l'OR T SAID For th e / i1 • sl lime in six teen years - an Americllll It c l i c o /J l c 1· c a r r i e 1· / u o J i III a - drop p in g a 11 c h or a b o II t s ix miles off Port Said; t:ber6'/.,-=s:[ztto-/:hrii~* ~Operation Nimbus Star - to clear lhe S11ez Canal of mi,ies a,id other 11 a r de b r is . U . S . A d m i r a l Bria ,z Mc Ca u l e y s a}' in g: "Th is is I e r y III u c It a th,. e e - c o "n try effort. Th e E g y /J ti ans are in c It a t· g e of 1• 1u11li n . g I h e op e 1• ,it ion - t h e A m er i c ans a r e assisting. as a1·e the B · ritish." BEIRUT that Eg) , t,t's Anuar Sadat - w as the target last week of an a tie m p , t e d m a c h i ,i e g II n as s a s s ; n a t i o ,i • A d d in g I h a t Sadat es c aped unharmed - but r. laim ing that twenty others were killed and dozens 'fOunded. All of which - is denied f( in Cairo. An Eg),t,tian st,okesmfln saying: "!XII• _!e(Jort ~ eu tire l .v 1111.fo '"' de d." MOUNT HERMAN FOLLOW BEIRUT M e a ll 11· h i l e • Is r a e l i j e I s s t r i k in g l o day - a l Sy r i a n positio,is on the slopes of Mo11nt Hermon. S),rian and Israeli lanks and artillery - also duelinK again across the Golan Heights. The figltti,,g there now in ils seventh week a - wil hou t,1 let-up. WHITE HOUSE President Nixon today was granted another Jive-day delay - in responding to a House request for adtlitio11al tapes and documents. The White House explaining that more lime was needed - beca1tse of di//ic"lties in lrauscribi11g some of the tapes. These said to be - "of , ery poor quality." spokesman Gerald Warren stressing, however - the President's response will be "si,fficient, comprehensive and complete." BALI l11do11esia11 Army paratroopers today hacked their u>a_,, lllro11gli 1 f e ~ 1 1 g l e ~ - finally reaching the site of th:i Pan Am jet crash. n:{f "iJ.~~A •~ o l , u - ,r Lotr.1 rep« Pfwg:: "'¼ a total loss." Of the one hundred a11d se e11 pas.sengers and crew, in,cl11 . ding twenty-six .<\ m e r i c a ,i s - a l l de a d • TBILISI S c II a l o 1· K e IL 11 e d )' o J 11 a s s a c h II s e II s - a v is i t/Jr, I o d a .v I o 111 c T b ii i s i c e IL 11· a l m a 1· k c I i n So l i e t G e o r g i a ; t h e re mi,igli,r , g wit!, c1•owds of shoppers - also, engaging in a Ii/Ile American-style politicking. And the Russians I 11 e _,, s e e m e d t o l o v e i t . A t o ,i e p o in t , a R u s s i a n tn a tr on observi,rg ecstatically: "How beautifrtl he is!" CAPITOL HILL On Capitol H•ll th 5 - e sweari11g in of Miclligan D em ocrat ~ Bob Traxler - as the newest member o f the House. House speaker Carl Albert also ta . ki11g this occasion, as he put it - "to realistically appraise the win _ _ c: :::>-W s ,rw,Qi;a,.,_ ~ ' - b y Mr. Traxler. "t OD11n 12h,g:.. 1 "The Republ ican Party is in ' . \ bad shape - real bad shape." Adding that "itnless it straightens itsel f 11p - there will be only one party" - the Democrats . Albert further su . ggesting that this would be bad not only for the Republicans - but also the nation as a ~ ;;:ve in a t1t10-party system in this country!' " whole. - su,.t 1 C . SENATE The Senate Foreign Relat ions Committee today approued the appointment - , of six new diplomats. These including :{:-., _;i.,~ Ambassador to Sweden /'- 1, - in a year-a11d-a-half; Robert Strausz-Hupe o f Pe,ansylvanla ~.,:...~ :f;u,w. '14 ...e.,.,...{,~ l4f . ~ - r : . z . _ e 11, s. ,4 iii 6, •••lo• 10,# Belgium. OIL Two more giant oil companies - Exxon and Texaco tod lliJ re Port e:d h II g e gains in th e i r / i rs t - quarter earnings • ~ x o n i t U> i&g a J11mp of nearly forty /)er cent} - ic IIU• Texaco more than doubling its previous earnings. bi u rululelf lfiiJiliPMiNI Grd/ President James L_Q_//_ -tt~ .bnt:::iDldUii a we ■·> elHi/lP&Nc ~ /U e #i ct hag fl,u1 Congress I\ to- will pass legislation •••s ,ear - ■ I ne d ";f restric,... future profits. "I think Congress is vindictive" - said he - ''and regardless of the good case we might make - Congress will insist on changing the tax laws ." BLACKS From a black study grou p - a report today on the ,rumber of Black Americans h oldi ng elective office. The fi . g11re sai d to ha v e increase d b}' one hundred and fifty-two per cent 1' in tla• past Jive years. e,, s••w ~ - ••• ,, 10,. ~~ "'tfu=4'olUllcff 1ttaal w,/1'the civil rights movement M fl g a in in g m o ,n en hu11 • " WASHINGTON Washington again - an International Water Quality Sym , posium; hearing a report today from pollster George Gallup h•iu,- - on the results of a recent nationwide swrvey . Fully seventy per cent of the nation's water user · s - said to be fully satisfied with the quality of their dri,ski,sg water; but twenty-nine per cent - saying it's •-m,t t,: awful) • ~ ,lecause :;::_ •• • • 14 r it tastes bad) - <Vt smells bad.I- or has too much iron in it; 6a J iii C 5 I o/ D f I ~ just plain Ira-rd. BUFFALO From Buffalo - a story of a court case where the punishment really fits the crime. Instead of a fine, convicted "streaker" Jerry Chilson, age eighteen - allowed to make a Twenty-Five-Dollar donation to charity. The money it cost him to run nude - now to help clotlle needy orphans. GRAND RAPIDS Coming soon to the Gracewell Country Club G1•and Rapids, Michigan - a special golf tournament for ministers, priests and rabbis. The co-chairmen a couple of local pastors - who have drawn up a unique set - ~ , - of rules, as follows : "Thou · shalt not t1se profanity - tlaou - A shalt not co v et thy neighbor's Putter - thou shalt n ~ thy neighbor's ball - and thou shalt not beat" false wih1ess in the final tally."