January 9, 1979

agency is preparing to sue NYS Controller to determine whether several new bd appointees are properly in office and legally able to do business; controversy has arisen in dispute over whether Gov Carey had right to make 'recess' apptmts during gap between end of 201st Legis and beginning of 202nd Legis and whether Repub-led state Sen properly ousted them from office by rejecting them en masse (M)

Article on use of choline to improve memory of elderly; notes substance is found in egg yolks, meat and fish; drawing (L)

Many insts have stopped aggressive promotion of new 6-mo savings ctfs linked to Treas bill rates as rates have risen over 10%; at least $63 billion of ctfs have been sold since June, with resultant huge shift of funds from traditional savings accts; bankers comment; insts that tried to offer less than maximum permissible rate or raise minimum denomination above $10,000 suffered significant deposit losses; most were forced to return to competitive yields; banks find most investors are renewing ctfs for another 6 mos; graph (M)

Prime Min Lynch says Gulf Oil, which owns terminal, took every care to avoid spills and other disasters; tanker, which was carrying 31 million gals of crude oil, was being used by Total Oil Co and was owned by Compagnie Navale des Petroles; illus (S)

NAACP official David E Bryan Jr, in lr to HEW Sec Califano, assails Mayor Koch's plan to dismantle city's munic hospital system; asks for immediate investigation to determine if proposed cutbacks are unconst; warns of possible 'racial confrontation and disorder'; Fed official Cesar A Perales comments (M)