F r ida 1, O c tob e ' r 1 2, 1 97 3 H HITE HO U SE l II o ff i c i a I W a s h i 11 g I o n , , . ; g h l a c r o s · t h e l a 11 d , a n d ind d around th g lob e - ma ) h e - th e u p e ns e builds. Pr e sid e nt i x on s c h e dulin g a nation w id broadca t f rom the Ea t Room of t h e White Hou e - at Nine tonight, Eastern Time. Th e Pr e sid e nt s a y in g h e then w ill announce his c hoic e o f a su cce s 01 " to Spi r o Agnew. bn it e d guests fo w itness th e speech . to include m e m be rs of C on g r es s , th e ca b in e t , and th e dip l om a tic corps ; and - quite f)ossibl _v - the ,iominee himself. Who will it be? What's y our guess? So called"informed sources" sa y three o f the final f iv e names under co,zsideration were those of f ormer Texas Go v ernor John Connolly, Go v ernor Rockefeller of New York, and former Secretar y of State William Rogers. For what it's worth, the President today also announced - Plans for a White House di'nner Monda y night in honor of WHITE HOUSE - 2 Jo n11 et · re tar Rogers. This following a meeting - with Se11ate Minorit Leader Hugh Scott and Ho1,cse Minority Leader G rald Ford. Hot e er, the President was quoted as saying on . l_v: "My choice may be somewhat of a sur(Jrise to some." In any e ent - the waiting is almost over. The President's s(Jeech will be carried live - on many of these CBS Radio stations. CAPITOL HILL FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE Whil e .,,_.•w waitin~ t!!!_s from Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield:- "A Vice Presidential selection in e ith e r party is politics;" said he and there is no way of a v oiding that reality. Mansfield adding that "Democrats and Republicans alike - are going to be confronted with endorsing a man they may have to be opposing in Nineteen Seventy-Six. But he also said that Democratic Senators - are near unanimous in agreeing on one thing; that President Nixon should pick - "the best possible" ma,a - "not a caretaker, and regardless of 111hether he - lf10u ld be a candidate in Nineteen Seventy Six. " STA TE FOLLOW CAPITOL HILL M anwliile, goes on. Today's l11rn of e enls - lnc!11~ a press conference by Sec re ta ,,. ) ' of St a t e Henry Ki s s in g er • ) zuitocltil j the new mid-east war ,,ss•ww of ~rl•ary, interest. D · r. Kissinger saying the Arab Israeli conflict has liad little effect as yet on the budding I:•••• It U S and Russian detente. Adding if and "'hen So vie t "a c ti on " ha s re a cJi e d a poi n t of irresponsibility - we will be very firm in making firm s tan d • " "B" t as of this moment " s a Id he - ""'e are still attempting to moderate the crisis." Incidentally, Dr. Kissinger also disclosing that the U S and Israel - 11Jere both a11Jare of Egyptian -:s-~,t.,_ and Syrian troop movements last week. ,-."We asked U S and Israeli intelligence - to assess what might STATE FOLLOW CAPITOL HILL happen-;-•• • ••~ on; Particilarly tohether there toas any possibility of an . . , . Imminent Arab attack. Dr. Kissinger saying the anstoer toas, quote - "no chance." .!:rSi.t,,~ ~ ~ - L4 l l r l ~ TEL A VIV FOLO STA TE More on the war - from Tel Aviv; where an Israeli spokesman was claiming h1d■ j - a major break through on tire Syrian front; adding that Israeli troops have now reached Qtana - a "bristling" military installation only twelve miles from Damascus. ~ - -'•••••• Syrian com munlque te lllng of fierce tank and artillery battles - "along the entire front line." Insisting, nevertheless, that Syrian forces are still besieging the to•n of O,ieitra - tJ,e 7P the G o la n He I g lat s • e • , 1 • a ,. • • Ar• /W ts + C ---- E g y I> t telljs,r of a major Israeli CONnter attac/>,~.;;:z,g kstse . ., the Israelis were driven back - •Ith heavy losses. BUENOS AIRES At Buenos Aires - eighteen years after he was kicked out - the return of Juan Peron. The former Argentine Dictator - officially Inaugurated today as the near, President of Argentina. At age seventy- eight - - 11Je are told - a mere shadoar, of ar,hat he rued to be. But still, a --•• a commanding figure. Peron's ar,lfe Isabel, age forty - was also sar,orn In as Vice President; the first 111oman ever to hold such a post - anyar,here ht the a,orld. HOUSE Capitol Hill again. Final Congressional ...