ECONOMY --------- The cost of living index -rose only o•e le11tlt fJf one fJe-rcent du-ring Janua-ry - the smallest mo•tltly rise in fo11r yea-rs - a Wltite Ho•se spokesma• eiti,ag ~ the -repo-rt as evideftceAthe adfflhelstratio,a's ecoftofflic /Joli cie s a-re s lro•ing good res• Its. Tlae />rice of ffleal•, fresla fr•lts a,ad vegetable• decliaed iflstead of riah,g •• tlaey 11s•ally do i,e lite •h1ter montl,s. Used c11rs sold for less - at1d tl,e cost of clotlti•g tlrofJt>etl for 11,e firat time since last SUfflffler. f Federal Reserve Cla11ir••" Artll■r B■rn~ Congress tllat Ile ad111l■lstr•llo■'• /Jolicies are restoriftg vigor to /1,e ,eatio•'• ecofloffly - tllo•gla lte ad~ed •age """ JJrice it1creases ,,..,., be co,alrolletl if htflatio• is lo go a•ay.f I• Ml•"'' Beacl,, Labor Secretary James Hodgson told Ille AFL-CIO Co••cil Ilia/ President Nixo• la11s· t10 h1te,atlon of i111fJo•l•g ••g• a•tl fJrlce co•trols over tl,e e,atire ecot1offly al tl,ls ll•e. Tlao•gl,, Hodgsofl added, lae S take suclr actio• lo A .. • • 2 i,1/lalion in tire coNstruction industry if labor r,gement faild- to act vol••tarily. INDO-CHINA ----------- Heavy fighting continues tonight in In.do- Chifta - with 111.e South Vietnamese base twelve oniles iffside Laos co,nhig under Communist attack even as reiffforcements move 11Jestward along High•ay g on a relief mission. Field re1>orts say North Vietftamese trooJI• have cul the high11Jay in two t>laces - lachrg if •Ith mines. Blazing Communist anti-aircraft fire drove ~ mus,- lleUco1>ters trying · to evacuate the a,0101ded. At leas, seve• U. s. helicot>ters re1>orted lost over a t•o day 1>eriod. Else11Jlrere hr Laos~ to t•e ftortl,'<.. COfflfflURist trooJ,s overra• governmeat 1>osit10Jts - a,1,Ue r•J,orts from Cambodia say . . . CofflmN,r.lst guflfters are •leJ,J,l•g "" t•etr laarass•ent of traffic• o• Higlaa,ay 4 - Pla,ro,,. Pe,sl, 's link to t lae s eaJ,ort of Koffl Po•g So•. r,, Was lii•gloft, Seaat e Deffl ocratlc lealler 111171 Ma,rsfield called tl,e A lUed offe••ive '" Laos "a gafflble •lilcla may not be 11Jortlt t•e risks i,avolved." He questlo•s lo• it co•ld lead to f•rllter U.S. dis engage• e•t, addl•g, "'" "'y oJ,iJtion, •e may tre ll be "I> a g a I" st a s t a c k e d de c It I" L a o s • " 7 ' o lid • , ReJ,a,bllca• Senate leader BNglr Scott reJ,Ued - "Tl,e Laotian camt>aign •otlld J1ot a,ldea tire •ar but a PJ •ould coftstrict it, t>•tthrg "" eftd • lo Commuftist sanctuaries /lat slould lrave been destroyed four years ago. ZIONISTS --------- An allempt "'as made lo burn three Sovie/ dlJ>lo,,,atic automobHes ,,. Washhtglo,r s11burbs early today. tlefe,ue le•g•e tle•yl•g reaJ)ot1slblUty for tlte • ~ • , ~ calld for a ,,,ass sit-ht tle,,,o•stratlo11 al 11,e Wltlte Bo11se ot1 Marcia 2lat, to brl11g Preslde11t Nlxo11's atte•tlon to tlle J)Uglat of Soviet Je••- - •• .aJcl .