CAPITOL HILL On Capitol Hill - a sudden turn about; with President Nixon today drawing surprlslng support from the Democratic l e adership in both houses of Congress. Senate Democratic Whip Robert Byrd settl,ag the general tenor - when lte called for an end to demands for the Preside•t's reslgnaUo,a. Tlte Presiderat is "not yet even a defenda•t," said he. Addlrag, lf tire Presldent ls forced to resign - "future Pre~ derats u,i ll no longer serve flxed terms and will slay Ira •JJh•:r of/lee only by popular approval." Byrd's r e m a r ~ f o l 1 0 1 D ~ a similar appeal from Senate MaJorUy leader • Mlke Mansfleld. "This is a time to keep cool" sald he. Further lnslsth,g that "resignation - ls not the ansa,er." A statement CAPITOL HILL - 2 later re-echoed -- by House Speaker Carl Albert who _ . sa,d he would "have noth,ng to do" ,,Y wills attempts to force the President to quU. BATON ROUGE FOLLOW NEW ORLEANS The Vice President today at Baton Rouge, before a joint session of the Louisiana legislature cited tl1e progress made by the Nixon Administration - in botli foreign and domes tic affairs . WHITE HOUSE Meanwliile, the President was meeting today - with Bealtli, Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger - attempU,.g to formulate a "possible replacement - for existing public WJelfare systems." Weinberger later disclosiftg tltat he also brought up the subject of resignation - urging the President ,rot to step doWJn. TIie President said to have answered: "Don't worry there's no cllance of that wllatsoever." CARS On the economic front first it was Chrysler and Ford and now it's General Motors. Giant G M announcing today an average /)rice l,screase of an average of One-Hundred , dollars - on all Its cars a,sd . trucks. JERUSALEM --~- :..'rf In the Middle East - Jerusalem -~ Kissinger net tonight with Israeli leaders; attem/lh•g to lrammer out a new pea . ce proposal for presentation to Syrian officials wl,en he returns tomorrow to Damascus. An aide to Dr. Kissinger sayh1g the gap between the two countries - has been ",aarro.,ed very significantly." ROME An attempt to repeal Italy's three year old di v orce law - was defeated overwhelmingly today at the polls. This - in defiance of V~,. the-" • 11 ■ Cat• 11 fife rlrrcfl . : d - - ~ ~ A l s oA a h • M • • ~ • • ~ s e t - back - - Jo r It a l y 's r II U,. g Christian Democrats. Observers addi,ag that; 1•11•••• ttallau Prime Minister Mariano Rumor - may be forced to resign. AT HENS Former Vice President J~h• a v ts tt or today in A I hens. Wl,en asked "it's private business and I wHl not speak of H." Local sourcJ~1;;'ggcstlng ~ he may be seeking a Job with Greek sl,tpping Magnate John Latsis. MOZAMBIQUE Portugal's, new number two man,.1,,,,., on a peace mis s ion t o day I-' to the troubled city of Be;ra in Portuguese Mozambi11ue. General Francisco I ,~ · w De Co st a~ u r g Ing g u err H la~ -c•~l~•~•~•:1:-11:1, NlffF=flwn=lt:fl~r:11RdFlr.-=e'IRla=:e.~n,~ lay down tltelr.,,,, arms and form a legitimate political /4 Pt, 'ttJ.... ot"ga,zizatlon. /ledging to work with such a group - to bring about badly needed reforms. ' t WASHINGTON Washington again . - Barry Gold.,ate)' .a:ss ,,,_ addressing today H a meeting of the Aviatio• Space / , , ~ Wrlters Association) Fl a a. J w • 1 a l l r ur gl•g I- "a second look" at the possiblUty of constr11ctl11g a nc., ~••••• fleet of dirigibles. T1tese could be used - said he - In meeU11g real transportallo• 11eeds?' Uke sld/>Ph•g e11llre Ao•es and buildl,ags - - from factories to constr11cU011 sites. Gold.,ater adtll•g tlaat Uglater-tha11-alrslaips protl•ce little pollutlo~ - are virtually soundless, ca11 re•ai11 aloft for extended perlotl8,,J and Jltj don't 11eetl airports. TOKYO -4-"" !f 9 Bat In Japan /.i tlae latest fad ,n plaotograplty ,s lllal ej tak,ng Pictures of nudes ln frortt of famous _,_, '7 -'-v-t!---1 e ~ ~ 4 . , ~ t'P t\.f e•ss cte8 ,,,. temples Ii 8al ~ Tokyo plaotograplter fo11r,d lalmself In Jail today - for golrtg ,-.,= a bit too far. What d'd lt c do? He took a p,cture of a r111de s tartdhag In front of tlte French Embassy he 1'ol,yo; 4lilllii6 a11 act LONDON The ultimate in nostalgia - is repor · ted from London tolaere tire BBC rece,atly hosted a di1111er - for BTHisll arclaaeologists, a,atlarot,ologists, and laistoria,a•; tire me"" co,.sisti,ag of foods ,aormally eate,a - tlao11s1u1d• ,;f years ago. From tlae Sto,re Age, for example - ,a,its, m,isl,roo"'•• Jellied eels, 1>raw,as, cockles, 11,ad s,aails. Fro"' a,aci•,al Egypt - beer a,ad bread a,cd d11clls egg• - .,1,;cl, o,ace co,.•tituted a tasty breallfast. A11d fro"' ancle11t Rt1me rock s11ckli•g pig; ,ol,iclt sou,ads oka;• except tllat it ., •• us11ally drow,eed ,,. a Roma,a sauce called liq11ame11; consisting mainly of fish salted and ferme,ated for a co111>le of mo,a tl,s . O,re of tllose wlao tried it sayi,ag: "No., I 11,ao., what caused the fall of tlae Roma,r Empire."