EUROPE -- G OD V N G: A 11 a . man uv r to y -- ar ou l p c e . Astronaut Fra n B rman an Jim La v 11 -- in the r 1 h ay o fli ht. wh n they r e two short bur s t s of ro ck et power nan attempt to propel the Gemini-Seven -- into ~ nearly circular orbit. Result: A perfect "burn" -- s a id space off1cfals . The Gemini-Se ve n now ready and waling -- in perfect position f or a projec ted rende z vous 1n space, while at Cape Kennedy -- succes f ul completion today o a crucial groun tes t. Cou ple w ith an ''all - clear" -- ram actors scientists an weathermen. Setting the sta ge f or a Sunday Gemini-Six/ launch of the 'i■xiutgx~ -- and successful c omp~etion o f the nex t bi s tep in man's con ue to space . We hope. • HAKE - P \ 'I ll i · I,• · l1 11 1 I , i II I II • . · • 1 p /> r I i 11 , c a I - - I o d a \ ' a I /11 • I< r e III I i 11 . , I n I _\' - Y ll r - O I d \ II as I a · \I ii,• o \ ' a 11 ,. , i r II i II r I, i /Jo · I a Pre . id e II I o . 1/1 o old a • a11d ill-h • a/lit. Hi · ucr· s ·o r- -ill /Ital lar f! •/y ·r 11011ial job--sixly-/110-y ar-old il,•oltli Pod[[OJ ' ll y. P rhap be I rem mb , , d a Kh1'1t h I et' Ira, eling ·ompanio11--on his isit to the lliled Nation i11 ni11etee11- i x l y . - - , Form . er Sec111 ' ily Chief Alexa,zder Sh e lepin-- apare,zil_ lo succeed Podgorn:, as chief of personnel--in the all-/)01 erful Sot iet Central Committee. W h al does it all mean? According to Krem . li11ologisls-- imply that So iel Premier Kos yg in and Preside11t Br ez hne · --are consolidating /heir (Jot ers in tl,e Kremli11 r Titus reshaping co llecti e leadership of the Commttni I Parl y- -a they see .fi l--i11 lime for the 11\IJ:: - ll' - ... fo r/J,c · o111i11 , ~ Part y '0 11 ,: r css. f2 _ L_I_c_r_ Int e rna li o,za l debate ranged f a'1 ' and u2. i de t oda - - o 11 t h e w a 1 · i 11 Vi e l Na m . North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh leading off with a sl<!Jement--lhal tlze Vietnamese people will a never acce•I ~ U.S. proposal for unconditional peace talks. Said Ho-- "011 . r people are determined to persevere-- to undergo sac:rifices for ten or twenty years--till final ictory." appeal to Russia. Tlzis followed by a British •••=•:aa / Urging the Soviets to join in an international effort--to persuade the North Vietnamese to enter into negotiations. These "as soon as possible a11d witl1011t prior conditions"-- said the Britislt. ' In the meantime, a speech in Moscow--by Soviet Fo1•eign Minister Andrei Gromyko. In which he said that A m er i can int e 1· v en ti on in Vie t Nam - - ca II not be P er m i It e d "to go on with impu,iity." The Supreme Soviet council POLICY - 2 I a t er a PP ,,. o L i 11 g a I' e o l u ti o 11 - - co 11 de m n in g A m er i c an s o - call e "a g gr es s i o 11 " i u Vie t Na m . The next i11 stallment--f1 ' om Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Wasltinglo!J. Who said that Peking and Peking alone--will determine whether the U,iited States and Red China are on a ollision course o ver Viet Nam. In any case--said lie--"ioe are going to meet our commitments i,i Sot1th Viet Nam." The latest word--from President Johnson himself. ln a telephone address from the Texas White House--to the AFL-CIO convention in San Fra11cisc~ Said he: "011r de v otion to freedom is unyielding. So, too, is our hope for peace. Those who i,rsist 011 te.l.