Thursda y, Ap1 • il 26, 19 73 Ml SIS /PP/ T e ,i mile I ide and f o1 • t feet deep - the rain-swollen Mi sissifJ/Ji was 1t ee pi,z g Southward tonight· alon g the way, lea ing lens nf thou ands of homeless - in Misso1tri and Jllinoi and on South· also, tlireatening now - to inundate whole cities. At least one flood worker saying: "All we'1 · e reall doing is retreatin . g." And the damage so far from Iowa to th . e Gitlf - an estimated Four Hundred Million. WATERGATE For the fir l lime in weeks , ii seems - a temporar lull today in ~ Watergate, onzelnlinar.. Behind the scenes though - a F ederal gran d jury was continuing its in es ligation· hop ejull3 , , o•c• agufx - in secret. President Nixon ,-:.~'o/o~i!~ng - h i s own />Ti v ote investigation. The While House saying today he's determined to find out hat,pened "what happened, how it J ~ and wiry it happened." GOLAN HEIGHTS In the Middle East - an Israeli A,·my patrol in the Occr,pi d Golan Heights - today captured Jive would-be Palestinian i11filtrators. All five - armed with Russian-made 74w~ rifles and grenades. fi'oted as saying they crossed the Mideast cease-fire line - "with the kno, ledge and approval of the Syrian Army." Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, a charge that eighteen French-made Mirage jets - have just been transferred from Libya to Egypt. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban claiming "incontestable information" to this effect. But lie also said that despite At'ab "oratorical campaigns" - lie does not expect renewed hostilities; not now - anyway. TRADE hi /1,e U.S. balance of trade - at last, some encouraging news• The U.S. Commerce Department reporting today - our trade deficit for March was only Fifty-Three Million· which may oun . d like a lot - except that the Febrtlary figiire was nearly Half-a-Billion. Indeed, the March showing was the best for the U.S. - since September '1lf 'Seven t )' - One. ' Total exports - jumping by Three Hundred and ,, Fifteen Million; while total hnt,orts were dropping - more Uan a Hundred Mil lion. ATLANTA From the National Center for Disease Control Atlanta - comes an alarming report. Governme11t doctors noting that less than two-thirds of all U. s. children, age one to four - ha v e been f1tlly immun . ized against polio; which means that all the rest - are still running the risk of contracting this dread disease. Dr. John Witte ct6a«rt1ss, •'••.t~~ the immunity level is still dropping; especially among children - of middle and upper income families. polio for ten or fifteen years" - Ire /\ forgotten what it can do." "People haven't seen ~~ explains - 'J!-11•,'p,: " SYDNEY Yesterda y in Australia - CIZS- Anzac Day; the Australian equi va lent - of our own Memorial Day. Today in Sydne y - -Hie tu, l iJit l =-gf North Vietnam and North Korea/\... For a number of Australian vet#!!ns who once fought in -J'..too much, too soon. The vets invading an arrival ceremony - at the Sydney Town Hall. Raising their own placards - in front of welcoming banners held by Australian peace groups. Tie vets telling their former enemies - to "go home." Chanti,ag it - over and over and over. Australia's new Trade Minister - James Cairns later telling his Communist guests: - he looks for11Jard to the day when Australia can re~ognize their governments. But w h en th; s m i g h . t O ccur - s a id Cairns - he c ou l d not say. Adding _ it's a matter for tutu . re negotiation. WELLINGTON FOLLOW SYDNEY Australia's new Prime Minister - Gough Whitlam 13 61ft"t"eiitl}' in L o n d o n ; , ~ tio4'Tl!: he plans to go to the Jnter,iational C o urt at the Hague - in an effort to get a ban , on French nuclear testing in the / sou th Pacific. I More on tile same - from Wellington in New Zealand. Prime Minister Norman Kirk of New Zealand - saying he intends to send a Navy frigate, if necessary, to stop the n ext French test. "We are going to follow tliro · ugh" - said he "on w ha t we ha v e s aid we will do and w la a t is o Pen to us to d d~ SOUTH COTAB A TO D e ep in the fore t in South Cotabato •n ., the Philippines - I o th e "l o s t t r i b e " of c a v e - d . .. e l l e rs l l w ca ed Tasada y s a child is born. A bouncing baby girl - deli v ered by Dul, the w ife o f Udelon. Both mother and daughter - said to be do i ng fin e. 7 he new arri v al raising the Tasada y population - to a grand total of t w