L.T. BUI C K, 1' ' I S HE R . r 'RID A Y, F EBRUARY 1 1, 1 9 bb ~-~~ - GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: A new A merican offensive -- under way today in Viet Nam. Airborne troops of the U.S. First Cavalry -- in " operation Bagle's Claw." Another expansion of that •salve hunt-and till mission -- along the coastal plain about three hundred miles northeast of Saigon. The first wave or Americans -- although pinned down by Intense enemy fire by nightfall had won the battle. TOUR While Vice President Humphrey was on tour today t n Viet Mam -- one of hls travelin g companions seemed much dlstrubed. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman -- who was supposed to help improve local farming methods -- astonished at the shortage of qualified agricultural persomel ; both Vietnamese -- and A■erlcan. Also agr1vated - by, the recent drafting of Sogth Viet Nam's number one Director of Agrtcu ~ tural Research. Said Freeman: .. He's one of the few people ~n this country with a PH.D. -- and they have hi■ cleaning latrines." UURCIES t GENEv. -- RE HEAD F JMEllICA ' BIG UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -- WM ELECTED T01¥tY 'ro THE ro JOB m PR ~TABTISM. D • EOOE iE C A R N !LAD SUCCEEDING m. "ILLIAM VISSER- FT OF II) m - - /. GENERA SECREI'ARY or TIIE WRLD COUICIL O F CHURCHES. DR. BLAKE -- OD-TIME PRIBCE'roN FOOTBALL PLAYER. WIii>' K>RE , bCi1H'LY - A WDER Df '!'HE AMERICAN CIVIL RIOll'l'S ll>VEMENT. lJUJE£'D, . , · II WAS EVER ARRIS'l'D m !U&-raa-sIXTJ'-TBREE - POR PICK!!Tn«l AB ALL-Wlll'B MIJSB)EIT PARK DI BAL'l'Dl)RE. .. NOW 'l'O BEC ME KEY FIGURE -- IN 'l'BAT BIS'roRIC ECUMDICAL DIALOGUE,- BETWEEN WORLD PROTESTANT LEADERS -- AND THE ROMAN CA'l'IIOLIC CHURCH. TIE NEW DmlAN VERNMENT OF MADAME INDRIRA OHANDI -- under I1CRIA8Illl FIRE 'OO~Y AT JAIPUR) AT THAT OOITINUIBO CONVENTION -- F BER OWN RULmG CONORE S PARTY • . s - ~ ~ .... ,. ... DELEGATES FROM THE BUHGER STRICKEN~T.ATE OF KERALA -- sPFARUADDO TBE A1'?ACK, ON TBE CJlOUNDS '!'BAT 'mEIR ~ILY RICE RATIO BAS mn CUT ro FIVE OUNCBES -- WHILE THE REST OF THE ootll'lU STILL OftS EIGBT Alm A Jll>.LF OUICES A mY.. TD m,Au MER WF.ARIBG BADGES THAT DAD: "WE wABT RICE. ' 'l'JIBIR SPODSMBI A cusmo 'l'RE OOVERRMENT -- or CRF.ATIHG A 0 FRABKENSTEIN OF STATISTICS." WITH OFFICIAL RED TAPE SAID TO BE RESPOlfSIBLE FOR FOOD ~ SDTAdlS - - WHERE TJmRE Sll>ULD B · NONE AT ALL. RUSSIA From Moscow -- news today of a massive literary undertaking. The Russian Academy of Sciences ordering preparation -- of a new twelve volume history of the Soviet Union. A socalled 11 obJective' 1 history -- by official decree -- to replace all other history books of the Stalin and Khrushchev eras. Some two hundred and seventy d1stlngulshed Soviet H1stor1ans -- to take part tn the vd)ure. With publication set fior November -- Rtneteen-Slxty-Seven -- Fiftieth amtversary or the Russian Revoiut1on. Purpose -- said