Frida , F hnta1- ~ v 2, 1973 C PITOL HILL Pre id nl i · 011 nl lo <JPilol Hill today part ne of his late of the Union adt/1• a11 add1' s he plan to f)resent !hi ~ year - i,z a ri of 1 1'ille11 me ages. Th e Pre id e n t re ,z e II in g h i ca I I for a le an er government - one Iha/ fJ/ac s mo,-e ,•eliance Oil the indi, idual. Adding Iha t the f i>· t pa rt of th i de c ad e II as been good . "Our job ,zow," he continued "all of us together - is to make Nineteen-Se enty-Thr e a11d the ear to come e en better." The President also extended a tentati e olive branch - to membe1's of Congre s. "A President" - said he - "I recognize that I cannot do this job alone." "My sincere hope - he I enl on - i that th execulit e and legislative b 1· ,i n c h e s c a n w o r k toge t h e r i n I h i s gr e a t II n de r t c, k i "g; in a positiie spirit of mutual respe land cooperation." VIETNAM In Vi 1 /nam - a f ter f i1 • d<1 ) o f eemi ngl _v i11lermi11abl d la - lit I ad r of a four pa,,t ommission r e presentin g all llz ·ombala11I me/ for the first time today in Saigon. They qui kl _ , ag1'e d to hold /heir first, orking s ion on Sundtl): u ilh number one 011 the age,zda - the release of Ameri a11 pri oner ~ of war. The U.S. u a al o afJfJl j i,ig pressure to both the Nortl, and Sou th Vietnamese - lo re,ieu /heir land-dot n orders lo troops in the field; an effort to stop the local, st,aradic fighting /hat still persi ts in many places despite the signb,g of the formal cease fire agreement. South Vietnam' President Thieu i as lashir,g out today at the Commu11i I members of the International Cease Fire Commissio,,, accu illg Poland a"d Hungar of dragging their f e e t ; a d ding th a t ti, e C o m m ,uzi s ts m tt s t s h o t more good w ii l to, ard reco g 11.izi11g ase fire iolation . 0 LO Fo, , • lit f irs/ lim e in hi to1 •y - lh Nobel foundation trip s a 11 1 a . , i l · · I oak of s c r c in O I o I o d a - anno1tncing /h e n a m e· of om e o f lhos - 11 ho are b ei ng considered for thi ye ar' ob e l P e ac e Priz e . At /h e head of th e list - al l e a l, a far as the U . S. i co11cern e d - P1 • eside,zl Nixon - for hi trips to Moscow and Peking - fo1 ' hi · efforts to limit the proliferation of nllclear weapo,is . Otl1ers on the list i,icluding President Tito of Yitgosla ia and Brazil's Roman Catholic Bishop - Dom Helder Camara. HELENA Firs/ - O/1/ahoma - 11011 Montc,na. Th e lat/ r becoming th c 011d lat lhi u ck - lo reject that proposed 011 ti/11tio11r,/ a111e11dmenl pro1.idi11 1J equal riKhl for i omen. Th e Mo11tana 11al t11rni11 U dou. n b _, a ingle ol e after t, o hour of impa sio11ed debate. One of the mea ures chief oppone11ts - Democrat John McDonald - who said at one point: "If Jesus wanted people to be equal he would ha1 e ltad six men Apostles and six women." BELFAST In No rt/t e rn Ir e land - th • 011/laL ed IRA u as torn b y d i ss 11/io11 loda It mod rate "official" , i11g - accusing Militant P1 ' 0 isio11als of declarin g open L ar 011 the protestant Ulster De/ e n e A· o iation. Addi11 that this can only lead - to "a a age ma a re of i11noce11t people . " Therefore urging Roman Callzolics to ban together in denying sanctuary t o b o m b e 1· s , a n d tl II o t e , "m u rd e r s q u a d s . " Ne ertheless, anoll1e1 • terrorist attack - just a few hours later. Tu o I R A gunmen - apparently Provisionals in ading a Belfast paint store· lini,rg up a number of emplo ees demanding to know which of them uere Protestants. A police pokesman a ing: "The the,i selected a Protestant man - and shot him dead through the head." Adding that thi oould b e - the first shot i11 a,i ITA sectarian toar." NEMPLOYMENT Th • U11 mplo_\ 111c12t rat, - do, 11 again la t month endin , up al a11 Cl' 11 Ji e percent - according to figures a111101111 d today: thereb y, matching the Pre ide11t' interim goal for a ing 11nemployment . Chairman Herbert Stein of th P1•e ide11t' ouncilof Eco11omic Ad isor - observing that thi further upports the pict111•e of a strong labor market. WHITE HO E Th Whil Hou · e again i ).! ltl m mb 1 ' of Pre ident ixon' 11 e 1t I ) re i e d ca bin e t " r e 1t orn in Loda in a mass remo11y. Th e i11c/11di11g D fe n e S e relar y El iott R i h a 1· d o 11 , C o m m r c e S c re ta r _\ Fred r i k Den t , La b or Sec , . ta r . , Pe