AUTOS Wednesday, A1>ril ll, 1913 Salt Lake Ctty, Utah Bowing to the auto's industry's t,redictions of a f,ossible shutdown of assembly lines, tire gover,ement today granted tire automakers a one-year delay hr meeti,ag to11gl, standards for clean air. Tl,e original scltedule laad called for suclt standards to be met by Nineteen Seve,aty-Five. Al tlte same time however, the Environame11tal Protect1011 Agency dl . d set I, iglrer interim standards for forty -ni,ae a,ad statesl{or ,aew cars in r,ollution plagued Califor,aia. Tlteae to be equipped with clea,a air devices llnow,r as catalytic converters, thus setti,rg up a test area for a co,rversio,a program to eventually embrace tlte e11tire 11atio,a. PENSIONS President Nixon sent another message to Co,agress today - tllis one asking for a broader 1>rogram of old age benefits including tax ince,etives to encourage workers to set 111> their ow11 retireme11t /Jlan. Tlae Preside11t sayl,cg 11e• la•s are needed to boost be,refits for more tl,a,a tltlrty millio,r •orkers ,aow involved i11 pr;vate pe11sio11 t,la•• - ••~ to e11courage ot•er •orkers to joi• tliem. His t,rot,oaal rejects organi&ed labor's suggestio'II tlaat tlae govcr11ntet1I i•s•re •orkers against tlae loss of be,aeflt• l11c•rred wlaenever an entployer's b•si11ess falls. PIPE LINE A Bouse Public Lands Committee laeard testimony from several wit,1esses today urging Co11gresa to Pa•• la•• tlaat would get around court decisio,as 11oao blocki g co11str11ctio11 of tlae tltree billio,a dollar tra11a-Alaal,a oil li11e. Otl,ers also urged furtlter co,asideratio• of 011 alter••I• roi,te tl,roi,glt Ca,aada. tl,ey asl,ed tlte lawmakers to repeal tlte fifty year old la• wllicla limits to fifty-four feet tlte widtl, of a rigltt of ••Y across pi,blic la11ds. Tllis limitation - a•o,ag ot••r ll•i•• - provides tlte pres e,at legal bas is for bl ocl, h1g ll,e A l••lla pipe li,ae's co11structio,a. PRICES Democratic leaders in the House decided to temporarily aband o n the proposal for tough new price controls - and instead simply support an extension of Prealdent Nixon' 11 wa9e-price control powers for another 1ixty day ■• The decision la considered a victory for the Admini1tratton and those who oppose a roll back on price a, rent ■ and lntereat rate a to January level ■• BUSING Civil rigltts leaders - in testimo,ey today before Ille Senate Judiciary Committee - iJ1sisted tllat aJ1y a"'•'"'"'""' to Ille Co,estitutio" forbiddhag racial busi,ag •o•ld ,.,r,. Ill• clock back OJI tlae scl,ool iJ1tegratio,e t,rogra,,.. 0,e tlae otlaer side , JJ1ore tlla,a a do~e,e otlter wit,aesses iJ1si1ted tllat b•• i,ag ts ca•s t,ag ltards Iii/I, s tirriJ1g •II a,age r, a,ul la•rll•• Ille quality of educatio". HEALTH INSURANCE A s ix t y me m be r I> an el of bus ht es s le ad e rs today proposed major changes in our national health care system - clta11ges that would require employers to provide lleallla i11sura11ce for tlleir workers - will the gover11me1tl fllcllh•I up tl,e lab for the poor and ma11y ollf.ers now willaoi,t i11si,ra1tc1L TIie proposal is somewlaat similar to Ille adml1tislratto11's l1ts11rance measure1, 1111,icll died ht tlle l••I Co1tgress. 01te hnporta•I differe1tce lf.owever Is tlle fl•t1•l'• proposal to flrovlde gover1tme,et h,sura•ce for more tl,a,e twenty mllllo11 perso1ts •ow u11covered - tl,e floor ••d ,. •• .,. floor - uNemflloyed a,ed part ,;,.e worlters, a,ed ••lf-••fllo1•4 - alie,es - tl,e lem,orarily disabled. 