Monday, December 15, 1915 SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco judge -ruled today tllat SaJ-a Jane Moore is com Pe ten t to pl ea d guilty Io a c I, a r g e t la at • II e atle•t,ted to assassh,ate Ille P'teside11t. Judge Co"U basl•g Al• decision on testhnony from a gove,,.,.,,..,., t,syclllalrlsl - a•4 a staleme,it from Ille tlefe,ula,it llerself. Ml•• Moore telll,ag llae court: "I am at t,eace 111Uli •1••lt :. t•ers •• •ofl,ag f. •nld cllo•ge. " fte J111lge tlle,a orderi•6 a ••arl"g to•or~o• ol 111Jlcl, o• t•e basis of today's r•U•6 lee t,re••••lly •Ill occet,I ••r Neto t,lea. Miss Moore faclrt6 a t,osslble •••l•ace - of Hf• ht t,riso,i. A,ed NOID tllis ••. DETROIT U S new car s a I e s - u,, a g a i n - i,. I ,. e f i _ r s t le,a days of December - nma+:G. a whoP,,i•g /orly- /\ llaree ,,erce,at increase o v er last year; Ille a11lo iad•stry 's best early Dece,nler sltotviJtg - i,a siz ,ea'Ys. Tlae l>'Yice of •e• ca'YB - is ••• • goi•6 •P/ · at Fo'Yd, a l•o t,erce,at i,ac,,.ea•• - to talte effect i• l••••"Y· Al 8l ;sit • Clarysler - a• a11•r•6• of ~ sah•~ A-ntf tlar••" b•c•• a car. .as f I caot.tJNSJs ..!!. ore . . ').;" JsJss •odels. Tlais t,arlly lo off-set tlae cost -- of••• ••fety eqMit,•e,at. I ·'· SENATE T Ire Preside,. t 's choice as ,aew director of tire "1/'d4."- c I A - laszl or witness ~ today i,aA co•firmation laeari•gs before tlle Se,aale Armed Services Co,,.naittee. George B••• sayi•g llis bacllgro101d ifl politics a,ad lais friendslaif> ., illl t•• Pr es ille,al - s 1101,l d prove a• as set • I I lie C I A. Neverllleless, pledgi,ag to t>•t politics belai,ad •i• --"tlle "'i••te" lae's co,afirmed. o•I as a Vice Presidential ca•didate •st year - if aslted by t•e Preside,at to ru•. "To "'' lt•o.,ledge" said lie - "•o o,ae i• the l&isfory of tlais ret>•blic Isis .._ poliHcal bir~l&riglrt - as Ille price of co•fir••Uo• · for a•y office. " PICKETING O,a Capitol Hill - the Senate today completed coJ1gressional action - on a bill expanding uJ1io,a #)icll e ti,ag t,owe rs at co,as true ti oft sites. It JIOIO goe • to tlte Wllite House - whe e it may face a veto. TIie bill's baclters i,asisti,cg, laoaoever, it does 411119 meet "Ille basic co,aditio,as - set do.,,. by tlae Pre1ideJ1t• ••' labor aecretar, D••lot,. - - JERUSALEM 1'1 the Middlt East - Jerusalem - a report today tlte U S ltas asked Israel to co11sult t11itla Waslliftgto11 - before lau,eching any ,,.ore anti- g•errUla raids ""' into Leba•o11 : Tltis - t11e •re told - ;,. a •essage fro• tlte Preside•t folloa,i•g tlae U S • lsr•eli air stri•es. Tlae Preside11t q•otetl •• sayi•g lte does 1101 t11islt to be co11fro11tetl agai• - by s•clt • a,. "acco•lll i sited fact. " BEIRUT Leba,eese security forces i,a Beirut bega• to ... ove ir,to key buildi,egs today - along . . tlae tity 's eJflbattled sea fro,at. ~ Alosl e"' a r,d Claris liar, ga, ,.,,. e• - redaced/for 11,e ,,. os t wd /l•rl lo lsol•ted ••1/)er fire; ~ o b s # l • , r • ce••• fire r,egotiated s,u,day - ••Y be •. ,,._ w, u..- j,.iP~ lllfl"f II•• -..i11 • •r• t••• a lf•••11. ,~. CONCORD From tire Britislt gover,a,,.e,rt - a claalle,age /oda) ' to tire U S report of last weelr • o,a the aneo,urt of •oise prod•ced by Ille Co•cord •1•1•-•••-•t•s•t,ersoNic Jet li,eer. Tllis in letter of protest - lltJNd delir,•red to tlae e,eviroNMe,etal protectfo,e ageracy. calliag tire U S report - "grossly iaacc•rate - aslortishi11gly neisleadirag - Mrat,rofes•io,aal" - ••d d ■ e "e it lier to i ac o• t,e te race or so• el laiag el• e. " A spolte•••• addirag Ille Britisla are figll.lirag 1,act - l•cralive U S ro•les - ii ,,.,o ■ ld be tlae eratl of ti• p S S T pro1ect." ~~ WHITE HOUSE TIie White HoMse agai,a - first Lady Betty Ford 111c1s discussiftg today - 1,er Clarist"1ltls gift Hal. Mrs. Ford sayifeg Ille Preside,al told lier Jolthegly - lee t11a,ets "a 11et11 t,Mlsar t11rislt11alcll llaal costs lllree tleowsa,ad dollars.'' Mrs. Ford adtliag la•glaia1l1 ,,.,_I - lie •o• 'I gel it - ii 's "o•I of Ille q•eslio•." Tlae First lady ll'as Ille• asl,ed - t11laal tloe• slae t11a•t for Clarisl•••· Sle replied· at1d tlae fa•ily all logetlaer." really everyllai•g, t1101dtlt1 'I yo• say?" /