I e r B r e 11 n a n - Ho II s i 11 and Ur b a 11 De v e lo I> m e" t Secretar y Jam e Ly11n - and Transportation Secretary Claude B1·i11 gar· also, UN Ambassador John Scali, special co1111sel A ,u, e A r m s tr o II g , and Di re c tor R o y 4s l1 of t he Office of Management anti Budget. Some are Republicans and some are Democrats, said the President." But they can bes/ be described - one a,rd all" aid he - "as a peace cabinet." CONNOLLY Jo It n o 11 11 o I I y of T x a - a , i itor in Wa hingio,z lit i u e k o n f r r in g L i th P re i d 11 t Nix o 11 - a l o , tap in g a TV in/er; , ,,. O,ie of Ille fir I question - about the report that Preside,,/ Nixo,i has tabbed Con1101ly as his firs/ choice for Pre ide,it i,r Se e11t -Six. Co,rnoll replying: " I think I'd better lea,e town - something like this /JO/JS · up every time I come to Washington. And then - in a more serious ein - he added: "I don't reall believe the President said /hat - I can't belie,e he would be making a stateme,rt on Iris choice of a Repttblican nomi,ree only ixt da s after his own re-election." Later on though, Connolly observing that he "might i ell" s, itch one day - from Democrat I to Republican. Bttt he added quickl : "If I do it - it's not going to be on tit e b as i s of s e e k in g th e Pres i de 11 I i a l 11 o m i 11 a ti on - i t ' l l b e based on, hich party I can be most comfortable in." BREW TER El · 11 h r • i11 Wa hi11glon - former Senator Dantel Bre, ·ter of Mar land ua set1te11 ed today lo Luo to six , ars in /)1'i 011. Thi - a ou knot , for accepting b rib Brett t r's co-defendant Lobbyi I Cyrtts Anderson imilarly en/enced lo four-and-a-half ears. A TLANT From tit National Center for D i. ea e Control - in Atlanta a r port toda ) lhat London Flu i till sweet,ing th e ountr a,,d lh11s a ull cale e pidemic forthe fourth trai g ht 11 e k. Wor e et - London Flu and related illnesses - are aid to ha e clnim . ed more than a thousand lit es. Last week alone an inc,·ease of more than three hundred over normal. AN FER ANDO VALLE} bi z rtrr a ~ , , ial cha i · r port d loda-' - from the ski · hiKh a11d low, oi er lite Sa,z F ~ · r11a11do Vall y in Southern Cnli/or11ia. A mall ingl 11 in plaue allegedl buzzing a chool uh reuf>o11 a police helicopter was ent 11p to i 11 t ' es I i g a le - a 11 d II a 11 ea r l y r a m m e d . A s e c on d, fas t e r helicopter /hen joini11g the cha e which continlled for more than t, o hundred miles at altitudes ranging from a thousand to fifty feet. The pursuers reportedly forced to take evasi e actio11 time and agai11 - to keep from being htt. Tn the e,id though - the plane was finally forced doro,a at Whiteman Air Park. Its pilot Paul Harsch - age thirty promptly harged t ith assault with a il.eadly weapon. Said , eapon his airplane, which he had stolen, by Ille IOI.I MIAMI Miami, Florida - a stor uith a surprise ending. II start out wit'1 word of the death of one Nish Scott. A car had era lied into a concrete carrier at eigllt)' miles a,a ho11,r. The dri er killed instantly. Police later informi11g Mr . ft . Scott - her husband had bee11 killed. She was advised to claim the body - at the county morg1te excef)t that 011 tlae way - who should she run into but her - late ltusband. TIier ---- was her Nish explaining that he had picked r,p two ltttclt-laileen - who then beat him and stole his car. Later the dead ma11 was identified as Eugene Robinson - a convicted robber a,rd ra/)is t. At any rate a happy ending for good Samarita,r Nisl, Scott . NOVI SAD This next from No i Sad in Yugoslavia. The police there nabbing a u oman attempting to steal a number of shoes from a local depa1·tme1tl store. They were puzzled though U,e shoes were all for left feet - so they asked the wamaN • "u hy, why?" Because - Bill - said she - "l took all tl,e right ones yesterday!" PUXSUTA WNEY Oil th e weatller front - for w hat's tt' worth - tl,e g · ro11,r d ho g s a 1 hi shadow toda y at Pux s u tawne y, Pen nsylVtlllia. Puxsi,tawney Phil popping out of his hole atop Gobbler's Knob - justat dawn - so they tell llS ; spotting llis shadow and tlleft I scurrying back inside. According to legend - tl,is a sure sign of six more weeks of winter. All of rohich - may ,,. • .,, be good news for skiers. And now from WDBF Del Ray, Florida - so long until Monday.