L. T . - Tht1r s. Aug11st 27, 197 0 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY : l 'ice President Agnew - flying today from Taiwan lo Saigon, assured newsmen there's •o chance of an,· dela )' in Plans Io withdraw one hundred fifty thousand more American troops from South Vietnam by next June. Saigon is the third stop o · n his current mission lo U S allies in Asia. While Cambodia is not on his schedule, the Vice President nta) 1 fl>' lo Plu1om Penh lomorro, if securil) ' conditions per,,eil. Officials say the only tiring lo cancel tllis woNld be a heavy Commt1nist attack on Phnom Penh during the nixht. EXCHANGE Th e Western White Hous e toda y r e leased all e xchatrge OJ lette1 ' s bet w een Presiden t Nixon and So v iet Premier Kosygin - in which both leaders advocated - m11tttal utrderstanding and cooperation as a basis for lasting peace. The exchanxe was p,·ompted by a l e t t e r fr om K o s ) ' g i n t 1, i s m o n I h - on t h e l1tJ e n t y - f if t h anniversary of the Potsdam Conference which mapped the future of post-war Europe. MID EAST Diplomatic sources_, in London sa_v tlle Soviet U11io,i is contitiui,ig to sh•p z · arge . • qnanlities of ,iew and heav, , weapons to Egypt, If anything, these sources say 11,e sliipments have increased since the cease-fire went into effect - even lhougli that in itself does not constitute a violation. In WAshi,igton, the Slate Department - noting the continuing flow of arms - made a new bid for a big power 'agreement to limit the shipment of weapons to the Middle East - some t 1,ing llie Russians have consistently refused to do. In New York, a U N spokes ,,can sa, , s G 1uu1ar Jarriftg - peace talks . . mediator is , • • proceedirag with /,is work and consull1Jtions. But in Cairo, the Egyptian Minister ... Heikal - - ~ . he .,< of lnformatio,r - Mohammed Hassa,reiN ' peace talks almost certainly ~ fail. "The issue of withdrawal from occupied Arab MID EAST - 2 t e rritor y w ill force Israel into an i mpasse - not being able lo s a y y es , or ,w. In Tel A v i v, Israeli Premier Golda Meier recei ve d a personal message from President Nixon today. Later sll e onno11nced she would go to the United States in October to attend the U N General Assembly - and perhaps l1ave discussions with President Nixon. COLLECTION -- -../.11 . Automobile lte · ir Walter Chrysler~ is giving his sixl) 1 mill ion dollar art collection to the city of Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk was one of fift, , cities, seeking the collection and Chrysler sa, , s he's moving 11,e collectio,a lhe · re because ltis wife is a native of the city - aJ1d he likes its urban development program. The collection includes pre - Col om bian gol d 1 Iranian and Persian. trtt pottery, Chinese porcelain , , painti,ags by numerous American and European artists, and an art 118 J library of nearl.v thirty tho11sa•d volumes. FOSBERG A11 expert on tr p· lb" 0 ica iolog3 , - Smitlisonian's Doctor Raymond Fosberg - says nations sho11ld rid t /1 e m s e I ~ s of I I, e n o I i o n t ha I llr e p r O b 1 e m O f s up ply i n g food for Ille world's tsa•a hun6ry millions can be sol v ed by clearing tropical rain forests and turning their presumabl3 , "rich" soils i,ato gigantic bread baskets. For instance, the doctor says, the vast Amazo~ •••Js basin in South America - on Ille surface at least - appears to have the richest soil on earth. Its forests are immense - its lNshness manifest even to llr.e untrained eye. Still, ti•e aJtd agaiJt, efforts to cha,age this area into a food larder for the wot Id has failed. Farmhtg has yet lo sNcceed ;,. the verda,at reaches of the Amazo11. TIie reaso,a Dr. Fosberg says is that _ r,nlike other regions - the chief resources of the humid tropics are solar energy and water. Vegetable humus, sr,nligh . l, a11d lots of water give the FOSBERG - 2 rai11 for e st lhal image of richness. Bui tear down the trees, and yo11'll fin . d how really poor and thin the soil is, ••--- compa·red to that of more temperate zones • . ~ lls n11lrie,its,< constantly bleached by heavy rains, dissol i11g a,rd washi,ig them awa) ' and once the tree cover is gone the soil has no power. "You can always get enougl, soil for one crop of bananas or maize," sa, , s the doctor, "but after that, you gel nothing." ECONOMr T 11 e Com m er c e Depart m en I r c p or I s I ha t a governm e ,r/ i11dcx - regarded as a reliable barometer of economic trends - look a sharp 14pturn last moflth indicating tl,ere will be a• r,pturn in business this a tc.lumn . WOMEN Women's liberation day is over - but the \J t ",n "l t a n d t I, e s 11 or, ti ng Ii ng er s O n • 11 wa s a day when ,~ ~ At ho" sands O I w O m en ' ~ e on t he m arch - t went y - thous a ad in New York - three thousand in Boston - mor , e than two thousa,id in San Francisco marching in a demand for fuller equality.~ In New York, Mrs. Betty Frieda : n -- leader o ., the womens strike for equality - was twenty minutes late for her first scl,eduled appear , a•ce because of an apt,ointment with her lra i r-dresser. A,ad seve . nty year old Dorothy Frooks, a vetera11 le , ader of the Womens Suffrage Movement - doesn't approve of this modern campaign for equality. She believes women have a historic and genetic place i , n society - f th P . ,, Wli"' • to be protected by the mole o e s ecies. ., if we 're not careful" Miss Frooks _ says, "the men . •lgltl . .J get fed up with the whole thing.)_. leave us f9 go /) rl'? - d ) ~ ~ . . ~ ~ > . fishin , g. " - ===:;;-~ ~ Q.Jd(' 0 -- I ---rd.I TEETH By Ille wn_v - a llousewife in Daytona Beacli, Florida, is reported to ltave lodged an unusual com/>Gi,rt ,vith lier dentist. Tl,at she is being awakened at night by music coming from lier teeth, including a rousing rendition of "Tile Battle H} 1 m11 of the Republic." A dental assoc a·a tion report - which dees,e't NalNe llae housewife - says her deratist explains tlaat tlte gold crowns in her teetlt, coraceivably could set •I> a "poteretial receivi,ag system." I woreder if the Dnytorea LadJ's teeth are tufted ire to us at t•is INOINeret as we saJ - I SOL ONG UNTIL TOMORROW . • . • . • • . --- Frida y, August 28, 197 0 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Interior Secretary Walter Hickel says he expects construction lo begi,a 011 lhe Tra,as-Alas/ra oil pipelt,ae late this wt,ater or early 1fext sprir1g ; the lt11e to bri11g oil fro,,. the Nortl, Slope to the all-10eatlaer port of Valde,1 011 tlae G11lf of Alaska. Hop i11g tu keep alive .,,. at lie ca Us tlae •o• t importa,at piece of domestic legislatio11 i11 tltirty-Jive years Presider,t Nixo,a today agreed to postpor,e tlle effective date of his fo11r billio,a dOll•r fa•lly assista11ce 1>rogr••· If e11acted lrtto laa,, tlae •e•••r• •o•ld, a•o•g otller tlai11g• - childreJt . The Asrlc11ll11re Deparlme11I clti11g e11 v iro11,,.e11tal dar,gers - ar,,aou11ced f11rtlaer reslrfrtio,,, o" lhe 11se of DD T - tlti s ti "'e i ,. v o I v i,. g f o · o d c r o P s • li ' ' e • I O r Ir s O " d fore s try i11d11strles .