Wednesda y , October 10, 1973 BALTIMORE As y ou no doubt have heard, Vice President St,iro Agnew has resigned. The Vice President's letter of res i gnation - deli v ered today to Secretary of State He11ry Kissinger, as /)er official protocol; this at almost the same ti m e a s th e s ender h i m s e If was arr a i g11 e d i,. a Federal c o,. rt in Baltimore. Vice President Ag11ew there pleading •o co,etest to a charge of income tax evasion dati11g back to Ni,eeteer,- Sixty -Seve11 . Also, a brief statement as follows: "My de c is i o,. to res i gr, a,. d enter a t, l ea of ,. o l o - c on t e,. de re " s aid he - "rests on my firm belief tl1at tl,e f)Mblic ir,terest reqMires swift disposition of Ille problems tllat are facir,g me. I a• concerned" he continued - "tltat tlle i11tense media i,aterest in the case would distract t,Mblic atte11tio11 from important national problems - to tlle country's detrime11t . " Judge BALTIMORE - 2 Walter Roffman then t,ronouncing sentence: Three yea,-s on t,robation along with a fine of ten thousand dollars. sp;,-o Agnew the first U.S. Vice President - ever to ,-esign, under fire. WHITE HOVSE The question of a successor - no111 becomes paramount; a fact quickly noted, by the !£hlte House. Press Secretary Ro• Ziegler telli•g reporters"-_Predde•t Nixon will promptly begin consultations 111Uh •l~r•-• ••'• National leaders - botll _.... 111itlaln and outside the A dmhtis tratio11. Ziegler addh1g tllat the Pr-esltlent "Intends to move espedi ti ously to select a •o•I••• - - and trus Y Illa t Congress III ill act prom/lily to consider t•e nontlnee. J••I •llo It •Ill be - rental•s to be see•. Tlte nantes most J>ro,ni•e•tly •e,atlo11etl •••••• - Governor Rocllefeller of Ne• York, former Tesas Governor Jolt• Co,s•olly, a11tl Attorney Ge,aer•I BlHott Ric laard so,a. MIDDLE EAST The nelfJ 111ar In the Middle East is noao five days old and still/no end ht sight. The figltth1g continuing today -- amid a cloud of con/Ucllng claims. The Egyptians saying tllelr troops a,ad tanks - are pouring across the Suez Ca11al. This follo111lng Israel's atlffllssion .. that It has been forced to aba,ado,a lts ... ~. va.,nted Bar=Lev Line. TIie s,rla,as also claiming to laave taken key posltlofts - overloo•l•g Queltra, ~c::- ·= em , He Golu Helglats. ~-~ a •allo••ldo TV address ~-~,.;_, ="1•• lsraeU Pre•ler Golda -jj;~ Israeli for,ces ti laar tlrlve,a tlae Syrla•s fr.0111 tl,e Go la,a Belglls ,.- 1 ■ IJI :ntc:-.- /ildhtg tllat lsraeU troops are sl•llarly driving back tl,e EgyJ>lla•• - alo,ag tlae East Ba•• of tlae Sue•. Matla,ne Meir furll,er •arnlng of "tll/flc"lt days" ahead - but predicting that eventually Israel lfJlll 1tJln. PRESIDENT ~~ - President Nixon 111as briefing congressiotia l leaders - on current "military and diplomatic efforts in the Mid East." Tlae Pres,dent also referring to the mid-east 111ar - In bidding farewell to visit Ing President Mobuta of Zaire. "Wltat 111e ''re sea'rching for - Is a lasth,g peace'' - said he. Adding that "1t1e 111111 /)lay a 'responsible role - very fal'r to both sides." The President later ,,,_. prese,aU•g a•artls to a group of tlisU,aguishetl scientists .. matliemallcltu1s and engineers; agah1 - 1'eferr,ng to tl,e fllltl-East; sayh1g Ille U S iJa must be strong "and Us stre,agtlt credible at tlils time." If not - said lie - "111e •o•ltl not be able to play a mediating role - and. •e tlihtk a peacemaki,ag role." MOSCOW For Japan's Premier Tanaka, u1 Mosco• - a press conference today follo•lng tlaree days of talks •Ith Soviet leaders. Tanaka saying t:IJfFt Russia and Japan laave failed to reach aft agreement - 011 a 1>eace treaty officially ending •orld •ar l•o. - - - Tise mal11 stumblhag block - said he - Ille fact tltat Ja/lall still co11slders tlle retunr