EARTH ORBIT Friday, May 25, 1973 Mike Wallace Goode eningl In the flight of America's first Skylab space crew - a pe1 ·fec t launch and a perfect entry into earth orbit ; accompanied by a boast from Mission Commander Pete Conrad - that "We fix anything." The three Sk lab astronauts later completed their rendezvoris with the stricken Skylab space station. Now Reid Collins brings •s up to date. SENATE The enale Watergate hearings were in recess today but the case wa still making headlines. Watergate committee , member Herman Talmadge of Georgia - urged a speedup in the Senate fJ roe e edings, on the grounds that qr, est ions abotlt the President's in v ol ement in the case - "must be resolved at the earliest possible date." Talmadge added: "You can't tell laow long this thing is going to go n any more than you can tell how long it will take to unroll a ball of string." "But one thing any damn fool can tell" - said he - "it will be bad for the country - in fact, it can really be dangerous for the cou,atry - to go on much longer, witlrout knowing t'l1e trutlr." • WHITE HOUSE 111 a (Jecial ceremony at the White Hor,se - Elliot Richardson 1 as worn tn as U. s. Attorney General. Chtef Jr,stice Warren Burger administered the oath of of/tee - witl, the Pre ident looking on. Later Archebald Cox was sworn tn as special Prosecutor in the Watergate case. Attorney General - R i c hards on s a id "Th e firs t c once r n of the Adn in is tr a ti on of I,. Justtce - must, of course, be the individual; the second .r••••• concern - is the truth." "The first of tllese demands fairness" - he conti,iued - "the second demands Jea-rlessnes And he added: "I slall do my utmost - to be fatthful to boll.' BUENOS AIRES Se en Y ar of milita1·y rule officially ended today - i ith the ina11!(uratio,z of Hector Campora as President of Arl(e11tina. In a fJ e e ch th a t foll owed , th e s e l f - s t y led " oldie1' of Peron" - attacked the so-called "military dictators" he nou replaces . Campora also praised the young g11erillas of Argentina - who helped to bring down the military regime; saying the guerillas "knew how to answer violence - with violence. And while this was going on - at Army General Headquarters, just a Jew blocks away, the violence was continuing. Abottt a hundred youths - stoned the cars of ranking militriry men. The mob was dispersed, however - police and army troops - ,,sing tear gas and firing into the air . DAMASCUS FOLLOW BUENOS AIRES . ~ The winds of change were a l s o , _ . . . today - in Syria That country held its first Parliamentary elections - since the Baathist Arab Socialist came to power, nearly a decade ago. The future of Syria's President Hafe~ Assad - was not directly in ol ed. Tire former Air Marshal - remains a virtual dictator. He has specified. however, that more than half of the new Syrian Parliament - must be made r,p of workers and peasants. He has also given women and young people age eigllteen to twenty-one - for the first time, the right to vote. BONN The text of a new "good neighbor treaty" between East and West Germany - was finally, formally ar,r,roved today at Bonn; th ere by confirming the division of Germany - in t o t w o s er, a r a t e s ta t e s . Chancellor Willy Brandt later said "Political unity is out of the question for the foreseeable future - but we must create conditions in whicll the German f)eof)le can remain a cultural, historical and human communit3,." ADDIS ABABA At Addis Ababa in Ethiopia - the tenth anniversary meeting of the Organization of African Unity; hearing today from two Arab leaders - who are spearheading a "war of 11 or d s " a g a i n s t Is r a e I . The first of these - Algerian President Houari Boumedienne · appealed to his fellow African heads of state - to break off diplomatic relations with Israel. "Such an act" - said he - "wo11ld be a concrete act of African solidarity. " Next - Egypt's President Anroar Sadat; charged that Israeli occupation of Arab territories - is part "of a plot ai,ned at draining the potential" of all of Africa. Observers were quick to note, however - that many African states maintain good relations toith Israel. Adding they will probably contin11e to do so - the Arab world no/withs tan ding. LONDON Brilain's latest sex-and-security scandal - was agai,i lhe subject of heated debate in the House of Common M . P. Donald Ste, art alled Britain "a disintegrating Banana Ref,ubli " - eaten b "the maggots of permissiveness and deca , . " The battle was really joined, however, when a Labor Part member by the name of James Wellbeloved - called for a sweeping investigation. James Wellbeloved saying: "Alarming speculation aboi,t the call girl scandal - is still rife." Whereupon a stinging rebuke - from Liberal Jolln Pardoe. "Mr. Wellbeloved is a sanctimonious creep of the first order" - said Pardoe. 4dding that Wellbeloved "assures us, with his hand on his heart, he is only after the facts" _ when, in truth, "11e's a muckraker." Pardoe adding that Wellbeloved's charges - were simply "Political voye11rism." SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE "-l'ONCE DE LEON" And now - it's time again for Lowell Tlaomas. - ( Taf)e Insert - not final co/)y) PONCE DE LEON We're all familiar with the name Pon.ce De Leon, a Spaniard who t as looking for the Fountain of Youth. In Bogota, Colombia, there's a distinguished citizen of that counh'Y by the name of Alvaro Po,ice de Leon. Be often comes to the U.S.A. and on one of his visits he dropped off at Mia ,n i. Walk ir r down the street he noticed a res ta,,na,t called the Ponce de Leon. Since that was his name - he naturally stopped in for l11nch. When the waiter came to take his order his first remark to the local cha/) was: "I thought I'd try your Po,ace de Leon bee a use my 11am e also is Ponce de Leon! To wlrich the waiter responded: "And my name is Christof)her Columbus!" Obviously Bill, the waiter thought the ma,r giving the order was pulling his leg. SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "PONCE DE LEON" Tlaank you , Lowell. A Ji,aal story - in a mome11t. BUECHNER With the weekend - Sunday - coming uf) f)erlluf)s attention should be /)aid to the Publication of a new book entitled, "Wishful Thinking - A Theological ABC;"'" effect, a dictionary of clerical terms - witlt biti"g defi,.itions (Beell-,aer) supplied by author-clergy ma,a Frederick Bu ecla,.er. "An ag,.ostic" - lie writes - "is some people all of Ille time - and all people some of tlae time." A• for "e,evy"- lie continues - that's "tlle co11suming desire - to laave everybody else as u•1successful as you are." "Tlaeology" - he adds - "the study of God and lats .,,.,s ;" tlae sa•e as tlae "dung beetle miglat st11dy ,,.,,,. a,ed l,is •ays - a"d call It humanology." Tllis is Mike Wal lace for Lowell Thomas.