WHITE HOUSE W ed. Ja,a 14, 1910 The White House - Preside,al Nixo,a orders "further substa,atial cuts" - i,a the federal budget for .M fiscal Ni,aeteen Seve,aty One. A11ftoN11ce,11e,rt today - from White House Press Secretary Rare Ziegler; wlto q•oled tlae Preside,al as sayi,rg lltal additioreal eco,ao,,.ies m II s I be ,,. ade - a• part of tlae Jigltt aga ha st i,aflatio,a. T It e Pr e s id e ,a t ' s de c i • i o ,a - s a id I o b e I It e res Nit of a cabi,aet me eti,ag late yesler · day; a ,,. eelhag called to co,asider a le,alalive b•dget - - "1lticlt was already ire bala,ace a,ad lteld fort• lite prospect of perltaps eve,a a s•rPl••· Bo•ever, tl,e Preside•I rNlifag tltis il•s•fficieral. He w,a•I• •ore cuts so as to elimiraale 11,e reeed for raisi•g excise laxes. CAPITOL BILL Chief topic toda:} ' on r.:apitol Bill - The Pill. This the subject of a se,eate sub-committee lreari,eg - uNder the auspices of Senator Nelsofl of Wisco,esi11 . wlro called as his first witness Dr. Hr,gl, Davis of Jo It,. 's Ho I> It i "s U,. iv er s i t.v • T Ii e latter ass er ti •g llaa t ,. i,. e ,,. ill i o" A ,,. e r i ca 11 ,c, o "' e " - a r e g" It> i rag 6 i r I I, c o ,a Ir o I pills "like clticlte,es eati,rg cor•"- a•d r,11a,c,are, said lae, tlaal oral cofllraceptives •ay car,se ca•cer, blood clots, diabetes, arter, , disease arad so o•. E•tl res•ll of llais - said Dr. Davis -- a ten year rise i• "ltealllt laaaards" to ,c,onae,e - "ora a scale previor,sly ••lt•ow• lo •edici11e." LAGOS I " I II C' u· a k e of C i i· i I IV a r i ,r N; g e r i a - t It e job of recoNstrKction begins. Go,c,o,, o,r radio Lagos today pledging the 1>eo1>le of Bia.fro - a polic) ' of equal treatment for all; a•••rl•g rebel Ibo tribeslflefl tl1al the) • 111ill rtol be treated as "secofld class citizens." The war is over! We Nlisla yo• all ,veil! =• said Gefleral Go.,or,. Al tire sa"'e ti"'e -- ;,. Lagos and also 111 the Ur, it ed Natio•s, Nigeria rejected loda,· all offers of direct foreig• aid lo slarvi•g Bi11fra,es. Ge,eertll Go.,o• asserti•g tlaat Nigeria llas a111ple relief ••l>Plies - a•d does r,ot ,reed foreigr, blood "'ofi c) 1 , as lie P•I it. TIie General adding tltat tallr of a pla,eJted sla•gllter - is nothi,rg ,,.ore than "vicio•s a•d lflalicio•s propagartdt1". Later he did accept - art offer of Red Cross aid. LAGOS - 2 Mea1twlti le, ad11a1tciJ1g Nigeria• lroof>s caf>INred iudwr i'"' a lo,ag souglat Jungle radio transmitter; tlae o•e llaat serveJ as Radio Biafra d11ri,ag tl1e last mo,allas of the war. Alo•g llie way • we are t o l d ~ ~ ~ s u K411f acceptiag Ille ••rreader of llaoNsaads: hN1tgry Biafra• soldiers - - yieldhig al last lo tlae i,aevitable. BO CHI MINH TRAIL War news from Southeast Asia - tells of two e•gagement B today; ""' ,,4etftwt;t':f/'..,,.,, nellhr /\ in Vietnam. Th. e firs t = in n e i g lab or hag La o s ; NJ II ere a flight of America,a Pla,aes spotted a Viet Co,ag co,avoy c9--- ~ llairty five trucks-::> lreadi,ag soutla o,a tlte Ho e, Clti Mi,alt Trail. TIHJ U S ... ■~IP• q■lcllly destroying hoe,a ly-o,ae of t lie lr•ck s - da ,raagi,ag at I ea• t fo•r ,,. ore. Seco,ad claslt - - i,a ,aeigltbori,ag Tltaila,ad to tlae East; where a Co,ramu,aist force attempted to i,avade - A,raerica'• UboJI Air Base. No l•cll tlto•glt. After 11 fiftee,f • mi,aNte battle -- tire e,ae,ray breaking off; fleei,ag last into the jN,agle le11vi,ag belti,ad six dead. JERUSALEM ~ . l ...... ~ ' L f ' ~ I n I he Mid d I e E a s t ~- a comp a r a ti v e l u ll Both sides reporting ( major figlttir,g. ~ .. n C'MftfJ•,. By the way, the deputy leader of Britai,r's r11ling labor Party - George Brow,r ~ guest today in Jerusalem. Co11/erriNg 11110 Israeli Pre•ler ~ Meir -- on matters that he Q,alled "strictly co•fitle•tial:' • • ' ,-c.itJne.. /,r afl.Y eve,rl, wlae• Ille parley was eruletl Browr, telli•g lits Madame Meir: "See you later Lavey." Tllis ;,. adtlressiflg tlae woma• wltom called - "the stro•gest ma•" i,1 llis B ere G •r io• o•c• cabi11et. ~ •i•,1•,,-.""