landline and microwave telephone systems.
    - Doubling of the orbiting satellite frequencies available in the
frequencies of 12 to 14 gigahertz (one GHz is a frequency of one
billion cycles per second), described by officials Wednesday as a
''precious resource,'' for use in the coming years of satellite
communications expansion.
    - Protection of certain high bands for satellite ''sensing'' of
natural microwave emissions for environmental and weather studies,
enabling scientists to measure by satellites such things as moisture
content of the soil, surface temperature, ice thickness and water
vapor. Communications officials say these satellites are not used for
spying and intelligence-gathering.
    - Allowance of future use of the 806 MHz to 890 MHz band for various
two-way land mobile communications. Also allocation of frequencies
for the first time at the far end of the usable spectrum, from 40 to
275 GHz.
    In addition to possible strife with developing nations over the use
of the high-frequency band, according to commission officials, the
United States is also likely to clash with Canada and possibly Mexico
over this nation's proposal to get international sanction for mixing
UHF television and CB in one band.
    (MORE)
    
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n115  1721  07 Dec 78
 
SOLAR 2takes
(Newhouse 009)
For Sunday use
By PETER J. BERNSTEIN
Newhouse News Service
    WASHINGTON - With almost twice as much federal research money
earmarked in the coming fiscal year for their solar satellite scheme,
aerospace planners are back on the attack.
    They are mounting ambitious plans to promote a multi-billion-dollar
program to harness solar energy by means of giant satellite, 73covering 50 squa-
re miles of space and weighing more than 100,000 tons.
    The thought of massive satellites beaming power back to earth might
seem far-fetched Buck Rogers stuff, but the Department of Energy
maintains that the solar satellite is scientifically feasible.
    To push the scheme through Congress, the aerospace industry has
formed a publci relations organization called the Sunsat Energy
Council. Already, Sunsat has gotten the Carter administration to
earmark $8.6 million for initial research in fiscal 1980, which is
nearly twice the amount being spent on the solar satellite plan this
year.
    However, aerospace lobbyists have confided to congressional staffers
they hope to get more than $3 billion in federal funds over the next
five years. The money would be used for what is known as a
''verification phase'' of the program and would include construction
of a prototype satellite in outer space.
    To map strategy, Sunsat's board of directors met Wednesday at the
exclusive Cosmos Club on Washington's Embassy Row. The participants
included executives from such top aerospace firms as Boeing,
Lockheed, General Electric, Westinghouse, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas,
Martin Marietta, RCA and AVCO.
    Dr. Peter Glaser, president of Sunsat and developer of the
solar-satellite concept, declined to talk about the meeting, but he
said that federal funds for the program should come from other
research budgets dealing with the development of new sources of bulk
electric power. These include fusion energy and the breeder reactor
program.
    Because of the current budget-cutting drive, the Carter
administration has greeted the satellite proposal with some
skepticism. The Energy Department has come out against any further
increase in funding until initial studies are completed. The final
results are due by mid-1980. But Sunsat has found substantial support
in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which was
reduced to only one major program with the end of the big space-shot
era.
    Strong support for Sunsat is also found on Capitol Hill, where
aerospace lobbyists pushed earlier this year for an additional $25
million in research funds. Their proposal sailed through the Hous by
a th,-one margin, and a scaled-down version was considered by
the Senate Energy Committee.
    The funding proposal was put aside when Congress adjourned. But it
will be reviewed in January when the 96th Congress convenes. The
prospects for a sympathetic hearing appear good, since one of the
project's proponents is Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.), chairman of
the Senate Energy Committee, which handles the measure. Its principal
House sponsor is Rep. Don Fuqua (D-Fla.), head of the House Science
and Technology Committee.
    However, not everyone is enthusiastic about Sunsat. Dr. John
Cummings and Piet Bos, two leading critics of the Sunsat scheme,
oversee major research programs at the Electric Power Research
Institute, which is an arm of the utility industry. They feel the
project is simply a gigantic boondoggle.
    Bob believes public money ''could be spent more efficiently in
developing other more diversified approaches to solar energy.'' The
sunsat project has serious technical and cost problems, he said.
''The mtre you know about it, the less promising it looks,'' he said.
    Under the sunsat plan, the satellites would contain billions of
photovoltaic solar cells that would convert the sun's rays into
electricity. The electrical energy would then be converted to a beam
of microwave energy aimed at a receiving antenna several square miles
in area on the earth's surface. When they reached the antennas, the
microwaves would be converted to direct current electricity and then
fed into the conventional power grid of utilities.
(MORE)
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SOLAR
(Newhouse 010)
First add (Bernstein) WASHINGTON X X X utilities.
    According to a Department of Energy plan, about 60 satellites would
be stationed 22,000 miles from the equator in geosynchronous orbit
that makes them appear to be stationary. But for economic reasons, it
would be impractical to prefabricate the satellites on earth and then
launch them into orbit. Instead, densely-packed raw materials must be
launched into an orbit closer to earth, and the satellites
constructed there by hundreds of workers. Because existing launch
vehicles such as the Saturn rocket and the Spack Shuttle are not big
enough to propel the raw materials for a solar-satellite into orbit
economically, a new ''heavy-lift launch vehicle'' (HLLV) must be
