September 24, 1979

2d article in series on 3 Mile Island discusses 6 investigations that have been started into accident; probes are being conducted by Presidenial commission under Dr John G Kemeny, by Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Mitchell Rogovin, by Senate subcommittee under Gary Hart, by House subcommittee under Morris Udall, by state of Pennsylvania under Lt Gov William Scranton and by Nuclear Safety Analysis Center under Dr Edwin L Zebroski; comments by panel leaders and Dr Chauncey Starr, former president of Electic Power Research Institute, who is now developing utility industry's response to accident; illus of Dr Thomas V Malone of Essex Corp, which has built full-scale mock-up of Metropolitan Edison control room as part of NRC study (M)

Harbridge House study, which was financed by General Motors with understanding that research firm would exercise total control over content, finds that savings expected under '75 Federal law setting mileage standards for US-made automobiles are unlikely to be realized over long term; cites rapid rise in magnitude of capital investment required for each improvement in fuel economy, which, according to study, might even be beyond resources of Ford Motor; says future fuel savings are likely to be accompanied by increasing market concentration in auto industry, by unprecedented imports of vehicle components and production equipment, by considerable technical risk, and by conflicts among energy conservation, air quality and vehicle safety priorities; Michael Finkelstein of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration questions findings (M)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1979

TORONTO GOING nowhere in the American League, but going first‐class, the Yankees last week boarded a chartered jet at La Guardia Airport and flew into the chilly Midwest to play with diminished passion a summer game as autumn approached.

Guzzi gets letter mailed in Brooklyn containing picture of a haggard Sindona and listing 10 questions about his financial dealings; photo increases belief among law-enforcement officials that he may have been kidnapped; letter, apparently written by Sindona, instructs Guzzi and attorneys Agostino Gambino, Michele Strina and Federico Sordillo to answer any phone calls from kidnappers; questions are designed to elicit detailed data about allegedly illegal financial dealings that would embarrass Italy's major political parties and figures, Vatican and some important Italian businessmen and financial institutions; questions detailed (M)