- •1i1tezua ■ • JIID BA::iT -~------- 1'J-1sraeli Ambassador lo the U,aited States relur,aed home today - reportedly to esa•l•e ••at ••• termed "a positive peace offer" by Egypt. A•bassador Rabi• sayi,ag also lie was retur,ai,.g to disca,ss c•rret1t relations •Illa tlle United States., tlloNgl, lie det1ied report• of a rift •ilh Wasl,lt1gtot1. Diplomatic rejort• ,,. Jer••alem say Ille U•lled Slates is j'F'esa11rlag larael to aet a tinaetable for •lllldra•al fro• Arab la•d• occwjled slt1ce Ille Slsty-Seveft •ar. STUDENTS ---------- r;fu,~ ~ ~,~ VJVl~ Ankara, Turkey) R'iol J,0UceAbaltlh1g seven 1,ufldred students on lhe campus of I I • ~ lfniverslty - the students deferrling their dormitories •Ith ,,istols, tljftamlte ar,d gnsoline bombs. A crOlld of mor" tlla• a tl,ousa11d Turkish civilia11s •atching tlae battle from bellind ,,olice lines - afld curshig Ille st.,d•,ats as "da,,.,. ' Co•mu11lsts." A . t least fifteen ,,ouceme• -a,ad t•o ~~ C • - ' ~ ~~ sltule,ats fre,,orte~,,,,_,, ~i• five •o•rs of figlttlr,g. - Ato•eletl off by a ,,ouce declsior, to searcla t,.e dormitories for AGNBW ------ Vice President s_.,,.o Agn~ive,-ed an A address on revenue slaaring )in lntlia,aat,oU•• tudu; - ~~ ••s••• ~t tlte sta,-t ~ Ire •oa,ld "obey and rest,ecl" cu, Jfltlia,aa State legl s la t11,- e res olutio,e t laat t,f'olaibil • "'"' f,.o,,. t,layi,eg golf i,a Roosie,. -lafttl. 'flo••"•"• ••• #,I.. VIC e P 1' e B I tl e ft I --~,lblll:tuFl,,,,;;=,P!:P l!FIIFIJ"J!:ll~U-5 •s:::::11111110F1MIF=IP::.f;i Jiftllfpffllll~·~•-•i:=. • ~ .,. tlae• ,rotlucetl a bastelball - dribbled it a co•,I• of ll•e• a•d ,assed It to I•1Ha•at,0Us Mayor Riclaard L•g•r. µk IA. 'U? ~ ~ l'il• A'• ''1 orange Jui cf! invasion is takh1g Par•s by storm - changing the eating llablts i• a land •llere gour• et dhrtng is a 11atio,a11 l t,a stU"' e. Tl,e : t - ~ Frencll .>,llave J11st discovered or•nge Juice; a,ad H . Ille biggest U. s . . s•ccess _ . story to co•e o•t of ~~ Fraace in rec••t years.1F On tlle R•e de Levis •;!_•••Miii' ~ n & > tlle ~ food sltot,t,iag district' la Paris - a clerll /lol•t• to botll•• of Florida orange J•lce oft • sl&elf ••d 11•1/IU, tells yo• - "tres t,ot,•l•lre." In Parisi•• ••I•• ••ri•t• - ove•-cltees~colle.- ,.,, Ille n••ber 011• best seller Is at a rate of •ore tllan a •Ullo• gallons a year. AVTOMOBILES - · ------------- G M l1tairma" James Rocl,e says lie's slicllhag by lais receJtt J>redictio" Iha/ tlle aNto ifldNstry •ill sell "early left millio• new cars hi tlte Ualled Slates tllls year, basiflg /tis forecast 011 •llat lte calls "taaglble l•dlcaHo••" of a sales u1>t■ r11 - a"'o•g 11,,,,. tit• fact tl,al coas11•ers last year ••tl•r•1>•"' by more t••• liree •Ullo• dollars tlte 1>ortio• of tlaelr laco•e lltal ,aor•ally go•• for •e• cars. A•d s1>eal,l•g of ••to•, Dr. Georg• ••••II• of Del••are U,altJersily - I• a lecl•r• :,~•Ult•o•I•• •ltlt Meclaa,tlcal detJlce• - · ••cit as tltelr cars. s,,1, lte - rucsoN --------- Yor, can count Oft the finge'Y's of ot1e lu1t1d t•e ,.,,,,.be'Y' of days a spo'Y'ting event is 'Y'ah,ed out h1 Tucsot1, Arl•ona, but that's 1t1hat lla1>1>et1ed to t•e o•• luu1dred te• tho•sa,ad dolla'Y' Tucso,r open Golf To•r•••••t. It started rahliflg tllere TNesday ,rlg•t ••d t•e slao••r• co•ll•ued ,,.t•r•lttently ""'" early to4ay - atr••ge