developed.
    Sunsat proponents envision the HLLV as a single stage, completely
reusable vehicle capable of carrying into orbit several times the
payload of the Space Shuttle. It would be three to five times more
howerful than the Saturn rocket and therefore require construction of
a new launching site. Construction of a single sunsat would require
50 to 500 flights of the HLLV at the rate of one to five launches per
day. The launches would continue at this rate for decades.
    Leading the fight in Congress againt the sunsat scheme is Rep.
Richard 
. Ottinoer (D-N.Z.), a member of the Science and Technology
Committee. Pointing out that Congress has already earmarked $9
million for sunsat research, Ottinger said any additional funding at
this time would be ''premature.''
    He warned that an attempt to accelerate research and development
might result in committing the country to a technology that is
''worlds beyond the cost of any federal program ever before
conceived.'' Sunsat, he declared, is nothing more than ''a giant
boondoggle for the space industry.''
    Garry DeLoss of the Environmental Policy Center fears that the
satellite project would preempt funds badly needed for land-based
solar energy programs and for conservation.
    Also, critics see the possibility that the microwave bombardment
could endanger the health of people and wildlife. Each of the 60
satellites would aim its microwaves at a ''rectenna'' covering about
50 square miles of land. A buffer zone of at least 177 square miles
would surround the rectenna sites, but there is some fear that even
that much of a buffer would be insufficient protection against
low-level microwave radiation.
    The scientific community is divided over the question of health
threats from microwaves. Research done for the Environmental
Protection Agency has found that microwaves at very low levels have
been shown to cause central nervous system disorders, cataracts,
genetic changes and other disorders.
    Some scientists warn that the rockets required to launch sunsats
will hit the upper atmosphere and burn holes in the so-called
ionosphere, permitting increased solar radiation to reach the earth's
surface. Such radiation could give rise to a greater incidence of
skin cancer, produce what is known as the ''greenhouse'' effect by
raising the earth's temperature, and possibly altering weather
conditions, causing potential climatic changes on a hemispheric scale.
    There is a further problem, critics say, Solar-powered satellites,
with their intense energy, have a potential use as a weapon, with
first-strike capability, resulting in a whole new level of problems
with arms control.
    To the aerospace industry, the uncertainty about the many
environmental and social aspects of sunsat is proof that more federal
money is needed for research. But even they acknowledge that just the
research and development cost of sunsat will range from $40 billion
to $80 billion. And, as Ottinger says, ''that is a low amount
compared to $2.5 trillion to institute this program.''
    Beyond research and development, the costs of sunsat become even
more mind boggling. According to a study done for the Energy
Department by the Jet Propulsion Laboratories in California, the cost
per satellite would be $26.5 billion on the average. That amouts to
a total capital investment of nearly $2 trillion.
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a305  2104  07 Dec 78
AM-Newhouse,480
    NEW YORK (AP) - Newhouse Broadcasting Corp. has sold its five
television stations to Times-Mirror Co. of Los Angeles for $82.3
million, officials announced Thursday.
    Officials of the Newhouse group said the sale was made ''as a result
of federal regulatory policies in opposition to ownership of
newspapers and television stations in the same communities.''
    The Newhouse group publishes newspapers in each of the cities where
it had a radio station.
    The stations are WSYR-TV in Syracuse, N.Y.; WSYE-TV in Elmira, N.Y.;
WTPA-TV in Harrisburg, Pa.; WAPI-TV in Birmingham, Ala.; and KTVI in
St. Louis.
    The sale, subject to the approval of the Federal Communications
Commission, was announced by Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. and Donald E.
Newhouse of Newhouse Broadcasting and Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chairman
of Times-Mirror.
    Times-Mirror, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, currently owns and
operates KDFW-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth and KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas.
    The purchase would give Times-Mirror a total of five VHF stations
and two UHF stations, the maximum number allowed under FCC rules.
    The Newhouses made the following statement:
    ''We decided to sell these stations primarily as a result of federal
regulatory policies in opposition to ownership of newspapers and
television stations in the same communities.
    ''In the beginning of the TV era, the government encouraged
newspapers to apply for television licenses in their communities.
    ''Now the climate is changing. Some question the policy of
permitting common ownership, even if the newspaper and television
station are separately and independently managed. The stability of our
five television stations could be unsettled. Therefore, we have
determined that it is in the best interests of the stations, their
staffs, and the communities they serve, to sell.
    ''In choosing a purchaser, we turned to anoth
mpany which has
demonstrated a tradition of fair and impartial treatment of the news,
that it is community minded and understands the need to act in the
public interest. They have the resources - in people and capital - for
programming and equipment.
    ''We were not happy to reach the decision to sell, but we are
pleased ttzgqll
r Co. It has
amply demonstrated in all of its operations that it 1
r1 and for the community.
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-zes the high
caliber of the fine people who contribute so much to our stion.-
the new.4nimanagers - and will continue our employme..polices.
    ''Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation is retaining its radio, cable
television and microwave facilities and will continue to be
headquartered in Syracuse, N.Y.''
    
