WHITE HO SE Fr o m t lz e W h i I e Hou s e - a n a n n o u n c e m e n t i o 110 J Iha/ th S is n o u : e n g a g e d "i n d e l i c a t e dip l o m a t i c n eg otiation " aim e d at e ndin g the Mid-East War. D e p u t v P Y e s s S e c re ta ry Joe War,. e n s a yin g th a t Se c re ta r y of Stat e Henr:, Kissinger - "is in contact with the parties lo /he conflict and other powers." Also, saying the Preside,it and Dr. Kissinger are agreed - that "an opportunity exists for a s . olution." Warren refused, ~11-..-1 however, - to go into any detail. Observing t, · : at "nothing useful would be served" - by any further comment at this time. kilDDLE EA T Meanuhile, lh fi llling continues - wit h major 11 ga e m nts toda y on both sid of th e Su ez Canal. On the East bank - th second day of an epic tank battle . On th e W es t bank - an Israeli attempt to secu,•e a neu b,·idg e• lzead. Tel Aviv saying that enemy loss e s during the s e bat t le s - totalled "a round a h u n d re d and ten tanksi" ,.A-ffd'< "about twenty planes.'' Cairo is claiming - - A s • N~-u,. that Is ra e l i forces 0,1 the West Bank are now being surrounded. Adding that the Israelis have been told - either to "s u rr en de r or face des tr u c ti on . " RIYADH Mor on llz uar and its ramifications - from Radio Ri y adh in Saudi Arabia; tile biggest US oil suppli e r in the mid-east. Saudi Arabia ordering today - an immediate ten percent cul back in its oil production~ ) ~ ~ ~ . - Also, threatening to cut off all oil to the U S - unless we halt o u r military aid to Iii« Israel. PENTAGON FOLLOW RIYADH He: r a/ hom a ain - the n nta!(on reported today /h pr s n of about lhirlj North Korean fighter ,pi•••• pilol itz E pt The Nor/Ii Koreans said to ha e flo1 ,i combal mission against Israeli jets_,,, "z ithin the last /u 11t, -four hours.'' A spokes man saying: ''There u ere some hots exchanged but '*""e &Bre no pla,ies shot do, n on e it lz er side . " CAPITOL HILL On Capitol Hill- Hous and Sena/ conferenc toda agr ed - finall _ - on a bill aimed at okaying that Alaskan pipeline. Obser ers noting, however, that one passed - tile new bill will still be subject lo clialleng on se a••t••• onstitutional grounds; which means, no doub I, tlzat one more it'll be up to the Supreme Court - either to approve or disapprove. FORD Tlie nomination of Gerald Ford as Vice President - was the subject of parttsan debate today in the Senate. S nator Kennedy of Massachusetts saying that Ford should be closely questioned - with regard to 0 reside11t Nixon' disputed tapes. Ke11,a~dy saying if Ford "refuses to acknowledge the obligation of the President to obey the Supreme Court - th n Congress has the rigltt a11d duty to refuse his confirmation." The Republican view . - from Se11ator Griffin of Michigan. If Congress takes "longer tlta11 tltree weeks" to confirm - said he - "then the charge of pure politics is in order." Griffi,a addi,ag that such a delay - "would be a sad comme,atary and reflectio,a on congress." • NADER Back a year and a half ago - at l' ' ashington's • National Airport - an o v erbooking b y Allegheny airlines w ith the result that a number of persons with prior reservations had to be bumped." Unfort,oaately~ for Allegheny one of thos~left stranded - was faoo:e8' consumer advocate Ralph Nader; who also missed a speaking engagement - and thus file·d suit. A federal j11dge in Washington - today awardi,ag N a d e r ~ - ~ thousand bucks in damages. The Judge noting that Allegheny's action - hnd caused the plah,tiff - extreme and very real embarrassment. STOCKHOLM The winner of this year's Nobel Prize for economics - Har v ard Professor Wassily L ■■ u•t Leontief; for developing the so-called "input-output"••••• theory - kpredicli•g economic ups and downs. w,J.Uw"11ie wi••er of the Nob e l Pr i z e for lite ra tu re - A us t ra l i a,. au t I, or Patrick White; who was said to have "introduced a ,sew condnent - into literature." Both awards - a,u,ounced today at a. Stockl,ohn. .. OSLO FOLLOW STOCKHOLM A related item - from Oslo; where two members of the *" ni Norwegian Peace Prize committee - have just resigned. This in protest against the awarding of the Nineteen Seventy-Three peace prtze to He11ry Kissinger of the U S and Le Due Tho of North Vtet11am. It also marks the first time 4ra11y membe.