of t1,e Kurll-e Isla•ds - a pre-requisite to any suc1, treaty. A hlgla Japanese official later addhag, 1,oa,ev•r, ~ t1,at)'Russla•s ltave agreed to tallt abo•t t1,e K•rlle problem. -14 And tltat In Itself, said lte - a very large .A step for•ard. BRINEGAR From Transportatlo,. Secretary Cla,ule Brhtegar - - a •arffhtg today tl,at prolonged •ar I" the Middle East could lead to gasoline ratlofflflg lsere in tlse U s. Even If a fe• .., ta•ler loads of f•el get lteld M/1 - said Brh,egar - II coMld lead to serious sltortages. A•d, tlte longer tlte ••r goes o,a ._ lte co,stl•Med - tl,e soo•er 11,,. U S •Ill lave to go to a ra tlo•l•g 1>rogra"'. VIENNA FOLLOW_, BRINEGAR A related Item - from Vle,u1a; 1Dl,ere tltere 1Das a break do1Dn today In negotiations - aimed at ~ tting a Ne1D />rice on mid-east crMde oil. Tlte - - six Arab Natlons1 taking J>art In tlte ta lit!!,,,., dema11dh1g a sixty-six J>erceNt />rice l11crease. Tle 1Desler11 oil comJ>aNles - calll11g tllls a,e "lmJ,osslble" de,,.a•d. A11 Arab B/loltesma,a 110111 sa1l11g: "It Is "" to t•e com/}a11les - to malte tlae 11exl move." COME BY CHANCE Up at Come By Cltance, Ne11Jfoundlar,d - a giant celebraHon today; marking tlte ope,tlng of a big neav oil refinery - built by American oil zillionaire, John Slaaheer,. Those preser,t a,ad takhag part - 11umberh1g ' ~ ~ thousand, h1cluding some l11Jel11e luu,dred •lac arrived aboard the Queen Eli6abetlt T11Jo, esJ,eclally clartered for tlis occaslo,a. JRRr 7>.e mai,a sf>ealler t l L e . ~ ~ ~ . , - { . c p 10-q Winsto,a Clurclell1,.J l■ d••'• ,,,, 1,, s•••••• ~ ~);! ,"!: -~:~//t-J. Tran at a • PerseJ,oUs a couple of years ago. ' Cost of tlte ne• refhaery - about t•o ltu,adred million bNt it's only a begi,u1h1g. Jol,.,a Slealeee11, according to Richard Nlxo• - tlee greatest sales,,.a• in the 111orld - also, cur,ye,etly building t11Jo moYe ena,,..... refi,eerles - bigger and better than a11ylhiflg ~~ ever before - nl a total cost o f .._ 1.Jillio•. _j- COJ,f E BY CHANCE - 2 tlte e,etlre east coast. ROME Rlclaard BMrto• a•d Ellaabetll Taylor - baci together agaha ht ?Rome - at least for dfn,aer. Tlte cout,le dhth1g o•t - follo11Jh1g Be,rto• 's arrival • ••ro•te to a ,ae,,, fl lm h1 Sf cf ly. This - leadl•g to tali of a t,osslble reco11ciUatfon. Frle""s aayl,eg, If so, Miss Taylor 11Jlll 1'robably acco•1'any B•rto• to Sicily. -(.d.. I• a•y eve•t - Miss Ta,lor~•o• co•1'letl•g a - • • fll• ~ of lter o.,,._ II'• lllleil "T•e Driver'• Seat" -, •••c• de ap!Jears\tto be f•,'IJ6, ~ ~ ; , - , ~ • , · PEKING Ca11ad~' Prime Minister Trudeau - -. ti•••tD.,. -e-1'\ today -4• Red c,,.., arriving 'f! Peking - where he 11Jas officially greeted by Premier Chou En Lai. Tlae Cllhiese •elcomlng ceremony ~-~~, uf ~ 1v7f'J.-- lii■ I ■n-,4■ 4 ~•ol11w---.U•UI,, heads of State, - Tr•deau 1Das also Clrou's guest at a state dh111er to,rlglat 14 I• Peki,rg's great laall of tlte J,eoJ,le. - - - a_ -C.;t TIie Ca •adla,r Premier arrivl,ag ~•••I ••• •1110,0:.1 late, ••II• •='U~Cllou1 cllatU■g "'"" Canadla• / neao, me,r 1 ,rotl•g tltat Ca•ada Is a cold co••try - ba,t the Ca•adla•s seem to be very t11ell accUmatl~ed. "Do you all go s kll•g?" • • • - lae as Ired. Wltere11t,o• a vole e from tlae rear sayl•g ~ goes to tire Carlbbea• for the .,,,,.ter. Cho11, 11evertlteless, turning to »•.,•••• Madame Chiang Yin - tlte t11ife of the Chinese "'9 Ambassador to Canada - telling her 6JI. ' "you should lear,i skiing!" ~ JIBTS - BA SEBA LL Rave you lteayd? 1'• tlte Natio11al League playoffs - tlae Mets won it. I,c theiy fifth a,cd decidi,ag game with the Reds --hammeyl,ag out a decisive seve,r to t1110 victory. Tl,e Ml rac le Mets ,ao111 lieadi,ag i,ato tlae world Series - agqi,ast BaltimoYe - oy Oallla•d -- •laoev•r .,,,., tomorro111 -- so, solo,ag 11,atil tomorrow.