Friday, Febr11ary 9, l973 PENTAGON For American prisoners in Vietnam - about a q11art•r of them; at least - freedom is finally at ha11d. Tl,e arrangements completed today in Saigon - and later set forth at the Pentagon. Tim? of the rel · eas e - set for lal• Sunday , Waslrington ttme. Tire Commu,aisls agreei,ag to release in South Viet,aam - twe11ty-seve11 t,Yiso,aers a,tH,rnlly held in the So11th. The remahuler - about a-1,undred-a,ad- fifteen - to be set free in Ha11oi - a Pentagon st,okesma,a adding tlrt some of these men could be back in tl,e U.S. - within three or foNr days." As for just who tire first batcll will include - tl,e Pentago" sa_yhtg "we do not know st,eclflc numes yet." Suggesti11g ho,vever that "some civilia,as will b• in the grout,. " VIETNIANE FOLLOW PENTAGON M ea nwh ile, Henr y Kissinger was a rr,iing today at Vietiane i n Laos. Dr. Kissinger later conferri,ig •illl Laotian Premier Prince Souvanna Plaouma. Wl,at tlley tallied abollt - not disclosed. Earlier tho11gla in Ba,iglloll - Dr. Kissinger reportedly saying tlaat "peace is on tlae way ;,. Lao• "tlaa t a cease fire will come soon. in b otll Laos and Ca"' bod I•' Dr. Kissi,iger fl y s tomorrow to Hanoi. 411d after tll•t - Peking. MANILA For Vice President Agnew the final stop of his eigltt nation Asian tour. The Vice PresideJtt departi,eg Ma11ila today enroute home - after a leJtgthy tallt 111ill1 Preside,at Marcos of the Philit,pi,res. The Vice Preside11t also issMi,ag a p"blic stale1neJ1t. After completi,eg my to11r, said lie: "I am quite optimistic tllal we will not resume tllose u ,.produc Ii ve II os t il it i es that e11e r vat ed a11d dis s 11,ated all of us." "I llri11k" - le added - "we have finally lear,aed th . al people ca,s live logetlrer in peace - if tltey llave real molivalio11 lo u,ede rsta,sd 1 9 a,ed compromise witll o•• anolller." KATMANDU Earlier tl1i week - you ma y recall - an official policy staten1e11t from India's Madame Indira Gandhi ; in effect, a,r indictment of U . S. policy in Vietnam . A,rd, t,rdeed , in all of So11lheast Asia. This leading lo a delay in the departure of Daniel Moynihan - lo tak e 111> Iris post as ,re., U.S. Ambassador to India. A state Departmertt sf>okeslftart further saying that Madame Gandhi's remarks - were "difficult lo com1>-rehe1td and understa,rd." Now - an attempt at making amends . The lady Premier traveli,r.g to Katma,s . du - wltere site addressed today a sessto,r of the Nef>al Cou,r.cil of World Affairs - alo11g Ille way, notirtg tltat lrer previous speeclt - llad "attracted so•e adverse reaction . " But these remarks - said Madame Gandhi - "were in no se,r.se meant to be a criticism of anybody or any country." Sire also expressed lrof>e tlaat the "truce reached in Paris - will bring durable peace i11 Vietnam and lndo Chi,ra." Adding that "our task is to cooperate in tire development of /hat region ." BONN The U.S. dollar was under increasing pressure today in the 'Netherlands, in Japan and especially in West Germa11y The West Germa,r Central Bank - finally forced to 1>1111 o•t ., the stops ; buying up a record two billion in u . . curre11cy - in a desperate effort to mai,rtain the Germa,e Maril at its prese11t v alue. And then - whe11 Ille money markets had all closed a,e emerge,ecy meetiJtg in Paris; drawi11g tlie top fiscal experts from Britai11, Fra11ce a11d West Germa11y. Tlels we are told an attempt to "work o,,t a commo11 EMropeare positiore." Observers addi,cg tltat some sort of revah,atlo,e - now seems almost certai,e . EAST BERLIN On the Eastern Front - a diplomatic one-two. Ftrst Brita in - and then France - granting dit,l oma tic rec ogflUioll to Communist East Germany. This leaving tlee U.S. as 11,e o,el y one of tlte fo•r occut,atio,e f'owers still 111itlt-1'oldiflg official recog11ilion. HELSINKI At Helsinki - the final session of second round tallls - aimed at claring tlte way for an all-European security conference. Today's meeting - ending w ·11, an agreemertl to meet again two weeks lrence . Britain's Anthony Elliott later expressl,ag •ati sf ac tio11 wltlr results ob tah,ed tlrus far. Addt,ag: "WI•• we return after tl1e break - we slaall