L .T. -BUI CK , ! SHER . DECEMBER 2 J , 1 96 GOCD EVE ING EVERYBODY : Christm a s a t the L.B.J. r a nch -- a rel e d f amily affa 1~ The F'rst f a mily exchanging gif ts -- then ttending clurch to ge ther. La ter entertaining the Press brie fly -- be f ore the tradition a l Christmas dinner with family and f riends. The President's announced gifts to his wife a nd ughters -- Gol d pins. The First Lady's gift to the President-- a f ramed quot a tion f rom Lincoln: these words -- 1 ! do the very best I know how-· a nd I mean to keep doing so -- until the end. I f the end brings me out alright -- what is said against me won't a mount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong -- ten ngela swea ring I was right would make no difference. 1 T h e Fir st Lady demonstrating -- that af ter al l it's not the g ift th at counts -- it's the thought. CHR I S T M S t Ch r istm s ser vi c es t hr o u h o u t t h e Na tion t h e ess a e s usu l w a s one o f Peace a n d G o o d wi ll. B ut o n the h i hw s -- q u ite noth e r s tory. T he C hr i stm a s tr af fic d e a t h toll -- mounti ng at a recorc r a te. Ht hw ay s m a de h zar d ous in many a reas -- by ice, f o a nd g usty winds. Q uite often a lso -- by dr ~ nken drivers. The fa t a lity tol l swelled f urther -- by a surge o f multiple-death a ccidents. Some of them -- wiping out whole families. The N a tional Safety Council noting that the death toll t this stage -- already ahead of that set on the 11 B!ack Christmas ' of Nineteen-Fi f ty-Six; a f our day holiday -- when s even hundred an d six lost their lives in traffic acci d ents. The Sa f e ty Council toni g ht -- once more a d visin g d rivers to -- u e xercise extreme caution. Or better y et -- st a y ho m e. E.f _ D_QQ§ Ne, flood Har11i11gs to11ight - 011 the west coast. The Willamette and Columbia Ri v ers - spilli,ig over their ba,r.ks a,id still rising. The Willamette alread y twe,ity-one feet abo e flood level - at Oregon City, Oregon. The cit) 's lower downtown area - already under water. The Rose City of Portland - thirteen miles downstream - bracing tonigh . t for the expected deluge. Nearby, the Columbia River - breaking a fifteen-foot hole in a dike at Hayden Island, Oregon, forcir1g thirty families to flee for their lives. And to the nortl, - in Washington - flood warnings tonight along the Spokane River, that flows straight tllrough the heart of the city of Spokane. Expected crest tonigllt, fifteen feet above normal. \ JET NAM --------- /11 Viel Nam today - Ameri a11 bomb quad ear hi11g et ery U.S. military ba>·rack i11 Saigon, e ki11g to pretenl a repitio11 - of that Christmas E ve explosion. The one /hat killed tu o Ame,·icans - and injured scores more. Another new security measure - special Na y guards posted at the entrances to e ery building housing America11 service personnel. That bomb last night - said to have contained an where from one-hundred to two hundred por,nds high explosives. The blast ripping through layers of brick - and concrete reinforced with steel rods. Demolising two /loo, of the six-story building. U. S, Ambassador Maxwell Taylor - spending a part of leis Christmas Day with tire survivors. - l number epo rte e ad in th t In 1 n Ti a l Wave u t o ix-Hundre - ifty toni h t. The previous d eath toll -- set ~ t Fi Hun re d . B ut In dia n offici a ls now reporting no trace of su rv iv or bar a tr in. Swamped by ti da l waves tat swept over the Isl n o f Rameshwaram. ~ 11 One -Hundre d -Fi f t y passengers resume de The Fede , ral Bureall of In v estigation is reported c hecki11g seve · ral leads to11ight - in the la lest i,icident of racial v iolence i11 the south. On Christmas Eve - just before midnight - three while men spraying bttllets into a tavern crowded with Negros. The Weapun used - apparently a m a c hi n e g1O1 . 