Thu rs. , Januar 10, 19 74 BIS IARCK From Texas to Ne England the mas .. i e ice aJtd snou· storm has been causing problems for mUlio•s of motorists. Record cold in the ut,t,er mid•est. Forly 6elo• at Bismarck orth Dakota, - cold eJ1011gh for 111ef,,erc11ry in some weather bureau thermomete-rs to freeze. I• so•ller• Califor,ria - ltea J sno• bringiJtg out t•ro•gs of sltfers. I• San Ber11adino Couaty all roads to Baldy a,ad oller •o••l•I• resorts blocked by massive s110• drifts. KISSINGER From Secretary of State Kissinger - a call today for 11nited action - in the face of the present world-wide oil shortage. Dr. Kis si,ager noting that the U.S. is p-robably in the best position - to gtJin co ■ cessions f-rom Ille Arab stat es. Stressing, however, tllat "u11restrlcletl bl-lateral competition" fo-r available oil supplies - 111ould be ra,i,aoa,a." No siJtgle cou•try can solve tlte problem by itself - said he. 4ddl11g: "lit is esse•tial for all co11ceraell - to "nders land Illa t •e are lrul1 inter-depe,ade,it. " Fur Ill Br noting that "e e,a tltos e ,oho steal a mare II" - ,ao111 m ,aaol a vol• a future eris is. Th is las I - an obvious refere11ce to Fra11c•, where the r,rice of gas was soari11g today lo a dollar tliirly_ a gallon. Dr. Kissinger's remarks - backing up President ix on 's ca ll f o,,. an i n t e r ,, a t ion a l e n e r g:, c o nf e re n c e . T Ii e ecretar ~ of S ate saying the U.S. is e en "t,ret,ared to..._. discuss sharing our energy sources" once we ha e reached the point of self-sufficienc y .' ' SIMON Elsewhere In Washington - energy a C•ar "''"'•"' Simon . . was dlsclosh1g today - Ille formollo• of a new e,sergy task force. Its members - to come from the I•ter,sol Revenue Service 0,111 • Ille Federal E,sergy office_)._. Its Job to ••dlt tl,e "l>rlce, 1>roftl and su/lJ,ly records - of every 1>etrole•m refl,sery ,,. Ila• ,aatlo•. " ..,.,.(Ip TIiis a,s atlem/11 we or.e told - "to ...-•re ,,.,.,_ 1>etroleu111 prod•ct price l•creoses . . ore J••llfled - a,ad reflect 011ly l11creased costs a,sd ,sol l11cre•••d profits. " Slmo11 oddl,ag tllal "tl,e program I• •o ••Y -- reflects on Ille refl•ers; b•l # 111111 ass•re •• that 11,ey u,aderstand and are abldl•g by - federal energy office regulations." TRAVEL Tlte U S travel l,ad11stry - •as glve,a a m11ch needed boost today - from Vice Preslde11t Gerald Ford. This at a Waslahagto,a travel co11/ere,ace - officials a11d l11d11stry lead~rs. Gerald Ford 11otl11g tlaat U S tourls• Is ,so• a sl%ty bllUo,a dollar a year b11si,aess - glvl11g Jobs to "So vast a11d so l,atrl,aslc Is lils - hadt•slry" · - said lie - "llaal eve• ..,, s llglal rlJJJJles of claa,age I• Its 01>erallo11 - •••ll to •aves of high Impact on the 11atlo11's life style and econo mlc s tructMre .. " Tlte Vice Preslde11t adding that "travel tlaerejre must ,sot be looked 11po,a - as a frlvoloMs activity tlaal Is pleasureable but expendable." "It Is an essential part of our natlo,aa1 financial picture" - TRAVEL - 2 said lte - and for tltat reaso,a we m•st make every , - effort to protect It." 11' DIA JiA PO LIS lndla,aa officials were up ht arms today - over a -•••• supre"'e court declslo,. ln,ocltl,.g do•• tllat •••• •• state's loyalty oat la for poUtlcGl parties. The most o•lspolte,e perlaaps - ladlaaa J!IIOr,.ey Gener/ Tlaeodore Se,.dall; .,,.o saJL ,._ tlae co■rt's actlo• llas opeaed tlae