October 21, 1977

US and S Korean negotiators are unable to reach agreement and break off talks after 4 days; Amer officials return home from Seoul, refusing to comment; S Koreans reptdly insisted that any questioning of Park Tong Sun be done through official Korean channels, while Amers insisted on interrogating him themselves (M)

Elec power failure on Oct 20 halts all train service into and out of Penn Station for 4 hrs, delaying rush-hr commuters and several thousand more long distance riders; failure linked to water from early morning rainstorm leaking through roof of power station and into transformer, causing it to short out, explode and catch fire; stranded passengers comment; Penn Station illus (L)

Fed Dist Ct judge in Newark bars teaching of transcendental meditation in pss throughout state, saying instruction is religious in nature and violates First Amendment requirement for separation of ch and slate (M)

White House warns Fed Reserve Bd against raising interest rates and thus hurting econ, statement; warning seen reviving conflict between Carter Adm and monetary authorities; White House disagrees that rapid growth of money supply at this time will increase risks of higher inflation; holds faster growth in money supply is needed now to maintain adequate rate of econ expansion (M)

Chretien links econ slump in large part to election of separatists in Quebec, speech, Parliament (S)