WHITE HO U SE At the White House - President Ford lbl■ l1;c today signed the con g ressional resolutio11 - appro v ing the stationing of two hundred U s technicians in the Sinai. Mid-East The President calling the new peace pact - A. "a significant step towards an o v er-all setllemeJ&t." ffe ,t:J --=tA stress~ that "neither the U S nor Egypt, nor Israel - sees it as an end in itself." The President ~ he "will soon consult Congress," on how best to proceed toward a lasting peace. "The (res pons ibi lilies U S must accept" said he - "the •••trnnftt:tt91 - ,< which flow from our ••••• stake in peace iJ& the Middle East." SPACE FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE The President also met toda - witlz the Ji e members of the joint..,. Apollo Soyuz space mission; calling lite U S and Russian spacemen - "really great pioneers" in U S and Russian cooperation. IPMI /f.e added: "This joint efforl, I hope and trust will be but a fore-ru,iner of what we can do on an expanded basis - not only in space and science but in many other areas." - MISSILES In Ille Magazine A iation Week and space ~ - - Technology i\ a report led~ that the Red Chinese ha e now deployed ltDo •trn I intercontinental ballistics ... r \,. - 5~~~ China.A.._ The Chinese missiles - - --iA'\ ~ missH~~ - ""tDestern ••Id to be armed with three megaton nuclear .,arheads. They also ha e a reported range of more than thirty- five hundred miles - or enough to reach key targets in tlee Soviet Union including Mosco111. LONDON Go er11or Wallace o f Alabama t o d a y ~ his t.,o ~ .. ~ •eek European to11r:■ • ~~. ei.•111a 1 .,;,1, l S Ambassador Eliot Richardson in London. 'to -(...;, Tice Governor then taped an interview ~ l ■ I•-#' ~~ /k~ )-- .. •1•ct, British T V . ~ next met toilh Britislc Prime Mi,eister Harold Wilson. As he left ,aumber - Tea Do.,fling . . . Street - f u : ~ If'■,,.'" ,.,,,., 11ea,smet1: "My la•altl, is •r4frr«L! no problem. I have bee,s o,s the move all day, after flOI ..-c:., much sleep - a,ad you see ,,, e no.,_ " JOHANNESB U RG Tile 111orld 's largest t lynamile fa t ry - near Joltannesburg , South Africa -=s the scene today of a tremendous explosion. ~011111 to smithereens. ~ Tt00 buildings and five t0orkers ~ Twenty-eight others A inj,,red and t0indo IOSA b lo •n out in every direction ~,for a distance of alest Ji e miles. An official at a factory on the perimeter of the shock t0ave saying: "II "" like an atomic bomb." CARAC S At Caracus - the go ernment o f Venezuela today offered - - U S and of le r foreign oil firms one billion - in return for the take-o v er of their ~14_~MA- / holding~/xanuary !J_ne. h i ~ 1·1 T e com pan es Agiven • teen days - either to accept - or reject the offer~ - IIWJ. Q government spokesman saying he is confide,it - "the companies will accept." 1.(,,ot • at IPI •••• - they 're only recourse ;;-;,a,-f.:'i&. •. ,11 Illa Vene.iu elan Su pr em e Court. MIDDLE EAST 1n •ff1 Middre fi•s,..,.,- Israel a n n o u , a c ~ that a.,,, ship sailing from an Israeli port will be allo•ed to pass through the Seuz Canal ,aext week. :rl,ls to m•rl,--..U.. first transit of Israeli cargo through the ca,aal - since the Mid East War of Ni11etee11 Fifty-Six. TAMPA ~ rte111- f rom Tampa , Florida ; a stor y telling o f a new wrinkle - i-n the age old battle against crime. Tampa police openi,cg up a phony swap 'n shop store - on tile suspicion a growing amount of stolen property was being fertced through such establishments. They were right - the stolert items they were offered in "sw . ap" including everythhag from small appliances to a t111enty thousand dollar tractor-tralle~with • .,., balleries. E,ad result: The recovery of more tlaan fifty tllousand ~ in stolen goods = a,ad tlie arre•t of ::59"~~ ninetee,a. ,e, 1u ■ 1: ~ police ,,_ spokesma,a,'•·1•'416. -1-v'-C"' IA ■ l '• ••. • ·· "111e 1,ma,aoged to make a , ,t. ell)' fair profit - with the legitimate stuff." WASHINGTON The formation of a neao alliance of Democratic ~ women -,<_ announced today in Washington. SJ,okesaooma,a Gloria Steinem •aying - its main ob_iective - is ~ & t1:f a•rc •• 1/■ I~ no m ina t'f.w a 111oma,a for Vice Pres id e,a t. • • •Uu llf8 lhl■waell-:i::rtf;I;,, ,ubUc I• 110111 convinced If a 111oman can run the country jNst as 111ell as a man: and the 111ay things are goi,ag at Ille moment - maybe better.