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Instead of stopping all foreign purchases of oil as of 1977, it would be better if the President had taken this to be the maximum current use level and allowed for whatever additional purchases could be immediately stockpiled by the Government. At the same time, storage facilities should be made available in every state, able to hold at least two years' supply, to be filled up as quickly as possible. These modifications are needed as a protection against sudden and radical reductions in available oil, due to war or other emergencies...
...renewed interest in the P.L.O. came early last week, when a debate in the United Nations Security Council on Palestinian rights was abruptly postponed, at the U.S.'s request, until Aug. 23. For one thing, the Administration did not want that debate to be clouded by its current squabble with the Israelis over their opposition to a U.S. plan to replace the 4,000-man armed U.N. Emergency Force in the Sinai with a much smaller number of unarmed truce observers. More important, Washington wanted to buy time for private bargaining over the diplomatic language to be used...
DIED. Henry Robbins, 51, distinguished editor in chief of E.P. Dutton's trade book division whose imprint, "A Henry Robbins Book," appears on the current bestseller by John Irving, The World According to Garp; of a heart attack; in a New York City subway station...
DIED. William S. Todman, 62, pioneering radio and TV producer who, with his partner Mark Goodson, pioneered the game show, creating TV's current smash hit Family Feud and What's My Line?, which ran for 17½ years; following heart surgery; in New York City. In addition to employing 90 television researchers in the search for convincing impostors for To Tell the Truth and offbeat confessors for I've Got a Secret, the "Gold Dust Twins" built a communications empire that once included 17 newspapers...
This month Chandler's comet will acquire an important East Coast associate, the Hartford Courant (circ. 218,000). Connecticut's largest and one of the nation's oldest dailies, the Courant (pronounced current) covered the Boston Tea Party and counted George Washington among its readers. Courant employees and retirees, who own most of its stock, turned down a $133-a-share takeover bid last fall by Capital Cities Communications, a media conglomerate with a reputation for rough labor dealings. There was little opposition to Times Mirror, however. The firm made a better offer-$200 a share...