MONDAY, JANUARY l4, 1974 EARTH ORBIT A of Nine Ten tonight - Eastern time - America's Sky Lab Three astronauts will be setting a new sf>ace endurance record. Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson and Bill Pogue - comt>leting Fifty-Nine days, Eleven hours -and-Nine minutes in orbit. Thereby s11r-t,assing - the 1>revio11s mark set by Sky Lab Two. Then on and on they'll go. Sky Lab T1tree - shooting for eighty-four days in all; a new s1>ace endurance mark they say may s land for a decade. ASWA N-JER USA LEM In lhe Middle East - at Aswan - Sadat says "no". The Egyptian President rejecting today - an Israeli troop disengagement plan. This in le, . gthy talks - with U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; whom he then ga e a 1111 • • . , . counter proposal - to carry back to Jerusalem. Dr Kissi,ager is thus contt11uh1g his shuttle ,:s:s;.- back and forth between the Arabs and Israelis. Alo,ag the ioay saying "tlais is the toughest 11egotiatio11 I've ever ~ ~ ei1.ld 0 J:- ', ,- been in - a,sd the most compleK.- but I like the people." ~ Dr Kissinger also sayi,ag the gap between tire two sides - has been "nar-rowed substa,atially." PORTLAND The nation's first v ol ntary gasoline rationing ,,,,eM .. , went into effect today 1 in iae 1h1l1 ot ie.■ a Oregon Dri v ers with even numbered license plates - getth1g first crack at today's supply. Odd numbers tomorrow. A,sd so on. 11i:;r,~ it seems to be working. A dealer in E u g e ~ 1 ''lt looks like it ts stopping tl,e 1 panic buying.'' SAFETY From tlie National Highway traffic safety administration - a report today on the safety . . aspects of the urre,at energy crisis. Admi,aistrator James Gregory noting a fifteen to ttoenty perce11t drop ,,. ldgllway deaths.; i,a states that were first to lower their speed limits to conserve fuel. This compari11c with a decrease of only two percent - INN in states that fail to reduce ~•ltt speed limits. sig,aificant ,feductio,a" If/er z•peeds a•d travel payi,ag off i,a highway, safety." SIMON FOLLOH SAFETY In Wa hi,igton - energy Czar Simon te tifying before a House Senat economic sub-committee; calling for ia legislation to require oil companies - lo reveal much more information about their oil reserves and marketing policies. "We now clearly need mandatory reporting systems and mechanisms to clleck and enforce their proper operation." HULTZ Trea ttry Secretary Shultz, i,e a statement prior to lea ing for Rome for a meeting of finance ministers of t1ae free world's twenty wealthiest nations, observed that the soaring price of oil is hitting hardest at those wl,o can le a st afford it; namely - the 1tnderdsvelo/)ed nations. ANNAPOLIS Annapolis, Maryland - a special three judge pa11el today recommended unanimously - that former Vice Presi de,ct s,,,.,, Agnew should be disbarred. The panel saying: "This is not a case in wlaich a busy lawyer had careles " ly or i,aadvertently failed to obey the law. But one i,c whicll "the responde,ct deliberately failed to report - ,aearly thirty thousa11d dollars worth of tasable income." Tl,e cour · addi,cg, i11 effect, "tl,ere 's 110 excuse. " NEW YORK •t lit le The nation's best newspapers f- i_ccording t o ~ ~ew>:- o,i1-••ti ■s today 111 Time Maga~tle 1' The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Louis tile Courier Journal - the Miami Herald - the Milwaukee Jour11al - Long Island Newsday - the New York Times - the Wall Street Jour,sal a,sd tire Waslaingto,s Post. Time .t••• going on to say that each "ca,s be brash and a I ldrcC:iPN enlertai,li,ag - as well as informative." Adding: "Tlaey are willi11g to risk mo,sey, time a11d ma II power 011 e xte 11de d inve s tiga ti 011s" - a 11d "t lie y offer a range of ◄«Sl'«««tlfrdisparate opi11io11." NEW SOUTH WALES Weekend rains in Australia - as ....,_ mucl as sis inches in some places - have added to heavy floodi,ig i,a New South Wales, Queensla,sd arsd Victoria. TIie Australia Broadca• tiflg system today . . ,._ reportl•g up to thirty feet of water - in a n11mber of loto 1,1,.g areas; leaviflg teJ1s of tlousa,ads of sleep a,ad cattle l11dtlletl - ~ ~ together on -r mou,adsl\of tlr, 14,atl. Ma,ay - said to be starvi,ag. Tle floods also causi,ag at least fift••• deaths a,sd miUio,as of dollars •• damages. MOSCOW Russia'• Nobel pri&e wi11..t.1 1 A lexaMder Solalae11itsy11 ,,,,._ ~ was tl1e targ e t of a ,cotlae r bitter blast today i11 Mose oto. Th is ,,. an article ,,. the C omnr•11is t party Jtewspape r Prvada - deali,ag with lats latest book - "tlae Ga.Zag Archipelago." Pravda sayiJtg tltat .._Solalte111tsy,. is "literally claoki,cg •Illa patlaological laatred - for'"• co••lry .,,.ere la• 111as bor,a a,ad grB• •I>•" Addi,wt•at Sola•e•il•Y• '• sla,ader is s•c• - ,,.a, "every •o•••I •a11 o,a earth ca,anol b•t t•r• atoay i,a a•ger, a11d • dl•g••t." QUALA LUMPUR Japan's •••••";\Prime Minister Ta,aaka ~ co,ati,aui,ag his travels tliro•gli southeast Asia(at Quala Lump•r ,,. ~ Malaysia today/.compari,ag Japa,a's prese,at role - .,111, tltat of tlte US folloWJi,ag World war Two. The America11 pres e nce ha Japa11 ,,. tlaat period - said lie - created "stro,ag criticisms; stro,ager tl,a,a those i,a So•tla East Asia today N agai,ast Japa,a." "B•t tlae assista11ce of America lielped ••greatly" sal.d l,e - "a,ad so the majority of Japa11es-e people value 1'igl,ly tlte US role." Ta,aaka addi,ag tlaat Japa11 "seets 110 eco,aomic co,atrol ,aor e%cessive profits." of Its tradl,ag I partnersra:.ly "lo,ag-term arra,ageme,ats - •••• based 011 trust and frie,adship." JAKARTA Next stop - Jakartafwlt.ere a ba,ad of a,att- Jaf>a ,ae se de fflOJIB tra tors - a tte mt>te d to storm Ta11ata '• plane; delaying Ill• af flcial .,elcom•r■ t":'-:1111 te,a mi,autes. LONDON From Lo11do11 - another episode today ht tl,e exploits of Fiona Richmo11d, girl reporter. Miss '1:9••• Richmond, you may recall - tlae a•tlaor of a recent series of "Kiss and Tell articles." Di•c•s•i11g in i,atimate detail - laer roma11tic relatio,esl,ips 111itla a number of met1. Site the,e turned to tlu, tlaeater - appeari,eg as the sca,etily clad teroi,ae i11 a 11•di• al,o.,, . . e ~ called "Pajama Tops" . . . . !!.0111 leavi11g t ~ to talte 1, a,aother 11et1Jspaper assig,emeiat. Miss Riclamo11d l,eadl,eg for,._ Russia to I J Al report 011 "tullat t•r•• 011 tlae East Europea11 male beside• Marx a11d Le11l11." - Before sl,e left laer ·~ slaotlJ tlao•gl, - Miss RlclaMo,ad ~ ,~vel,.,,, a parti11g shot at tl,e Britisll gover11Me,at?tor refusi11g to supply l,eat - except to so-called "c•lt•ral establishme11ts." ,, · we're just as c•ltural as tlae Royal Shak e •peare Compa11y said slae. Addi11g: "our audie11ces - ~ - are,- practically all stude11ts of a11atomy." A MT. ARARAT A U S expedition may soon be headed for Mt. ' Ararat In Turl,ey - to s e a ~ r lce - bou11d re11111a11ts of Ii, Noah's ar~. Dr. He,ary If ■ r ••• Morris of tl1e l11stihde for creation research i,a San Diego sayl11g...., lats gro"p - - has Just received "quasi-official approval" from tlae Turkish gover11me11t. Addh1g tlaat a,a eiglat ma11 tea,n - is expected to leave for Ml. Ararat 111 J1111e or J11ly • ... -A-,11 The i,astlhde for _£reation researc~ a body supported