sll•atlo• "to sucla a J)olal - lltat Murder Irtcorporated co•ld r•• as • J)oHl•e•l party." Sertdalt addlrtg tltal "so•etlnss a lot of crime Is co••llled ,,. Ille •a•e of liberty." BRITAIN British ral lroad e,agh1eers walked off tlaelr Jobs today - In respo,ase to a goverrtn,eJtt declaloft to "get to11gh" on work slow-dowJts. The e,agl,aeers actlo,s laaltl,sg fli:t:I n,ove•eflt of desperatf/1, Reeded coal aJtd steel supplies; also, stra,adlag la••dreda of thousa Nds of con,,na,ters - o,ae of • wlao• ••• lteard to say: " . ,,,. sick to deatla of It all - •o•elllag has got to be dofte about tltls rotte,a coa,,atry." .a 1 Brltalfl 's flew Secretary of Stale for Er,ergy' Lord Carrl,agto,a - also •arJtl,ag of s1111 to11glter restrlctlo,as lo co•serve electricity. "Tle message to everyone - said he - "Is to swltcla off ..,. something." BANGKOK Japan's Prime Mhalsler Ta,saka met today . . . with lilgla Tlaal officials hr Bar,gllok ar,d tlt•,a laeld a ••If wide rangl,ag news conferer,ce. TIie fllal• cor,ceFN however - - was clearly llae e,aergy crisis. Japar, may ,sot be able to "r•s/lo•d satisfactorily" to tlae trade com•ltme,ats II laas alr•ady made lo __. Tlaallar,d. Products I• slaort ••lily _., said lie - INcl•dl,ag steel, t,lastlcs, a,sd ra• •alerlal• for I erll ll~ er. Ta11aka addl•g tlaal "tlals slt•allo• also at,t,lles to otlaer couatrles sucla as Slaga/lore, Indonesia, and tlae PlalUt,/ll•es." KANSAS CITY Could you call them "instant doctors"? Well, hardly ; but the University of Missouri Ka,isas City Medical School has a new program to take seventeen year old laigll school gradlf.ates and tur,s them into full fledged doctors 111 six years instead of ten. This with tlae approval a,sd cooperation of the America,s Academy of Family practice which is also located in Kansas City. TIiey call it 11 11eao concept in medical ed, .. ation." EARTH ORBIT For the first time since they went into orbit eigltt weeks ago - the men of sky lab th · ree were given a day off. Bow do you observe o Tiday in space? Excet,t for 11ecessar:, chores - Astro11aut Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson a,ad Bill Pog1u1 ere given permission to "wing-it." Tia is following two days of intensive research work. The success of the three astronauts is said to laave left Grou,ad Control amazed. Ed Citbso11 comt,leti11g Jais ow,a work so fast - lie even tried to take over some of Misaio,e Commander Carr tasks. Anyl,ow they were all havi11g a holiday far ottt in space. ~EU Y RI TI, OU l1 ommuui 111 ir l blo om din Ru ia - · It in ha L ' I on r c I a i 1n e d th e i r brand i b e ll e r . And 1101t Lh y a , ,e all mptin g to mak th e an, e claim u ith r eg ard lotodka. e u Yor/1 importing firm announcin l( toda y it plan lo b g in mark linK this ) , ear - a new Chinese odka. And y ou '1 c gues e d it, the) call it - ''Gr e at Wall." Vodka! A jolt or Ito mak e )OIi think JOur Kubla Khan - or ma y be Gengi Khan. .- HEPHERDE L o II d o n a g a i 11 - I o d a .\ tt a I h d a B r i l a i n a n n II a l I y I ct ii " h Ph rd of lh Y ar." The winner this year f or /11 Ji r ti n-1 - a hep h rd · Mi s Doroth Bell - age tu nt) - ix u ho lend ome eight en hundred sheep in 11mb :1 r/and, England. In addition lo the honor in ol ed - Mis Bell also r c i • ing a bronze statue/le and a check. While all of her Eightee,z-Huudred sheep u. ent "Bah I Ball !"