-«'~._ A.n4'~114.--,...,,r•lfp Ile;, M::tl ,n e"it later - for dillner. CANBERRA Vice President Spiro Agnew - still in Ca,aberra, where his presence sparked a brief b•t viole,at a,ali-American demonstration -- outside ANstralia 's 1>arliame,at house. A mob of aboa,t tltree ll••dred 1>rotestors battling Australia• police a,ad U S seca,r ity m e,a - 111llil e t lie Vice Preside,., ac,a • l t,,aclahag "'"" A•stralia,a Prime Minister Jo"" Gorto,a. Later o,a - Ag11ew br•slaed aside Ille J,rol•st. Telli,ag ,ae111smert: "I'm ralller used to demo•stra"o,as." A ■ d with that UIWIS off for a q•icll game of te,a,ais - o,a ,,.e grass coMrl at tlae U S Embassy. ELDORET The worst single accident in the history of the U S Peace Corps - rep orl ed today from Eldoret, Kenya. Three young school teaclaers - taking a brief v acalior, /,om their assigr,me11ts i,e Liberia - travellh1g through Ken} • a by car -- when tlae vehicle was str•cll by a • trai,e. All three kHled h,starttly. TIie victl"'s l i s I e d as Mar ii y " A "n e McKay of Forest Hill s , New Y or II , S11sart Davey of Clticago - a,ed Martha Merrill of Tucao,a Arizor,a. In Wasltingto,e - llae peace cort>s iss•etl a ctaleme,el suyirtg : "We mourn their tragic deatlaa in tlae caNse of peace." The -: taleme,,t the11 we,at ort to say : "The knowledge llaal these volu•teers gave lo their sl11de11ls i,r Liberia -- a,rd the h , opes they kindled in young mind . ~ - will stand as their most fitti,ag memorial . " ANCHORAGE TOKYO From A •cltorage by way of Tokyr - tlte story toda1 1 of a stra,age or at least, little k•own alliance · . Thal of Alaska and Jat,a• -- worki•g logetlter lo fulfill the Promise of America's fiftietlt state. Tlte ~"Ullt.5'- Japar,ese pouri•g he )lillio,es of dollars - gelli,eg i• A. return vast quantities of ores, timber, petroleum, the raw materials of Japan's eco•omic res11rgeJ1ce; to Ike poi.NI where •i•ety percent of Alaska'• total ,~ exports now e,rd up i,e lite la11d of tlte Risi,rg S••• Beca11se of tltis -- tlte State of Alaslra recently •o--r• opened a development office witla a full time staff i,1 Ille heart of Tolryo. Japa•, i• t•r•, will soon open a co,esulate in ~ A•cltorage. And eve,a as thousands of Alaskans make Plans to visit -7() Expo ~ in Japan next summer - thousa11ds of ~ Japanese tourists are likewise planning lo visit Alaska. One of the "must" stops bJ Japanese visitors -- we hear ANCHORAGE TOKYO - 2 today - MT. Edgeco,,.be Near Sitlra. So ,,..,ch lille Mt. Fuji in Japa,r - that the Japa,aese who ltave settled Nearby ,aow call it - Sitka F•Ji; ~ WENONAH Lates t inn . o v atio,r i,r th .? lo,rg llaul tr11clli•g busi,ress -- women truck drivers. This according to Harry Dickerson of Educor Incorf>orated -- we 11 onali, New JerseyJ which sf>ecializes in training over-111.-r-oad - tr11cllers. The ladies couglai,rg ,,,, a tlao11sa11tl b•clls or more for tlae trai11hag tltey 11eed to lta11dle ••• r diesel • • • lr16clors with twelve speed t I tra••'"issio11s. Lear11l11g lo . , 1&0111 forty foot lrall er• - - ~ acrou A the conth,en 1 ~Wlty sllo11ld a wo'"a" wa11t to beco'"e a lo11g ltatd trucker? First - beca11se it f>ays well - an average of aboNt twelve tltousa,rd a year. Seco11d - because her h11bby is o/te,e a tr11cller lli'"self - a,ed so,ne companies actually prefer husband and wife drivi11g let.ms. It's safer - tlley say. II also ends occupatio,ral sepa · ration - often last i ng a week or more. And so tile collapse of another eli bast i o,a of male sllpremacy. ~ A - .f - l,\ - i-- Ytl.