Governor Carey dismissed Maurice H. Nadjari as special state anti corruption prosecutor yesterday and announced that he would appoint Robert M. Morgenthau to the post.

‘CLASHES’ NOTED

Declaring that &#8220;we must deal with this subject realistically,&#8221; State Supreme Court. Justice J. Harold Baer yesterday, upheld the moratorium enacted by the Legislature on the payment or principal of $1.6 billion in maturing short&#8208;term city notes.

NOTE MORATORIUM UPHELD BY COURT; APPEAL PLANNED

A ruling by a Public Service Commission examiner yesterday cut a Consolidated Edison request for a 29.3 percent increase in electric rates to 6.4 percent, the largest reduction in a utility rate case on record in the state.

Con Ed Rate Increase Cut Sharply by P.S.C. Official

The Christmas shopping season&#8212;the principal reflection of the buying mood of Americans and a major indicator of 1976 economic trends&#8212;is concluding this year with an unusually strong flourish across the nation, topping last year's sales levels by 10 to 15 percent and 1973's by even more.

HOLIDAY SALES UP THROUGHOUT U.S.

A labor arbitrator ruled yesterday that two pitchers, Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally, were free agents who were no longer bound by their baseball contracts and could sell their services to the highest bidder.

Arbitrator Frees 2 Baseball Stars

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23&#8212;Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, warning that SovietAmerican tensions might rise, said today that the Ford Administration would continue to oppose&#8212;through available military aid and diplomatic means &#8212;the imposition of a Sovietbacked regime in Angola by force.

KISSINGER INSISTS STAND ON ANGOLA WILL NOT CHANGE

VAIL, Colo., Dec. 23&#8212;President Ford signed the $18 biltion tax cut extension today, along with nearly a score of other bills on his way to a week&#8208;long vacation here, and then donned his skiing gear and took to the slopes.

Ford Signs Tax Cut Bill; Starts Colorado Vacation

ATHENS, Wednesday, Dec. 24&#8212;The station chief of the Central Intelligence Agency in Greece was shot and killed last night by unidentified gunmen outside his home in an Athens suburb.

C.I.A. Station Chief Slain Near Athens by Gunmen

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 &#8212;Senator Birch Bayh is young, liberal and a relatively fresh face on the national scene. But as a candidate for the 1976 Democratic Presidential nomination and as a political technician he may be the most orthodox and traditional figure in the field.

Bayh's Main Premise: That He's Electable

Between $15 million and $20 million in art works purportedly owned by the Marlborough Galleries were found yesterday in a Toronto warehouse, according to Edward J. Ross, lawyer for Kate Rothko, who had sued the gallery for mishandling the estate of her father, the abstract&#8208;expressionist painter Mark Rothko.

Toronto Art Cache Linked By Rothko Aide to Gallery

BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday, Dec. 24&#8212;A large force of left wing guerrillas tried to seize an army arsenal 10 miles south of here last night the army said early today. A communiqu&#233; said that at least 50 of the attackers were killed and that shooting was continuing in the area.

LEFTISTS ATTACK ARGENTINE DEPOT

For three years Maurice Hyman Nadjari was a prosecutor with exceptional powers&#8212;and exceptional problems. He was the first and only prosecutor in the United States appointed for the sole purpose of cleaning up a soiled criminal justice system. During his first 18 months he won a string of major courtroom victories, including the conviction of a District Attorney and a City Tax Commissioner. At one point, admirers and headline writers labeled him &#8220;superprosecutor.&#8221;

The ‘Superprosecutor’

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23&#8212;Argentina's national crisis affects the country's internal security, economic organization and political leadership.

Argentina in Crisis

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23&#8212;The Argentine armed forces have emerged from a limited air force crisis apparently more united and determined to control national affairs.

Argentine Military Now Resolved to Control Events

DACCA, Bangladesh &#8212; Four years ago, in a bold, proud mood born of military victory, the new nation of Bangladesh sprang to the world's attention.

Bangladesh's Drive for Progress: 4 Long Years on a Treadmill

LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec. 23 (AP)&#8212;A 56&#8208;year&#8208;old woman, jailed 11 years ago as the leader of a religious cult who was too dangerous to he allowed to be free, was released today by President Kenneth D. Kaunda.

Zambia Releases Woman Cult Founder

SAIGON, South Vietnam, Dec. 23 (Reuters)&#8212;Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh of Saigon issued a Christmas message today urging Roman Catholics to help build an independent and reunified Vietnam.

Saigon Primate Bids Catholics Help Build A Reunified Nation

BEIRUT, Wednesday, Dec. 24 (Agence France&#8208;Presse) &#8212; The Palestinian press outlet, Wafa, said last night that guerrillas had mounted three operations in Israeli&#8208;occupied territory over the last 48 hours.

Palestinians Report Operations

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 23&#8212;Heavy clashes broke out again today around the predominantly Christian town of Zahle, about 30 miles east of here, amid charges of Syrian and Palestinian guerrilla involvement in the fighting.

Syria and Palestinians Accused Of Assaulting a City in Lebanon

ALGIERS, Dec. 23 (AP)&#8212;Algeria's Foreign minister, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who negotiated with the terrorists, was reported today to have raised with them the possibility of a pardon in return for the safe release of all hostages.

Pardon Discussed

ALGIERS, Dec. 23 (Reuters)&#8212;A group of pro&#8208;Palestinian guerrillas who burst into an oil ministers' meeting in Vienna on Sunday freed the last of their hostages at the airport here early today and rode into Algiers by car.

Curtain Descends in Algiers on OPEC Terrorists' Fate

Austria and a number of oil producing countries have now joined the growing list of those eager to lay their hands on a pudgy young Venezuelan called Carlos.

New Nations Join Search for the Man Known as ‘Carlos’

VIENNA, Dec. 23 &#8212; M. O. Feyide, a Nigerian who is Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said today that it was the Austrian authorities who had determined the appropriate security measures for protecting OPEC headquarters during ministerial meetings.

Protection Debated

BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec. 23 &#8212;The first official American delegation to visit Hanoi since the end of the Vietnam war arrived here today and reported that agreement had been reached that &#8220;acts of reciprocity&#8221; should be a part of improving relations.

CONGRESSMEN SAY HANOI SEEKS U.S. AID

Bernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers. Alex Ross writes that "Over four decades, he revolutionized movie scoring by abandoning the illustrative musical techniques that dominated Hollywood in the 1930s and imposing his own peculiar harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary."

December 24, 1975

Headlines from December 24, 1975

‘CLASHES’ NOTED

NOTE MORATORIUM UPHELD BY COURT; APPEAL PLANNED

Con Ed Rate Increase Cut Sharply by P.S.C. Official

HOLIDAY SALES UP THROUGHOUT U.S.

Arbitrator Frees 2 Baseball Stars

Billboard 200

Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

Gratitude

History/America's Greatest Hits

K C And The Sunshine Band

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 24, 1975