December 11, 1976

Carter apptmt sec Greg Schneiders says Carter has selected team for top security positions, but has not decided which candidate will fill which job; Carter reptdly favors Zbigniew Brzezinski to head Natl Security Council and Harold R Brown as Defense Sec; is also considering James R Schlesinger and Paul C Warnke for security posts; Carter reptdly has also chosen people for cluster of econ jobs; favors W Michael Blumenthal, Robert V Roosa, Charles L Schultze, Andrew F Brimmer and Alice Rivlin; black leaders are impatient to have black named to Carter Cabinet; blacks in contention for posts include A Leon Higginbotham, Patricia Roberts Harris and Repr Barbara Jordan (M)

Lynch and Byrne acquitted of charges of kidnapping Samuel Bronfman 2d, but are convicted of grand larceny for extorting $2.3 million ransom from Bronfman‧s father Edgar; defense attys and defendants’ families call verdict ‘victory for justice‧; Bronfman‧s son ‘shocked and stunned‧; several jurors also comment on verdict; Westchester Dist Atty Carl Vergari says his office does not plan to bring perjury or other charges against Bronfman; illus (M)

Hong Kong analysts see evidence that sr mil comdrs are playing increasingly important role in Peking and country‧s provinces and may now form key decisionmaking body inside Communist Party (M)

US Mil Acad Corps of Cadets, 2,523‐1,295, votes to retain automatic explusion as single penalty for Honor Code violations; Ulmer says he is being transferred; neither Acad nor Defense Dept officials will say if he is being removed because of his handling of cheating scandal (M)

EPA orders Chrysler Corp to recall 208,000 of its ‘75 model autos, holding carburetor ‘misadjustment’ results in excessive carbon monoxide emissions; EPA repr says recall for design and maintenance rather than for mfg defects is ‘precedent setting‧; co plans appeal; holds it is not responsible for maintenance; EPA Admr Russell E Train orders recall in lr to co pres John Riccardo; EPA Asst Admr Stanley W Legro says Chrysler could substantially reduce possiblity of misadjustment; Natl Clean Air Coalition aide Rafe Pomerance hails move (M)