1 n all - s e v e n wounded . A t Deerfield Be a c Ir , Florida, on the so-called "Goldcoast" - some 60 miles south of where 1 spent Christmas; where there has been l i t t l e - if any - r a c i al v i o le n c e i,i t Ire Pas t . IT . L Y It a l y -- t i ll w i t h out o ve nn me n t tonl ht. The It 11 n P rl ment c a ll ed into extr a or in r y Christm a s session in a nother tt e mpt ton me a successor to retired President ldaJD ntonio Se ni. In the b a lloting -- veter Soci ' 11st Leader Pietro Nenni -- w a y out in front; but still f a r short -- of a m aj ority. The Sixteenth successive vote on a new President -- a g a in inconclusive. The Rome Government crisis -- now in it's tenth day. M a king 1 t a ly's l a test fresidential Election -- the longest in European history. From Malaysia tonight, Indonesian raiders seiied i n the 8traits of Malacca - not far.from the caf,itol c ity of Kuala Lamf,ur. Tlte Britisl, frigate Ajax. Caf,turing tweNty-two of the raiders, and seven saml'ons filled witlt higla exl'losives. Some tlairty guerrillas are believed to laave landed ON Wednesday - about tllirty miles K1est of Singat,ore . . Three llllled yesterday in a r.11Nning gun battle. Eleve,. more - cat,tured today. TIBET ------ News from Tibet - a brief item - that may tell more than ten thousand words. Tlae Panclae,a Lama - t,u1>1>et ruler of Tibet since the Red Cllinese takeover - mi••i11g tllis week fro"' tl,e roster of delegates to tlae Natio,aal Pt101>le '• Co11gr11•• ,,. Pelli,ag. His abse,ace said to irtdlcate - o,ae of t•o 11,1,,,.: - eitlaer lie laas bee,a de•oted - or la• II•• o•lliv11d Iii• t,olitical use/1,l,aess. TIie latter - co,asidered tlae more likely. O,aly rece,atly - Ille Red Clli,aese •ilitary co•m••d•r ha Tibet - ret>orted to Ila ve I••• ed a s ti,agi,ag verbal a ttac II 011 a 111,,,.ber of ••ide,atified Tibeta11s. Ge,aeral Clla•g Kt10-B•• las I, ing o•t at alleged • clae•i•g to re-h1tergrat• - l)olttlc• a,ad religio,a, and obvio•• refere•ce to Tibeta,a Ideology be/or tlae re1 olt of nineteen-fifty-11lae. TIie Dalal La•a - 110., i,r exile ,,. India - tlle,e botla st>tritual a,ed temt>oral leader beyo,ed tlae l,lgll Himalayas. Now, ellre is Ille Pa11clle11 La•a? This rtext dateli"e - Moscow, a,rd if 1 laad•'t told yo11 - you soo,r x,ould llave guessed. Tie e item c o,r ta,,. ed today - ,., a So vi• t ,re••t>a/ler. Tlae Russla,r .,ruer calll11g tl,e •tory of Cl,rl•t - tlae ,,.,,,, of a,,.,,,. .,ho ,rever •as. A11d calliflg llee Clarl•l,,.a• lege11tl, "a fairy tale - llaal t>olh,tes tlae ,,.,,.,,. of believer•." T•at - fro,,. Godle•• R•••la, Dlcll I QUAKE Another earthquake today. - Thie one off the coast of Japan. The shock centered some sixty miles south of Tokyo - near th island of OShima. Oshima - the site of Mount Miharo - an active volcano. In Tokyo itself - the quake shaking tall buildings - but no iamedlate reports of damage. This latest shock - the sharpest in a series of tremors that have rocked the main island or Honshu in the past two weeks. On one day - no less than 1nety or the■ • But to experienced Japanese 1ei1■ologi1ts --perhaps a bit blaae--Juet another earthquake.