Wed. October 13, l97l PENTAGON From the Pentagon comes word that Defense Secretary Laird will soon re, isit Vietnam. Purpose - to size up tire milita . ry sHuation in order to help the President plan additional troop withdrawals - speed 14p the ttme-table. On tire way home Ire will stop off in Brussels - to co,cfer witll our Nato allies - on European defe,ese matters. Laird noting that Salt talks not-with-standi,eg - Russia is develop i,eg I and and sea based nuclear weat, ons, ''at an ever i,ecreasirag rate." Tlterefore, "it's i,edeed important for us to mai,ctain a stro,cg realistic deterre,et" if o,cly to assure "success ;,. east-west negotiation . " KREMLIN As a follow u(> to the v isit b y Egy(Jtian President Anwar Sadat comes a joint communique today telling laow tl,e So v iet Union agrees to furt'lter strengtlteJt Egyt,t's armed Jo re es . TII is - we a re told - "tall ;,.g in to coJts id era tioJt ti,• dangerous situation ift the Middle East." Boweve'r tl,e communique insists tlte Kremlin still favors a 1'olitical settlemeJtt. One thh1g more: TIie joint statemeJtt also co,ed•,,.,.• wllat it calls "anti-communism a,td anti-Sovietism" ;,. tla• Arab world. It goes on to say this only "serves tl,e intet'national lmr,erialist fo'rces - and llamr,ers t11e develof>ment of the National Liberation movement . " WHITE HOUSE ~ / - ~ The White House ". a not her special mes sage to ~~ Congress~•~•,.}.. Presiden.t Nixon urg'r a two year tM1enty fold inc, · ease H in federal aid to mi,aority owJted business firms; including a,e additio,aal apt,ropriatiort - of s om e forty - m ii li o n t II i s y ea r ; v p t o a t o ta l Jig• re of sixty-tlaree poiJtt six million - duYi,ag fiscal seve• ty- two. TIie President sayi,eg: "Bolla morally artd physically, we will rtol realize Ille full t,olerttial of o•r rtatiort - .,,.,ii neither race 11or ,aatiortality is aft)' loflger an obstacle to full particlpatiot1 in tlae America11 market place." UNITED NATIONS Secretary of State Rogers today said - at the U. N. - tlaat the U.S.A. will continue to sur,r,ort the world body. This ht s(Jite of some co,rgressio,ral warnings that exr,lusion of Nationalist Chi,ia might lead to a cut bac• ,,. U . S. af>flro(Jria tio,as to the U . N . Said Secretary Roger,: "It is important to ,aote - there is no llareal lo llae U. N. •• far as the executive bra,aclr. of our gover,.,ne,at Is co,.cer,.ed.'' At a strategy meeti,ag of Natio,.alist Chl,.a'• clal•f sufl(Jorters U.S. Ambassador Ba,slt was r,redictiffg a clo•• vote on Red c,.,,,a. SUMMERLAND After se v e,e days of back-breaking effort California's worst brush fire of the year was firtally ,·onlai,eed toda y. Tltis near SummerlaJtd - ;,. 11,e Los Padre• Naliortal Forest ; wliere a small army of fire Jigltl•r• some ,.,o llaousa,ed - sealed off Ille bla~e alo11g a rMggBd mo1u1tairt ridge ; lli~reby saviftg - ,.,,o adjaceftl water•lletl• . The /ire leavi,eg ;,. its wake - at least four dead some for ly iftjuretl and a,. estimated llaree m ll ll art irt t>rot,my damage; also, a black, •moulderiftg scar over forty •quare miles of 0J1ce golde,. cou,etryside . INDEPENDENCE From former President Harry T r u m ~ rare ~ p" b li c s ta t e m e n !) , • Jc 35( m our " i "g t Ii e de a t It of It i s o,. e time Secretary of State - Dean Aclleso,., Mr. TrNMOft sayif1g : "Dea fl A clieson was a frie,ad of all ,,.a,alri,ad - and served lais co,01try witla laoflor and distirtclio11. " "A m er i ca - and t la e •• • I I world - Ila • lost a great friend, diplomat a,ad statesma,a. !' SENATE The President of the Omaha World Herald was a witness today before the Senate Judiciary Committee studying freedom of the press . Publlslaer Harold A,adersor, flatl y rejected a cllarge - "tlaat the Nixo,a Admirtislralio ■ is tryiJ1g to intimidate Ille press." Callln.g sucla ar, allqalltM - in a 11Jorld, "laog wasla." "So far as I 11110w," said lie• head of tlae Omalaa par,er, "Mr . Agnew llasn'I dismantled a siflgle T V n•lwork - or cost a siflgle T V comme,alalor Ill• job ; a,ad al last ret,or." - lie added "Ille New Yorll Tim•• was still r,ubllslalflg dally." He ,oe,al o,a to critici~e "tlli,a-ski11,aed news mefl" - for their "almost h y sterical reactio,a" lo criticism of tlle ,aews media . Said Ille Nebraska publisller: "Most of us 11110w tllat if we aYe to dlsll it out - we slaould also be prepared to take it . " KNOXVILLE ~ ~ ~~ .. lnJ...the same vein - an addre::' by~ fi•••... ~ editor of the New York Times - at the University of __ s;;:_~.J Tennessee. "Rarely irr our history have people taken swell inlertse poaUiorts o,r such deep set1led iss•es tff as tlley are lakirtg today;." by Ille fact that ma,ay y ~ g Jo•rrtali.sts see llteir mis 8 io,e. • a B flOI merely reeorU,ag tlae 1161118 - b11t ratl••r as activists i,a the battle for a better world. "that gover,a,,.e,at 1111d press are .,,.avoidable foes i+•r type of society;" at1d moreso today - llaart ever before. KARACHI For tl1e first time since June - a nationwide broadcast today by Pakistan's President Yahya Khan; callin.g for a special meeting of the Pakistani Natio,aal Assembly tlais December - to work 011t o new co,aatitNtio,t. ' --" Tllia-"aimed at settling tlae bitter differences - ,eow divitlhtg East a,atl West Paki . staJt. B•t Yallya Klaa,e s i r e s ~ tltat lae alone A will ltave lite fi,eal aNtllorUy '1 to decide 011 Co,astitut io,aal ante,tdn,ents. The Paltista,ei President a ' lso accus1'- f,edia - !- ~ of ltavi,ag "ltostile desig,as" 011 Pakista11. / e added s&.i "II is easeNllol * lNdlo oNd Polrlalo• li.aN worll oa,t ways afld nteafls - to redNce teflsio,a a11d allo., a retur,a to normalil!J. " BONN During World War Two - Germany and Ja/Jan com/Jrised the two main axis /Jowers; with their _... stated goal\ - worldwide domination. llllflff i.e ,,.. know how tltat tur,aed out. A ■ J J 4 Ja/Jart's wartime leader - Em/Jeror Hirolaito - ,aow 1>ayir,g a vis i i lo Bo,.,., Germar,y: ~ 1<1a• loasled ltd&; - by o,ee of tltose Germa,as wlto was forced to flee Na~i Of>/Jressio,a. ••••• Clta,acellor Willy Braadt calli,eg /Jrese,ct-day Ja/Ja,i - "a good travelli,ag comt>aftioJt" of /Jrese,et-day West Germa,cy; o,ce "tltat is i,cspired i,c equal measure" - •aid lie - "to safegt1ard freedo• itt tlte world a,cd make it ,,.ore see:Are." Wt i r I 11 , , , r a' J Ut fl M I I d lt ■ t II +D ■■ 4• a s , , e, , As■ w t •f\i• • Pl ' CKERING Another plan to track down - and ltof>efully trap the Loch Ness monster. This one from Ille Flamingo PaTII Zoo near Pickering in northern England. Zoo director Dot1ald Robinson says lee i,atends to use as bait - a nelD "love r,otion" containing a syrtllletlc sex llormone; 011e tl111t laas already r,roved very successful" - lie claims - "•Ula 10l&ales, dolf>ltines and sea lio11s." But will it work on Nessie? Warrert? MOSCOW For Ji• , 1 Willi I I wa:w. Duke Ellingtt>n - the end today of a month-long triumphal to · ur of the Soviet Union. Al the close of his final Performance in Moscow - the Dulre telling his audience - in Russian; "I love you. ,nadly." In re/urn - a sta ■ ding ovatio,a - loud a,ad long. Even tlee official Soviet Ne11. 1 s Agency Ta•• - applaudi,. Duke Ellington sayi,ag: "His or<:llestra leas tle,,.o,astrated techtrical freedo,,., virtuosity and si,acerity ;,. tlte i,aterpretation of traditioflal • Ja&a co,,.posiiJiofls" addh,g, "it was equally good - i,a renderi,ag lyrical themes, dramatic pieces afld 111,morous pieces." 11111 / ',ft,w,~ ~ -t(.j- 11'-.C: •••••; f;-eely translata,__w•e•• I 1J •,x "Cool, comrade, cool. "