- of the ~ ••• ope,cly disagreed with peace prize committee its choice. BERNT BALCHEN ---------------- The end of a,z Arctic and Antarctic era. Colonel Bernt Balchen, last of the important personalities of lite great p e riod of both North Pol e and South Pole ex plora lion. For several years Balchen had been faili,ag. He came to this country the year Byrd and Bennett 111ent to Spitzberg!!n to fly to the North Pole. Balchen 111as there assisting Amundsen .,1,.0 •as preparl,ag for a polar flight. When the Byrd pla,ae failed to lift off the run•ay, young Balchen came to the rescue •Ith some special skis. Byrd •as so impressed he tallled Balchen into Joining him o,a a,a Antarctic espedltlo,a. 1\' Although Colonel Balchen •as best kno•n for Piloting Byrd over the §oul!!. Pole he also gained fame as the first person to pilot a plane over l.!!l!! Poles. He also 111as the chief pilot on Byrd's trans-Atlantic flight, and rescued his companions •hen the plane made an emergency descent into the sea at Verf urj!!Jere. Balchen • • 2 During the Second World War he was 11Jith the Nor11Jegla,1 underground and later ran American Air Force rescue operations In Greenland, some of the most daring and hazardous of which he carried out personally. Later he 11Jas ha command of our Rescue Squadron In A las ka. And - lte 11Jas 011e of ti, e fa titers of SAS, The Scandinavian A Ir line. His later fllglal to tlae Nortla Pole •as •ltla an expedition laeaded by Lo•ell Jr .,1,0 Is the 1>rese11t Senate Majority Leader 111 Alaska. Colonel Balclae11 •as laonored n1a11y tl•es by the avlatlo11 •orld. O,ely rece•tly lie 11Jas elected to tl,e Ca,iadla,e Air Hall of Fa•e; only ,eo11-Ca11adla• ever accorded this honor. He 11Jas scheduled to be Inducted into The American Rall of Fame at a banquet at Wrlglat Field, Dayton, Ohio next December. LONG VIEW Those little green men - are at it again. Reports of additional unidentified flying objects. Pouring in today from Northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. One Louisville woman saying the - objects she - . saw was like a large silver plate - really gorgeous. At the same time - a sudden alarm at Lo,agview Texas. Local residents .IIWl)•x reporting that silver threads by the millions - were pourh,g down from tl,e sky. A quick check by police a,cd biologists - also disclosing a tiny visitor attached to each t4t•·••' tl,read but not a space man - just a baby spider. Looki,ag for somewhere t light. ANN ARBOR At the University of Michigan - a rece,st coNfere,sce on aging. Those taking part including former Health Education and Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen - who is pr sently Michigan's dean of Education. On the basis of what he heard - Cohen now saying that housewives should be covered by Social Security. Adding tlaat this should be so - even if their husbaNds have to pay tlleir contributions. After all - said Cohe,s - "if Jou work as a go-go girl - you ca11 qualify for Social Security.'' ()1;'2.Q- - So why ,sot a housewife - slle 's always o,s tlae go-go-go. ), THURMOND Senator Thurmond of South Carolina - will be seventJ 1 -one this December. His wife Na,acy - a former South Carolina beauty queen age twe,aty-seven. A May- December match~ -- tint••••• ta~• srarirl•g ll••tt~ •• II ,Ill ••J r11~he Senator confirming hll■, lhat he ' . l l soon be a father agat,a -- for the third time in le s s th a,. th re e ye a rs . r• • Ne• t & I r I I r ii D • II •.,••I• .i INe-li1111uu,,, r • • r • o ~ disclosure comi,ag In on Interview - ofter lie llad ,-.,t comt>leted /tis ~ tlaree mile mor,at,ag jogg. Let's see 110w - wliere'd I le a v e th o s e t ra c k s la o e s . ~ . J I ~ ~ -