MIDDLE EA ST In the Middle East - the fighting ~ o,i -- amid a welter of conflicting claims. From Tel Aviv - a report that EgyJ>tla,e forces on the East bank of the Suez Ca,aal - laave noao been cut off. General David Elazar, lite Israeli (destruction chief of staff saying: "We have begun theA • • • of the Egyptian army." General Elazar also sayi,ag that Israeli troops tJn the Gola,. Heights - are "movl,ag from our terrorltorles agahrst tire otlter side." A,a Israeli field dispatch addiftg: "Tire Syrla,as ar• •-••••• Ju oJ>eftly In retreat - and our forces are racing after them and destroyl ■g tlaem." Far from admitti,ag defeat thouglt - EgyJ>t ""'~~ and Syria were both A.' 331 :gi~ major victories. Cairo saying that Egyptia11 troops - are no11J in complete MIDDLE EAST - 2 co " tr o l of the E as I Bank of th e Su e z • D a ma s cu aying that Syrian troops tin the Golan Heights - have captured "tire greater part of t'lte Central Sector. ,.,. ■ le'• r fNNf" lh twwt► >- ••••• ws•n J ■•• la•• lo wall uwd 111. WHITE HOUSE · ~ T l , White H o u s ~ n announcement today tlrat Pre id nt Nixon ts peroonally j < ~ ' _:!:,:t;;.;! /r~,~ w ~ ::: II~ ■■ Mid-East -,. The Pre ident ~ !lb pee,• off•••••• - q , ~ ~o,~.r:t-~ a direct a tie mpt t~~~.:ia,,, Jtt ujul /, of ovlet leader Leo,ild ••1rrz The President telling reporters: "It Is very easy to tlal,ik hr this particular kl•d of crisis - simply l,i terms of a grand-stand play;" o•e •llere tlae U S mlglat "go In a11d u•llaterally make a •ove" - 111hiclt mlglat then fall. BMt, "our lnte,atlo,a" lie continued - "Is to move for•ard 1111th the broadest possible support that can be effectJd; "based o,a a posltio,a - said he - "111lllch 111e hope and believe •ill ~~~~1L,~, MOSCOW FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE Meanwhile, in Moscow - ~ ,'••• from ~~ Brezhnev).. The So v i et U nion is 1 ,-111wJf~x!IJ{ "prepared as before" said he - h e help - insure a stable peace in the Middle East. But he added: "What Is taking place there Is a battle between Israel, the alfll aggressor and Egypt and Syria - the victims of aggression ,olao ,oant to liberate their lands." "Naturally" lae co,etlnaed - "all our sympathies - are on the side of tlae victims of aggression." e - ~ J•11ldw•t ■ II:,, Brezhnev's remarksAus Jug at a Kremlin luncheon - In honor of Japan's vlsltl,eg Premier Tanaka • t• • a le- Clo• h, &:ti 'A •• z;; ~ n N for "good neighbor I:!, relations" - bet•een Russia and Jap n n. Further observing that "the conclusion of a peace treaty" officially ending - - - MOSCOW FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE - 2 World War Two - - would lay a still stronger foundation for futu1 •e rsleti:N.- relations." Be failed to mention, however, the relMrn of the Kttrile Islands which Japan considers crucial z; ~ , such a ,,,. treaty. SENA TE FOLLOW MOSCOW • ■ ii#'....lii Washington the Senate today passed a !!!id-eat resolr,tion follottJing consultalo,as •ilia Secretary of States Henry Kissinger. The Senate measure callhtg for a return to previous borders; meaning tllose in effect - as of the last cease fire. This seen as an Indication perlaaps - of administratlo,a thinking; an assumption, laottJever, ~ the White Housel\refused either to confirm or deny. VIENNA At Vienna - the six Persian Gulf States today opened their latest round of price talks t with the major western oil companies. The new fighting hr the Middle East - apparently :'eJ;;i:r;\~• A.. R . -••- J a U ■ l•at J - serf~•• 111111 • • • Indeed, , . . ~ ~kesma11 hinting ....., at a possible attempt - to cut off the flollJ of oil to nations supporting /srae l. Once the talks were begun though - the prime subject .,as money. Sattdi Arabia's Ahmed Zaki Yamanl saying: "We did not come here to discuss tlae .,ar. We t11ant to talk about oil prices - and that is .,1,at .,e will conthaue to do." FREEZE On the dome tic front - a call today for an end to th