September 8, 1976

Kissinger holds news conf with Schmidt, Hamburg; illus (M)

GE, in negotiated settlement with NYS Environmental Conservation Dept, agrees to pay $3-million toward cleansing Hudson River of highly toxic PCB's that it dumped there over yrs; also agrees to pay $1-million for research on ending disposal problem; dangers of PCB's discussed; implications of agreement noted (M)

Presidents Nyerere, Kaunda, Machel, Neto and Khama end 2-day talks without achieving objective of reconciling feuding Rhodesian African Natl Council faction leaders; meeting had been called to work out common strategy for dealing with white-minority Rhodesian, SW African and S African Govts but attempts to reconcile council's leaders Joshua Nkomo and Bishop Abel Muzorewa turned into main item on agenda; Kissinger-Vorster talks end Sept 6; Kissinger has sent Asst Sec Schaufele Jr to meet with Nyerere to discuss Kissinger-Vorster proposals (L)

access to Soviet MIG-25 held mil windfall for West, NY Times mil analysis; craft illus

Bergen County grand jury indicts lawyers in NY, Illinois and Mich on charges of conspiring with NJ atty Edward Terner to sell babies for as much as $8,000 to childless NJ couples; Prosecutor Joseph C Woodcock says indictments follows 9-mo probe; says no attempt will be made to overturn any adoptions or disturb relationships between babies and adoptive parents; Terner had publicly denounced grand jury probe several months ago when he learned some of his clients were being interviewed; typical adoption procedure by lawyers cited (M)