U IIJTE HOl E ls , /> · / r/. Pr . id 11/ Ford /oda v , , lo , d lha::t- bill aim • d al d la · in , an in ·r u · i11 oil import ee.. The P Y i d n l a II in l h ill - a " 11 at i, a I. " Adding thal imm dial a lio11 i II e ar - if lh U .S. i to g ain energy inde p endence . tit' At the same time thou g h , the Pr e iden';,._agree~ to def er v olu.nta · ril) for sixt da ys - Two Dollars of the new Tliree-Dollar-a - barrel tax; &Bing J.su at th e request of Democratic leaders in Congress - to give them more time to work out their own energy program. "I find this request reasonabl " 7Ae J., ,--;,.J - s a i d ~ Adding: "The important thing A' is that Co ng ress is finally mo ing." Further saying: "What we don't ,r ee d" r-ight now - "is a te.r;t o / strength betwe e n the Congr ess and the Presid e nt." L ' J ER . /lo .· / Pr ?' i rJ , u/ Boum ., di ~ nn o f \l g ria 1 --t:b.:s- • P ak r l da y al lh f ir .._ l . 11 mmil n ~e ting of fl:; major oil produ i n , nation ; on oil pri · - throu h the r ? maind Y o f the decade ; IRa- tlFA. on condition th oil producers i ncome and ass et s ~~4t~ "T" abroad - a1 ' e full e"•A••d ~ major onsumin g nations. Bottmedi enne also chiding "th e de v eloped nations," as he put it - for "li ing Jar beyond their means." As proof, citing what he called "fabulous sums) & spent -- - on arms fJ ·estig search for s u b s ti tu t e s for o u r o i l . " • T\TE I /11 /rt/ • D • par/111 11/ - lit and lra11 today an1101111 c • d lit ~ il(nin , o a II u Fi I u Billio11- Dol/01 ' f1 • cui ngr m nf. Tlti to in l11rl th f>ttr ha e of 11/) lo i , 1, l nu I ar pou er plant Th 11· a n i a 11 t o f u If i l I th e i r n d of l h bar g a i 11 - b y m ea 11 of I heir 11e1 l -acquir d abundanc o f o- ailed p lro-dollars. Seer ta,, of tale Ki inger callin this a tnodel fo · r futrtre coop ration - betu een the oil consuming nation and the o i I fJ r o d ,, c e · rs . LABOR Th.e U.S. Labo r Departm e nt announced today the filling of s e en t y -fi v e thousand n e w p u bl i c ser v ice jobs during the month of January. This with funds made available - under a ariety of Federal employment acts. The new jobs said to ha v e absorbed - about one of every one orkers; paying an average of more than Eigllt Thousand a year - fHt! :_ .f:;J better than unemployment .1 compensation. U.al ts J6'P, SK. a.. DETROIT In Detroit - Gene · ral Motor , Chry ler and American Motor tort1J reportsd new car sales in late ~ February ~ tire best yet " ' the current model year . The .A, new c,ir bu er apparently ta . king advantage of casll rebates - befo1·e they expired at the end of tlle month. SUPERSONIC From th F deral A iation Admini tration - a ten tat i e go -a h e ad t o d a y for s tt p er s on i c trans A t la n tic flight s arting next year. This by means of the new British and French-built ,,,. Concorde. s . i q , ~ ~ ~ - , , British Airways and Air France - f > l a n n i n g A ~ 1 ; ~ 4 - regiil ar-" fl ig,H s. to ••• 01 r.rr:r ••d Wna 6 inwt lb. PHNOM PENH Rebel gunners in Cambodia continued to pound away today - at beleagu e red Phnom Penh and the Phnom Penh airport. Toda y 's shelling - lea v ing at least nine wounded. Rebel forces also o v errunning a go v ernment outpost - less than seven miles from the Cambodian capital. ADDIS ABABA The neu militar y go ve rnm e nt of Ethiopia today laid claim to whd it called - "all land in the Etlliopian countr side . " This, in effect - a nationalization of all farmlands ; thereb y ending a centuries-o/,d feudal system wllerein tenant farmers were v irtually at the mercy of huge landowners. The govern · ment adding tllat big, private landlloldings .:. will now be turned into cooperatives, collective farms and "small, personally tilled laoldi,ags." SALISBURY , , . Rhode ian black leader Ndabaningi Sithole was arrested toda y in Salisbury - on charges of plotting to m11rder ri v al black leaders. The Reverend Sltl,ole said to be trying to ensure his election - as tl,e head of Rhodesia's African Nat~)onal Council. A government statement addl,ag tlaat he'll be tried by a special court - In closed sessio,a. CHEESE Almo t unnotic ed by nzost Americans - a quiet cheese re olution has been taking place here in the U.S. Where once the cheese market was confi11ed largely to American cheddar - today there are do2ens of varieties; with total cheese sales - currently running at two-and-a- half times of what they used to be just a few years ago. Tire average American - n t! eating about fourteen t,01111ds of cheese a year - says the National Geographic. All. but the French - still tl1e cheese cllampions of world. Regularly consuming more tlia• twice as ,na,cl, t ••••c:: per capita - as the average American. Tie Frencll love affair with cheeses - perhaps best ezpressed in an old French proverb which says: A meal without cheese - is like a kiss witho11t a squeeze." \"--t:,'\" ~ Yr BUCKINGHAM P LACE The t orld' 1nost famous "tram/)" was the center of all e es toda - at a special knighthood ceremony in ,. B•ckingham Palace. Eighty ~ e a r - o l d Charlie• Claat,1111 by the grace of Queen Elizabeth the Second. Wlaen later asked how it felt to be knighted - Sir Charles saying he was "dumbfounded." And Ito• did he ,,,_ to spend the rest of the day? By "getting drunk" - said he. But then he was asked if this ioas the final act of a long and dis ti,eguis hed care er; whereupon he shook his head vigorously - saying: "No - I've got one more film to do. " .t .., l T