July 17, 1977

Con Ed pres Arthur Hauspurg announces new procedures adopted by co to lessen likelihood of another power failure; PSC Comr Charles A Zielinkski finds measures reasonable, and comm spokesman Francis Rivett says cost will eventually be passed on to customers (M)

N Korea returns bodies to US authorities following day of intense negotiations; Schwanke is freed and reptd in good condition; Rear Adm Warren C Hamm praises move; N Korea reprs say helicopter will not be returned; illus (M)

Mich Univ study monitoring econ ups and downs of 5,000 Amer families for decade finds that wage increases, promotions and longer working hrs play much less important role in raising family or individual income than wife or child entering labor mkt for 1st time (M)

Carter Adm, ignoring Cong mandate, adopts policy that results in exclusion of thousands of smaller communities from $4-billion public works job program; Cong conf rept directive provides that when BLS lacks unemployment data on specific communities, Commerce Sec should accept state or local data; dept has decided to provide funds only to those communities for which Fed Govt has unemployment data; Econ Development Asst Sec Robert T Hall defends position; Deputy Asst Sec George T Karras contends compilation of local jobless data would have led to delays that would have thwarted program; Reprs Charles Rose, James J Florio, John Paul Hammerschmidt and Robert A Roe comment (M)

Correction Dept repts that 1,700 looting suspects are still being held in detention pens and police say that 600 are in station houses; Legal Aid Soc, NY Civil Liberties Union and other groups say cells are desperately overcrowded and prisoners are confronted with intolerable conditions (M)