December 7, 1979

Energy Department issues gasoline conservation plan that sets consumption target for 1st quarter of '80 at 6.8 million bbls a day, no lower than what analysts expect it would be without plan; consumption targets for some states, including NY, NJ and California, appear to be higher than their present gasoline consumption; Gov Richard Lamm, speaking for National Governors Assn, scores plan; comments by Energy Sec Charles Duncan and Deputy Sec John Sawhill (M)

Peking city government announces that Democracy Wall will be closed to all wall posters; says posters by dissidents and petitioners criticizing China's leaders, demanding more freedom and complaining about bureaucratic injustices will be restricted to Yuetan Park (M)

Art dealer Joseph Hartert, who sold 90 works of forged art to Walter P Chrysler Jr about 20 years ago, is now being accused of selling 23 fake works for $11 million to Galeria Borghi in Manhattan; says that neither then nor now has he guaranteed authenticity of any of works he sold; co-owner of gallery, Mark Borghi, files suit in NYS Supreme Court and wins order to stop payment on certified check he had given to Hartet; 23 paintings sold to Borghi were examined by International Foundation for Art Research of NY at request of Borghi when he took possesson of them; illus (M)

RCA Corp announces it will introduce its SelectaVision video-disk system in 1st-qr '81; system, which is playback-system only and depends entirely for its programming on prerecorded video records, described; diagram; co president Edgar H Griffiths comments (M)

Vernel Bagneris, who created, directed and stars, interviewed; illus