T It II rs d ,t .\ , F e b ,, ttct1' y 8 , l 9 7 3 PE N E TR L H re in th Ea I - anolhe,, rippling rail strike Io d a . , . T It e U 11 it e d Tr a 11 sport a ti on U 11 ion - c Io sing down the ba11kr11pt Pe,111 11/ral Railroad : thereby forcing an estimat d two hundred thousand commuters - to look for other I ay of getli11g lo u ork. Here's the latest: The House and Senate passing emergen .\ legislation - cleari11g the way for another ninet -da cooling-off period· which means thc,t, hopefully the train s o on ,oil I be r o l l i n g a g a i 11 • TATE r tar of tat /l Wtilhi# Ro r ers - a u illzess l oda b for' the House Foreign Affairs Committee; th ere ob er i11 that th Vietnam cea a-fire agreement - has held 11p r a onab/y well " o far." And this - said he - ,, rtai11I) ufJ/)ort our expeclations - that the agreement 1 i II work , Iha t the Sou th Vie t 11 a m es e p e o fJ l e ha v e a re as011able hance to sort out their own political destiny, and that peace 1 ith honor is being achie ed." Rogers also referred briefly - to American prisoners of war; saying the first of the prisoners should be released - "within the next few days." Rogers adding that "massi e and complex economic a,id political problems" remain to "be resolved." But "we belie e" - said he - "this will be accomplished." And then a question about Swedish Prime Miniws ter Olaf Palme - and the way he has criticized U.S. policy in Vietnam. Rogers replying angrily: "What would be best for Sweden - would be for their Prime Minister to stop TA TE - 2 making gratuitous r marks which are not · welcome at all." Roge · rs adding Iha/. Palme 's tat em en ts "ha e been oulrageou - and the Prime mi,li ter would be well advised not to say so much." BA KOK-KUALA LUMPUR FOLLOW STATE 111 th meantime - Henr Kissinger i a arri ing loda3 in Ban '"'Ok; lhe1 'e confer ' ring with the U.S. Ambassadors from Tliaila11d , South llietnam, Cambodia and Laos - before flying on to Vientiane ; and then - Hanoi and Peking. ~ While Vice Pre ident S~t. 6 Agn ei ;. conferring today z ith Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak. The Vice President later issuing a statement - saying he and Razak had found a "basic harmony of views." "We are both said ll e o m m it t e d " - J, • x ?-. • • titntutetlt - "to the main ten an c e of P ea c e atzd sovereignty - and the encourageme,it of regio,ial cooperation." HUSSEIN In the wake of his talks with President Nixon Jordan's King Hrtssein discusses the prospects for peace i,a ti, M . ddle East. The tu ■ w• young monarch saying today - lie Provided is ready for separate talks with Israel. SUE/'( said he - provided ~ the main principles of a settlement - can be in agreed on advance. B11s s e i ~ ~ - : - /\ ti "We have go,ae as far aa •• can in public." "Now is the time" - he contlrtued - "to sit and wait a little - to see what quiet diplomacy ca,e accomplish." MOSCOW From the U.S. Embassy in Moscow a year-end trade report; noting today that U.S. sales to the Soviet Union - more than tripled during the year just past. Tlie full figure jJr Nineteen-Seventy-Two - coming to mo-re tlia,e r H al f - a - Bil lion . Officials adding that Russia is still to receive '"'• year - nearly One Billion Dolla-rs' worth of U.S. grai,e. ' Which means tllat total trade for 'Seventy-Three ~ e l l , ~ t?•it,le again. BROOKLYN A related item - from Brooklyn, of all places. Th e Brook l y n Longs h ore m en 's Union w, I c om in g into port today - the Soviet freighter Novgorod; first Russia,a cargo ship to enter tire Port of New York ,f in more tlla,a ,.,ersty years. The longshoremen thus breaking their ow,a boycott dati,ag back to tire Korean War; unloadi,ag some tllree llu,adretl tons - of ca1111ed fish, caviar, bicycles, books, se.,i,ag machines and plywood. Union President A ntllony Sootto saying: "If it's a,a option to trade with tllem or figllt tllem it's better for the world if we trade." BONN On the mone market at Bonn - another run on tl,e dollar today ; forcing the West German Central Ba,ak - to bu , uf> a record .dne-f>oint-s'e elf Jtillion in U.S. curre,acy. The bank's total dollar purchases over ti. e past weelt - ,ao• c om in g to "e a r l y ,,11, re e - a" d - a -.a · a l f Bill i o,. ; a des fJ er a I• attempt - to ltead off an upward revaluation of tlee West German mark. But how lo,ag they ca11 eep o,a b•yi11g - •ell, only time can tell. HAIFA Pollution comes to Israel. The story - as reported today from Haifa. Israeli officials noting tl,at local industry - has been pouring untold tons of waste into Haifa Bay; to the poi,it - we are told - wl,ere /is" ca•gllt tlaere - now contain four times t"e amount of mercury ~allo••d under U.S. ltealth standards . ... Raif a Bay, by the ~ · ay ,,. the main fishing gro••d for the grouper - Israel's most popular edible fi•lt. Accordi•g to one official - "a delicacy, 011e of tl,e best we laave ht tl,ia country. " But a delicacy nou, ,,,reatened •itla bei11g ba•n•d said lte - "in. order to safeguard ,,,e public." • TAM PIN From the town of Tampin in Malaysia - the story of a blood feud over land rights; finally comi11g to a laead in a frenzy death. Sixty-year-old Idrus Bin Hassan - first shooti11g kinsmen. the head of a rival clan; then - five of lais 1'•t ... a1,••--« In each case - also liacking his victims with a bolo k11ife. -I& When police arrived - ltoli,cg up on the bank of a ca11a}A 1111 three fofficers - before he himself was fi11ally slaol lo d•t•. In all - ten deall. District Police Cltief Glaaaall ,,~~~~~ Yacob exclaimiftg: it's tlae biggest tlai,cg 1De've A ever had laere." FALKLAND ISLANDS Here's one - a census report of sorts; from the ~ 1~~ Falkland Islands - off the coast of Argentina. Tl,e slteep I there outnumbering people - by a ratio of three hundred to one; an estimated six hundred thousand slteep - as compared to barely two tho11sand British colonists; togetlter fll&lfi producing an estimated Jo1tr million pounds of wool - eaclt and e ery year. All this - according to the Natiorial Geograpltic; which adds that islarid cooks - have learned to pret,are a• infinite variety of disl,es based on lamb anti mutton. l•tl••4, lamb and mutton are kno.,,, locally - as tlie "three l11u1dred and sixty-Jive diet;" meaning literally - every day. LONDON Dr. Henry Beric Wright - a London psychologist; also, tlie head of an operation - called the Institute of Direclors' Medical Center; which means that he sees mainly - "the men at the top" in British br,siness and industry. Dr. Wright now sharing with tlie rest of us - some of liis i11sigllts a,id observations. Tire man who ranks NumbeY One in Iris firm - said to be gene-rally "tough, unpleasant, lo11ely and unlia/)t,y." Dr. Wright adding that "tot, people" - are "often a bit maaic- dep-ressive o,r obsessional;" a11d thereby "produce ax a•fMI lot of st-ress - in theiY s · ubordinates." E11d result - says Dr. Wright - it's 1101 Number 911e "but ■ sNally Number T•o w ho c-racks up." WASHINGTON Washington again - a post-•ortem on / trials and trib1tlations of Federal ser v ice ; with ousted Commerce Secretar y Peter Peterson - discussing his recent sojoar,a in the Nixon Cabinet ; coming to the co,aclusion that lrard knocks and all - it was well worth it . Peterson rg: "The experience may have be•,a costly - but it was also priceless." LOS ANGELES Pol i ce Chief Ed i ard Da v is of Los Angeles - tire target of increas i ng criticism from women's libbers. TIie feminists charging that Chief Davis has failed to 1,ire a single lady cop - since he first took office nearly four y ears ago. Adding that, in fact, v acancies for female of/le• - ha v e actuall been used to add on more me,r. 'JPNoao official response~ / rf"n a letter to the local Board of Police Commissioffff'S ~ - Chief Davis urgi,rg a "u,risex" police force. Wl,lcll nae••• - said Ire ,- ~ - t Ire re ., o u l d be • o "po li c e men '' or , r police women" - only "Police t,erso,as." Tire Cltief st,eci/yi•g, however, that each of tltese police persons - m••t meet the same physical requirements and follow the same tral•i•g procedures . Minimum heigllt - .fi v e-eight; minimum .,,.W,,, - a hundred and forty ; minimum cllin-a,ps - eight ; minima,na time for running the mile - six minutes, and so on. By the wa y , tlrat last - also bringing up lite LOS ANGELES - 2 qttestion of u,iiforms. Chief Davis asserting that higli heels - are strictl out . Adding that men and women must wear th• same type of uniform - if they are botli to fulfill tlaeir official duties. The Cliie/ further declaring that these rules are necessary - or he'll end up running, quote, "a det,artmertt of midgets." SAN BERNARDINO FOLLOW LOS ANGELES In the same vei n - this next from San Bernardino; where a basketball game was in progress - San Bernardino Valley College ersus San Diego City College; the home team a comfortable leading by 1 twenty-nine points - tfJhen Coach Ray Blake ftleJtt in au unexpected sub. Not a boy - but a girl Jtamed Sue; Sue Palmer - a comely blonde - five-four; a rece,at San Bernardino addition to the [ team - who quickly lined up at guard. I She never got to play though. TIie opposiJtg Saft Dl•go players taking a vote - whereupo,. they walked off tl,e floor. v4coaclt Blake f1Yomisi11g S1111 - slle 'll soo11 get a::~:.~.,,. chance. "We'll stoop to aJtytlling to win" - said 1,e.