£inlf e_!!J!er ) ioill find ,is earnest in both." VIET NAM FOLLOW POLIC y ---- - - --- - -------------- Meanwhile, American air strikes in Viet Nam--Jro v iding an exclamation point to the President's polic y statenienl. U.S. 1 a1 ~ pla11es slashing at entrenched Communist positions--in the jungles# soi,th of Da Nang. Altogether-- ... ~ , , · 1 ' , • f a hundred and fifteen missio11~ ~ close st1fJfJort of go-vernment troops--i11 fierce combat with a large force of Commanist Viet Conu. Back at Saigo,i--a U.S. Air Force sf>okesman reporting the heaviest attack to date on North Viet Nam. An armada of more than a hundred American planes-- Plastering tile North Vietnamese tra,isportation . system with more titan two hundred tons of bombs. Highways alaae in the ,rorth- -said to have been cut in a lutndred and seventeen places. JNDIA ----- A seric of decisi e steps loda by President Joh11so,i -- lo allet iat the threat of a disa trous famine-- across th asl sub 011ti11ent of Hindustan. First- -a speed-up of grain shipments to lndjp,. Calling for immediate deli er y - -of a million-and-a-hull tons of wheat a11d other grains A11 amo11nt w h ich India normally ,oould ha e recei ed--over the next three months. Next- -authorization of a fifty-mill ion -dollar f ertil iz er loan J Aimed at boos ting the Indian grain otttt,u t- - million fro,,.fh ree - to - f 011r,..to11s in t Ile next c rof> year. Finally- - an appeal to otlter food-s11rplus nations urging them to assa•t by all mea11s possible--in pre enting a,r India,i fami,ae. FRANCE -------- 111 Paris--1111 expecte d suf>f>o1 ' / toda ,· for leftist Francois Mitlera11d- -1 ho I ill face De Gaulle iu the ru11-off elecli o11 for Pres ide11tJ From Jea11 Lecauuet-lhe y oung , lta11dsome 111 . iddle-of-the-road candidate--who ran third ;,, tile initial ballot. Altl1or,gl, he me11tioned neither candidate--Lecanuet urged his followers to ote for the man--who came out clearl) ' in fa or of European political a,11it y . Mitterand-- i Ito is supported b y llie Communists--lias taken sr,ch a stand. DeGaulle has not. At the same time- -Leca11uet annor,nced formation of a11other anti-Gaullist movement. Th ·s one designed to weld small partie of the ce11ter--into a cohesive political force. Pr,rpose: To fight DeGaulle--in the Parliamentary elections of 11inetee'1-sixty-se v en. RESCUE ------- TIi e da1•i11 g ,, scue of Russians ie 11tists from au Arctic ; e floe- -, •e port d toda) b y the Sot iet news agenc y Tass~ I ! T 11 e s c i e II I i s t s a s s i g 11 e d l o a R" s s i a n s la t i on - - called "Nortlt Pole-Fo11rteen " Engaged i11 the str,d_v of Arctic currents--aboard an isl,uid of ice. When their floating laborator y bega11 to buckle be,ieath their feet-- in the mids t d"'j a r a gi 11 g A,. c Ii c s tor m . Skilled Soviet pilots landing at night on the 1,ea i11g ice floe--guided ot1lJ by bo11 fires. With Jive trips needed in all - - to re m o e th e bulk of th e s ta ti on 's s t af f - - and all its v aluable eqttif>me11t. - Tass notin g, however , that te11 members of the exf>edilio11 elected lo remain behi11d--10he11 tire seas calmed . ENGLAND Thls story come s f rom England -- but it might reach all the way to tas Vegas. Every Friday night a young Englishman took his wages to a nearby pub and gambled away all his money on the slot machines. In desperation, his wife appealed to Dr. John Barker, a psychiatrist, who borrowed one of the slot machines, connected it to an electrlck SHOCK 1nstrwnent used in treating mental disorders, and put it back 1n the pub. Everytlme the young gambler pulled the handle he got Seventy-volts in the arm. After Six Hundred shocks, he lost inte~t in gambling. Now -- the doctor hopes -- he's cured of the habit. Ned Calmer in New York. And as Lowell would say -- Solong until tomorrow.