0 E 0 A federal Jud9e in Washin9ton today ordered a halt to what he called the illegal dismantlement of the office of Economic Opportunity - which is now bein9 - phased out by the administration on orders of O E O Director Howard Phillips. In his rul1n9, Federal Judi• , w 11 lla m Jone• said the ad mini str,_tion could not abolish O E O pro9ram1 since "it'• the clear intent of Convr••• that the War on pov•rty continue." MARRIAGE In Hartford, Connecticut -- Dr. John Houck -- a p---"' 1 y chi at r 1 st - to 1 d a men ta 1 h ea lt ~imp o II i um that A sex out of wedlock has lost much of its former 1U9ma - and that society is tolerating •m••-x unmarried couple ■ to an unprecedented degree. Says Dr. Houck --"unmarr.ied couple ■ who live together tlDx don't really reject the idea of marriage -- they only reserve it a ■ an alternative and, perhaps, a deeper commitment." And he add ■ - "the current phenomenon of the unmarried marriage 1 ■ - rea 11 y quite new - con aid er Ing the genera I public a ccepta nee It ha ■ achieved. - Ukewl1e, ■ aya Dr. Hnuck, the frequency of out-of-wedlock ■ ex ha ■ not increa ■ ed 1l9nlficantly - but it's social acceptance has. WEATHER The record breaking spring snowstorm that struck the Mid-West this week, and moved - . on into northern New England left in tts wake an Arctic blast that ■ wept south 11111 to the Gulf Coast. la Says Paul Ander1on of Mooresvtlle, Indiana "my one thousand tree peach crop ha, been wiped out." Meanwhtle the M11sissippi at record flood level rolled past hi1toric Vicksburg, sweeping away tenant ■ hack• and riving plantation owner ■ to higher ground. FLIGHT Harry Coope;" of Gree,.wicll, Connecticut returned to Chicago today just thirty-six hours, nineteen-mi11utes - a,ad tlrirty-tllree seconds after he took off from tl,e Windy City on Monday evening on a fl igl, t around tlte world via com •ercial airli,.ers. He claims a ,aew world's record, for flyi,ag t"• globe tl,at way - and says he also saw tlrree su11rises 011 '"• way arou11d. From Claicago to Lo,adon lee flew BOAC - '"•• lo Moscow aJ1d Tokyo by tlte same li11e - a11d back to CIJlc••o byNort,,west Orle11I. As a greeti11g card i11di,stry exec•lltJe Coot,er sent "lrello" cards to Preside11t Nlxo,a, CIJlcago'• Mayor Daley a11d ot,,er ,aotables. As for cards Gregg C"astai,a of Portland, Orego,a c••• ut, today will, a l,a,adful of a differe,at kl•d - tllree "••dred and fiftee,a Standard Oil credit cards all made out to "i"'. Yes, Bill, computer trouble. He let,t one and sent tl,e other three hundred a,ad fourtee,a back to the comt,a,ay. WEATHER 11 's rather iro,sic. I come West to tl,e Rocllies and tl,e Wasatch to find snow, and while a111ay t•e bi1 storm of tl,e year 1,its the Middle West, and some parts of t•e Nortll East. Al any rate tl,is 1,appe,ss to be tlle perfect ""'• to ski in our Western mountai,ss, •lle,a tlley are •till buried deep will, many feet of snow, a,sd Ille days are lo,a6 a,ad sun,ey. For more tlla,a tllirly year$ I llave bee,. lelli•6 ,,., radio lister11ers 1,o.,, Ille best sltil•6 ha Ille tDorld i• to •• fou,r,d o•t llere at Alla. Parlt Clty, S,r,0111bird, a,ed •••r6y ;,. Colorado. So, come ON o• t I A,ed ski .,,, Ila for,,. er Olympic stars Alf EN6e1t a11d Stei,e Eriltse,e. A,ed so lo,ag u,etil tomorro•.