TIME December 14, 1973 Friday In Washington today came the final passage of tl,e bill establishing year round daylight saving time. It now go e. to the White House . If s i gn e d by Sunday it will ta II e effect January Sixth; with the new daylight lime to remai,a in effect - at least, tllrough October, Nineteen-Seve,aty-Five, ENERGY Earlier in the day the President met with his top economic advisors to assess the effects of the current cnerg slti ation. A White Bouse spokesman later saying: "We do not belie e there is going to be a recession." Adding: "We are going to do everything in our power - to see that the imt,act on the economy is one we can control; to see tlaat unemployment - does not rise unduly." TRUCKERS As for the continuing work stoppage - b y independent t r II ck er s t e m P o r a r i l y ca rt g ht in the bind, th e truckers ' action was marked toda by mounting v iolence against those r ef using to take part. One truck i as blown up in Arkansas and dozens more - were fired on . Meanwhile in Washington Transportation Secretary Brinegar was predicting a speedy end to the truckers protest. "We are working on their problem," said he. Adding tllat the v arious governors around the cou,itry must e,eforce the la, . ' ' we cannot put llP with violence and law-breaking." HARTFORD regional energy seminar - at Hartford, ConnecHcut; • Ul energy Czar WllUam . ~ Simon • lie ma•••~•~••: auylN& the current energy crisis - may J;111I pro v e a bl es sing In disguise. How so? By ma king A merlca,as a,ake •P) - ~ d le:; by making them reall.ce holD dependent t1aey are on petroleum - and 1aoa, Important It Is to ~ , ~-/ty~~ - become energy self- sufflcle,a'f --=-,.:.'a, e a,lll ,a ever again be subject to tlae economic blackmail of any . . . •atlo•. "' Simo• also sayhag: list lie perso•ally believes JI "•e can get tllro•gll tlae •••te.,. •Illa a mh1fmum of dlsruptlo,a. " But "•e must make sure" - he co,atl,aMed - "t1aat tlae government and tlae people do11't go back to sleep: because tlals problem - Is going to conthaue. " CAIRO-RIYADH For Henry Kissinger In Cairo - seven hours of talks today with Egypt~ President Sadat. In a later meeting with newsmen - Sadat sayl,eg: "We are going to the Geneva peace confere,ece. - let us 1,ope It goes on In peace." Dr. KIJssl,cger saying tlae problem of a troop dls- . eftgagement o,e the West Ba•Tr of tlae Sue~ - s 11ould be tlte first Item of substa,ece at the peace conference." Dr. Kls~lnger llaen flying to Rlyadlt - •here he co,eferred with Saudi Arabia's Kl,eg Faisal. American officials later saying tltere Is little cltance of an e,ed to the Arab oil boycott - t,rlor to tit e start of J>eace talks. A ddlng, w lia I's •ore tlae : ·e Is "only sUglttly better titan a fifty-fifty chance" - eve,s once tlae co,eference begins. EARTH ORBIT H'gh above the earth - the men of Sky Lab are o• a new space endurance A A record. Astronaut Jerry Carr , Ed G,bson and BUl Pogue ~ today surpass,ng the mark orig,nally set by the f'rst Sky Lab crew: twenty-e,ght days - forty-n,ne minutes - forty-nine seconds. Jerry Carr observing "'t's hard to believe the otller guys were tlat·ough - after tla,s long." Adding: "We 're - Just gett,ng started. " ' The tllree astronout~now s ~ for the all-tl•e mark; f'fty-nlne days-and-eleven-lours~ ,(J., DA-Jn..1£ "!:t~ set by Sky Lab Two. . . , _ , / , . , r ~ d Asf •u1 to make U a /Mll elgltty-four days In space. 4--iW-~~ ~~"fl> rer.n•d «•at taUUJ\.sta•d for and yeaf's years to comef' A TREE On the ellipse south of the White House - th e li g h t in g of th e na ti on 's first p e rm an e ,. t C hr is t no s Tree - somewhat dimmer tha,a '*• tr111 01 years past - but still a beautiful sight. Preside,at Nixo,a performi,ag the ho1tors with the help of a you,ag boy a11d a you11g girl .......... , rep rese,ating the youth of America. The Preside,at coupli,ag today s ceremo,ay wHII a call for renewed dedicatio,a to the cause of a,orldfsst1ass peace. Also taking 11ote of the energy shortage - as wihress tlle cut-back i,a tree ligltts. "Ir, a w.1y" - said he -"one could s a y ~ this will be a dreary Cltristmas." "But a,e kn o., tlaa t is ,. ot true - lie c o,at i,aue d - a ddi,ag: ~ "the spirit of Clarist mas is not measured by tlae number of lights i,a a tree - it is measured by tlie love