December 21, 1979

judges in upstate districts in NYS, who beginning on Jan 1 are to be temporarily transferred to NYC metropolitan area and Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse under emergency plan to eliminate what Chief Judge Lawrence H Cooke calls ‘intolerable delays’ in civil cases, express bitterness over plan, long hours of travel, disruption of their family life and possibility of court congestion developing in their home districts; illus of Saratoga County Judge Loren N Brown (M)

Senior White House and State Dept officials say time may be running out for finding peaceful formula for release of American hostages (M)

Profile of Hotchkiss School, elite boarding school in Lakeville, Conn, focuses on school's strict disciplinary standards; headmaster A William Olsen comments; illus; map (L)

Congress approves compromise legislation to provide $1.5 billion in Federal loan guarantees to Chrysler Corp, largest Federal rescue plan for American company; $3.5 billion package of public and private aid requires UAW to make $462.5 million in wage concessions; Chrysler pres Lee A Iacocca lauds bill (M)

New Pres Choi Kyu Hah takes office and indicates in inaugural speech that democratic rule would be delayed until '81; predicts that '72 Constitution could be revised in '80 unless unexpected contingencies develop; Choi's biggest task, apart from revision of Constitution, seems to be to demonstrate that he can be effective leader at time when armed forces hold power; illus of defendants accused of Pres Park's murder (M)