( approval of tha bill - aimed at limiting the President's war making poUJers. The House passing it along to the White House - by a vote of ta1Jo-tltlrty- eiglit to one-twenty-three. A substantial margin - ,,,,rbut not enough to o v er-ride an expected veto. And so, it appears, another case - •here the President's views 11Jill prevail. F D A From the U S Food and it-ug Administration - an order today, effective In six months, aimed at improving nationwide health. The F D A orderh1g bakers across the land - to double the iron content of their 11Jhite bread. This on the baJis of a three year study - said to indicate that Americans are n . ot getUng enough Iron in their diets. And the main reason - ,oe are told - the declining use of iron cook 111are. - TAPES In lhe matter of Pres dent Nixon's disputed tapes - a ruUng at last from the U S court of Appeals in Washington. The se v en man panel, by a five to t11Jo majorit,, - formulating a complicated scAeme for hand Ung the tapes; for all practical purposes thougA - •••- sustaining a previous order from Federal Judge ( John Sirico.- and now - it's on to the Supre,ne Court. - DETROIT At one of the world's largest shopping centers in Suburban Detroit - ..,_,,, anticipation of the Christmas shopplng season - a special shop = lifting clinic. Police attempting to alert etes• store managers - to the dangers posed by Ught fingered customers. T,.e presentatio,i Including a display of about a hund1"ed tliousand dollars lfJOrtli of merchandise -- from parUc4path,g stores. It 111asn 'I donated thor,gh. Ra tier U ■a all stolen the day b~fore -- by a profess,onal • s ltolt- Ufter Ill red by po UceA a sMre a ttentlo• getter. PASCAGOULA The latest and most ivid of the recent .if«JAM U F O stories - comes today from Pascagoula Mississippi. A couple of ship-yard 11Jorkers by the name of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker - saying they 1C1ere fishing along the Pascagoula River (.,hen s u d d e n l y ~ a p p e a ~ , •1 a F4ysterious ship. The ltlJ'> men saying: "It hovered about three feet off th . e ground and three whatever they •ere came out, either floaUng or "'alklng and carried us halo tie slip. At tl,ls point - Parker appare•tly passhtg out. Hickson conthudng 1111th the story ......_itsagl saying: "Tlte thhtgs 111ere about five feet tall - "a pale color, •Ith big eyes, pointed ears aNd pointed noses - •earl•g skin type clothes. Hickson added that lte •as tlen examined from head to toe ,,,111, a gadget tit at looked like a big eye. waarsf.):z •hereupon lae and his friend - PASCAGOULA - 2 wer e both returned to the pier. Hickson also saying "the only sottnd they made was a buzzing humming - ~ sound; they left in a flash." A ~£~-w:d . ~ ~ ~ S C J I I I I ..,. 4 poUce spokesman saying: "We did everything ; "If 111 e kn e., - to break t Ire i r s tori es • " A d d Ing : /They 111ere lyhag - they should be in Holly11Jood." ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS From Rosewood Heights, Illinois the story of research engineer Ben Bisser; who, with a few friends, decided to go "all . . out" in developing a car - "simply for tire sake of getting better mileage." The car in que. · 1 · on - . . originally a ~ Nineteen Fifty-Ma Nine Of' ,.. 'i(_ ~ most of it ,._. body chopped away to reduce win HSI ■ JIO resistance. The e•glne ~ placed in the rear - sideways - to accommodate a nea, one speed tra11 . smission. .,-. Tires - tl,e ki,ed •ormally used on giant alrplanes~ln the back, side by side - •ith one •heel drive. And the result - a new a,orld's record. Three hundred and seventy-sl,c-point-flve-nlne miles ~ ~ r i? on a s Ingle ga lion of gas. }!JD~ ~ ' , - - - - - - '7, 0 ~-,.p -- Ac-' s ~ ~ t "'~'.,