WHITE HOUSE President Ford today •ff la appealed to Congress to act o,a a broad range of unfia . islled busi,aes . s be/ore #- adjoar~e.rt month. Of almost importa11ce - . ~ said Ire - tlae confirmation of Nels . on Rockefeller as Vice President; followed by pend . ing bills o• trade reformi ... foreig,a aid: appropriatio,as for gover,a,,.e,at operatio,as/ tN,- moder,ai.aation of the u,aemploymettt compe,asallo,a system: a ,aeao age'f&cy for ettergy researcla, • a,a~federal aid for urba,a mass trattslt. The Preside,el also urgi,ag cottgr•••i0ttal and, itt postpo,ai,ag for tlaree mo,atlis - a sclaed.,led pay •••••• raise for federal workers. "Tlaese •/forts are esse,atial" to the figlat agai,ast i•flatio,a - said lae. Adding : "We simply ca,a:,aot afford to fail." LONDON FOLLOW WASHINGTON Here's OJI e - a report OJI iJ1/ la tioJ1, Britis I, style. A London ne 11Jspaper ) comparing British food .-r..v? prices - with those , - cl,arged i,a ~ mid-,oest<-e_ comi,ag to tlte concl.,sio,a tlaat except for )Tread - 1111,icla is fed•rally subsidiaed Britisl, foods cost Jar mor• rigltt doto,a Ille li•e. Britait1's,- laigll . ly respected ~ " ' 4 1" eco•o,nist Jll ■Ii• ,i . . - also at}vis i,ag Britai,as tl,ere are ,. - - ot1ly tllree 111ays of bea I i,aflatio,a; 011s - to em igrale; t,oo - to live off bread aHd claeese ,,. a re,ated ace om ,noda tio,a ; or, t ltree - gel • e11t to Jail. PARDON Lest theTe be any doubt - a ,aeao assuTat1ce today from tlle White Rouse. spokesma,a Joll,a H•slien sayi,ag the PTesident does •ot i,ste,sd to pardon a,ay of the Watergate defe,ada,ats before}lley sta,ad trial. Uft:,l"MIIJj!,;Ut_,_ ( ,~!&AA~ "lb At~.,#,;,/,-( c.-tc.., ·: e Se,aat~-;..vw=:;a--,., •• ••« de He tee ccrte au;,,, later adopt~ a ...... _ . . .,.., esolutio,s -1,.-urgirtg • • • e,. Ii a ll y t It e s a m e c OM r • e • MITCHELL The Nixon pardofl was again the chief issue filed in an appeal"today by WaleTgate de.fend.ant John Mitchell. TIie foTmer Attorney General claiming tAat RiclaaTd Nixon, by acceptiflg a pardo1& - laad "•"avoidably implied" his oao,i guilt; thereby, seeking a dismissal -- on the grounds that "a fair trial~is ao la,ager possibl•:• Mitchell adding: "The i,aequity Is parUc•larly aff•••i"• - where, foT ,ao legally cog,ai~able reaso•, o,ae co- co••Pirator is peTmitted lo go /fee -- wlatl• otller . co-co,aspit"a tors, aolto aoet"e su bor4iflates ac U•g i• iis MITCHELL - add W-«4 Mitcllell argument,._later eclloed i,a similar appeals - filed by former White House a"'es H R I ; • Haldeman a,ad Jo•11 Elarli . cllma,a. ADD MJTCHELL Bad all tlrree were tlae,s rejected - by Judge Sirlca. DAVID With R i ch a rd Nixon s tt ll inc om m ,,,, i cad o - so,s-i,s-low David Eise,allower today assumed the role of family spokesman OJI the Today sho., OJI TV - sayi,ag 'W_ the former Preside,at's health - is not good;l\llis left leg c ~ •• lw swolleFabout twice its J1ormal I\ " Tliis - •e are told - tl1e re~" It of c o,a """ i,ag Da fJid also sayi,ag . tis at emolio,aally - tl,e /or•er Preside,at ''has his ups a,id dow,as." "Some people describe lahn as sharper tha• ever iJI certai,a ••eti,igs" said David. "A,a'! tlie• at times - yes. he's depressed." ~ David added. however • . l\llis fatlter-i,a-law ' ~ . . . "i,a o,ie se•se relieved tltat ~ t11e Viet,aam am,aesty ~ iss.,e ltad.., •ot been directly tied to lats pardo,i." Had that been true -said Ddvid - "he would lave had no choice but to stand trial; a.e, •• •• would have done SENATE The Senate today unanimously confirmed the nomination of John Sherman Cooper - a ~ i r s t u s Ambassador to East Germany ; also, Kenneth Rush as Ambassador to France - and Shirley Temple ~~~ Black as Ambassador to Ghana. A. ATLANTA Atlanta again - twenty-three year old ~ Marcus Wayne Chenault,A was found guilty as charged lud•1 :a in the murder of Mrs. Martin Luther Ki,ag electric Senior. He was then senttenced to death in tlie,ial J 1 x chair. ADDIS ABABA Eighty-two year old Haile Selassie - l:R "co119•erhcg Lio11~0J- J • d a l t " ~ • ~ ~ e p o s e d ~~~ ,oil ■► as Emperor of Ethiopia. lcJ ■ ccJ)\ removed from lais palace - a•d placed uader dete,atio,a at tlle lleadquarters of EtlaioP,ia 's t1eao military regime. ,,,,,,_ $0 eads a reign of flfty-eigllt years - , . ,arlted by t"m"ll"au s clla,age in . Africa at1d, i,adeed, ri1lat aro••d Ille globe. MT. EVER~T . n 1.1--..• _c_., -•A ~ t , , : _ ~ , T ~ ~ - " Tlae leader of a te" ma,a FreJ1cla espeditio,a a,ul five slaerpa gMides liave bee" s11Jept to tlaeir deallas o,a tlae slopes of Mt •• Everest. TIie climbers a6o•t t•o•tliirds of tlae a,ay ,.,, tlae 11Jorld'• tallest a Tll.e FreJ1clam~• ideflti/ied as Gerard Bevo•a1so•s. ag• lldrty-five -- a,a Alpi,ae g•itle afltl , _ direclor (. ~"! b,fc\ool~i10111oals, Fraace. Me t••I D/ Ila . . . . . . . , DI , . I • ROCKIES In the Ce,itral Rockies - old ma11 wi,ater ,oas jumpl,ag the gu,i a bit today ; dumpi,ag 11p to si% iac lurs of sao., - o,a much of w,o,,. i,ag a,ad part• of Colorado. Area reside11ts ,oalliJtg •P to fi•d a bla•ll•t of ,olaite - o• tlaeir ripeai,ag vegetable garde•••__. ••• lueaos. With more s,ao,o a,ad free•i•g te,,.peratM r e• still to come toaigl&t. DBS MOINES FOLLOW ROCKIES Co,sti,sui,sg i,a the weather va,se this ,aext from Des Moi,ses; the story of Pa•l Waite - the so-called "poet laureate" of tie Natio,aal Weatler Service. For example, he rece,atl} iss•ed a forecast 4ra•,a mai,sly from Virgil's "Georwics" -•licla said, ;,. pa rt: of rai,a. A b o t1 e t la e res t t la e s u,. ,. e v er Ii es , Fortells the claa,age of •eatler i,s tlae . . , slties; For if lae rise """'il li,sg to la is race, Clouds •Po,a lais bro• a,ad stops upo• lais face w~ W ~ partly cloudy •ilia a claa,ice