September 2, 1977

Cong officials say HR ethics com special counsel Leon A Jaworski and com investigators have started to press S Korean Govt to cooperate with inquiry into Korean influence‐buying scandal; seek return of Park Tong Sun to US to testify, as well as former Amb Kim Dong Jo; are hopeful that Part's indictment will strengthen their negotiating hand with S Korean Govt; pressure tactics they could use range from quiet personal contacts with Korean officials to reduction of mil aid to S Korea (M)

Theater and film actress Ethel Waters dies; was 80; career revd; por

Dem mayoral candidates Beame, Abzug, Koch, Cuomo, Badillo, Sutton and Harnett hold 3‐hr debate at NY Times that is filled with recriminations; attack one another's integrity, honesty and qualifications in session that often slips into finger‐jabbing shouting exercises; clash angrily on issues such as capital punishment, fiscal crisis, blackout and looting, educ, help for city's poor and Gov Carey's support of Cuomo; only Badillo refrains from personal attacks on his opponents; illus (L)

Western visitors to China rept that hs grads are now being admitted directly to coll without spending 2 yrs working in countryside (M)

Labor Dept's Wholesale Price Index indicates that food prices dropped 4.3% in Aug and that food was only category to show decline; graphs (S)