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n058  1511  10 Dec 78
 
BC-MICRO 2takes
(EXCLUSIVE: 10 p.m. EST Embargo)
By RICHARD D. LYONS
c.1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    WASHINGTON - A congressional study has concluded that federal
agencies have been lax in setting and enforcing standards to protect
the public from the potential health hazards of microwave radiation,
which at high levels has been shown to cause cataracts, sterility and
birth defects.
    The study, conducted by the General Accounting Office, singled out
the Food and Drug Administration as being lax in monitoring its
safety standards for the 2 million microwave ovens in use in the
United States.
    Nor has the FDA, charged by law with controlling medical diathermy
devices, even set emission standards for the 15,000 in use, the study
found. The machines are used therapeutically to generate heat in body
tissues.
    The GAO, an investigative arm of Congress, also noted that the
government has failed to adequately regulate such new and
increasingly popular microwave products as communication relays,
burglar alarms, smoke detectors, garage door openers, food warmers
and commercial heaters.
    The study, which was obtained by The New York Times, recommended
that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the
Environmental Protection Agency and the FDA join in setting a
national policy on permissible limits of exposure to microwave
radiation as well as standards on the amount of radiation a product
could emit.
    ''In the past several years concern has significantly increased over
the potential hazards posed by exposure to microwave radiation
because of the significant increase in the use of microwave-emitting
products and by a new awareness of microwave radiation as a potential
health hazard,'' the study said.
    ''Its capacity to generate heat in body tissue and to cause
heat-related effects during exposure at high levels, such as
cataractogenic effects in the eye, has been known for some time. Its
effects at low levels of exposure, however, such as its reported
potential to cause changes in behavior or physiological functions,
are less definite.''
    In addition to causing cataracts - that is, the clouding of the lens
of the eye - exposure to high levels of microwave radiation is known
to cause sterility and birth defects. There have even rare instances
of death attributed to intense microwave radiaton.
    However, there is considerable disagreement over what hazards are
posed by long-term, low-level exposure, and the central question is
how much radiation is dangerous to users of microwave equipment and
to the public in general.
    This concern prompted a request for the GAO study from three members
of the House of Representatives: Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N.Y., Toby
Moffett, D-Conn., and John E. Moss, D-Calif.
    ''The FDA and the other federal agencies are not taking seriously
enough the issue of microwave safety,'' Miss Holtzman said, adding
that there is some evidence to show that even small amounts of
microwave radiation may be harmful.
    At the very least, she said, the FDA ought to tell the public that
it is not possible to say that the current standards assure the
safety of such products as microwave ovens.
    ''The public needs to be warned that low levels of radiation may
indeed be dangerous, but no one in the agencies or even the White
House seems to care about the safety issue,'' she added.
    (MORE)
    
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n059  1517  10 Dec 78
 
BC-MICRO 1stadd
(EXCLUSIVE: 10 p.m. EST Embargo)
NYT WASHINGTON: she added.
    Microwaves do not directly damage cells by altering atomic
structures, as X-rays and other forms of radiation may, and thus are
termed ''nonionizing'' radiation. However, they can cause damaging
levels of heat in tissue. Microwaves run between 300 and 300,000
megahertz in the radiowave frequency band while, by contrast,
television signals run between 50 and 1,000 megahertz.
    The Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 10 years ago
sought to establish a radiation control program for electronic
products to protect public health. But the GAO noted that the
legislation is full of loopholes.
    For example, the FDA is empowered to regulate the amount of
radiation emitted by products, while other agencies, such as OSHA and
the Environmental Protection Agency, are supposed to regulate
radiation levels in the workplace and the environment.
    ''No federal standards exist to protect the general public and
workers from potential hazards of exposure to microwave radiation,''
the study stated.
    It pointed out that there was a voluntary industry guideline setting
10 milliwatts of radiation per square centimeter as the maximum safe
level of occupational exposure.
    The GAO study noted, however, that a review of 112 research reports
on microwaves showed marked disagreement within the scientific
community about the safety of the 10-milliwatt standard.
    ''Over half of the 112 reports state that animals and humans exposed
to microwave radiation levels of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter
or less experience biological effects, some undesirable,'' the study
stated.
    With this in mind, the study urged that the environmental and
job-safety agencies ''establish mandatory standards to protect the
public and workers from exposure to microwave radiation.''
    It also urged that the FDA be ordered ''to improve its regulation of
microwave radiation-emitting products'' and said it had found that in
some cases the agency had fallen three years behind in reviewing
safety data submitted by the manufacturers.
    Wayne Pines, a spokesman for the FDA, said the agency was drafting
standards for diathermy machines and would propose them early next
year. As for reviewing manufacturers' data, he said it was done on a
priority basis with reviews of the most potentially dangerous
products coming first.
    
