July 16, 1977

Philip A Lacovara resigns as special counsel to HR ethics com investigation of Korean scandal after com Chmn John J Flynt Jr criticizes him publicly; resignation is certain to delay inquiry, whose slow pace has already been criticized; Flynt, in int published in Atlanta Journal, accused Lacovara of temper tantrums' and 'ego trips' and said he was asking GAO to audit Lacovara's June bill to com; Lacovara's earlier memo to com members criticizing Flynt recalled (M)

article on concern that looting and vandalism represent death blow to already failing neighborhoods (M)

interim accord to ease Co-op City problems includes expectation that Carey will seek comprehensive plan to rescue Mitchell-Lama projects statewide (S)

specialists in power tech suggest that Con Ed may have lost its entire system on July 13 because it held out too long before cutting out limited parts of system; say Con Ed's reluctance to 'shed load' is one of reasons why Penna-Jersey-Md power net has resisted proposals to enlarge capacity of its link to Con Ed; discuss other possible factors in blackout, including NYC's dependence on a few large plants and power imports, inadequate computerization and insufficient margin of extra capacity; William Halsey (SW Power Pool), Warren St George (Edison Elec) and Dr Edward Teller comment (M)

CIA says it has found additional information that unknown number of Amers were unwitting subjects of drug experiment programs conducted by CIA in '50s and '60s