KUWAIT A weeke,ad decisio,a by six Persia,a G,llf oil states to double their rates - led to slsock u,aves today right around the globe. Tlae Japa,aese stock market - dropp,,.g more tlaa,a a h11J1dred poi11ts i,a two 1,ours. Fre,.cl, eco11omists predicti,ag a11 . _ . icrease i,. tlse price of gasollr,~;,.,,o bacl<B a gallor,. A•d Ille gover""'""'• of Ve,aezuela, a major US supplier - i11dicatil1g tlaal it, too, ma, folio"' Ille Arab lead. Mea,uo•ile, at Kr,wait - tlae Persia,. G11lf Oil ' ~ 4 " ' mi11isters were meetireg agaire toda)'A attempt .... lo determi,ae lso"'""""e~t to ■ntH t1Jield tlteir "oil t1Jeapo11" -- i11 tlte battle agai,.st Israel. A spokeamare aayheg the oil states may approve still a11otl,er price i,acrease - starling tlais spri11g. VIN IT B BO USE Afte,,. a · week e11d at Camp David President N.ixor, and the rest of the First Family retu,,.11ed today to the White House. 1'1stead o f usi11g 1,eUcopters - d,,.ivl11g back in order to save II fuel. The Pres ide11t'• three car motoircade - complethag tlte • seve,aty mUe lrlp i,a about a11 hour a,ad a half. ane of thoseQIIJaUl•g tl&e Pre"'slde,at 1 s return - Secretary of State He•ry Kissi,ager - just bacll trom Ge11eva. Dr. Kssinger l,n,nediately briefi•g tlae Preside•t .. on the progress so far toward• : est peace in tlae Middle East. Tel Av,v follow White Rouse 1"•• Israel's Abba Eba11: ~ also Just back "' from/' opening ro1u1d '9••• .,. £v-e.o ~:l••;i:;I llil liii iii, ;;;;;i1Ellll11211k.;. te I Ung a Fre nc 11 neao s man tlaat Egypt "accompUslaed an act of co•r•1e - In com,ng to Ge,aeua In the abse,ace of the s,r,ans." Add,ng: "tliey looll a iUfflc ult declston - aohlch demonstrates t11e,r se,ts e of responsu,,u,,." T1,e lsraell Forelg,a Mhdster - . •ar•~• h agalast ••due o p t l m l s • ~ . : "Uere Is a posslblUty -'f of gettt,ag Ille separaHon of forces negoUatlons underway 1111111,n a fe"' days. " "But I 111ould ,) .,:r ~ be greatly surprised" lie co,atl,aued - If ~ s laould J,,.d ln "apeedy success." DISTRICT The White House again - President Nixo,a today signed a bill - givi,ag partial home rule to the District of Columbia. This -.Ja measure "of historic significance" - said tl,e Preside•t; 011e tltat • i l l g,IIJe the district its first locally..,, elected city governme,at - in more tl,a11 a luuadred ,•ears. '~s tlte ,aotlon approacltes ~ Ille Preside11t its two 111,ndTedtll anniversary" All 1 ••••--•+ J a: - tr to U is particularly appropriate lo assu~e,-tl,ose •Ito live 111 our capital clt~Tlgltts and•-•• J,Tivlllges 111#11cll A ,k l,ave long .... been e11joyed lJy most of tlleir countrymen. " NEWRY At Ne wry, irt No rtlae .,.,. lrelart d - a P•b wa• i,avaded today by 11110 IR A terrorists bearirtg a bo•b. The pair orderirtg everyorte to leave - sayi11g: "You laave five mi,autes to run." Wlaert ••dde,aly - tlae bomb we,at off rig lat i,a tlae ir l,a ,ads. Zr•••• Tlae two terrorists - killed has ta,atly. ~ Also, a third ma,a. I •u• five 14 ••• i11Jured - •• lea I I' ., ,,,,,., i,a a I J serious co11dltio11. A policenr,. •1>okesma11 o,ae of the first o,a tl,e sce,ae - sayi,ag: "It •as a terrible sigltt - arms a11d legs all over tl,e place." LONDON FOLLOW NEWRY Across tlae Irish Sea - Scolla11d Yard's e11tire bomb squad was,,.,. placed 011 211:t a masimum alert today. Tia is i,a ••M 1 'f•~••□ tlae Jae e of - a tlareate,aed JR A Christmas Day bombi"g spree. Bomb Sq.,ad Commander Robert H101tley sayi,ag: "Pea, le laa11e to be ge,aerally vigila,at wlaere11er tltey go tltis year - e11e11 ,,. claurch." BETFILEHEM The Little Town of Bethlehem in Israeli occat,ied Jordan - legendary birtlat,lace of Jesus Cltrist _ a,as host today to a,e estimated five thousa11d Christla,a ~.1 ~ ~ - - - ~ L J pilgrims; about half th~1111mber. - tliil ■- . . a• e, •'•~••• ••·•• "l!la .. , . ■ •1,-,, a , - - - - - - - - - - - __ .,__ - - - - - - - :rec L 7 • • r • ■ Nii ti• _.•••• ••41s1"•ell troo,ps 1 ,,. Ma11ger Squaf'e - w.;#_ ■ l115t t,olice barricades N a11d stringe,at security clteclls. ~ ~ . _ , off in t/1e ltills - additio11al troot,s •••••,!•• g11ard - llilP' machine g,,,,s at tlte ready. Sli II a11 d all - a Joyous . _ occas 1011. A" Israeli police band - filli11g tl,e air"''"' Cl,ristnos Carols. Two American choirs a,ad ta,o Belgia,r cltoirs - si11gi,ag ~ along with a local Arab Cllrlstla,a groMt,. fedewlf, •• - w~~ ~ NIIMiii•• nl,aety percent of tllose atte11di,ag,.Christmas " Eve services ~ •ere local Arabs dressed in flowi11g black robes a11d wltite head-dress . . . VATICAN ~ Al the Vatican in Rome - Pope Paul J- tlf sg his tenth Christmas as Po11tiff) & ,,..,. ttf i•• 0&1 n ■ I a ,.d,., a mtd•lgl,t maBB I• St. Peter•••■■ef,tl BZUH•••- Tire first Mid,aigltl mass tllere sl,ace tlte reign of Pope PiNs ,,. Nl,aetee11 Forty-four. Pope Paul off•ri11g Christmas prayers for •orld peace - at a ""'•, ••.,. lie put it -''extremely full of •rger,cy a,ed of llo/u1." - EARTH ORBIT For the men of Sky Lab Three - lllgla above the earth today - an etr ly Cllrls tm.as J>rese,.t: / rare partial ecHJ>se of tlle svn. WUh tlte Moo• - all Ind blocklag Its outer ring. Tl,e astroaauts' 11alq11e angle of vision - allo111lng for plaotograJ>lls of tlae ecUJ>se s11cl, as never before possible. Aaotlaer bonws - for earl" bound astro,.o•ers. 7'(1e •• h oaallf• •ere also eo•Unu, g ll,.,, ahuUee •f ••• 6•••• Kol••••• tr•• fwg seedy 1'&,... ~fl9t. •••liter e'9acaA A loag ,,.e INIY, a sJ>eclal greetl,.g fro• ground control the astronauts ,,. Houstou. Flight controllers se,.dlag ~~--- Christ••· •'•"•• A ~,,,,.