MEETING --------- This latest today fro,,, the Wlaile Ho11se - o,. tlaat Amerlca11 1'eace offe11sive. A cry1'tlc a1111011•ce•••I Co ,n "'""is t to Ille effect tlaat A,nerlcafl a,.d/Nortll Viet11a,,,e•e officitd• == lrave A t £ ~ cofl/erred 011 Ille war ,,, Viet Na,,.. Wlrlte=Ro11•e Pre•• Secretary Bill Moyers - •Ira •atle tire lo tliv•lge a11y f•rtl,er tie tail•. " > ORONYKO Proa the Vatican -- a report today that Soviet Foreign Minister Oroayko will vislt Italy next 110nth. And that he will call on Pope Paul -- to dlscwss the Pontiff's plea for peace ln Vt& Na■ . If so, he would be the first top Soviet offlclal ever to vialt the Throne or St. Peter. THAILAND FOLLOW VIET NAM -----~-=c:;;-w~ A tdatld:: '••• Side";? from Ba,,gkolt_,i,r ~ ~ Thal la,edi ";t"' c America - is said to be _ -::;-.A~~ t•ietly •• ,..,...,,_,, b11ildl,eg ~ ar,,,ed stre,eglll_, .,;Kgai••I Ille f>osslbility of a f•ll-scale 11Jar ,,, Viet Na"' - tll•t co11III •t>read to all of •011tlleasl Asia. TIie U S •l•ltl•g •lllio•• l•lo a •trl•g of la•II, ••• • • ' •Ir 6•••• - alo•g •Ill, ro•II• ••II rail ll•e• to •lr••IIY o• 11a•d - to •1>e11r-1lead t11e 01>erallo• . ..w111 •or• / o• II,• ••Y - every d•y. IVAy Tl,•ll••d? ••I• Bec1111se - o•e-il'• 011r •lro•ge•I ••II •la••cl,esl ally ,,, so11t1lea•I A•I•. T11Jo - Its /livotal locatio,e is co,e•ltleretl of ,,,.,,.e,.se strategic val11e. A•tl l11ree - ii'• •l•lte I• Ille oa,tcoffle of tllat 11Jar ,,. Viet N•"'• Is I••••-• eve• greater tlla,e 011r o•"· VIE'l'IAM Whlle next door -- Communist guerrillas today successfully evaded two •Jor American offensives in Viet Nam; operations al■ed at trapping and destroying the Vlet Cong -- in their Jungle lalr. The only ujor force or Com■unists -- sighted acress the Ca■bodlan border by ■en of the U.S. First Air Cavalry, who are said to have deliberately exposed the■selves in order to invite a Co•unlat attack. The guerrillas refusing, however to accept thd bait. Better luck -- ln the Central Highlands; where the tint brigade of South Korea's faaed "Tiger Division" trapped and battered reglMnt of Viet Cong; killing nearly two hundred of the Co•uniata, and capturing more than eight hundred. CONGRESS --------- T"e Etgl, ty- Ni,e th Co,egres • reco,eve•ed today ,,. Was,,i,egt <> 11 - "1illt America• fiscal t,olicy aJ,J,are,etly desli,eed to be tlae claief bo,ee of co,ete,etio,e. R•l>•bllc••• SHASTRI -------- Death wrote a /l1t~slscrlPI la1tlgltl - lo I/tat ,-.:. e ~ ~ . momeJfto11s meetiJfg at Tasltke"t;1i"..., Soviet IJ!xlcwi.· ~ l11dia11 Prime Mi11ister Lal Baltadur Sltastri - s11ccessor to Nel, . r11 - dead of a heart attacll at age sixty,-oNe. Barely t•elve hours after he sig11ed aN historic doc11me11t - re,eo11r,ci,eg tl,e ••e of f orce bet•ee11 Jr,dia a11d Pallista,e. ~ U,etil Iii• deatlt - tlte agreeMe11'A_co,eaillerell a •ilestofle to•ard /Jeace ;,. Hi,ed11atafl. lfldia a11tl Palli•t•• botla agreei,eg to J,11ll •• baclt trooJ,s - from Ille fro,et ll••• Ka•l,mlr. for Soviet Premier Kosygi"J .wfo er,gir,eered tl,e accord ,,. ltis a,ad R11s•i•'• first attempt - at playi11g t,eace-maller bet•eea •• ,eoN-Comnuueist co11,etries • • , , But •itl1 Shastri'• SBASTRI-- 2 passing -- the air or Jubilation at Tashkent -- has been replaced by one of confusing and despair. Shastri the little •n who had the extremely difficult role -- wearing the aantle or a an Whoa the people of India alll08t • worshipped -- Jawaharld let,ru. The burden ■ut have been hNYJ -- and Pr1.ae 111niater Lal Bahadur Shaatrl 11 gone. BURUNDI --------- Tlte Africa• State of B11r•11dl - today ordered Ille o••ler of AMerlca11 AMba•sador Doflald D•,,.o•I a,., l•o co•l•cted alleged ••ll-go11er••••I "co••lllralor• " ',) £..,,..,,,, IIJo•• •IJo loot /lart I• •• a6orll11e co•II l••I Fo•rll. acllo• I• 6el•1 co••ldered. " CAIRO Eleven Egyptians went on trial today 1n Cairo -- charged • with plotting the assaasination of President laaser. The proaecution furthe asserting 1nits opening reaarka -- that the defendants also considered an atteapt on the life or A•rican Aabaaaador Lllciua Bartle. All part ot an alleged plot by pro-Peking c0111wi1sts -- to •bitter relations beheen Vaahlngton and Cairo. S!RIICB an thia aide of the globe New York waa beset today by the pand-daddJ of all traffic jUlt. S0119 eight hwadred and •••entJ thousand cara -- nearly half again aa many aa normal, pouring into the ~ity 3rroa every direction, to create the worst traffic crush so far 1n the ten daJ old allbnJ and ltua atrlke. Vlth no end in slgbt. At 1a1t report -- labor and aanap•nt aore than ten ■llllon dollar• apart. The outlook •d• 110re grl■ -- bJ a Unlon atateMnt todaJ to the effect that there will be no new contract -- until Nlke Quill and eight other unlon oftlclala are released fro■ Jail. TRIP FOLLOW STRIKE Did you hear about the man fro■ California who flew fro■ San Francisco to New York airport in five hours, and then the bus ride t'ro■ Kennedy airport to Nanhatten? That took hi■ six hours. Ny niece, Warrend, down fr011 Alaska, spent todaJ 1n lew York and reports aeelng a tall well groo•d •n 1n a dressy over coat and a hoaburg hat speeding ~P Madison Avenu on rollar skates! TRIP FOLLOW STRIKE Did you hear about the man fro■ California who flew fro■ San Prancisco to New York airport 1n five hours, and then the bus ride fro■ ICennedy airport to Jlanhatten? That took hi■ s 1x hours . Ry niece, Warrend, down froa Alaska, spent today 1D lew York and reports seeing a tall well groo•d •n 1n a dreaaJ over coat and a ho■burg hat speeding up Nad11on Avenae on rollar skates! DIRKSEN Senator Dirksen o f Illinois -- guest of honor today at a birthday cere110ny at the Capitol Building; co•e110rating hls seventieth. Senator Margar e t Chase S■ith of Maine presented Dirksen wlth a red rose -- also a :i ttowitaln of Youth " floral bollquet on behalf or "the Aaerlcan p11bllc 11 said she -- 1n honor ot his "eternal youth." The gentleaan fro■ Illinois responding with a ki11 tor Jllls. Saith -- for the benefit of photographers and then another -- becauae he Just felt like it.