Present phase four wage and price controls. Thi - in a letter addressed to President Nixon; a letter drafted Jointly - - by the U S Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturr• The t11Jo groups claiming that government controls have created i shortages and dlstortlo• 111lilcla add to inflationary pressures; also, urging tlae President to fight inflation - "by striking at its basic causes - principally •••••• escesslve government spending. J STICE S Justice Department - a memo today denying that any of its officials- had engaged in a YA.f ~- "campaign of news leaks" agains~• BJ it~ Agnew. The memo also charging "an attempt to confuse the is sues and to lia lt a legitimate inves tiga lion - by the common defense tactic of trying tl,e prosecutor. " Ne ertheless, adding that Justice Dtt,artmeflt officials - ,oill be allolfJed to respond to the Vice President's ,_,.,,,, subpoenas and anslfJer questions. B ENOS AIRES At Bi1e11os Aires - President elect Juan Peron of Argentina was celebrating today - his seventy .... eighth birthday. r•e '""'" ea 1111 t11tlNI Jtue~ , on the grounds of the Pre idential mansion . - where Peron 11Jill take up residence this coming Ft"lday. ~ Peron himself - personally greeting fl ■ ••ll• ■ lld ~ five thousand guests. officers. ) Those present - mo·nly retired Army ••t ■la• :II p's•••• .v• a 1c 11,~} PeTon's iftner circle; the ministers and politicians •11o, with Peron - •Ill soon be running the count,-,. KIAWAH ls land A whale of a mystery is reported today - from KialtJa~I, Island off the coast of South Carolina; 1tJhere thirty-four black 1tJhales 1tJashed ashore and all but ten later died. w•, w- 11••.t I• aa,. State officials speculating at first • it may have been a mass suicide. A team of exJ,erts from the Smithsonian l&1llt ■ I• :a no"' say••1 lu#euer-, the wlaales appeared to be sick. Spoke sm• n Jam es Mead obs ervhag tlaa t • - "11011e of them 1tJere clean, healthy a,almals. Addhag tllat tlaey had had ,aothhag to eat - for some time. As for the survlvl,ag tefl - tl1ey, too, aYe feared doo,ned. Mead saying they 1tJill J,robably t11r,a up - on nearby beaches. llctlms of a n,alady • as yet unk,ao"'"• X-RAYS From tlae U S Food a n d Drug Administration - a new set of proposed rules toda~=-==~r~tb•~•~•-=a■~,~•~•Fdd:. ti ,,:t protect,-,, tlae public - from unnecessary exposure ), to commercial ex-ray maclalnes; in factoYles, at aiYports - and so on. WASHINGTON Th e Whit e House again - an aftnouncement today that first Lady Pat Nixon - has agreed to serve as ,._ chairman of a• •~c••••w benefit ball, TIie date - November Thirtieth. - . Proceed• desUned for si,c Africaft ,iatiou A~1tl.1r1 ••-■•lil■d IJ - drougllt earlier in tlle year · . 71e•e ••••••••• - Cltad, MaU, Morllaftla, Niger, s,u,egal, a•d UJIJ,er Volta. DEMOCRATS At last year's Democratic national convention - you may recall - the head of delegation might be called its chairman, chah·•oman or chair- person; the exact designation - varying •Ith the individual. Now - an attempt at uniformity. Tltls ~ at a Was hlngton meeting of Democrats ~,s,:::::ild:IIAllS=:• ~ ■ rltl ■ g;: er•:i.t• omlo~ rules for tlie Nineteen Seve11ty- l_ix convention. Tlte rules makers - decreehag tllat "henceforth, •ords in party sta,adards l,adlcatl,ag tlte masculhae a4 •• r gender - s1aall be deemed also to refer to tlte /eminl,ae ger,der." Wltlch means tlaat , man , •oman or person, a chairman is a claalrma,e is a chairman. KA U KAUNA Kaukauna, Wisconsin - a 111eekend a/)/)earance by fabled motorcyct stunt man Evel Knievel; Including a thrilling lea/) - but a disastrous landing. TIie Calfor,lla dare-devil tumbliflg efld over efld - ••fferh•g back afld land h•Jurles, aloflg .,ftlt a damaged ltlthtey - tlta t /)ut ltlm ,,. the ltos/)ltal. Before "e 111as carted off tho11gla - le "'"""ged to make Ills •ay to o track side mlcro1>llo"•• Evel KJ1level tellh•g 0J1e afld all - "I am too toKgla to die."