ltave a good basl• for furtlter co11structive work." VIENNA FOLO HELSINKI Re v erse side - from Vienna; wher e 1tine days of "quiet dir,lomacy" has /)ro v ed a disapr,ointment; as yet, faili1tg to clear th . e wa y for East--West talks on r,ossible troop red11ction . s in Central Eu.rope. A Wester,r spokesma,r sayheg today we are now awaiti,tg consideration by tlle Soviet Ureio11 - of positions • it Ir.as taken on certain qr,estio,as." Adtll11g: "TIie ball is ;,. tire Russia,e court." WASHINGTON Gove-rnment checks totaHng more tlsan six milllo,s we-re mailed out today to lndia,r and Eskimo t-ribes tlaro•g•o•t the U.S. ; Ille first t,ayme,st of Fede-ral reve,sue slaarl•g f••d• - ,eo stri,sgs attacked . TIie mo,rey assig,red to eacla trib• tlaat lras a "recognized gove-rni,sg body" - t,erfor,,,i,ig "s" bs ta•tial govern m e,r ta l f11,sc tio,ss. '' N•mber o,ie - tlae Navajo tribal co,.,icil for Arl•o,ia, Ne"' Mexico a,ed Utala - gelliflg o,se-t,oi,st-eiglat millio• or ,searly a tlaird of tlae total amo11,et. - tl,e Co-rti,aa Ra,aclleria of Col•sa County, Califor,aia 6•111,ig a grand total - of t11Je,ity-six bucks . ATLANTA F,om tlee National Center for Disease Co11t,ol at Atlanta comes today the latest on London flu, Gover,a,ne11t doctors reporting tlee disease laas 110w claimed 11early fifteen hundred lives - adding tl1at Lo11do,a fl• is still at epidemic levels - i• more than a lau11dred a11d t111e11ly citie•. But t la ey also say t Ir.at "most regio11s - a YB rer,o-rli•6 a decrease in cases;'' wlaicla mea11s - 111e are told - i•e wo,st is ar,parently passed. SAN FRANCISCO From San Francisco - the story of an lrisla Setter by the name of Lulu who turns out to be - a lollat,alooza. Lulu giving birth to ninetee,r t,ut,t,ies one of Ille biggest litters ever recorded; in so doing - also ct"eati11g somet•111g of a feeding t,roblem. Owner Ut"sual Hamilton e%plal11i11g: "Tlret"e at"e nineteen t,ups - and Lul" is equipped to lta11dle only eiglltee11." Whlci mea11s Jot" one at least - t"011gl,, rough. " HONEY Q11estion: What is it that Solomon, Aristotle, J"li"• Caesar, the ancient Vikings and Pygmys - all llad ifl commo 11 Ansaoer: A craving for lloney. "Eat tlaou lloney - because it is good." aaid Solo•o•. Why? Because it's "tl,e dew distilled from tlte stars a11d rainbo,as," said Aristotle. Wltile JuliNs Caesar prescribed honey as good for "grumbli,ag ,,, tl,e guts." A• d Ille Vilti•6• sp4ced tlteirs witll fruit - ,ahicll tllen fermented - malti•6 Ille loJ1ger 11igllls J11st a bit more bearable. All ti, is com i,ag lo mind - aoit II a report today Illa I U.S. honey production aoas up anotller thirtee,e perce,at last year. Total output - comh1g to more tlla,a o,ae le1111dred million pounds; due in part, to a boomi11g interest - ,,, so-called "natural" - foods. By the way. most of tl1is 1toney - comiNg from the nectar of saoeet clover. But you ca• also buy 1toney 110w - drawn from everytlling from orange blossoms to Zima bea,as HONEY - 2 to onions. Best of all - we are told tlta t from Gree It Mount Hymettus; according to legend - the original "nectar of the Gods." POT TA WA TTAMIE Out in Iowa, a truck dri v er was stopped rece11tly at the Pottawattamie County weighing station. His truck was o v erloaded with paint - he was detained briefly. .,,,.,. he later told his motlaer about tt - Mom /iri,,g of/a lelt•r to President Nixon, claarging "Police brutality." A,ad tllet"eby setting off a full il1vestigation by Federal a11d State official•. Results - annou11ced today by Iowa Attor11ey Ge11eral Riclrard Tur11et". Tl,e truck driver i11 questio11 - "t"ec•lved better treatment tl1a11 lie deserved"- said T11t"11er. ·: Addi,ag t•at officials "never put llim in a cell - tl1ey let laim mat• a l l the P,h o,. e calls he "'anted - tr ea t e d hi m to a • tea 1' dinner and kept clteclting ltis t,ai11t to make sure it ••• all right." Turner also telling tl,e trucker's Mom: "I suppose your son is now too big for you to tur11 over your ll11ee a11d spank; but he is obviously still a cry baby - and maybe you ought to try clobbering laim once in a wliile instead of /ighti,ig all lais battles for him." Will, that - case closed.