{) HINDUSTAN , , ~ ~ The focus of NJorld attention- ~ storm over "' ~ Hitadustan; WteAe New Delhi ..a clai•,aing to,aight tlaat J,rdia,a troops are now advanci,rg i,ato East Pakista,r 011 all frorats. Adding that the Admi,rislralio,a of - Ol!Cupied la,ed -- is bei,eg tur,eed over i111111etliately to Ille Ba,egladesla J,adepende,ace moveme,et. Tlris follo.,i,ag a, a,a•o••ce•e•t by J,atlia,a Pri•• Mi•ister l•tlira Ga•dlai i,r tlae J,edia,e ParHa•e•t; •• a••o•,aceme,at ezte•di,ag for•al recog,aitio• - to tl,e • Ba ,ag I a tie II r e be l s • Wlrere.,,o,. 11,e member• of Parli••••I • • • ~ lllelr de•"• ••d •slto•t~ over ••d o,•er: . - ".Tai Bat1glatleslr" -- lo•g . live Ba•glatleala. ll••u 11 ■Id■ =>- P a / i l s t a . ~ ~ di,,I oma tic rel a ti o,aa "'" la . l,adia'J ~ s t i l l ha si sti,ag - its troops are holdi,ag firm. WHITE HOUSE WIii• Ai•"• •· li!JSO• - PresideNI N i x o ~ M . £ / •••11•1 with Cot1gressional leaders of bollt parlirs 1 ,Hiressing lhat the U S musl mat,alain "absoh,le •e•lralily" -IJ.~~ /i• Ille J,edo and ,aol Palli sla,ai - beco,ne "fJlaysically it1volved"U. . - - - ,.,.,,, ~ •at". " A •ii •••"A Sec,elat"y of Siu le ••11•■• R oget"s •••01u1c~ ~ of •early •i•ely ,,.;ilto•"''" U S ge,aeral eco•o•ic aid lo 1,adia. Co,ate•di,ag tlaat · ii ,,.iglll llelfJ Ne• Dellai - i• Us curre•I flglllt,ag •itll Pallisla•. JUSTICES Th.e first of President Nixon's two Rew at,t>oh,tee, to tile SN/>reme Court - easily coftfirmed today. Ricla,,.o,ul Attorney Lewis Powell Jr. -- cleari,rg tlte /Nil Set1ate by a vote of eiglaty-,ri,re to Ofle; ..,.. TI.e lofle disse,et c•11da1 /rs.a Olllalao"'• 's Se,aator Harri,. As for Ille Pre,ide,at 's seco,ad ,ao• h1ee - - Willi•• IHI Rell•q•i•t -- Iii• ,.,,.,, lf1i ll ~ co"'e ••tlll later i• tlae 111eelt • ..,.. '6,ervera •0111 t>redict . . . -- tlat le - Ills too, SENA TE The Se,eate again - Mrs. Ro,,.a,ea Acosta Ba••elos was a1>1>roved today as llae ,ee,o U S Treasurer. by voice vole - wHho•t debate.; a,ad llae fact tlaat illegal Me%ica• alie,as laave bee,a fo••d to be •orlti,ag i• Aer aoMIAer• Cali/or•io food /aclory - ~ ••• j••t igt1ored. Ro,,.11•a Acosta B••••los tlae - - ' •••• - yoM'll be seei•g laeracefortla o• all U S cMrreracy. F D A From Ille U S A» Food and Drug . . admhcislraliofl ~ Aa warni,ag l••JiRI against products conlaini,ag lllree per ce ,., or more of llexa c hl or opll e,ae; o,a I lie gr 011,ctl s tltal steady useage - "'ay result ;,. brai,c damage. But ...... observers quick to note - tlaere are relalive8ly fe• suclt 1>rotl•cts t>rese,ctly o,c tlae market. A,ctl a st>olt••••• for Wi•tlaro/1 Laboratories, a 1 2 leadi,cg •alter of llesacltloro1>lle•e 1>rod•ct• ~ ~-••11- "I• "' ore I laa • I ., e • t y y ea r • o / • s e • • ti t e • • o / "' ii U o • • of cases - tlaere laa• ,ce,,er bee• • sircgle ret>ort of Ila r"' ., Ire,. "s e ti a s ti ire c I e ti. " INDO CHINA In the fighting ht lndo China - the ma in groufld actio,r ioas again centered today in Cambodia; with ene•.)' forces captNriflg th , e key railroad to"'" of Bade,ag nortlt of Phnom Penh - after two days of i,llet1sive •ortar bo•bardme,at. •usl_7" Saigon .,. the U S comma,ad reportf.. tlae wUla4ra.,al of a• additio,ral forty-o,ae """dred •e• last .,eell; tlaereby c11tti,ag total U S troot> stre,agtla to tla• lo.,eat flgMre •h•ce November of Nit1etee• Si%ty-Fh1e. MITCHELL Williamsburg, lTirginia -- a meeting of U S Corrections officials. Main speaker - ,.. Attorney General ~ John llitchell, _ . . called U S prisonsA"the most neglected a~sf>ect of our s o c i e t y ; " ~ ~ ,ta, America now has the best opportunity in this ce11tury - to reform its prison system. Mitchell explaini11g that recent prison revolts ...... = foOUlil .. ,,.blli' DltitNUua "* , .. ·••J•=•--. ,,, ... ~ , , ...t made tile P•blic more aware; a,ad this" I t7 ). s a i d It e - " w i ll Ire l I> s p e e d II• e pr o c e s s of r e for m • " Mitchell