MIDEAST Frida y , January 11, 1915 Joh,i Bart TIie Wliite B011se today co11/ir m ed reports tlat tl,e Pe11tago" has supplied Lebano11 witl, "11'at was termed "a Secretary Ron Nessen - i,a co,afi-rmi,ag t1'is - est,lal••tl tlat "•e liave a lor,g s tartdi,ag military BMt,t,ly relatlo••llt, •Ult Leba•o•. " His stateme•t came as Israeli a•d L•6a•••• forces esclta,aged border artillery fire for 11'• •lslli •Ir••••• Y••••r Arafat is •o• i• t,erso,eal co,,.,,.,.,1 of P•l••ll•I•• MAYDAY Tlae long distance ,oires to Waslti11gton 111ere ket>t busy today - 111ith hundreds of America11s tryiflg to fl•d oe,t wlaether tltey are eJttitled to r~ceive . coe,rt-a•arll•II damages that cotdd go as ltiglt as ••v•ft-llaousa11tl-als -ltu,allr• tlollars, A Federal court J•ry yes tertlay a•ardetl a lol•I of l•elve-MILLION dollars . lo l•elv•-IJ••llr•II GflU•••r d••o•• lralors arrested o,a t•e Capitol • t•P• o• M•y Fi/llt, Nlt1ele•t1-Seve,aly -0,ae. Al tlio•w• so•• l••I• - tlto•••"" ••r• •rr••'•" .,.,, tlet•l••d d•rl,ag Ile ••••-lo,aw r•lly, II• A••rlc•,a Clt1II Liberti•• Ualo• Pr••• etl co•rl •cllo• o•ly I• 6•1•1/ of llto•• •rr••'•" o• Ila• c.,1101 • l•tt• • 2'1• .T••llce a.,.r,,,,.,., ••Y• II I• co,aaiderlfl6 .,. . , , •• ,. CIA Senate Democrats are reported to be consideri,ag creation of a special committee to i,avestigate tlae C-1-A a,ad otlaer American i•tellige•ce age•cies. B•I De•ocrallc leader Mike Mtutsfield refused to s#)ec•lale o• tlte o•lco•• of a vole o• tlae matter - e%1)ected Mo•day al a #)art, ca•c••· r•• •e•s#)ater - Seallle Posl-l•lelllger,cer - •ere t,arl of a,s atle•t,I lo slot, ••c•rlly ,ae•• I•••• Vj ro• detected a,ad ••lllaer tlae for•er official flOr tlae ••••••• 111ere lde•lified. SK ITCH In Ne"' Yot"k, Ba,ad-leadet" Skitclt Be11det"so,a today 111as seate,aced to sis motUl,s i• Jail a,ad /iried te,a tlao ■ aa,ad dollat"s jot" fili,ag Jals e i,acom e tas t"etut"as. Tl,e yeat"s iavol ved 11Jet"e Ni,aetee,a -Sisty-Niae aad Seve,aty. FORD Senator Henry Jackson of Washi11gton - virtually a certain contender for next year's Democratic presidential nomination - says he will lead a Senate Jiglat agai,est Preside,st Ford's program for solving our e,sergy t,robl•••, Mainly, says Jacllso,s, lie will try to t,reve,et tlae i•t,ositio,a of a tariff on i•t»rled oil - or allo• • •••r~ rise ,,. tlae #)rice of domes tic oil. Be describes tle Pres lde,at 's energy pla,es as "h•flatio,eary, rec es• lo,ear,, i,seffeclive, i,aeqaitable ••d r•l•o••. " Bue• as Jt1cl,ao,e • • • st•U•g ••• opt,oalUo,a, II• Preslde,at a••o••c•d tla•t - later Ill• •o•II - •• •Ill lr•v•l aro••d ,,.e 11allo• lo aeell P•blic bacl,l,ag for ltls eco•o•lc Iliff co,.gresslo,aal res is ta,.ce. ECONOMY Something of a back-to-work movement is coming next week in the car industry - with some Fifty- Tltree - Thousand laid off workers returning to their ;obs. T.,e,aty assembly t,lants will ot,en again. Even so, more tlaa11 fort -four-tllousand workers will stay o,a temf>orary layoff• will, a,aotller o,ae-laundred-seve11ty-five tltousa11d or so still out of work by so-called "ot,en-ertded layoffs." Tlae country's seco,ad biggest bar,k - First Natlortal City of New York - today lowered Its t,rl•• i11terest rate for busl,aess loa•s to •i•e-a•d-11,ree-fourtl,• r,erce•I. Several otl,er big ba11ks did tl,e • • • • •ii• o•• ,,. Del•ott drot,t,l•g to ,.,,.e t,erce• t. Ralt,11 Nader says telet,l,011e bills may soo11 be more Illa• seve•-luHedred-MlLLION dollars laigleer, wltl,o•I F-C-C af>f>roval, u11less Co11gress clla11ges tlle law. Otl,er- wise tlee average t,leo•e user, says Nader, will fJay sev•• t>ercent more. AVIATION TIie National Tra,...r,ortatiort Safety Board ref>orts tlrat fot1r-htu1dred-sixty-severt f>ersorts died ht airlhte accidents last year - ltigltest total iJt fourteert years. Titer roere ,.,,.e fatal airline accidents duri,.g tlae year - all bMt o,.e involvi,.g crasltes. De board says a big ir,flMe11ce ,,. tlae ltlgller fatality rate is tile fact tlaat t,la••• are carryi,ag more f>asse,egers. Tlae ,ea,,nber of crasltes re•ai,aed Ila• • • • • - but tile fatalities doubled. A,e i,adepe,ede•t fla•el i,avestigati,ag air •afely, res lg,.ed today - sayl,rg tlteir effort• •ere c••ct•d &y Tra,esportatio,a Secretary ClaMde Bri,aeg•r. P•••l c•a1r111a,e Rlc•afrd s•o.,I> says Bri,aegar NOT o,aly ll•ll•d tl1e i,rvestigatio,. - lte also a,a,ao1u1ced lte •oMld •#)l)ol,at •i• o.,,. f>a,eel to investigate tlte sa•e tlti,rg.