BA LTJJ,IORE Baltimore; Bethlehem Steel today anno,uaced the start of construction - on wliat will soon be the largest blast furnace in the western hemisphere. Why now? Because - says Bethlehem clairma,a Lewis Foy - "•e are optimistic about tlae ste•l i,ad•str1'• prospects - a,ad about the basic stre,agtlt of Ila• a . t1al ion's ecot1omy. " Mea,a111hile, the u,aemployme,at rate is up agal,a - al a ~ tltlrl••n y•ar laigll; I" George Mea,ay at1d oll•r• . . . callit1g for "immediate gover,ame,at actio,a" .-. to deal 1111111 Ille problem. "the cout1try m••t e%pect furllaer i,ac.,-eases i,a u,aemployme,at - duri,ag tie period immediately ala•ad. " ,., "The Pr•slde11t is co,acer,aed," said lte, but lais eco,aomic program 110111 bei,ag developed will be aimed at restorit1g the laealtlt a,ad ~ 1 f stability of theJ eco,aomy.'' WHITE HOUSE I! Ii WII II II OU 11 DID I• President Ford today signed into law - the new trade reform bill that Co,agress took nearly two years to pass. The Preside,at sayi,ig he ltad "reservations - about the wisdom" of ~ certai,a portio,as of tlae bill;Aa" at,t,arettt refere•ce to tlae claMse defflafldittg att easheg of Soviet i,,.,,.igrallo• policy - i• retNr• for most favored •alio• ... trade status. •ost sigflifica•t trade legislalio•~ - •l•ce Ille begi••i•I of tlae trade agree•e•ts progra•s four decade• ago." F•rtlu,r ~ "U de•o1utrotes o•r co"'"'""'""' to an ot,e• world, eco•o•ic order, aad i,alerdet,e,ade,ace -- as essential conditiotts of n&Mtual eco,eonaic laelt,." C IA FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE The President also met separately today witla Secretary of State Kissiager, Defertse Secretary Sc Isles iager and C I A Director Willia na Col by; discussi,ag with eacll recent charges that the C I A ltad er,gaged i,a domestic.- spyi,ag. Spolteslflafl Nesse• saying ''tlae President wants to establish l11e facts" b•t will speak out o,a Ille matter by Wedaesday of WALTER REED Although Supreme Court Justice Douglas is still at Walter Reed liis doctors say he appears to be recoveri,ag from the stroke he had New Year's Eve. SAMASTIPUR At Samastipur railway station in northern at Jndi'!,;. the dedication of a ne• rail li,ae; •••• sudde,aly " a bomb •ent off. ~ • 11,,u,,a, ••••• ~ i1tJuri1tg some twenly p e r s o 1 t c ; X : 3 ' l1tdi,ii Rail•ay6 Mi,aister Lalit Naraya,a Mishra a,ad a yo11,ag raila,ay clerk - botla of ••o• died today of tlaeir ~~~~ a,011,atl•. lVlul: a', tleatla - tlie firat laigla level t,olitlcal l,Uli1tg '" l1tdl .. - •l•c+"" ........ , ... uo .. of M .. ,, .. , .. .. at Ga•tllii /011rtee• years ago. A ■ lf • , "" emerge•cy call••' w4,-\.A:- "'""""1, Prl•• MIMister Iatlira Ga•tllii J,zfwr C&JfJSUl BMC011rogetl viole,ace." Awai ••• . . . . .14 "11 ,. ,,.,. ~--~ t. --~ atmost,ller•'~- •a,laich i• re,Po••lble for tlli• tloatartlly • crime." MIDDLE EAST In the Middle East - a fourth straight day of violence; with Israeli and Lebanese grousers - agata ••l•IA in a long range artillery deal. Is · rael later reporting oae sl!f 111 • officer dead aad se ve • soldiers wo,orde d; tlae largest ••"' ber of Israeli military casualties - ia "'ore tl,aa seve• --,-.-~ moatlJs o trr1•"•1' border figlattng. A Accord i ng to the Department of Commerce w Wa••i•il'••• the number one attraction for travelers i• this country is tlae Golden Gale Bridge -- 111ea, •• :a •a•- made attraction. Among natural wonders • tlie Gra•d 't-J a.--•~ .:.. f Cat1yon"111 ■ J, IIJt at the top of tit list. TIie U,aited Press lists otlaer •a,a-•ade a,o,uler• as Moa,•t Ruslamore in tlae Black Hills, tlte Astrodo•e i• Housto,a, the StalNe of Liberty, Hoover Da•, Di•••Y Worl - - - - ~ i• Florida; a,ad tltat specteca,larAsleel gatetvay arcla I• St. Louis. iro,.e of tl,e last tlai,ags i• tvlalcla Woll Di•••1 •as persoaally i•volved tvas a,a i•credible slao• l't1e J••I seefl, al Dis11ey World. ' ,,, for a visit to a series of pirate caves. ~ ~ I was lucky e•o•glt to be in Miami for tl1e Ora•1• Bowl •~travaga,a%a. , was ,villi a• Alabama celebrity, ~ Dr. Alsto• Callalaa•, a•d t i t e r ~ a,s I\ of tlae Ut1iversity of Alabama, Govert1or Wallace, of co■ r•• and so on. Whal a •how that Orange Bowl game! Q,,d fl! -ti~ ••u n what a dramatic v ie tor y fo';A. Notre Da• e, ••• lrf i i team and ~ts coacll./ Bui, ~:it::c:~w ,, Florida don't miss 1/ae Walt Disney masterpiece, -Ji;a~to 1/1,-P t,irate caves. MISSISSIPPI T"e first big snowstorm of the aoi,ater totley dropped some eight inches of snow - on Nebraska, lo•a, at1tl Illinois, tlle• proceeded north i1ato Ca••tl•. Freeai,ag rait1, sleet and ..- ••o• are predlcl•tl fro• Monda y , Januar y 6, 1975 SANTA ANA At Santa Ana, California a near disastrous e,a,Ji,ag to t h e Malcolm Forbes ambitious balloo;, adve,cta,re. TII• Forbes balloo,a breaki,ag loose from its moorl•gs da,ri11g t,reparatio,as Jor an attempted launclt . J,ast•atl •I soarir,g aloft, tlraggir,g alo,ag tl,e grou,ad - tll• 60•4ola bearl,1g Forbes a,ad lais young associate, To"' Bei,asl•i,.er. a11 d .,,.,. ooi•tl tl,e t,re• • •ria etl s Pia ere. b•t otl,er111tse ur,lurt - Forbes later sayi,ag: "Pierre ••••" 011r lives." A11tl, tl,at lie 'II try agai,a i,a 060111 a '910flll. ' GOODELL The l~test on the amnesty front - from Preside,itial clemency board chairman Charles Goodell; who announced today the Preside,at has just acted - on forty-seven additional applicatio,as for ••••••---•1111••• clemency; grantiag twelve uncondittoaal pardoas - Jpardons} a,ad tlairty five\ coaditio,aed oa alteraate service. " Goodell addiag tlaat "llais •arks llae first grartliag of "clemeacy to military persoaael - iacl•tliag three oalriglat pardoas witlaout alteraate service."