The Carter Cabinet (Appointees subject to confirmation by the Senate)

Govt sources investigating spill say electronic navigating equipment, including depth finder, had been turned off before ship ran aground off Nantucket; portion of spill hangs over southern portion of Georges Bank, prime spawning ground for bottom fish; NY Environmental Conservation Comr Peter A A Berle concerned that spill may reach NY waters; asks Interior Sec Thomas Kleppe to convene group of govt and nongovt scientists to study spill (M)

Key Tanker Gear Turned Off,U.S. Aides Say

UAW wins vote at GM plant in test of strength in South; Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, operating with full AFL-CIO support, predicts UAW's victory will advance ACTWU campaign designed to bring all units of J P Stevens & Co under union contract (S)

Union Wins Vote at G.M. Plant In Test of Strength in the South

Sarah Behar among 8 persons feared dead in 3-alarm fire, Fields store, Bklyn; 6 missing women identified (M)

At Least 8 Believed Dead in Fire That Engulfed Store in Brooklyn

observers close to Pres-elect Carter's advisers believe Carter decided to nominate Griffin B Bell as Atty Gen several wks ago, perhaps even before election; say he used different selection process than for other Cabinet members, using other possible candidates as smokescreen to shield Bell from criticism before apptmt, ints; Repr Barbara Jordan and John M Doar reptdly are upset that their names were used when they were not actually under consideration; Doar lauds Carter's choice, int (M)

Bell Reported Carter's Choice From the Start

LIMA, Peru&#8212;The Peruvian military Government, disillusioned with its experiment in third&#8208;world socialism, is restoring private enterprise in much of the economy.

Peruvians Swing Away From Left

Army awards Sikorsky Aircraft $83.4-million contract for development of new combat assault helicopter, which will cost $1.5-million each; craft illus (L)

Sikorsky in Connecticut Is Chosen For $3 Billion Helicopter Contract

Harlem Commonwealth Council to buy physical assets of co's NY div, which is set to close, for some $6.5-million; council pres James H Dowdy says council will use combination of Fed grants, low-interest, long-term loans and private financing (M)

PURCHASE IN HARLEM OF A BIG PLANT IS SET AS AN ECONOMIC SPUR

Carter selects Schlesinger as special Pres asst for energy matters; selection is initial step toward his eventual elevation to Cabinet as 1st sec of energy and resources dept; spokesman of Critical Mass, environmental group, promises fight against confirmation if Schlesinger deviates from Carter's campaign positions on nuclear energy; Schlesingers positions on energy issues revd (S)

CALIFANO, SORENSEN, SCHLESINGER NAMED TO KEY CARTER POSTS

Spanish Govt abandons idea of deporting Communist Party sec gen Carrillo and instead decides to submit his ease to cts; sources say Carrillo's detention was carried out by secret policemen acting without authorization from Interior Min Rodolfo Martin Villa; Prime Min Adolfo Suarez, in effort to underscore doubts about Govt's control over police, dismisses Civil Guard comdr Gen Angel Campano Lopez and replaces him with Maj Gen Antonio Ibanez Freire, known to be loyal to King Juan Carlos's democratization program; Cabinet also announces that Mariano Nicolas Garcia, currently civil gov of Valencia, will take overall charge of security services, and Gen Jose Timon Lara will be new head of natl police (M)

Madrid Will Let the Courts Decide Fate of Arrested Communist Chief

Communists, in defiance of ban on public demonstrations, call for rallies all over India on Jan 1 to protest recent consumer price increases (S)

Mrs. Gandhi Goes to Son's Defense; Denies He Is Near Succeeding Her

Richard says Brit proposals for breaking stalemate in Geneva are not being given serious consideration by Rhodesian officials (S)

RHODESIANS RULING OUT NEW BRITISH PROPOSALS

Article on Brit MP Harold Lever and his role in nation's securing of IMF loans; illus (M)

Wealthy, Intellectual Briton A Key Man in Laborite Rule

Fukuda urges rejuvenation of party; names outgoing Finance Min Masayoshi Ohira party sec gen, Masumi Esaki party's exec council chmn, Toshio Komoto policy bd head and Shigeru Hori Speaker of House; illus (M)

New Conservative Chief in Japan Urges Rejuvenation of His Party

Corvalan pledges to work for restoration of ‘freedom and democracy’ in Chile, speech to Soviet officials, Moscow; illus with Soviet leader Leonid I Brezhnev (M)