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BC-ADVISORY ADDSKED
Add N Y Times News Service schedule, Dec. 10
 
NATIONAL-GENERAL
    MEMPHIS - DEMS - Vice President Mondale and Sen. Kennedy address
Democratic midterm meeting. Developments. By Adam Clymer. (priority)
    MEMPHIS - DEMS-CARTER(Analyis) - Hedrick Smith, chief of the New
York Times Washington bureau, comments on President Carter and his
fellow Democrats.(priority)
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - VENUS - Space researchers analyze some of
the information received from the Venus probe. By John Noble Wilford.
(priority)
    JONESTOWN - COMMUNE - The scene at the People's Temple commune three
weeks after the mass suicides and murders. By Joseph P. Treaster.
(priority)
    SAN FRANCISCO - SURVIVORS - They have few possessions and no money.
Most of their friends and some relatives died with the Rev. Jim Jones
in Jonestown. They are left with the shattered husk of the socialist
dream. About 30 people live in the compound here of the People's
Temple; some 40 more from Guyana are en route to join them. There are
problems, they say, but the sadness is the worse one. By Wallace
Turner. (priority)
    WASHINGTON - MICRO(Exclusive) - Congressional study has concluded
that federal agencies have been lax in setting and enforcing
standards to protect the public from the potential health hazards of
microwave radiation, which at high levels has been shown to cause
cataracts, sterility and birth defects. The study, conducted by the
General Accounting Office, singled out the Food and Drug
Administration as being lax in monitoring its safety standards for
the two million microwave ovens in use in the United States. Details.
by Richard D. Lyons.(moved)
    NEW YORK - MENTAL - Mental patients in the U.S., Canada and Europe
have mustered what many psychiatrists concede is probably the most
effective campaign ever against modern psychiatry, the traditional
mental health system and everything it stands for. Relying heavily on
litigation, mental patients are trying to reduce and narrow the
controls they say psychiatrists have over them. Background and
details. By Richard Severo. (priority)
 
FINANCIAL
    WASHINGTON - OIL - A congressional staff memorandum released Sunday
asserts that leading oil companies have bilked American consumers of
nearly $2 billion in overcharges during the last four years, and it
says that some officials in the Department of Energy condoned the
overcharges. by Richard D. Halloran.(moved)
    WASHINGTON - FED(EXCLUSIVE) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman G.
William Miller says the rate of growth of the money supply is
''slowing so rapidly'' that it is likely that pressures will soon
abate in credit markets and that ''interest rates will begin to drift
downward on their own.'' Other comments in an interview marking his
first nine months in office. by Clyde H. Farnsworth. (moved)
 
SPORTSMONDAY
    SCHLADMING, Austria - SKITOWN - The French ski village of Val
d'Isere had everything arranged for the traditional opening of the
World Cup skiing season there: a schedule of training and race times
drawn up weeks in advance; a clutch of apres ski cocktail parties; a
listing, checked and double-checked, of where each skier, official
and reporter was staying. All that Val d'Isere didn't have was snow.
The only thing to do was to look for snow elsewhere. by Samuel Abt.
(priority)
 
    NOTE: The Sports of the Times column tonight will be by Dave
Anderson, not Red Smith. It is unsighted.
CULTURE
    NEW YORK - TV-VIOLENCE - The 22 new programs that make up the most
extensive midseason renovation ever by ABC, CBS and NBC are notably
devoid of the hard-action formats that are dependent on murder and
brutality and of the formulas that dictate sexual innuendo and
revealing dress. Thus, for the first time since the invasion of
westerns on television in the late 1950s, the networks are turning
away from violence and its alternate, sexual titillation, and
scheduling domestic comedies, fantasies, family dramas, anthologies
and adventure series. By Les Brown.(early)
    LOS ANGELES - MEL & HUGHES - The bizarre story of Melvin Dummar, the
Utah gas station attendant who tried to prove that Howard Hughes
willed him a fortune, will be turned into a $4.5 million movie. By
Aljean Harmetz. (moved)
    
