ill tlae mall hag of a New Vice Preside ,at. Gerald Ford laki,ag his oatll of office H followi11g confirmatio,a by lits HoHse col leagues; 111 later reMarlts, Ford sayi11g: "Togetlter - .,e Aave made liistory liere today; for tlte first ti"" .,e llave .,e ltave demo11slrated to Ille rorld - tlaat o•r great Re/)11blic sla11ds solid a,ad stro11g, •1)011 llae bed roclt of llae Co11stil•lio11." Tlae •ew Vice Preside,., goi11g o• to say: "I pro•i•• my fellow citi~e,as o•ly tit is: To 11/)llold Ille Co11stU11tio• - to do wlaat · is rlglat as God gives me lo see tlte riglll, a•d witltiN the limited powers a,ad duties of the Vice Preslde•t, to do the very best I ca,a for America." IIOW Tltat from Gerald Ford -~our fortieth Vice Preslde,at SIMON The Pr• ■ -ileNI' new e,tergy czar - was a wihaess today before lite Se,tale goverrune,sl operatio,ss committee. William Simor, sayi,sg #RJI=, gasolir,e ratio11l11g - "sllo•ld be a11 absolute last resort.'' Addi11g that a decisio11 011 ratior,i,ag - lfllll be made by Ille e,ad of tl,e mo11tll. He stressed, 11olfJever, tl,at tlae earliest t,osslble date for 11atlor,a,ide co11trols -- wo•ld be marcl, 011e of •e%1 year. Tltls - said he - allowl11g a mi11lm•"' of sixty days - lo lfJOrk o•t tlte maclti11ery of ratio•i•K• .._ Mear,"11,lle, Ille fo•rlll stralgllt day of lalgll•ay blocluides - orga•l•ed by disslde11t tr•clt drivers. T/te tr•ckers t,rotestl11g lllgller f•el prices - a11d loa,er speed limits. At least 011e driver f•rl/ter sMggestl11g tlte possiblity of a 11atio111fJide ,,_ blockade - _ . 11ext T/t•rsday, Friday a11d SatMrday. PRICES Tlte U S wltolesale price l,tde% was agat,. up - - acccordt,ag to figures a11,eou11ced today, A 11d JJ,J. tle mai,a reaso,e - ffJe are told - - record •fl ■ fh: Jag l,acrea•e• I• fuel prices. KISSINGER ~ Secretary of State #o:s:, Kisst,iger was discussi,ig " ••d•~ the outlook for that Ge,ie v a peace ••••• co11fere11ce OJI tlie Middle East. Dr. Kissi,iger sayi,ig tl,e Soviet U,iio,i - was cooperating very well so far. Addir,g that if this co11ti1111es iJ1to substaJ1tive talks - it offers great hope that a11.M Arab-Israeli peace ca,i he reached. Jr, ar,y eveJ1I - said J,e - "I have 110 reasor, to tlo11bl - tlaat the co11/ere11ce •ill talte place.' Dr. Kissir,ger also sayir,g tlaat tlae Ge•eva parley wHl probably begir, - "111ilh problem• of a •llilary ~••••gagl•g 11ala,re." Mea•i•g apparer,tly - tlae taslt oRf!•• •~• opposiJ1g troops. Ortce tlaat Is accomplislted - he co•li•11ed - talks can begilf toward a permar,er,t settlement; a settleme,it complyir,g will, tl,e U N resolutio• - callir,g for Is ra e Ii w it I, ti ra 111 a l to pre - Ni JI e tee" Sixty - Se v e • borders. Dr. Kis shage r goi,ag on to note - there 1,ave been KISSINGER - 2 oc ca s i o,aa I tJ t olat tons of the cease -ft Y IJ . But, "we tlo,e 't believe" said lte - "tlte cease fire wtll come a1>art." TEL A VIV FOLOW KISSINGER Mea11while, hi Tev Aviv - a meeting of J . srael's r11U1tg labor t,arty4?e,idf4 ,,. "" ove-r-t111'elmi,a-g vote of confld , ence .... . /0'1' Tl :solf Prime Minister Golda Meir. A lo,sg: tlle tDay, Mada me Meir also 111,-,;i11g aside - ,u, alte,npt to force tl,e resig11allon of Israeli Def•••• Mi•ister Moshe Daya•; eve,a gol11g so fa" - as to reject ,,. the lea de r,l iJ, - it would be a . ,1,, Isa ble to ••It •• · ' " after t,,e e l - ectio · •. '' T"e election referred to - co,nl11g up Decemb11r th irt y-/ir-s t. SENATE Senate leaders of both parties were denying today - the existe11ce of a moveme11t to force Preside,il N,lso,i lo resign. Democratic Cllieftai,a Mike Ma•sfield saJl•g Ille re I•• 'I a ayo,a e - "Pu ttlng ••Y pressure" 011 l,i m. F•rlher saylag lte espects Gerald Ford to serve as Vice President - /o~ "tliree ,,ars, 011e mo11tlt aad a Jew tla ys;" "'ea •l•g - all tie ••Y. Republican leader Huglt Scott also brusltlag ••••• as i tl e a res lg•• ti o II q u e r y. Na, I do 11 't esp e c t II . '' • a I tl It e • Adding, "what I do expect - is more questio,as II.le tltat." EDINBURGH The tleatl, of one of Britain's greatest , I i11ve11tors - is re,,orted today from Edlnbruglt, Scotla11d. Sir Robert P1atso11 Walt - tlte ma,a wl,o developed radar, to ,neel