PE~TAGON o i er . ca From th e p t w--e-f o.a ,-. ~ ~ e n ago n 91 .,,:::::?:ii& ,. t 10 T _ $ Cs Plana(~ to close a number of #s -~. military bases/ Defense !,_er.retary #lemua Sehl i11ger ayin g ~ some of these Asses are Q . " ~ ~ tt:l,o~ ;1esenffJ lot .. rs.- in western Europe 41•• Ill , t•• :., F . - f i i i force wherever possible • . ( . , ~ 5 ~ ' 4 Sc6l •~announcement"' coming Just prior to his departure for a Mato meetlng 7 1,a Earope. The de/en e secretary golr,g on to note that tl,e - - a . . P - ~ ~ ~ - "stale millpond" of Nato fi "lias beer, atlrred up" by /lie Middle East crisis. ••,,4J! ;:'.li; lie Intends to seek a strengthened allia,ice - by means of a greater Ettropean contrlbutlo,i. At the u~ ~ t:o same time - J •••· poTky W! tncreasi.g 4 11 l ~ • n tire Jn . dlan Ocean. nava _ _ , , , • " well aware of the • enhanced lntere t that pertains to the Indian Ocean- as a result of events that have occurred over the past Jot1r week • Adding that ~~ - "our visits) -1:e J • ► "will be more regular." NEW DELHI For L onid Brezhne - it was farewell today to The Russian leader flying -t:u k w home t6r aft r~ week long talks with m••• ta- Madame Gandhi. In the wake of Brezhnev's departure ~ a joint statement in which the U S figured promlnefttly. Madame Gandhi saying she welcomed tl,e new detente - between the U S and Russia. Calling thls an important tep - toward the relaxation of tensions right around the globe. today a _-::;;-~ ~~ s ~ India's Foreign Mlnl~er A also welcomed Sk . t?'j:tf:Jl statement by #en: JJ,Klsslnger - saying the )- U S will not be htlrt by improved Inda-Russia" re la Hons. surendra Pal Singh adding that the U S and India are once again learnlftg to live together - ,,f equal"'"'• reciprocity and mutual "on the basis • J Interest." WHITb ' HO SE 1'*• Wlalt• #oaau • Prestd, , nt Nixon met °f .... today with his top energy advisoqan attempt to de elop wa} , s and means - of AcUc:r meeting the pre ent energy crisis. WASHIN TON Crowg Eagle Elsewhere in Wa hlngton - Egll Bud Kroglz u as Pleading guilty t:Dd ■ 9--• to a one-count cit il rights iolation . ..._ This a reduced chaYge - in connection rvith the bYeak-in at i» ■ Nlut Ells bet gs ps ,,c 1zia tri st 's of fie e. The form er head of the White tl ,, House Plumbers ttnit - noao expected to turn state's e idence. CAIRO In the . , . Middle East - an an,ao,u,cement toda) tliat Egypt is -reconsidering - tohether to attend tliat Gene a Peace Conference. Cairo giving as its main reason - the breakdo111,a of cease-fire ,,,,,, --=' talks on the Cairo.,. Suez Road. Egypt 's se ml- official ne111spaper Al Ahram also sayl,ag: "Eg,pt ~ 111111 not ••••w hesitate to res•me tlie 111ar - M If Its procrastination." Israel Is allowed to conll••e 1111th ,C Otes.,.. '\. JERUSALEM FOLLOW CAIRO ll'lllt :i;, Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Mhtlster Golda Meir was meeting 1111th American Je.,fsll leaders. Mada me Meir saying tlae Arabs have Imposed "lmpostlble conditions" - but Israel .,,z, go to Ge,aeva a11y.,ay. Adding that she, too, .,as co11cerned - about a /Josslble - C::d;J resumption of /lglatb,g. ~ Tlae Lady Premier,·• 1•••: "I don't kno111 - I lope not." JERUSALEM GREAT BITTER LAKE FOLLOW 57:lralill•I' AHd Nui&i I i i liliil!" Egyptian and Israeli tA:) troops f...s tagl.w a brief clash today - on t,.e •est bank of the Suez. Tel Aviv saying the EgypUa,as 111ere attempting to advance to ne,o posUlons - 111 tlle vlclRUJ of the great l}tter J.ake. - -t;,kd- Addl11-,:: I NiEHl9" ,,.. drive was qt1lckly re/ndsed - by a,a lsraeU cot1,aler attack. E A RTH ORBIT lllgla 1r&o0e tie e•rl1i :. A merlca 's s•y Lab Three was re-poslttoned today for another photo sweep. The Initial maneuver - plus rett1rfl to flormal - using up only ele v en percent naore gas t1ta11 allotted; so another problem - appare,atly •o lved. A •lro•••I observlflg Ed Gibson A.. 1 au•~ that - "someone's done .., tlaelr ••111 homework down tlaere." PORT .1lm' MORESBY At Port