From the White Hous e .... From Caf)itol Hill. ... Friday, Feb. 28, 1975 Stuart Novins From Cape Cana er,ar, ... comes today's new&. Good eve,ai,sg. I'm S t11art No ins, CBS News, sittingin for Lowell Tllo•••· President Ford tnet today wHla Democratic Congress tonal leaders. They talked for about two lao11rs abo11t the Democratic energy pla,s, a,ad lats ow,s flroflo,al,. It was an effort at finding compromise measures - 1111d tlae President said, after the session, tlae De•ocratlc •••••r•• were caref11lly th _ ougllt out, tlaat tlley did 1101 mirror Iii• original proposals, but that it is possible bot1, flacllag•• could be combined. Mr. Ford said 1,e hopes tllat by Mo11day he can tell the Democratic leaders in wlaat areas ••cla accommodations could be affected. T1,e President i,adicated he might postpone at least part of 1,is new tariff on i•f>oYted Petroleum. TAX BILL The Senate Finance Committee says it will begin , or k a t on c e on a t ax -c u t b il l . Committee members say they exf>e t the Senate to come up with a measure very mucla like the one pppro ed by the House last ,iiglat - a red•c Uo,a for indi u iduals and business totalli,ig twenty-o,ae BILLION dollars. Brit the House version has a,a ame,ad,,.ent also added last night, which wor,ld kill llae oil-depletio11 ta• ere di t .. . a ttven ty 4 wo pe re en t allowance ,oortla a6ou t tlaree BILLION dollars a year to tl,e oil industry. ANd c•atr•a• Ru s s e l l L o ng of t h e Fin a" c e C om "' I tt e e s a y s • • ,o ii l try to separate the main tax bill from tlae oil det,lelioN ameNdme,at. Re claims S1'/)fJort from conservatives a11d oil-state Se11ators who want to keep tlae allo,oa11ce - and from some liberal Senators who want to avoid delay in passing tlae ta% bill itself. That measure inclr,des rebates 011 N;,aetee,a-SneNty- . Four taxes which, many feel, would give a 11 eeded •f>•rt to the economy now. TAX BILL - 2 S e 11ato> ' Mansfield, the Majority Leader, says lae's concerned that a filibuster against the oil-depletion amendment could significantly delay tl,e tax cut measau·e. CAPE CANAVERAL. A l Cap Cana eral, cracks have been discovered in t h e f i n of I 11 e Sa I It r n r o c k e I th a t 's s c h e du l e d Io la• n c I, three American a tronauts for their jol,st mlaslo11 •itlt tlae Russians in J l y . The space Agency says It .,Hl re,lace all eight o f the fins. The repair is ,.o, e1'f>ected to delay tlte launch schedllle. CLEM ENC l ' The Pres id ,it' Vietnam clemenc program laas been extended u11til March Thirt -First. The President says it will be the last extension. More than ten-tlaousa,id applications ha e al1•eady been srtbmitted, more are still coming in. - PHNOM PENH Commllnist-suf,f)orted insurgents in Cambodia ha e captured two key defense positions nea,- Plu10• alrt,ort. The abandonment of tile bases by governme11t fo-rces 1111de-r hea y fire. means the insurgents can now b1'i116 llleir 1'oct,t• to witlrin five miles of the airport, wllere ll1e U.S. ai't'lift off ood • llnl oads. KISSINGER The State Department says Secretary Kissl,ager will arri v e in Aswan, Egypt to meet with. Presltle,at Sadat ••st Frida y , the Se v enth.. His scltedule calls for a t•o-tloy sta y in Egy Pt . •. th e,a• an afternoon i,a Syria - """ tll•, l•o days of talks in Israel. From th.at point on Kissi,ager •ill fly 6act • • ' fortl,, among the capitals, as Ills ,eegollatiores ,-ef•lre. Government sources ,,. Cairo said today . , , , , Plans to stay with t11e s tef>--by-s tel> efforts of Ille A ••rlc•• Secretary of State - tllat Egyl>t • i l l ,aot be deflect•' &y opposition from the Palesth1e Li6eratio,s Orga,alaotiora, 11111 that Egypt will NOT agree to a,ay uttilateral ,eace ,act •1111 Israel. Cairo indicated today tlle Kiss i,ager tril> mlgllt 6f"IIW! . 1 d , .. t tlle details co•ltl about some agreement in 1>rinciP e a,a ,.a f re11c e - .,,,,, t•• thea . be worked out al the Geneva peace co,a e ParttcifJation of the Palestinians. .. SYRIA The United States ltas agreed to provide s:,ri• ,oitlt a twent , -MILLION dollar loan. It IOONld be "••d for I·• purchase of farm equtpme11t. MILLION dollars has been earmarked for ••• ,,. tral•l•g Syrian str,de,a t s in tlte U11ited States. ► INTEREST A new wa v e of reductio,rs i,e 11,e t>ri,,.•-i•l•r••t rate began today when the natio,s 's two largest c 0 ,,.,,.ercf•l banks reduced their rates by o,re-qMarter of o•• t,erc••t. Bar1k of America a11d First Natio11al City of N•• Yori ••11• posted tlleir rates at eight-a,ad-o,se-fo•rtll t,erce,ef, •IJ•cllo• Mo1tday. It's the lolfJes t tl,e t,rime ••• go•• ,,. Nf•I••• mo,rtl,s. MARRIAGES For the first timeh, SeveJtl••" yeara, t•• •••••r . of marriages in tlais cou11try decUJted ,,. N,••l••••S•t1•t1ly- Four •.. dou n nearly two a11d a Ital/ t,erceat, fro• tie r,revio11s ear. A11d tlae 1111mber of 41vorc•• l•cr••••4 ty more tlla11 five perceal. Now, tllis mesaage •••. FARMERS The prices that farmers get for tlaelr ra• prodttcl fell four percent tn tlae mo,ati eftdl,a6 Fe6r.aary Fift•e,rtlr. It rvas the fourtl, mo,atlaly decll•• I•• ro•. r•• average raw farm prices was severatee,a t,erce11I 6•lo• l••I year's, for the same period. Stuart Nov tns for CBS Ne••. Goo, Nl1•1.