Freed Red Pledges To Work to Restore ‘Democracy’

documents, provided to NY Times by Edward M Korry, former Amb to Chile, raise questions about testimony by ITT officials during '73 hearings into ITT's involvement in Chile; hearings were by multinational corp subcom of Sen Foreign Relations Com; Fed grand jury in Washington reptdly hears allegations that high officials of CIA and ITT had been involved in conspiracy to fabricate and coordinate testimony before multinatl subcom; 1 key area of dispute centered in Sept, '70, on ITT's offer to provide $1-million to US Govt; co officials, including pres Harold S Geneen, testified that to best of their recollection funds were to be utilized for constructive purpose; other witnesses testified that ITT officials, including Geneen, had discussed $1-million in terms of covert contribution to presidential campaign of Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez (M)

U.S. Documents Show a Secret Offer by Anaconda To Give Money to a 1970 Foe of Allende in Chile*

Ed in Jenmin Jih Pao indicates that disgraced Politburo members might be subject to execution; says that no leniency should be shown them or their followers; at same time, analysts in Hong Kong are puzzled over prolonged absence from public view of Peking pol leader Wu Teh, who had been considered rising star; illus of wall poster critical of Chiang (M)

CHINA HINTS 4 AIDES MAY BE EXECUTED

Philippines Govt sources announce that Manila and Moslem separatist guerrillas centered on Mindanao have agreed to cease-fire preparatory to eventual agreement to end 4-yr struggle (S)

Manila Reports Truce With Moslem Rebels

Lebanese Cabinet asks Parliament for powers to rule by decree for next 6 mos to speed up country's reconstruction; Prime Min Selim al-Hoss submits urgent bill to enable Govt to enact new laws and amend or abrogate old ones in matters related to natl defense, security, information, econ, civil service, citizenship and parliamentary elections; expresses gratitude to Arab govts, especially to Syria; says Govt will give special attention to regrouping and reorganizing country's police and armed forces; plans noted; Hoss says Govt intends to eliminate old system of distributing civil service posts in proportion to size of Christian and Moslem communities (M)

Beirut Cabinet Asks Special Power To Rule by Decree for 6 Months

Egyptian Amb Ashraf Ghorbal, Moroccan Amb Adbelhabi Boutaleb, Somalian Amb Abdullahi Ahmed Addou and Syrian Amb Sabah Kabani call on Sec Kissinger to express concern over continued US arms shipments to Israel (S)

ARAB AIDES TELL KISSINGER OF WORRY ON ISRAELI ARMS

Brig Gen Omar Torrijos Herrera, in Nov 29 confidential lr to Sec Kissinger, warned that recent ‘rash accusations’ of terrorism by US may threaten security of Panama and talks on new treaty; says similar charges were made by US Amb William J Jorden in meeting with him Nov 9, Panama City (S)

Panama's Chief Warns Kissinger

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Dec. 23 The General Assembly of 1976 wound up over three months of debating and voting last night with one impressive achievement: It managed to be uncontroversial.

U.N. Assembly's Achievement: A Quiet Session

article on problems plaguing Indian farmers despite Govt's rural programs for soc revolution; illus (M)

Peru's Rural Reforrn Plans Seem to Bypass Indian Villages

Former Egyptian War Min Gen Mohammed Sadek and 19 officers and soldiers convicted of torturing armed forces members are sentenced by sup mil ct to 1 to 10 yrs' hard labor; 1-yr sentence for Sadek is suspended by ct for his ‘valorous role’ in ousting Soviet mil advisers from Egypt in 72 and his participation in war of attrition with Israel, '69–70; sources say torture occurred after Egypt's '67 defeat by Israel and was effort to extract confessions of coup in order to divert attention from mil debacle; Sadek's deputy retired Brig Ibrahim Mohmoud Salama is sentenced to 3 yrs' hard labor, and Lt Sharaf S el-Rouby, convicted of conducting torture sessions, is sentenced to 10 yrs (S)

World News Briefs

St Mary's Episcopal Church (Denver): Majority of congregants of St Mary's Episc Ch, Denver, including rector Rev James O Mote, voted in Nov to secede from Episc Ch because they oppose natl plans to allow ordination of women; seccesionists remain in control of parish ch; loyalists moved out; Bishop William C Frey of Colo Diocese ‘inhibits’ Mote from conducting priestly functions, but Mote continues to minister; diocese exec council upholds loyalists as true parish of St Mary's but makes no move to take ch away from Mote (M)

Secessionist Church Prepares for Sad Christmas

Linda Ferga married Khodadin is a French former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles indoor.

December 24, 1976

Headlines from December 24, 1976

The Carter Cabinet (Appointees subject to confirmation by the Senate)

Key Tanker Gear Turned Off,U.S. Aides Say

Union Wins Vote at G.M. Plant In Test of Strength in the South

At Least 8 Believed Dead in Fire That Engulfed Store in Brooklyn

Bell Reported Carter's Choice From the Start

Billboard 200

Songs In The Key Of Life

A Night On The Town

Boston

Hotel California

Pretender

Notable Births

Historical Context for December 24, 1976