SENATE -------- For Governor Hickel of Alaska - success d al last. With lhe Senate ridi,ag roughsltoA loda, - over a ha11dful of conservation mi,aded De•ocrats. Co,afir•h•g the G over,aor Hickel appoi,atme,at as Secretary of l ■ terior by a la,adslide vole of seve,aty-tltree to si~tee,a. Chairma• Jackso• of tlte Se,aate l•lerior Co••iltee ,. tl1e ma• 11Jlto carried tlte ball for Wally Bicltel. Telli,ag ltis colleag••• - U is tlae Presid••I alo•e •llo selects Ids J)ri•ciple advi,ors. Addi•g: "Tit• Se,aa le is ,aeit lte r r eq •ired - ,aor e•titled - to ,Ila re t Iii• As for tlae Gover•or lie q1dcltly i•••ed a atateme,at, pledgi,ag to do 1tis best - "ta J••tify 11te Se,aate vote of co•fide,ace a,ad t1tat of Preside•t Ni~o•. " "I approach my d•ties" added Ille r•gged Alaalta• - "t11itlt l•ll co,afide,ace a,ad e•tllMsias•." WHITE HOUSE - ---- · ------- Less than tltree da"'s •• .. , J .... " s o,o,a office - Richard Nixon was still getti,ag tlte "feel" of tlte preside,acy today: As wihiess - the sigaiag of lis first executive order. Accordhag to 11sMal c•stom . U t e Presldeat •slag a """'ber of /HlflS - for later dlstrib•tio• to tlose atle,adhag. Belloee,a "takes" adn&ilti•g some dlfflc,ilty •U• a stop-a,ed-go 1>reced11re. "TJ Is is Ile first Ii•• I la11e ever do,ae Ill•" - said le. Addl,ag: "I'• •••ally Scra•l or ,ao tlto•gll - llae exec•ti11e order • o,ace aigfled - f•lfilliflg a Nlso• ca•Palgfl pro•i•• • creatiflg a ,ee111 e,rba,a affair• co••cil - to •restle .,.,,. tle proble•• of A•erica• cities. Tle Preside•I sayiflg Ilia ,ae111 paflel will laa11e tie •••e ,_,,ouibllitie• for do•estic •alters - as t1,e Natioaal Sec•rity Co•t1cil 11oao laas for fo,-eiga Jflatters. CORONADO ------ Comma,ader Lloyd Bucller, agaht o• tlte •l••d today at Coro,eado, Califor,aia, reliving tlte torl•r•• lae efld•red - tlae ••speakable horrors lte was forced to ,oihaess - as a captive of the Norllt Korea••· HI• voice q•alti•g - his body trefflbli•g wills efflolio,a - lie P•e61o ,lot o•e by 011e. BONG KONG - · ------ Fro• Ho1tg Korag comes a rae••1>a1>er ret,ort toda, - ,,.at Red Claina's c,.air•a• Mao Tae T•rag I• seriously ill. Tlae star, attrib•ted to "••tlaoritaUtJe so•rces" on tlte ••i1tlarad is q•oted •• sa,i•g t•at Mao collat,sed several •eek• ago d•r.i,ag a• iraat,ectio• to•r deel i• tie interior of Clairaa. Bl• coradUiot1 las hnt,rotJed - 111e are told; b•t raot et1o•gll - to t,ermit lis ret•rt1 to Pelli,ag. Clo• Era Lal - at"e aaid to be s•arirag all official '""••• MOSCOW ------- Twe11ty fou-r hou-rs afte-r U all lt•t>t>e•ed - t11e Kremlin fi11ally co11fi-rmed today flaat slaootiag ,este-rday ifl Red Sqaa-re - as yo• •ay laave laea-rd by ,.o.,. A lo11e ga11ma• fi-riag at a ca-r oa-r-ryiag tlae Sooiet Cosmo11a,.ts. •0•11di11g a claa•ffe•-r - also a •oto-rcycle o•l-rider. Now i11 custody - tlae 1•••011 said lo be "•••lolly de-ra,rged. " BELGRADE-VATICAN ... -------------- At Belgrade, Hu,agary - a,aotlaer alle•Pt today at self-immolation. A you,ag