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)

Marching onto the sun‐bathed playing field at Yankee Stadium at the end of a procession of 300 red‐and‐white‐garbed priests, Terence Cardinal Cooke yesterday began an eight‐day period of spiritual preparation by Roman Catholics in the New York metropolitan area for next week's visit by Pope John Paul II to New York City.

Donald F McHenry, new chief US delegate to UN, illus with Pres Carter after swearing-in ceremonies, White House

HOUSTON, Sept. 23 — The Cincinnati Reds had started their two best pitchers on Friday and Saturday nights, and had finished with two losses. Their lead over the Houston Astros in the National League's WesternDivision had shtrunk to halt a game after scoring only three runs in two games. They had come to the Astrodome with a 2½‐game lead, but today they were playing for first place.

West Germany, following secret 15-hour meeting of European finance mins and central bankers, Brussels, agrees to revalue mark against other leading European currencies; revaluation will be 1st realignment of currency values in European Monetary System; group cites tensions on foreign exchange markets caused by movements of currencies outside system; Danish central bank Chairman Erik Hoffmeyer says West Germany called meeting because Bundesbank had been forced in last 2 or 3 weeks to buy dollars 'very heavily' to support dollar, causing unacceptably large rise in German money supply; realignment will raise value of mark 5% against Danish krone and 2% against other currencies in system; move is expected to lead to rise in value of mark against dollar; officials in Geneva say move may ease pressure on US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates (M)

Military regime in Uruguay has reined in more violent excesses of its security system and won partial lifting of ban on military and economic assistance that was imposed by US in '76 despite assertions by opposition leaders that nation is still a police state; official figures show number of political prisoners has declined from a high of 6,000 five years ago to 1,600; complete repression of political dissent and freedom of information continues, although Pres Aparicio Mendez Government is no longer faced with insurgency; intelligence services have huge computerized central file that keeps track of all people with any past political activity; opposition leaders say situation shows how military regime can improve its image by restraining most violent elements of its security system while still repressing dissent; tour of 2 maximum security prisons by members of diplomatic corps and meeting with imprisoned dissident Jose Luis Massera, who is expected to be freed, discussed; Gen Luis Queirolo, army commander, comments; liberalization of economic system noted (M)

Because of an error by The Associated Press, an article in The Times yesterday incorrectly reported the opening date of Philadelphia's Fairmont Hotel, once known as the Bellevue Stratford. The renovated hotel will open Wednesday.

Chinese specialists seek causes of exceedingly high incidence of specific cancers in certain localities: esophagus (Linxian County of Henan Province), nose and throat (Canton area), and liver (Shanghai and Guangdong Province); high rate reported throughout China for trophoblastic cancer, ailment of female reproductive system, which is treated effectively with drugs; data also snow overall cancer incidence in Shanghai area is highest in world; esophagus cancer in Linxian area linked to eating habits, which Govt and local 'barefoot doctors' are trying to change; Shanghai Dr Lin Taifu notes his hospital sees 600 nasopharyngeal cancer cases annually, compared with 1 case for comparable Wisconsin hospital; Epstein-Barr virus suspected; has been found in over 90% of youths surveyed in Peking and Canton; Dr Chen Huaxie notes incidence may be genetic trait, since Chinese in US, while having lower rate than those in China, still have rate 13 times higher than other Americans; viral infection suspected in liver cancer, possibly hepatitis B strain (M)