IIIDDLE EAST September l8, 1910 Dallas Townsend Amidst the j umble of passions ,,. tlle Middle East crisis - a series of fast-breaking developments today ; ;,acl11dir1g first and foremost - "ere at "ome, a,ry,oay _ tire ,e,,di,rg of an additio,ral fifteen 1,u,,dred U . s . Mari,.•• to Joi,r , t•• Si%lla Fleet i11 tl&e Mediterra,.ean . Tl,e Pe11tago,e calli,eg ,., • - a "t,recautionary • tep." Addi11g tl,at tlte Mari"•• •011ld be 11sed - if at all - o,aly for "evacuatio,a" t>•rt>o••• i• llte c11rr,,,,t Jorda,aia,r civil ,oar. However, tlte w•ue B0111 e ,roti,rg Illa t t•• s a/ e ty of 1:. S. ci Ii••"• ifl Jorda" - i i t•• ,re,efll gover,a,,.e,at t•ere." It wa, a"ot••r dny of •eavy figll ti,ag i,a ./orda,a, •II• •ix cili••• i,aclNdi,eg tire cat>il•I, of A"'"'""· Tit• g11erlll•• .,,a,re,atly drawhag ,aew stre,agtlt - fro,,. Jello• Arab co,..,,..,..,_ 1trea"'i"g ;,eto Jorda,a JroM Leba"o" afld Syria. A•d tlte f•I• of tltoae fi/ty-foNr 1,IJacll ltostage• ;,. g11erilla lla,.d• - • ll .,.,., mucll i,r do11bl. 1,..... - 'I/BITE HOUSE FOLLOW MIDDLE EAST In Washington, ls1·aeli Prime Minister Golda Meir ,net today - first with Secretary of State William Rogers a,ed tll en w it h P res id e n t Nix on . A S ta t e Depa ,. t m e,. t s p o I, es m a,. later ch arac teriz ing the talks the re - as "good and cordial. " . 'llllite House News Secretary Ron Ziegler addi,ag tlaat Mrs. Meir's meeting witlr tlte Preside,at - .,as "very full ,u,d fra,all!' Late t11is aflerr10011, Mrs. M,•ir told a ,.,.,s co,afe••w• tla•I slae fou,ad i11 Mr. Niso,a u si,acere desire to lielp Israel i• a,ay .,ay t1,e US ca,a. Willaout bei,ag specific, slae said ,lie reac1, ed a full u,ade rs tar1di11g ., Ula 11,e Pres ide11t 011 ls rael'• •eed• for ass is laJ1ce. Mrs. Meir added tllat Israeli peace ta lits .,Hit B6Jl#I are imt,ossible ""'" Egypt a11d Soviet R•ssia •itlltlra• Ike missiles t1,at Israel claims llrey 1,ave t,laced illegally '" tl,e S11ez Ca,tal truce zone. • INDOCHINA War news from Southeast Asia - tells ~ of a 6 r• a it la r o u g la in Ca m bod i a ; ;., it h a Jo r c e of elite Cam bod, an .1MI ~~ paratro~ - raci11g to tl,e ass is ta11ce of a Q•• todft&& t••• force earlier trat,t,ed a,ul surroM,ttled. T1'e -•r•lroopera' " ' ~ r••cue c1'arge tlirougl, Co"'"'""'•' li,ae• •ftlosslbl• 6y t•• /oat •ark of Cambodia• eNgiaeer•; i•• l•tt•r •••tlly recoaelracUag /oar lilowa-a, lirltlg•• /- 1•01 llotl ,rer,lo•al:, Hoc••tl Ille otl11oaco of relief fore••. ~ • t i l■•t I• II••• II ~rfs •-l'••r• - tlie trapped J: J! Is reporll•g tl,•lr • • .. ••Ula• lo• - •Isa, tleeir food fast r11•11l,w oMt. - BILOXI l3i JV.'< a lf&l f, I .. ~ llrlle/t#-- M is sis s it,p i - tlt:e sce11e of Ille ~ ..,;.;;.·Governors' Conference - wlricli of)e11s tomorro111. viN\~r Gov•r11or A.Rockefeller of Arkcu1sallJ- wlao will ssrve as C •• i r ffl a" ••-J.J...J.iGE • .:iio~tirl?eaiiilt aa--wft, !' - t, red;, C ti ,ag ;, ,. "tl ,,,,. C. 10•• "goatl e•rtlay tliscassia11" o,s Ille 9ucrstioa of scliool WiU \ ~ tl•••1r•gaH011. Will, Gover11or · 9H'>". ■ of Mi11is1i~~i """ roLBDO-DANIA FOLLOW BILOXI No doubt, tlee Gover11ors will also take u,eder serioNs co••l,leratio,e - tl,e t,roblem of rece,et attacks o,e t,oHce; •lt•cll• wldcll seem to be mo11•tl•g- ratl,er tl,a,. abatl•g. I• 'lbledo, 01,io, a ••gro •dtetl .,,, to a t,alrol c•r ••rly totl•,; a,ed al,ot to deatlt a t,oltce,,..,. i,aside - for ,ao .,,•r••I rea•o,., 'l'III• leadi•g to a ,ollc• raid - o,a a "••r61 • Bl•ct Paflt•er ll•adqMarters. Police later arrested Ta,e,aty-flve-year-ol,I .Tol,r, McClella• ~ .,.,, cllarged 1,;,,. will, fir• t degr•• mMrder i,a II,• "••I• of tl,e t,oliceM•"· ,,, New Ba••,., co,.,aectic•t, blacll t,a,etl,er Lo,afli• McL•ca . • ••• give11 a tlHlve-lo-fift•e• year Jri•o• ••,al,nc•. McLNcas llad r,ee,a co,avicted of co••,iracy to coMMat ••rtl•r i• '"• llilli,eg la•I year of a ,,..,. ••o• Ille Par1tller• acc•••d of bei,ag a police i,eforMer. ~ --- 1, 0 ND ON 2'1 • dea ti of 011e of rocll nu•• le'• to, idol• - ~(_ t \A,tf ~ () ~ _..Jurf,sft!