tl,e threat of Nazi bombers duri11g World War T•o. Also, the i11t1e ntor of, a ''It iglt f reque nc y di rec 11011 fl•d• r" .p tllat was used •illt great effectlt1e11ess agal••I Gerfflan U-boats. Sir Robert Walson watt - age eigltty-o•e. PARIS The whole of F,,ance was virtually paralyzed today by its first general strike in five years. The twe11ly- four hour work stoppage - affecting facto-ries, tra,aspo-rtatlon, -radio and T1' ,aewspapers, port facilities, s c la o o ls , s a• It a ti o,. s e ,. vi c es , t Ii e c Iv i l s e rv ice a ,ad powe-r •supplies. This ,,. p-rotest agai,ast a F-reracl, iraflatiora rate - - ,aow -r11,a11irag about eleve,a pe-rce11t a yea-r. SUNNINGDA LE A mid massi v e sec"rity precautions - tlae leaders of Britain and the two J,rela,ads were meeti,ag today iJt S11n,ai,agdale, E,agla,.d; tltere discussi,ag tle possible creatio,a of a Co"ncil of Ireland - to help P•t a,. e,.d to co,rtin11i,ag viole,.ce, i,a Norther,a Jrela,rd. A spollea,,,a• sayi,ag: "The .,hole field of law a,.d o,rder, iJ1cl11di•g polici,ag arra,.ge"'•"ts a,.d c o ,,,,,,o,. law e,.force"'e"I - i• a11 area •laere llae Cou,acil of ct« lrela,ad migl,t 1>l•1 a usef11l role. " Tl,e talks - co,atiJ111i,ag iJ1to tomorro•. STOESSEL Tle '-' latte House again - career Diplomat Walter Stoessel tlr. today was named tle ,sew US Ambassador to Moscow. TIie former assista11t Secretary of State for ENropea,a affairs - succeedi11g Jabo Beam, aolo retired 11early a year ago. Tl,e W"lte HoNse al•o a11110N11cl11g tl,e reslg11aU011 of WUlia,n J. Casey - as U,ader Secretary of State. Tliafto 1>ermit ,,,m to become Ile ,aeao Preaide11t - of Ille Ex1>ort-I,111>ort Ba,all. CHAPEL HILL ~ From tlae U,aiversity of North Caroli,aa J . a re1>orl ,.,,., on the quality of TV ,aelwork 11ews . . . coverage duri,ag the Ni11etee,. Seve,sty Two Preside,etial Ca,n1>aig,.. Dr. Howard Doll and Dr. Bert Bradley - re1>orti11g tlaat TV ,.ewsme,. wer• - esse,.tially objective. Addir,g, l,oa,ever, tllat some evide,ace of "bias" - was discovered. Tllis • • are told - ir, tlae work of re1>orters who.., occa•io•ally t>hrased re1>orts - ,,. la,.g11age ,ieitla•r ,a e "t ra l ,a or ob J e c ti v e ; w II o s om e time s "s e d e v id e ,ace to develop stories - lfJlticll Ille evide11ce did,. 't really su1>1>ort; wlao occasio,eally i11troduced i11to their r,arrative g ra t" it o" s a n d ",.ca ll e d - for s tat e me II ts . Dr,. Doll a11d Bradley coming to tlae co11clusin11 that "total objectivity is often a11 ideal rather than a common practice i11 television news-casting." , NEW YORK FOLLOW DETROIT A related item - from New York; where the Fre,ach "Peugeot" Compa,ay today a,a,aou11ced tl,e results of a test run - i,c a small diesel e11gine automobile it pla11s to sell soo,a in tl,e US. TIie 11ew Pe•geot - said to laave averaged more tlaa11 tlairty-seve11 miles per.,...gallo,c - travelli11g all tlae 10ay fffJ m Lo• A•geles ,--~tQP- 1 to Bosto,a 7'.. at a total fuel cost of t•e•ty-eiglat dollars, a•d si%ty-o•e c e • t s . ~ 4 ~ ? EARTH ORBIT For astronomers right arou,ad the globe - i,acludi11g the crew of Sky Lab Three - today was i,iternatio,ial astro,iomical unio,a comet • day. O,ie and all t1"ai11i11g their telescopes 011 Comet,,,.. Kohoutek -- as it s11Jings a r o u n d tit e s u n. Th e d a ta thus c o l le c t e d - t o s e 1"V e a • a basis for future study. The comet discoverer, Polish astro,iome1" Luboc Kohoutek - 11Jar,iing,, however,, that ma11y people have over-estimated its brilliance. It w i ll/,.ot be ,, u,. d 1"B d se ve ra ~limes brighter tha11 Halley's Comet - a• earlie1" report e d - s a id la e • But e v e ,. so - quite a sight . j DETROIT From General Motors President Edward Cole - a report today on the state of the auto business. Ed Cole ,aoting th.at Nineteen Seve,aty Three - was a record year; with total sales of U S and foreign cars - comi•g to Ml# eleve,a point eight millio i. As for •ext year - perhaps a ten perce•t drop - (woi,ld 1 _.. said lte. Adding, however, that "thi~•~•~Put total s a le s in Ni II e tee,. Set• e,. t y Four - a t a b out ten poi,. t seven millio,a." A drop - I•••; but still th.e seco•tl best year - in tlae history of auto maltiNg.