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n086  1828  10 Dec 78
 
AM-NEWSSUMMARY
c. 1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    The New York Times News Summary for Sunday, Dec. 10:
INTERNATIONAL
    TEHRAN - Opponents of the Shah of Iran marched by the hundreds of
thousands in a six-mile procession in Teheran without violence or
interference from authorities. Some members of the demonstration
acted as marshals, controlling traffic and calming the immense throng
at any sign of turbulence. The only sign of government surveillance
was a pair of army helicopters flying back and forth over the march.
    CAIRO - A new American drive to overcome obstacles in the stalled
Egyptian-Israeli peace talks was begun by Secretary of State Cyrus R.
Vance at a meeting near Cairo with President Anwar el-Sadat. Vance
and Sadat did not speak to reporters after the 90-minute session, but
an American spokesman said the discussion was ''very good, full and
constructive.'' The two will have another meeting Monday.
    WASHINGTON - Further progress in the Soviet-American talks to limit
strategic arms has enabled the two sides to plan another meeting soon
between Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance and Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko, according to American officials, who said that the
forthcoming session could lead to a meeting between President Carter
and Leonid I. Brezhnev, possibly in January.
    OSLO - Renewed pledges of peace were made by Menachem Begin and
Anwar el-Sadat in their acceptance speeches at the Nobel Peace Prize
award ceremonies in Oslo. But Prime Minister Begin and President
Sadat, who was represented by an aide, used the occasion to define
their differences.
NATIONAL
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A battle with liberal Democrats was won by
President Carter when the Democratic Party at its midterm issues
conference in Memphis voted to praise his budget plans instead of
demanding that he make no reductions in domestic aid programs. The
822-to-52l vote followed Vice President Mondale's promise that the
arms budget would be scrutinized as closely as any other. He aslo
reminded the delegates of the sdministration's increases in domestic
spending.
    NEW YORK - Mental patients have risen up against psychiatry and
traditional mental health care, and some psychiatrists concede that
the campaign is having an effect. At least thousands of past and
present mental patients in United States, Canada and Europe are
participating in what they regard as their liberation movement.
    NEW YORK - Murder, other brutality and sexual innuendo are notable
for their absence from the 22 new progams that make up the most
extensive midseason renovation ever by ABS, CBS and NBC. For the
first time since the invasion of westerns on television in the
1950's, the networks are turning away from violence and its
alternate, sex.
    WASHINGTON - Americans are not being protected from the potential
health hazards of microwave radiation, a congressional study found,
because gederal agencies have been lax in setting and enforcing
regulations. The study found that while the dangers of high-level
exposure to microwaves have been shown, there is much disagreement
among scientists over the hazards of low-level exposure from
household appliances.
    SAN FRANCISCO - The surviving leadersof the People's Temple are
looking to an uncertain future. Some want to keep the cult together,
others think there is no chance of that. Most are bewildered by the
killings and suicides at Jonestown, Guyana, that reduced their cult's
membership from over 1,000 to fewer than 200.
    