•' today I• OM Lo11do11. .,,,,., Bere,rls - ti• •orl''• CAPB KENNEDY • f• "ret,aratiot1s for Ille /Hg•t of At,ollo-Fo•,.tee,a, •lllcll I• ,c••d•l•d /or early ,aext year. A,tro,a . a•ts Ala,a S1,et,ard ••" Bdgar Mltcllell - successfully pir,g tllro•g• a day-lor,g ••rie• of tests f,a tlaeir t1e•ly-modlfied lu,iar la•der. T•• •i••" ••it1ly at c••cllit1g out U,e al,it,'s co•••11icati• •Y•I•• - •licl discloaed a fe• bu1• 1duri,ag ,.,. earlier teal i• .I•••· •. IAILIVA Y LABOR ACT Pres ide,e t Nixo,e tit is afte r110011 s ig11•d exec11ti v• ortl,r• t,reve,eti,eg a tltreate,eed railroad •trilte for sixty day•. Mr. Nixo,e c-reated a five-member fact-fi11di,eg board 1111d•f" &,,.,,,. foM'Y 1u1io11s a,ed about o,ae ll1111dred a11d aisty rail Ii••• If .,111,,,.,,.,. are ,aot .,orlted 0111 by tlae ••d of Ille •lxly-day ,,rioff, ti, e "" io,a •till .,;u be fr•• to • trill• .,,. l••• Co,a1r••• ,••••• ,,,.,rger1cy l1gi•lati011. We'll "•"• to11i1l,t'• r,t,ort frofll Lo••ll !'llo,,.•• •fl•r Iii• ,,.,. ••1• • • • .. SUGGBSTBD INTRO TO THOMAS TAPE "HAWAII-PART TWO" And now - it's lime for another st,ecial report from Lo1t1ell Thomas; t,resenUng tonight t,art tow - i• a ne• loolt al ourfifiellr stale . Lowell •.. Bello Everybody: I'm still i,r mid-Pacific - in Hawaii. A,ad by Ille 111ay tourism is overtaki,eg the military as Hatvaii's cllief ,o,,rce of i,rcome followed far behi,ad by those t,vo familiar symbols - sugarcafle a,ad pi,aeapple. Ve are told 110111, Ille gover,ror llas just told me tllat by Ille year 1978 Ille stale expects tleat tllere will be three millio,a lor,rists co,,,l,ag llere eacll year - a ,rr,mber ija more tlla,a /ONT times greater ti••• llae curre11I 11erma11e11t 1>0/J•latior, oJ seve11 l,11,edred Ila OMBO ,cd, are o,ae two isla pi11,eac seve,a ' Ille• OJ all tlte 011e h1111dr,d two islarids, s Of all the one hundred an : d thirty two isla,ads, shoals pinnacles, and reefs that form this newest state only seve,a isla•ds are inhabited that is to •rzny exte11t. Hawaii is the largest on , e then comes Maui, /,,folokai, La11ai a,ad Oalu, a ■ d Kauai and Niihau. l11cide11tally, costs have bee11 j•mt,t11g .,.,,. in this part of the wor , d . , sky rocketi,ag ,,. fact. Jletf'ot,olttan Bonoh,lu which enc,,,mt,asses all of tl,e tslaMd of Oail• sttll ra,eks amo,eg the lefl fastest gro11Jt11g major cities ,,. the V,aited Stat . es with ,,,. i11crease in t,01>•latio11 of l•e,aty ni,s . e perce11t over Ille ,,,19 P last decade. By the way 1,ave you ever Ilea rd of a - st,ort called fh,miag'? Well, it's a 11ew 011e to me, b•I 11,ey do II o•I ltere . High in the l•x · N · riant forests of Oallu 's • KoolaN Ra•ge, the fh,mes or larg , e irrigatio11 ditclles carry •ater do.,,. from the mou,rtai•s a 11 d t"e" is where tire y do their fl•mi11g. Fa11Shop into ,,.e 4• - - • ~ co 11 crete ditclies a,rd float 011 tlreir bac lls to catch a free ride dow,r the moN1tlai,r . ..,,. •• •e J,a some places they are eve,a swept tlrrougl, t11,a11els a,ad a•d ride over aqueductsA.over the valleys. Hawaii is o,ae of the glorious placi i,a tl1e world. " come a,ad take a look, Solo,ag •. .. ..