December 1, 1973

Questions and answers designed to clear up confusion about the energy situation arc on Page 19.

Dec 1-15: E Krogh Jr, who headed special White House investigations unit known as 'the plumbers' and who pleaded guilty on Nov 30 to civil rights violation, tells Judge G Gesell in US Dist Ct, Washington, DC, on Nov 30 that after he is sentenced he will cooperate with special Watergate prosecutor; illus

Dec 1: UN Emergency Force comdr Maj Gen E Siilasvuo on Nov 30 makes separate approaches to mil leaders of Egypt and Israel in effort to get suspended talks on Cairo-Suez rd started again; meets with Egyptian War Min Gen A Ismail and then flies to Israel for meeting with Israeli Defense Min M Dayan; sources say both meetings were at Siilasvuo's request; foreign diplomats say breakdown of talks ended Egyptian-Israeli bargaining only at km 101, while contest continues with increasing energy in other forms and other places: in preparation for Arab-Israeli peace conf scheduled for Dec in Geneva, in contacts between US and USSR and in involvement of UN; say that there is serious possibility that new fighting might break out in advance of or during peace conf; note that Arab nations are pressing use of their oil embargo, which may influence events in Middle East; Cairo daily Al Ahram editor M H Heykal in editorial says that USSR has given Egypt enough weapons with which to fight war every mo; suggests that intead of using oil to apply pressure on W Eur as means of putting pressure, in turn, on US, Arabs should use their oil income to get advanced electronic-arms industries of W Eur into 'Middle East on Arabs' side; Egyptian officials feet that internatl political currents are running strongly in their favor because of 'oil weapon,' new Arab solidarity and direct involvement of US and USSR

US Sec of Defense J R Schlesinger on Nov 30 says that US naval forces will be visiting Indian Ocean on more frequent and regular basis because of 'enhanced interest' in area growing out of Oct Middle East war and subsequent Arab embargo of oil; notes that Defense Dept is scalling down its earlier requests for large supplementary appropriations as result of Middle East war; Schlesinger illus

NEWARK, Nov. 30 — Two years ago, Rosa Thomas was just another statistic on the Essex County welfare roles. She was 25 years old and the sole support for three children. She had only an elementary school education, no steady job and, with the children to care for, little prospect of finding one.