-re~ sesy ladles aad t1110 111orklng gyroscoJ>es." BAY MINNETTE Federal state a,ed sore• local officials today seiaed an estimated twe11ty-fiv11 t o - . tliirty 1011• of r--g_ ~ n ~ -A.A'\ !;J- ~ ma rija,a 11a ~ Jt•J •tao Iii, A I t . rec ortl :I ,., ~ .:f- la a II l) . , eatimated vhual eal"" ••••• ttoe11ty •illio,a. ' Ml Police •••t•A• seiai,ag eleve,e s11s1>ect•/' I Ji••• 1l ■ Jo111,_, 1ayh11, • • ~ • ,11rre•I• - "l,aoe 6ro/te11 ""' l>ac/t of Ille DENVER ~ TIie weatl, e,- was aga ,,. b lowi11g up A s to,-,,, today - from Ille Rockies lo llae Gf'eat Lalles. raw .,., ii De,sve,- - o,se of tlie lia,-dest lait; witla a.,.. ragl11g bll••a,-d tllere 4 s110"' dri f ts •I> to '"" f•et; •■■•••• lu - eve11 s , s o w t , l o w • ~ • Tlae Jo,-eca•t Jo,- Clt,-l•tmas Day - cal1'11g Jo,- ~~ more s11ow J,-o,n tlae g,-eal plal11•1\cross tlae upper .J~ - Mi••isslJ,t,i valley, to tlte nJJa:.Gre•t L•lle•. Riis ,, l:N IC ; ll'W + C 4 I I t #I a t I •114• P NBC M 8ele )USO fd F. VAIL he would fully s"1>1>ort fNel allocatio11s for t/ae recreatlo11 industry. ~ , ...... , 2 lif For . sayt11g: "lf-tlaere is 011e area ,,. our society t/tat sl,o.,ld get •asl"'"'"' allocat,o,a - "'• ~ llte job rete11Uo11 a r ~ t? A ddl, t/aat recreatto11 fMallfles £4. i11 tt,, at ta - "alo11g wit/t t/ae 1>rodMctlo11 U11e 111 Detroit - VAIL lie would fully support fuel allocatio11s for tlle recreatio11 industry. ~,1Uo.•1•1S.1lt:adl:Ford sayi11g: "If ,there is 011e area 111 our society tl,at sllo11ld get ma%h,s11m allocat1011 - It'• ~ the job rete11tio11 a r ~ ::· 4 44'';( tlaat recreatio,a q11allfle• '4. i,s tk,. as•• - "clo,ag wltl, tlle productio11 llNe 111 Detroit - - l TLLE I E an 1 • ill , l11diana - th Int r,iational o i e f · y of a n I a C la u w a s a ward it1 r t o d a - it fir t a 1111 u a l Pi Y it of Christ mas A wards . flARI. Ue w i ,z ,z er ,• - Jolr11t1 Mark - who wrote" Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. "~Society President Carl Thomas Vaugh - •I .. 110 t i n I( t ha t "m i l l i o n s of p e op l e ha e b e e n ma de happy ,, a t C It r i t m a I,- b y t It e w o r k s of t h e s e t w o. IJ t hN ,., • rt, .a:: The runners up - by the way - Charles Di c k n s - for his "C 1z r is t,,i a s Caro l , " a n d C le men t C • " Moor e - w lz o w r o t e '" 1 g; 43 Tii e Night Belo re C hr is t mas • " pAPEETI lhtrB 's OU~ ;;- Trouble in Paradi e. 7"1411 slo,1 -=f. o"' Pap eti./ m Tahiti,~ 1&1lhitl? ga olin e dell erie ~ ~ hu "" nOllt fleBN cut !\twenty percent. Thi - leading to a m ting o f Tahiti' governing counci'; followed by a,z aunounc ment toda - telling of plan for gas rationing. Wc,11111 111111 U. ~ c . J 9 ~ { p ~ r e g a in e d ,' t tll OK ti e , P ,, '-? o sc1t'\P "Paradi e lost", Bill t- · itS! LEB ~ 1l,t - w i ~ t:Oll1i::;1t~iiii~~e~9;:;i~z;:,,~ L e banon, I Oregon - thank to the a ol in hnr/age - a r e turn lo the "Lhrillin da,s of y I e r y a ,. . " Th op ra t o r of a lo ca l c a tt l , , a rd - or 1 a11i z i11 .,. nn old lyl e cattle drive for 11,-cll rancher About a hundred head of cattle - who normally t ould lza e a r ri d b u t ruck ma k in g i l on their own by way of t~~ ~e~~ ,, ,, m••·--,, L ban on 's suburb an golden v lley. Tl,u »•f:sx reps, I «oe s n• h, sa, ,9'a:t~eal cowboys - ~ h erd 011 the fSattle) :4 ~ t•=t local sheriff'• d puti s ~ h e r t l on the cowboys. r