locksmith - sislla Ira• C•rlai,a youtla to set himself afire - i,a tlae curre,at •ave of protest against Soviet oppression. At tlae sa•e ti•e in Ro•e - tlae Vatic•• r•dio .,., appla11dh1g tlte firebra,ada. Co•Paring tlae• - to t•• early clt•rcla •arty rs, ottly to dra., a speedy reb•ff - fro• official clu,rclt so•rces. are ,aot" 611rttiflg tltemselves - "as a religio•• act." "TIiey are ttol eve• attti-Co••••l•I" - ,aid lie - O,aly "Co•u•••i•I• of a tllffere,at factio,a." Adtli,ag t••t tit• C•tlalllic Cla•rcll ,aever co,ado••• ••icide - escept i• t•• c••• of a wo•a" attemPti•6 to e,cape att•ck. CANBERRA -- ---- - ---- An historic first in tlte malth1g today - at Canberra. The Australia,e gover,emet1t a11t101u1cl,eg II••• to" ea ,e11clear blast - first""'• ever; he t•• c•rvl•• o•t of a ,eew ltarbor - at Cape Kera11dre• ,,. W••l•r• bo,,.b - alao, set U off. Ad,U•~ llull tie r •Ill • •• fallo•t ltaaard. Accordi,ag to t,oHce ,,. Sao Pa•lo, BraaU - JN•ltce for certal• crh,ej,eala there •• ,eol o,ely d•lay•d, but oflert no11-ex,sle,el. Res•ll: A ,,.,,..ber of offlc•rs r ceNIIY formh1g a ~a-called "deallt ,,,.,.,." ,,. llt• l••I •• cN6'116 ,.,.,., . iv /oi,r leard car •••1•l•r•. No111 • lie r v r••• Polle• Ra,,•rlo DeC•r••lllo ,.,.,,,.,., n ,e ,c, "llf •q•ad" lo ,,,, ,,,,,1 lo ,. •• 011 ,,.., ••r• d for d ,111 - •• 11•11•• of II r•••"••• ,,.,,,. lo ,.,,.,. 11d ,. lo tit , • ., b Jlr• u, loo ••••• A11d ,,..,, ,,. . , .,, ,,,,, llo ,,..,., • • • •• o ,..,,, , •. Br••" - wit ,. /#OHC ,. .,,, ,, • ., '" ,, •• ,,. o/ ,,, •• , '.,,., LONDON ------ L o,ado,a - Sir Cyril B11rl 1>oreders 11,e .,,,, lo live. At elgl,ty-five - Ille famed BrHi•la t>•ycleologi•I contifll to tlte co,aclusio,a lhal ii'• 1>o••ible If real lo cll,al d 11111 - c rlai11ly lo l11lte e11a•i11e acHore ••••••' fl. loolto•I for r c•rrl•g c••• 11t,o•bo111, c11,ac r ""' •o o•. If ••cit a l>•II r• NI • Nr I• " i I • i I I 01 I la r. " t I a I .. ,, " ... , ' . ,. ""'" " " ' " (01N ONt' '"or • he n tiff/ r •I II" I• . , " HAZELHURST -------------- The known death. toll in t laa t Mississippi tornado is now set at about thirty. As rescue worlters co,ati,eue to comb t•e debris created by tlae stor••• searclai,ag *k for tltose still misshag. Anao,eg tlae hardest lait co•mu,aities - tlae city of Haiellaurst, Mississippi - 111laer• tlae stor• r.•l>P•d ••d to,aed tlae• hllo a ,aearby ••••· A•••• .. ••Y all b•I NEW YORK -------- A new book just out - writl en for pet lovers - but tlaey won't like ii. It's called - "Petislaism". A1&tlaor Katliline S%asz blasth1g the "Pet c1&ltlsts" of America - who Place tlteir precious a,simals o• a J,ar "'"h luunaas. Indeed Mias Saas& asserts llaat tlae "c1&lli•t•" are really tryiag to escaJ,e from tlleir ow• trouble•: reJ,lacirtg llunaan relatio•sltiJ,s tlaey ca,a't co•trol - a,Ula ofter, addres•i•g lli••elf to tlais sa•e ••bJect, •olell tlaat A•ericaas sJ,ead •ore o• tlaeir cal• a•II dog• •t1•r1 year - ll,a11 Ille cost of Ille ealire u. s. space effort.