, 10 - l-/'f SENATE After months and months of waiting - Nelson Rockefeller is h a l f w a y & tonight, ul lust► The Se•ate A today appro v i,ig his nomination as Vice President - by an o erwh elm ing ote of Ninety- to-Seven ; a dee is ion quickly applauded - by President Ford. The President sayi,tg he was "gratified - by '"• Senate action. " Adding tlrat "few Americans lave ever been more closely scruitinized, more tlorouglaly investigated - than Governor Rockefeller." Also, sayi•6 he trusts that "similar action - will be taken as rapidly as possible by the House." HOUSE In the House - the end of an era. Wilbur Mills deciding today - to surrender his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee. The Mills announceme,et - relayed to newsmen by House speaker Carl A lbertJ- wlaile IR1~rf:: ~~ remain-ffl ••clatl■d at Bethesda Naval "' rie Arkansas Congressman -ti.. being treated Jo,,. "exhaustion." WATERGATE In the Watergate eo&>er••-•lttat - John Ehrlichman 1 as again testifying today in his own behalf(ttdling how Richard Nixon broke doton in tears - when he was finally forced to ask for Ehrlichman 's resignation. Ehrlichman saying Mr. Nixon then asked him - if there was anything he could do for him. "I said that sometime" - the witness continued - "I'd like him to explain to our children." Whereupon Ehrlichman himself ~ ~burst into tears - thereby fo~cing a brief recess. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles - the Justice Departme,it today filed new civil anti-trust suits - against the three major TV networks. These essentially the same as three t,revioNs suites - dismissed last month on a tecluaicaHty. ABC, NBC and CBS - all accused of monopolizing air time. BREAD FOLLOW LOS ANGELES ~ Morr ¢.t'sc s ~ bA-- in Washingtonf■,A••• the ~ Continental Baking Compan y , maker of "Wonder Bread" - t as accused of attempting to monopolize the wholesale ~ bread market. C:v-w-lfNe"luf;'8y the wayA a subsidiary of ~~ ~ Yo --'l.&.6 giant IT& T - which has idtlltc1 h a d ~ ~ vL+1:l:dt#l.c e:s/lPIN ■ ... a:to,,g:: CJ.Cs floe!. STOCKHOLM ~ ~~~ oj ihis y ear's Nobel Prizer-la ~ <:::::J-- A Stockholm ,, , w as marred today b y a left -wing student demonstration. 1!A ~tudents hurling rocks and bottles at a car thought to be bearing former Jat,anese Premier Etsaku Sato. Al••~ Sato~ft:/;.•*:ii\+rr:t k\ • v--t-« eeremo+1 • ::6Jt ••31 of.. a back door. ,oT al ttFra•• Clo• ".A I . r. ' n t ? t A . ~ . e ■ tn.t~receiving his Peace Prize :i•1i1f• 11Ur ■ a r• 11 wl'4 /' ◄ IST A NBUL Rig~t uing students in Istanbul , ere •I•• l,a vtng themsel v es 4 ■ ita a time toda , firing pistols into the air and hurling molotov cocktails - as they sei%ed the camt,•s of Istanbul University. This the culmination of five 111e•lls of ,-1,11 •••1 student protests ~ througlaout Turkey. TEL AVIV ~ From Israeli Prime Minister r111••• Rabin .A a pledge toda y to continue to seek a step-by-step peace settlement - in the Middle East. Rabin adding that sucla a a..,~~ H~~ s e tt l e m en t - m us t s tart w it h E gyp t ; 11 • d •• • r c 6:, "i m Pede tlae warmongers,., ,111;:a fie fJUI If -:=a throughout Ille Arab world. QUINCY A number of select police in Quincy, Mass., were officiall) armed today - with nine-millimeter maclri,ae g101s and twel e-gau.ge shotguns. ~ T-l•s 19 u, dee ~ Mayor Walter Hannon; - mh o /■ ,II•• 1 ■ Id: "We are s ervi,ag notice o,a y anyone i ho decides to commit a crime, whetlier it's """"'"' a red light or committing an armed robbery - tl,at tliey will be dealt with severely." HARTFORD Jl'!8f;f.OW OKLAHOMA CIX-T bJ::th e s ,, "'• ue i• ~ • tbi1 11a•I f•••--Hartford • 2'A ... ~ 8-l•l• 9/:. Connecticu~ offering (Yjree Christmas telephone service to rllnaway children across the nation. r:••• 5; 7t.P to <Z4.Q() ,.,.1:1ce::i•-•:aa::=iio~.;=-u=a1~t,t:1a~•~llbad-f nu m be 1J= H , f e~ as One - E i g h t Hundred - dash - Two -Three -One-dash -Six -Nine-Four-Six. ~~ ~runaways, by letting their families kno., they ''Ye "alive and well" - can "make someone back laome,....., a ~~ l it tl e hap pie~ - - ~ o l id a y s ea son • " )' WHITE HOUSE A:t:.tlie Wl,ile lldUJl! - First Lady Betty F ~ d to d 11, h er firs t n e tlJ s c o nf ere n c e - s inc e •,. d « , got w I' her . cancer operation. O.e u/ tlie 9MI I tlOir tie wzga uated - ••ie(Awt •"j had yet been able to catch her husband - 101der the mistletoe af.-;{r ~J:Eb&d-1;, Iii••• 11■ I a:a ,,.. Mt ■• '••• r e p ! ~ no! - ~ a d n ' t caa,rlt 4-irn tiat e JWL >8 ■ 1 addi,ag, witla a wi,ak: "I catch Iii• anywhere I can. " NEW YORK President Ford is ♦er.- in New York tonight fo- ~ ~ t b a l l Ball of Fame b a ~ ~ • l i e r in the day If he entertained heavyweight boxing champion M,hammad Ali at the White Bouse · . The lalte,r - as irrepressible as ever.: . •Ii telling the President: "You made a big mistake in let(ing me come - cause 110• l',n going after your job."