December 4, 1973

D Ben-Gurion is buried on Dec 3 in simple 45-minute religious service near Sde Boker, Negev kibbutz where he spent final yrs of his life; 300 political and mil leaders, reprs of foreign govts, family friends and associates attend burial; Gen M Piron, Israeli Army's chief chaplain, says short prayer; Ben-Gurion's body is set in grave next to his wife's, who died in '68; 1-minute siren sounds throughout country in his memory; among those attending burial are: Israeli Premier G Meir and her official party, US Agr Sec E L Butz, US Deputy Sec K Rush and Detroit industrialist M M Fisher; illus of Israeli soldiers carrying Ben-Gurion's coffin to its final resting place and of Israeli Premier Meir at grave; map

Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes within 81,000 mi of Jupiter on Dec 3, sailing safely past planet's hazardous radiation belts and transmitting color photographs and mass of scientific data; extreme pull of Jupiter's gravity accelerates spacecraft and swings it past planet on new trajectory, which should make it 1st man-made object ever to leave solar system; Pres Nixon lauds mission as 'impressive technical scientific achievement,' which demonstrates 'man's ability to explore the heavens is on the threshold of the infinite'; spacecraft transmits photographs, reptdly clearer than any previous pictures of Jupiter, which reveal planet's Great Red Spot as well as its cloud-covering of cold ammonia flowing in bands of many colors; radioed data include measurements of Jupiter's radiation belts, magnetic field, temperatures and atmospheric composition; scientists rept 1st confirmation of helium existing on Jupiter, discovery considered important to cosmologists attempting to explain chem of solar system and universe; rept spacecraft apparently survived Jupiter's heavy radiation doses without degradation, and that radiation levels reached peak 15 mins before Pioneer's closest approach; spacecraft passed within 277,000 mi of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's 12 moons, and transmitted information, which indicates Ganymede's surface is coated with water ice and has temperature of -235 degrees Fahrenheit; encountered steadily increasing amount of radiation after passing Europa, closest of Jupiter's satellites; temporary malfunction of spacecraft's imaging system results in loss of nearly 1 hr of data, including photograph of Io, another of Jupiter's moons; flight controllers are unsure whether problem was random malfunction or somehow related to radiation bombardment; Dr J A Van Allen, project scientist, says Jupiter's magnetic field seems to be slightly offset at a slight degree from those most commonly predicted and that it apparently is shaped like a broad, thick disc as opposed to spherical and symmetrical shape of earth's magnetic field; estimates disc is spun out out several million miles, but is only 176,000 mi thick--4 times as thick as planet's radius; spacecraft traveled further and faster than any previous manmade object during journey to Jupiter--1 of most important scientific moments in 16-yr US space program; chart compares mean distance from sun, diameter, mass, surface gravity, rotation period and number of moons of Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; diagram of Pioneer's trajectory to Jupiter and its solar system trajectory depicts assumed shape of planet's magnetic field and assumed limit of its disturbance in interplanetary medium; shows direction of Jupiter's orbit around sun and direction away from Jupiter toward earth and sun

Survey based on interviews with workers in selected areas of the nation shows inflation is outpacing rise in wages; even relatively affluent workers say they are frightened as higher prices threaten their living standards and way of life; while most workers accept beginning of a decline in their living standard rather than go on strike, indications are they will not sit still for continued reversal of their long climb to prosperity; for yr ended Oct 31, Labor Dept data show avg hrly earnings of workers rose 6.7%, but their purchasing power declined 3.3% as result of inflation; most experts expect wage demands to bridge the usual lag between prices and wages; expect demands to reflect rising profits and workers' reaction to rising profits; Pittsburgh Natl Bank's Business News and Trends sees increased pressure for wage increases, noting that 'even as temporary moderation of consumer inflation is occuring, it appears that workers' accumulated personal financial strains are leading to more militant demands for higher increases than had typefied earlier mos of this yr

J A Love resigns on Dec 3 as head of Energy Policy Office because he was shunted aside in shake-up of energy policy-making; Love's refusal to remain part of Nixon Adm upsets White House plans to announce creation of Fed Energy Adm headed by Deputy Treas Sec W E Simon; announcement is now expected on Dec 4; White House tacticians planned that Love would stay 'on the team' to avoid any show of ill-feeling even as Simon was assuming Cabinet-rank role of counselor to Pres and chief energy-policy adviser; sources close to White House say that although new assignment for Simon clearly reflects dissatisfaction with Love's performance as 'energy czar,' plan to have Love continue to hold his 2 titles was intended to save his face; Denver Post quotes Love as saying that it has 'been difficult to try to do anything meaningful and even to get attention of Pres'; Love says he agrees with establishment of new agency; submits resignation to Nixon personally along with his asst C J DiBona as Simon apptmt and creation of new agency is being announced; Simon, like Treas Sec Shultz and Pres himself, abhors prospect of new Fed cadre of gasoline rationers; his preferred solution would be to put heavy tax on gasoline, perhaps 40c, and issue coupons that could be used to pay the tax

Sen proponents of campaign financing bill on Dec 3 end 6-day effort to force passage of measure and agree to strip away financing provisions from debt ceiling bill, after Sen Rules Com chmn Sen H W Cannon pledges to make 'every effort' to rept out public financing bill in early '74; action is seen as victory for Pres Nixon, who opposed campaign financing provision; filibuster against provision was led by Sen J B Allen