also announced Administratiotlaras -- to establish a new national corrections academy for penal officials; J ?ta p·atterned after tire prese,al F B I academy - for police officials. An attempt - said he - to overcome deficiencies - that have tur,aed our prisons into "colleges for crime." LA URENTIANS Up i n Ca n a da - i n t Ii e rugged L a u re n t i an m o u n ta i,1 country - another of tl1ose "wilderness survival ~ ~ expeditions," 611"• ll ■ y•i::r-e-.;: Tli groury eleve,a "'t ::e I s • 1 ,r • ff Big- snowed - in t his pa st weekend - ; n dense bushland about sevent, , -five miles northeast of Montreal missing for two days -- till a pair of l1ae ltilte~11aged lo - read a girl's school at Nearby St. Sophie. The ~est - later recovered by police and volunteers using snowmobiles. Tlae resc11ers sayiwg all eleven ma ■aged to survive, ■ II ,11•• b11t 1 r•• just barely.' GM The new chairman and Chief Executive officer of General Motors -- as of January One: Richard C. Gerstenberg -- a one-time time-keeper in G M's Frigidaire Divisio,a; more recently, G M's Vice Preside,al ~ and...,_ head of #:s fi,aa,ace committee. Richard C. ~ Gers te,ab erg now to BNcceed tlt.e reUri,ag Ja,,. es R oclae. NEW YORK From a New York lu , sband and wife tea,a who design and ma11ufacture greeting cards - somethi•g of we a preview toda, , as to wltat ~ can expect in the mail for the next few weeks. Da vid and Margery Farer listing as the three main themes in this year's Christmas cards : One -- pe11ce. Two - religio , ,.. Three - lo , ve. a successful lh1e of rather off-beat cards. 011e of tlaeir best sellers in rece,et yeaTs -- a card tltal said: "We regret to inform. you - · tlaere is 110 Sa,ata ~ " Claus. " , Farer, · eWjtl ■r "l'I liur ued IA■ I ~lien a major magazine folded - one of those cards was P osted on the bulletin board " ,) ' "We took that card out of tlie line -- once and for all. u MARTINIQUE Last week - y ou ma r ,~ecall - a st1dden 011tburst of volcanic activit .v -at Mt. so , ufriere on the isla nd of St. Vincent in the Ca1•ibbean. Now we hear of the reawakening of a sister volcano. Mt. Pel'ee ' , whic ' h began steamirtg today - on the nearby island of Mar tinique. Tllis means tl,,at after seventy years of sl,,mber - tire twin volca,r oes are threatening a,eother fwin disaster. The last time they erupted together - bac ' k iN Nirteteen-oh-Two; Mt. Soufriere wiped out some two tlrousand t,eot,le. and Mt. Pelee thirty tllousartd. Except for• Se v e ,. t e e ,et le C e n tu r y e r up ti on a t M t . . Et• a ; · • S l c il y - l le worst volcano death tolf in all llistory. LIMA At Lima, Peru, Senora Sarah Patricia Ramos celebrated today - her one hundred and third birtliday th e f> i c tu re o J I> er Je c t heal th . Helping her- celebrate •ere s eve" ell ildren , /or ty - three grand ell il dr-e,a aJtd oJte -luuulred- and-oJte-great-grand cliildren, Warren . SAN FRANCISCO At San Francisco - a weekend board meeting of one of America's best kno wn conservatfo• groups. The Sierra Club a:a. voting to sponsor a new program - en/ling for "extensive ecological plan• ing,." in tlae construction of housing developments and recreati.o,aal facilities. At the same time, , cutting back a three year old campus liaison prog , ram - also, a book p , rogro• - ha order to save mone , y. .. .. Executive director Michael Me.Closkey ext,lal.",( that the club's membership has do11bled i,e tlte past six years. "Public support seemed bouadless" - lie we ,et o,e; "ma ,ey t lt:011g lat we were i ,.., iaci bl e _ , a little effort yielded big results." 111■ ...r Now -- he said "it no lo11ger does;" and the• •• time has come to reg r o u I> - - "to ma s s our for ces a ga in. '' Mccloskey adding : b u ~ ~ - t f r e . r r a Club ~ A ;,J "The world needs to be saued 1 - cw_i-4 n ~ should n o t ~ ~ e d bJ lie U I a I f o ■ -· t ha t i t ca n do it a l o,. e . ' ' '