Moresby - the first step l,s tle blrtli of a ne111 nation. Papua, NelD Guinea a.'1s•mh1g the respon lblUty for Its o•n hster,sal affairs _ as of Saturday morning, local time; If all goes ••ll _ a move expected to lead to full $ 1 4a, hadepende•ce from Australia by next spr#,ag. The ne111 gover,sment of Papua, Ne• G1d,sea Is apparently determl,aed •laat's more - tlat •U •Ill go 111 ell. In order to make sa,re - ba,a,al,ag tlae so le or pub Uc co,ssumptio,s of alcolol for tlaree days. Also, closing all lotels, restaura,sts a,ad private clubs - till the middle of _ ,aext 111ee1,. F•rtlaer, telU,ag the country's 1 1110 a,ad a lalf mllUo,a residents - to stay In their homes, If at all possible, at least PORT MORESBY - 2 till . . . Monday. Indeed, the only formality co,a,aected with the change-over; the s.,earlng f,a of Mlcllael #l'rSomare, age thirty-seven, the son of a ,aatltJe policeman - - as Papua Ne• G•l•ea 's ne• Hlgll commissioner. In tlle •ords of at least o,ae _ . observer - a sl,agalarly u,aescllf,ag translUo,a. T ' EDDY Th twelt e year old son of Senator Ed•ard Kenned y aoas re l e ased from tlae Washlngtofl laos/)ltal toda y - thirteen days after the amputation of lals right l eg . Young Teddy - appearh1g ,,. exceUe,at spirits - aoUh tire help of crxtclaes - .,alltl,ag ••aided to his father's car. Seraalor Ket1~edy brf,agf•g alo•g his son's most prized J>ossesslo,a - aolllcll tlae yow,agster later displayed to neaosme•:- a football - awtograJ>laed by the aohole Washf,sgton Redslulras football t•••• CHICA GO Chicago - the final session of tlae FoMr B national £Ongress; marked by the presentatlo,a of Four H Presidential a1Dards - on beltalf of tlae Wllte House. The winners - six In all; incl•ding a brother and a sister - Do•g a,ad Marle,ae ~st, of Littleton, Colorado. Also, Kathy Maclio1Dsltl of Richmond, Mlclaigani- Fred Gurley of Jeffer1or,, Georgia: Charles Rivara of Rlt>J,on, Callforr,la; a,ad Carol Byrd of Merritt 4-a lsla,ad, Florida; tlae fl•••t in the land - •• ~ • aclaleve,ne,at, cltl•s••lalJ,, } and leadership. OSLO From Os lo - an announcement today tlsat 'i)Jt, •••'J Kls s lnge · r will es tab Us h a scholars lalt, fur,d - with the money he ••••+• receives as co - -1111,u,er of the Nineteen Seventy Three Nobel Peace Prize. The new "Klstlnger scllolarshlt, fund" - to Itel/) educate the children of American service me,a 1,Uled or missing in Inda China. LEA VENJII/ORTH ~ . - ; - - f f l K T d e r " -14~ The stor y /I co min g today - from I ~ In the big laouse. Lea v enwortla Federal Penitentiary ,~here an lnmak _ e by tlae flame of Ray Drake, age fifty of Tulsa - 111as killed earlier Ills month by a fire bomb hurled Into his cell. Officials addlNg - tkere Aas be•• fto i ■ .. ntJns Indictment as yet; but • 1111g I> a fello• prisoner It Is being held. A J,rlsoN sJ,otesma• sayl•g: "It was J,osslbly a coftlract Job" = tlae wort of a hired killer. Drake aJ,J>are•tly s11s1>ectetl of bel•g an Informer - or al least • • • too frle•dly •Illa prison a uthorltles. I UKRAINE The s tor of ajR us st an s lee p Ing beauty - , is reported toda y from the Soviet Ukrah1e. Ber Name Nadez hda Lebedin. Doctors sayiNg slae first took ill - back in Nineteen Fifty-two; later lapshag into a deep sleep - that lasted more tliaN t111e•ty years. Finally I S§Z« beginning to come aro.,,ad J•st a f•• GA-fl\ ,m nths ago. Doctors addl,ag - she •••f' see - she can talk, and she's noao relearnf,ag to •all. A case - said to be "extremely rare." ••• I Hat b U w I I U .tf...;t ~ <tL k ~~• ~ ~ - ¥ 7 ~ . : : t - ' f ~ ? A LIMON1" Chicago a g ah, - a small o f C Ti r is t ma c 1z e er - for ,n en s er v Ing max h11 ,,., •Ix month sentences for failure to pay alimony - or child sttpport. Judge Robert I I x Ht1nler r•ll•g that such men shall be given tlaelr temporary fr•edo• • to spend C hrls t mas 111 ltla :Ill tlaelr fa ml lies. Pl•r• ~ •• ar1e 1111 /.. In the _,,,, laope "tlaey 111UI absorb so•• of the Clarlstmas spirit a,ad me•d tlaelr says."