that each of us has i,a his lteart; for llis family - his frie,ads - his fellow A me rica,as - a,ad ~people all over the world.'' FIR At the White House ~ they 1Dere decking the halls with boughs of ho ll"J luda,=; also, setting up an eighteen foot Frazier fir Christmas tree in the Blue Room! .,;fu;.J: ~ &.:ir, -,. a bird's nest; to •••,- a sign of good luck. -~~~ decorated - bird's nest and · all7\ r•• loller x•••••r tilr • ■ =a ••• l111lla1:hnrt - a 1Dhlte and gold bird ornament. II•• . .NI••• toter aoylHg -- 1J's a "bird - 4 f l ~ ~ r ~ L ~ - ot peac~ to celebrate the fact that for the first time In t•elve years - aoe are at peace." PAT America's most admired woman - for Ille seco,ad year i,a a row - First Lady Pat Nixon. So named today - in a poll cu 11 ducted by• I••••-- Good Housekeepi,ag • . . Mamie Eise,elaower: 11 • • came ht seco,ad. Fi11islafag tenth, Julie Nlxo,e Blse,ahower; for laer spirited defe,ase - of lier fatlaer, r al.I• I K«I BOTHWELL FOLLOW FUR Sjllaultf! ~ , . £ ~ Gerald Ford •Ill s0011 -14-6-v-vl be gettlng.A,a big rie. Deloris Stokes of Botluoell, Uta It ·-- , ~ . 1 g site's se,edh1g tlte ne111 Vice Presltle,et ~ a fifty-one pou,e'- tr,rkey . • ~•1' site promised ltlm - a,hen tl,ey met last October. Nut, •••• .. ••==-- •II ere # cool, It? ._, - Jfelorls 111.los :wa,,111 1119 • • • ,..,., a, tl,e Vice ~ nu'~~ Presltle,at, In wff11:f; "you get tl,e bird - ...,_ I'll A get the oven." NASHUA At Nashua, New Hampshire the center piece of city Christmas displays - Is normally a b r I g ht l y U t Na ti v It y Scene • But th Is ye a r , of c ra • r s::e, a brilliant l,esplratlon. The Nashua J C 1 s - settl,eg out to fl,ed a hand-cranked electrical geaerator~~~~~~~•~•"t~•~•~•R•~•~•~I -~- Sc/saumau11 saybg: " T h i s ~ , , , , . - , , ( getUug k people lnvolued In somel1'1•g tlaey ca,e really ,,,,,.,. ,, together~ on, rr DESMOINES Y~~~ From Des Moines, lo1tJa - " ti e llerj • f:- •1; r Bobbie Ferguson born in a prison - rais•d In an orphanage: In and out of state institutions for all but sixteen months of his entire thlrty-,al•e years. Along the 1tJay con v icted of ~JI••••••• • • - - • ~ghtee,a • crimes - tl1e -4~~~~~- last fe"' Just so he co•ld l\.l&Zr:=.SP~-,.;..-;Jau} ~~~ - ~~ Bob lie Ferguson ..,._1'..aJ,J,eaie,l to lo1tJa 's Governor Ray - to extend lls J,reseat term to life ~~ , , ,. In J:,rlso ,ament. Wliy? "Because I don't k•o• Ito• to live 111 society," n~"'l~u,:l';t tllere's '"'-7"\.( =-~•tr hoJ,e. Prison . . . officials~ atte mJ,tl•g to fl11d him a Job right on the grounds so he ca,a co11t•••e ~ to live - In the only home lte ~ ever kno••· ~ .,,,, • .,.,.,,, "tl1e l•sf sotal•••" ••• .. 60••• 110, Ila, -...::.. 6•1 J•• •• Ila• co•?f1hssas •• ,,saie U e,e Ith c •••" TACHOV Traged y In C%echoslo v akla -- ,, • ,,,na, at Tacho v - about a hundred and fifty miles a,est of Prague; an early morning ezJ>loslo,a - ,,. tlae a1>1>rentlce dormotory at a big J>lastlcs J>la,at. The orlgl,aal blast and t"e fire t"at follo•etl - all but levell,ag the dormitory. KllU,ag at least elJhty teen age boys. And lnJurl,ag scores more. The cause - Usted as a faulty "eatl,ag system. A ,aotlaer ~ bl-J>roduct, 1>erla1>s of I lae curre,at energy s"ortage. CLEARFIELD From Bill Air Force Base at Clearvlea, Utah - the story of an Air Force supply teclualclan ~~ ~ a,ho ,_-••s lo loue Hct ■ d tla-e ~ gasoU,ae sllortage. Jay Barlow . . _ riding to work - on a three year old stallion. An Arabian - naturally. This means that rider Barlow has laad to take out - some a I llrt I addltlo,aal ",ao fault" ~ - Insurance. /He's also required to police Ills mov,at !s parking space. OIi•• rlaw rlal - u ■ IJ one ~ro6i•a. . . . 1 • •fflc•• •••• ,,..,. , ... , •• ,, •• ,, . fl1 ■ r1d ppf , . , -- •••r• ,. ,., ••• ·,•••••1 •••••.:: KEY WEST Remember Robert Pelmlerl? The so-called "Jail house Santa" of Key West, Florida? Tlte cllap .,,,,o balled oufh~self and his t10ent,-three fellolD prisoners - at a total cost of more tlra,a t•e,aty-four hundred bucks? A ■ ,••J, Tie young NelO Yorker was back behind bars today. ,or s10lmml,ag In tl,e ) nude. Even •orse •hlle lie •as frolicking l,a the surf someone stole his 10allet co,atal,alng his last ~~ fourteen hundred. ••d ••••Awlth his poke reduced to a mere forty-o•e cents he couldn't eve,e ball hlnslf out. - ~ ~ ~ ~""'