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BC-DIGEST 12-11
Attention: Food, feature editors.
(c) 1978 Chicago Sun-Times
    Tea for two, three, four or more can be made in Hammerplast's
new Tasty-Tea Brewer, which brews up a pot of tea free of tea
leaves. Tasty-Tea offers two types of tea filters for the proper
brewing of different grades of tea. The tea pot comes with a
holding stand to contain the brewed bag and for better shelf
storage. With a suggested retail price of $7.50 (a pack of 40
filter papers is $2), Tasty-Tea is sold by Hammerplast, 212 Fifth
Av., New York, N.Y. 10010.
x x x
    Looking for a turkey of a calendar? Louis Rich, Inc., is
selling a 1979 ''Turkey All Year Round'' calendar for $1 a copy.
The calendar includes loads of turkey tidbits, such as cooking
hints, nutrition tips and recipes for turkey products of all
kinds. It also contains colorful turkey cartoon pictures and a
calendar to boot. To order, send $1 plus name and address,
including zip code, to: Lisa Baum-Waters, manager, consumer
affairs, Louis Rich, Inc., P.O. Box 288, West Liberty, Iowa
52776.
x x x
    Purely Puritan. A new vegetable oil, called (believe it or not)
Puritan Oil, contains a higher level of polyunsaturates than
even pure corn oil. In case there's any question, polyunsaturates,
doctors say, are good for people trying to keep serum cholesterol
at a low level. Puritan Oil contains about 80-per cent sunflower
seed oil and 20-per cent soy bean oil and is being marketed by
Procter & Gamble. It soon will be available in supermarkets.
x x x
Microwave book for kids. A microwave-oven cookbook for children
is being sold for $2.75, including postage and handling, by
Amana Refrigeration. The cookbook, ''Crunchies, Munchies &
Hamburgers, too!'' contains far more than the name implies. The
54-page illustrated microwave primer includes easy-to-understand
explanations of how the microwave oven works, important cooking
steps and measuring methods, utensils to use, and a guide for
reheating foods. It also includes recipes for lunch, brunch,
breads, main dishes and a sampling of sweet stuff. For a copy,
send a check or money order for $2.75 to: Children's Cookbook,
Amana Refrigeration, Amana, Iowa 52204. Allow at least three to
four weeks for delivery.
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PM-AFTERNOON ADVISORY 2takes
NOTE TO AFTERNOON NEWS EDITORS (ATTENTION PONY WIRE POINTS)
    The following items, selected for afternoon newspapers from The N.Y.
Times News Service report of Sunday, Dec. 10, are called to your
attention:
WASHINGTON
    MICRO (EXCLUSIVE) - A congressional study has concluded that federal
agencies have been lax in setting and enforcing standards to protect
the public from the potential health hazards of microwave radiation.
By Richard D. Lyons. a058, a059.
    JOBS - Like many federal officials, Ernest G. Green is kicking and
scratching to get every dollar possible out of the new budget that is
being put together. By Steven V. Roberts. a048, a049.
NATIONAL-GENERAL
    Memphis - DEMS-CARTER (ANALYSIS) - If hard evidence was needed, the
midterm conference of Democrats demonstrated the obstacles President
Carter faces in trying to lead his own party. By Hedrick Smith. a076,
a081.
    Springfield, Ill. - ILLINOIS - Although voters are threatening to
turn them out of office and President Carter has denounced them for
impeding his fight on inflation, Illinois state officials are
determined to keep their pay increases, which range up to 40 percent.
a022, a023.
    New York - LYCEE - Lycee is a school that is popular with Americans
who want their children to have a traditional European education. By
Judith Cummings. a026, a027.
    San Francisco - SURVIVE - They have few possessions and no money.
Most of their friends and relatives died with the Rev. Jim Jones.
These are the surviving leaders of the People's Temple. By Wallace
Turner. a073, a074, a085, a087.
(A update on the Jonestown scene by Joseph B. Treaster, slugged
BC-COMMUNE, moved as a082.)
NY
    New York - MENTAL - Mental patients are challenging modern
psychiatry, its heavy reliance on treatment with drugs and the whole
traditional mental health system. By Richard Severo. a091, a092.
NYPT
INTERNATIONAL
NY
    Caracas - VENEZUELA (Review) - As in so many oil-exporting nations
that are trying to digest suddenly profitable resources, expections
in Venezuela have run far ahead of achievements. By Alan Riding.
a016, a017.
    Korox, Palau - MICRONESIA - Micronesia, the vast Pacific island
territory ruled by the United States for the last 33 years, is
preparing for semi-independence as three separate nations. By Robert
Trumbull. a004, a005.
    Hong Kong - ELECTIONS - China has begun experimenting with elections
for low-level administrators in factories, villages and scientific
institutes. By Fox Butterfield. a002, a003.
    Nicosia - CYPRUS - The latest American proposal to break the Cyprus
deadlock has run into serious snags of both sides of the barricades
dividing this eastern Mediterranean island. a080.
NYPT
    Tehran - MAN IN THE NEWS (KHOMEINI) - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
the powerful Iranian religious leader. a065, aa066.
    Moscow - DISCO - The latest sensation here is a Western disco group
called Boney M. By Craig R. Whitney. a027.
NY
    Tehran - IRAN-SOLUTION (Review) - At least five separate scenarios
have been under discussion concerning a solution to the crisis that
has threatened the reign of Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi. a010, a011.
    New York - IRAN-FUNDS - The flow of Iranian money into the United
States is believed to have increased substantially since the outbreak
of vast demonstrations against the shah. By Peter Kilborn. a009.
    Toronto - SOURCE - The Globe and Mail and an official commission
investigating allegations of police abuses have reached a temporary
stalemate over a newspaper reporter's source of his articles. By
Andrew Malcolm. a032.
RELIGION
    New York - CHURCHTAX (Review) - Any threat to the traditionally
broad tax exemption for religious groups is almost sure to produce a
measure of interfaith solidarity. By Kenneth A. Briggs. a014, a015.
NYPT
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AM-Microwaves,450
By JANET STAIHAR
Associated Press Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agencies have failed to protect the public
adequately from the potential health hazards of microwave radiation
that might be emitted accidentally from household or medical
equipment, says a congressional study released Monday.
    The General Accounting Office said the Food and Drug Administration
has been lax in monitoring its safety standards for the two million
microwave ovens in use in private homes, hospitals, restaurants and
other establishments in the United States.
    Also, the FDA has not set emission standards for controlling medical
diathermy devices which could cause excessive exposure to machine
operators and to parts of the body not requiring treatment, said the
GAO.
    The machines are used to generate heat in body tissues. Most
commonly, they are used in the treatment of trauma and the
inflammation of joints or muscles.
    The GAO, which is Congress' investigative agency, also said the FDA
has failed to regulate adequately new microwave products, such as
burglar alarms, smoke detectors, communication relays, food warmers
and commercial heaters.
    Wayne L. Pines, an FDA spokesman, said the agency plans to propose
standards for diathermy machines early next year.
    As for overseeing manufacturers' data on all microwave products,
Pines said the FDA technical staff is limited, but reviews are done on
a priority basis. Those products that can cause the most widespread
harm are the first to be looked at, said Pines.
    The GAO recommended that the FDA, the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Labor Department work together in establishing
mandatory standards to protect the public and workers from exposure to
microwave radiation.
    It also urged the health, education and welfare secretary to direct
the FDA to improve its regulation of microwave-radiation products.
    ''In the past several years concern has significantly increased over
the potential hazards posed by exposure to microwave radiation,''
said the GAO.
    ''Such concern has been generated by the significant increase in the
use of microwave-emitting products and by a new awareness of
microwave radiation as a potential health hazard,'' the report said.
    ''Its capacity to generate heat in body tissue and to cause
heat-related effects during exposure at high levels, such as
cataractogenic effects in the eye, has been known for some time. Its
effects at low levels of exposure, however, such as its reported
potential to cause changes in behavior or physiological functions, are
less definite.''
    Besides eye cataracts, high levels of microwave radiation also can
cause sterility and birth defects.
    The GAO study was requested by Reps. John E. Moss, D-Calif.,
Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N.Y., and Anthony Toby Moffett, D-Conn.
    
