What was going on when I was born?

A major water leak and other problems at Consolidated Edison's Indian Point 2 nuclear plant were not brought to the attention of the appropriate regional officials of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for three and a half days after they became apparent, utility and government officials agreed yesterday.

Bond prices continued to plunge yesterday in trading that reminded securities dealers of the bleakest moments of last February and March, when longterm yields were at peak levels.

VIRGIL THOMSON, the critic and composer, says that he'd rather talk about food than music. "People are much more interested in food," he says. Mr. Thomson, who will cele brate his 84th birthday Nov. 25, has been a major force in American music for more than half a century and has been called the most brilliant music critic of his time.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio--Slowly, some embers of recovery have begun to glow here in the Mahoning Valley, where more than 8,000 steelworkers have lost their jobs since 1977.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 28--President Carter and Ronald Reagan each sought in a 90-minute debate tonight to reinforce the dominant themes of eight weeks of often desultory campaigning.

TEHERAN, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 29 --The Iranian Parliament began its third day of closed-door debate on conditions for releasing the 52 American hostages today after taking a day off yesterday to hear an address by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He remained aloof from the issue, however.

The Metropolitan Opera labor dispute has been a long and particularly bitter one. The issues in the dispute were complex, especially when one looks beyond the orchestra to consider ...

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 28--The Ford Motor Company reported today a loss of $595 million in the third quarter, more than any other American company has ever lost on operations in one threemonth period.

The Presidential debate produced no knockout blow, no disastrous gaffe and no immediate, undisputed victor. It was a contest of content against style, of a President repeatedly on the attack to put ...

OMAR KHAYYAM would wonder even more if he were in New York today, because some vintners in the state are wondering whether they will be in business long enough to buy very much of anything.

OTTAWA, Oct. 28--The Canadian Government tonight announced longrange tax and energy policies that hit hard at the largely foreign-owned oil and ...

WHERE I come from it is possible to be famous. True, one's fame may not extend beyond the Ferry, the southern end of town, or the Neck, which is the northern end, but within those borders one can be a luminary all one's life.