enty-eight. The Tasadays, as JG• Fet&:i,-C - J'n:mrt:- - the world's ~~ ~ las t know n 1 ca v e m en and j!!' om en . They were dis covered ju s t a few years ago - b y an expedition led b famed aviator- tu t ■ ett- c on s e r v a t ion is t C ha r l e s L ind be r g h . The Ph i l i PP i" e government - since attempting to maintain the tribe in its native state. Incidentally, the new baby - has as yet no name. Philippine officials saying the Tasadays customarily wait I)._ ~ year ~ before they "christen" a child• In the past, at least, the main reason _ we are told • simply that few lived that long. TOKYO In Japan - a n e w day is already dawning; bringing with it - the threat of the worst transportation tie-up in Japanese his tor ;, . Th is the product of a planned three -day strike - b .,\ railworkers, Public service workers, comniunications wo1·ke,·s , taxi drivers, airline crews, postal workers and longshoremen. Officials saying the strike could s tr a ,id . ~ - l i t e ra l l y millions of commute rs and travelers . NAIROBI From the government of Kenya in East Africa - an order today banning from that cou11try the Associatio,e of Jehovah's Wihaesses. Kenya's Attorney Ge,reral Cliarles Njonjo - calling tlie Jehovah's Witnesses "dat1gero11s ,,, tlie good of tlee Republic." At tle same time - Kenya also bat1,ai,ag: Tiu, Watcletower Bible a,ad Tract Society - l,ater,eaUo,aal Billle Stude,ats - tlae Associatio,a of Zio,a - tl,e Millenial Daw11l•I• - tlae Russ ellites - and the Sta,adfas ters. Hom• Minis ler Daniel Arap - observing tlaat Ke,rya believes i,a freedom of wor,lalt,; but tlaere is ,eo room - said lie - for t,eot,le •Ao create laavoc under tlae g,,ise of rellgio11. GENEVA Tlte next annual conference of the 11,ter11atlonal Labor Organization - is not sched•led till early Ju11e. BNt its first item of business - was set forth today at ILO 1ieadquarters in Geneva. Officials sayi11g tlaey t,la11 to 1>-rot,ose a ,aew world co11ve,ation - ba,s,ait1g cleild labor. T•I• tie res•lt of a rece,et study - aro,u,d tlee globe; a •t•dy tlisclosi,eg "" eatimated forty •illio,a workers - age fo•r••" a,ed ,,,.der. BARNUM CITY Not far from Walt Dis,rey World in Florida - a gala ground-breaking today ; featuring midgets - clowns bea11tiful girls - and giant elepliants wearing brigllt yello,o construction hats . T,. is the first stet, - in tlae building of bra,ed ,..,.,, Barnum City; the future "ome -t6 - o~Rh1glh1g Brotlters a,ul BarflNm afld Bailey Circus World. ,,, tlte ,oord• of c ircu• imt,ressario Irvi" Feld - "a ,eea, dime,esio"" to lite "greatest ,,.o.,, o" eartlt. " LONDON When people take LSD - they often do stra,age tlaings; like taking off their clotltes and climbing a tree - or atte mP ting to fly. Now tlae story of Vi,acent Casey - age tK1en ty -f Ive - of L ondo,a; said to laa v e take,a LSD - •laer••Po,e lie attempted to wall, across tlae Tluime• Rive-r. Only trouble - lie co,ddn't s•im. r•li•g - "deatla by dro.,,ai,ag." SAN FRANCISCO O11e of tire biggest t,arlies •n years • - i• comi•g ut, tomorrow in San Fra,acisco; ~ will, 4 ticker tat,e P•rade - ~ a civic lunclleon, siglltseei•g 0 ,,/al,ot,t,i•g tours, a dinner dance and on and on for 11110 days. FIie guests of lio11ors - some l•o lau,adred a•d seve,aly former POW's - wlao 111ere once leeld at So,a Tay Priao11 Camt, ;,. Nor tit Viet11am; also, a grorlt, of Gree• Berets - 111Ao ••d• a daring attempt to rescue tlaem. Otlaers •lo •ill be tle•r• - i,acluding Jo1,,a Way,ae, Cli11t East.,ootl, Red Slt•lto11 a,111 ti• A11dre.,s Sis lers. TA e co• t of all tll is - ext,ec tetl to ,..,,. ab o• t a Q••rl•r- .. of-a-Million. But ( t,iclti11g ut, tl,e tab; Texas ~illio,aaire B. Ro•• Perot • I• ~~Af?- a•d - I• ~ ;,. effect ~ "•llo • co••ll•1?' · BOUSE A new suggestion on how to beat the e,aergy crisis comes today from Capitol Bill. This i,1 a stateme,at endoYsed by some tllirty members of the Bouse; a sl•t•mefll urging the use of bicycles i,astead of cars - ,olaer•ever ,,ossible; noti,ag tllat sucl, a switcla by o,aly t,oo or llaree t,•r ceNt of tire drivi,ag public - could "''"" tit ere ,0011ld be ,ao gas alaortage tltis summer. Tlte House s tateme,at f11rtlter sayiflg: "Tia ere Is • •••d to accept tl,e bicycle - as "" i,alegral co•Po••"' of a balaJ1ced tra ■st,ortaUo,a system." Addlflg: "You ca,. be•t tlae energy crisis - protect Ille eflvlroremertl - afld lave /11• at tlae same lime."