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PM-Microwaves,270
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal study says the government isn't doing
enough to protect the public from possible harmful side effects of
microwave radiation.
    Microwaves are being used in a growing number of applications
ranging from home cooking to communications relays.
    The General Accounting Office said Monday the Food and Drug
Administration is lax in monitoring safety standards for two million
microwave ovens used in homes, hospitals and restaurants. And it said
the FDA has failed to regulate new microwave products such as burglar
alarms, smoke detectors, communication relays, food warmers and
commercial heaters.
    It also said the agency has failed to set emission standards for
medical diathermy devices that could cause excessive exposure to
machine operators and to parts of the body not requiring treatment.
The machines are used to generate heat in body tissues.
    An FDA spokesman said the FDA will propose standards for diathermy
machines early next year.
    The GAO report noted, ''In the past several years, concern has
significantly increased over the potential hazards posed by exposure
to microwave radiation.
    ''Such concern has been generated by the significant increase in the
use of microwave-emitting products and by a new awareness of
microwave radiation as a potential health hazard,'' the report said.
    ''Its capacity to generate heat in body tissue and to cause
heat-related effects during exposure at high levels, such as
cataractogenic effects in the eye, has been known for some time. Its
effects at low levels of exposure, however, such as its reported
potential to cause changes in behavior or physiological functions, are
less definite.''
    