the Academy -- to rectify errors "of the 1 thtrties and 'forties -- when Stalin's role was exaggerated and the names of other leaders were ignored . ·· The Russian writers-•say's the dispatch-to be told to be ~ fair and imparttal -- also to ignore contomporary politics -- tn the true 11 party spirit". But, do you think 1t will all turn out that way ~ IR 'l'RE MFJ\J'l'IMF ·- 'l'liF It , NTINUED TODkY F R THOSE o'lDR RUSSIAB WRITIRS -- WHO 'mIED '00 BE 'OBJECTIVF." AOOUT RUSSIA ) AllD WII') ll>W STAHi) ACC'lEED -- F ISSEMm TING "ANTI-SOVIET PROPAGANDA." TBE DEFENJl NTS -- ANDREI !NIA KI AND YULI DANIEL -- OO'l'H TAIIII} THE S'mRD 'roDAY TO DFIFEND mm toYALTr TO COMKJNISM. 00TB FORCED ro AJIIIT -- ll)WIVER, 'fflAT THEIR WRITINGS COULD HAVE BEEN USED -- Bl • • , . OF - sovm tlfIOI. nRD or TREIB CIDS~T FRIENDS LATER TESTlffDfG .. - that t ~ 1w-o WRITDS IOBODD REITA TED WARIIBGS -'1' ABOUT THE POSSD3LE n\RGER -~ OF SIUKILIIO TJ1EIR WRKS TO THE WEST. IN DfDOBESIA -- ALL FOREIGN OORRES NIEfJ.'S WEn BARRED D\Y 4 FROM AN EXTRAOlU>I?iARY MILITARY 'ffinruNAL SET FOR NEXT 1-l)Nn'.Y. TOE SO-CALLED "PUii.IC" '?RIAL -- OF IDDERS F THAT A lK>RTIVE OOUP AOAINST PRESIDD'l' RADIO JAKARTA AJOfOURCING 'l'BAT A'l'TEllBJiCE WIU D LIMITED -- SOLILI 'm PIRSOKS DfVl'l'ED BY 'l'IIE IRDOJIIESWI ARMf. mcummo -- AK>JIO ' ~ 01111RS -- A PEW LOCAL BEWSMEN. lR1l' BARRDG FOREIGJIERS -"- SAID THE ) Alll>UIICIMER'r -- FOR PF.AR "'l'H!! WOULD MAK! REPORTS BOT BASED OR PACT,' THE BRITISH DRIVE Il A HCEPT D UUW. ftllATIOMS -- CW-RED r, NOTBER MAJOR HURD Y m LO NOON. THE BOUSE or OOlll)llS QRAHTING A DDI'rI ONA I PPR V L -- TO A BILL THAT ~ULD LEGALIZE TB! PRACTICE OF 9)tl)SEXTUALITX BY OO NSENTDfO ADULTS. FIXAL APPROVAL -- IXflCH,'D SPTLY. BEAUTY This next -- for the la ies. Want to be a beauty queen ? Well, maybe here's your chance. The Loyal L . ague of Yiddish Sons or Erin -- today accepting applications for its Annual Beauty Contest. The winner to reign over the group's St. Patrick's Day Banquet~ Maybe a glrl named Bedelia Ginsberg. The rules provide only that a contestant -- must be young, beautiful, Irish and Jewish. In other words -- a flne Yiddish Colleen. And would.I that be something to cause the Hogans, the HaM1gans, the Murphys, and the Moran's to do a double-take ? How about 1t Mr. Moran? TRAFFIC The Nation ' s death to l l last year -- an all-time record high of Forty-Nine thousan d accident victims . According to an announcement today in Chicago -- by the National Safety Council. Up three per cent over 11neteen Sixty-Four. This past Dece■ber the worst month -- on r e cord. I had intended to take you to a fabulous grotto tonight, three miles deep 1n one of the mountains o f Utah, where scientists are at work. But this was a rather heavy news day -- so our trip into that silver mine at Park City, Utah will have to be postponed. And now from WARN, Ft. Pierce, Florida -- solong until Monday.