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BC-GREENE 12-12
The following Bob Greene column is copyrighted and for
use only by newspapers that have arranged for its publication
with Field Newspaper Syndicate. Any other use is prohibited.
Release Friday, December 15
(Transmitted 12-12)
BOB GREENE: Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today
By Bob Greene
    Everybody knocks the '70s. Everybody says this is the most
forgettable decade of the century.
    Historian Robert S. Wieder disagrees. While composing an essay
on the '70s for Oui magazine, Wieder started to compile a list
of people, places and things that we will remember even when
this decade is gone and we are well into the '80s. Here is a
selection, Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today; readers are invited to
submit their own candidates that are missing from the list:
    Condominiums.
    Clones.
    ''The Gong Show.''
    Ford Pinto with Firestone Radial 500 tires.
    People magazine.
    Illegal aliens.
    Anita Bryant.
    ''Saturday Night Live.''
    Kissinger's Nobel Prize.
    D. B. Cooper.
    Saunas.
    Doonesbury.
    The Bicentennial.
    Jann Wenner.
    Women sportscasters.
    Disposable razors.
    Mary Hartman.
    Neutron bomb.
    Born-againers.
    Wilbur Mills.
    Renee Richards.
    Toyotas.
    Women's liberation.
    Tom Eagleton.
    Microwaves.
    Arabs.
    King Tut.
    Disco.
    Earth shoes.
    ''Rocky.''
    New York's blackout.
    Herpes.
    Bruce Springsteen.
    ''Four More Years.''
    Legionnaire's disease.
    George McGovern.
    The Mayaguez.
    Paraquat.
    Clifford Irving.
    West Point cheating scandals.
    China trips.
    Michael Brody's $500,000 giveaway.
    NORML.
    Erica Jong.
    Vasectomies.
    Dennis Kucinich.
    Mark Spitz.
    Valium.
    ''Jaws.''
    Swine flu.
    Video dating.
    Son of Sam.
    House plants.
    Leon Spinks.
    Platform shoes.
    ''Exile on Main Street.''
    Leather.
    Steven Weed.
    Kohoutek.
    Frozen yogurt.
    Carlos Castaneda.
    ''I'm OK -- You're OK.''
    Judge Carswell.
    Quadraphonic sound.
    Sun Myung Moon.
    Jim Bouton.
    Cats.
    Right-turn on red.
    Freddie Laker.
    FM radio.
    Racquetball.
    Paralegals.
    Dandy Don.
    Adidas.
    ''Happy Days.''
    est.
    Whales.
    Tax revolts.
    Roman Polanski.
    Jacuzzis.
    Master Charge.
    ''The People's Almanac.''
    Barbara Walters.
    Alaska pipeline.
    Pet Rocks.
    Phyllis Schlafly.
    The National Lampoon.
    Angola.
    Steve Martin.
    Perrier.
    Killer bees.
    Video games.
    Steely Dan.
    Soccer.
    Archie Bunker.
    ''The Joy of Sex.'' 
    Hurricane Carter.
    Giant TV screens.
    Howard Hughes.
    Phlebitis.
    The SLA.
    Cornelia Wallace.
    Candy Pants.
    Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
    ''The Exorcist.''
    Larry Flynt.
    Ozone.
    TM.
    Norman Lear.
    CB radio.
    Acupuncture.
    ''Have a nice day.''
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BC-AVIATION 2takes
(ART ENROUTE TO PICTURE CLIENTS)
By MALCOLM W. BROWNE
c. 1978 N.Y. Times News Service
    NEW YORK - Seventy-five years ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, a powered
airplane built by the Wright brothers lurched into the air, heralding
a technological revolution and an era as romantic as any in human
history.
    In only three or four generations, the art of flight has evolved
from a rickety contraption of spruce and doped fabric to the Space
Shuttle, a hybrid as much at home in outer space as in earth's air.
Today's frontiers of engineering and discovery, in fact, are in
space, not air, and a spacecraft bears as little relation to an
airplane as a bullet does to a bird.
    There are many experts who therefore assert that aviation has gone
about as far as it can, that it will be a routine technology from now
on.
    Apart from increasingly automatic control, many of the ideas now
under development are refinements of existing principles. They
include such things as a supercritical, or low-drag, wing for
airliners; drag-reducing ''winglets'' sticking up from the tips of
normal wings; the lifting body, a fuselage that provides its own lift
without need for separate wings, and such lightweight replacements
for structural metal as epoxy-based graphite fiber.
    Aircraft designers still sometimes talk about dream machines, such
things as automatically piloted hypersonic transport planes powered
by beams of energy from satellites that convert sunlight to microwave
radiation. But more than ever, aeronautical dreaming has been pushed
aside by harsh realities related to a sagging economy and growing
population pressures on shrinking resources.
    The days of great air races, endurance flights and heroic piloting
feats are over, and even the international competition for
improvements in aircraft performance has been dulled. Defense
Department officials evince little concern, for example, that the
Soviet MiG-25 fighter holds the official combat-plane records for
speed (2,110 miles an hour) and altitude (118,897 feet). Fighters and
bombers are probably obsolete anyway, most military experts believe,
because future wars are likely to be fought by missiles and from
space itself, where the minimum orbital speed of a satellite exceeds
17,000 miles an hour.
    Similar considerations apply to commercial aviation, where further
increases in speed and in some kinds of performance may be thwarted
by payroll inflation, pollution problems, congestion, the growing
inefficiency of airports and the skyrocketing cost of development.
The next 75 years of terrestrial flight will be very different from
the first 75, and they are not likely to be marked by such dashing
images as silk scarves streaming behind open cockpits or Lindbergh
alone over the Atlantic.
    But there is general agreement that conventional aviation will be
with us forever, as indispensible to society as the bus and train.
The need for innovative design persists, industry officials say, but
the urgent aims are to improve the cost-efficiency of air
transportation and to find substitutes for petroleum-based fuels.
    ''It's fairly easy to make a plane that looks like a paper glider,
flies at Mach 4 and impresses the hell out of sightseers at air
shows,'' said one designer who requested anonymity. ''But ideas like
that really belong to the 1930s and 1940s. My vision of the airliner
of the future is something big, slow and ugly, which uses a fuel
costing next to nothing, operates without expensive human pilots or
crews and is as reliable as the subway.''
    Airborne computers have already made automatic flight a reality.
Western experts who examined the Soviet MiG-25 of a pilot who
defected to Japan reported that the pilot takes off and lands the
fighter, but everything else - including the spotting, tracking and
shooting down of a target - is done automatically. The cockpit of a
modern airliner is also virtually automatic, and airline executives
say the main obstacle to automated flight now is the resistance of
the pilots' unions.
    Dr. John C. Houboldt, the space engineer who mapped the route used
to put men on the moon, is working on new aircraft designs at the
Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Among his projects is a
twin-fuselage plane with a wing entirely between its two bodies.
    (MORE)
    
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