Wed. January 24, l973 -------------------- KISSINGER So it's cease-fire in Vietnam! As yo,, no dollbt lra•e heard by now - Henry Kissinger today sr,elled out the /11II terms; citing attempts to meet e ery concei v able roadblock - that might forestall a "just and lasting peace;" adding that the first of an estimated six l1101dred American prisoners - will be lleading home within two weeks; furtller, expressing confidence - that the cease-fire will soon extertd to Laos and Cambodia. Assertirtg, In short, that the U.S. ltas finally ,oon es•entially all tlle cortcessio•s so lortg souglat. Summing ft all up - He•ry Kissinger saying: "Of C0Nrse, the hatred will •ot rapidly disappear - of course, People wlto have fought for twenty-Jive years - will not easily give up their objectives; b 11 t people who have suffered for twertty-Jive years may also come to know - tllat they can aclaieve their real satisfaction by otl,er a,ed less brutal ,,. eans. " (over) KISSINGER - 2 "And now that at last we have achieved •n agreement" _ he continued - "an agreement for healing the wounds in r,,doch ina - we cat1 also begin to heal the wounds in America!' PARIS At the same time - Hanoi's Le Due T•o was holdiJtg forth in Paris ; al o claiming - "a great otctory." Said •e: "The jtcst catcse has won against the evil cause." Beyond the bombast tho11gh - there does seem aJt equal determination to make the cease-fire work. Le D•c Tiro sayiJtg tltat "all parties - have Ille obli6ation strictly to execute Ille agreement;" for that is tl1e only way - said lie - tlaat we can •nsure a durable peace. Le Due Tito addi,ag, a,ltat's more, tllat Nortll VietJtam will flOW seek - "improved relatio,es" tt•ith Ille U.S. Tltis - clearly a refere,ece to t,romised post-war aid. WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW PARIS Meanwhile, President Nixon was meeting _ wttll a delegation of twenty-five Co,egressional leaders; a,r emotional session - lasting nearly two-and-a-1,alf ho 11 rs. Tl,e Preside,rt reportedly sayh1g of tlaose wllo differed will, 1,is Vieh1am policy : "I respect tllem." Also, tl,a,.ti11g tlaose , 'Id pre1e11t - wl,o s11pported laimt ""f!' saviJ1g Iii• stro,ege,t t,raiae ,,..,. . - for Ille courage aJ1d persevera,ece of A~ericalt figlaU11g ~ Said tire Preslde11t: "TlaaJ1k God for tl,oae wlto stood - tlta11k God for tltose wlao gave tlreir live• - tliafl/r God for . Uose wlao ••ffered .. tlaa11/r God for tire• all - •• 're da•• t,roud of Ille m. " Se11at• Mi11ority Leader H•gla Scott lateY re,orllflg - Ille Prealder,t received a sltu1di,.g ovallo11 . Addi,.g: "Tit ere .,,.,,.,, a dry eye ;, 1 tl,e 1, 011 se." Se11ator F1dbrigltl sayi11g of "It's later tlaare I laot,ed - 6111 ii'• tlae t,eacc agreeme,rt: good.,, Senate Majority Leader Mi/re Ma,asfield - observing t te cl,,rically a treaty; and I It a t I" e p e a c e a gr e e m en t is " tJ t••• ii will 1tol be submitted to Ille Se,aale - for its advice - WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW PARIS - 2 a,sd consents. ~ "But I'm so relieved" - s ~ ~l,,asfield - ) "I tlo,r 't j_are tolaat tlaey call it." COMMENT FOLLOW WHITE HOUSH Similar state m e11ts ec lroed a,sd reeclloed today - 111,-ougliou t Was II ingto,a, • 11 a I across Ille ,aa ti Ofl, a11d. i•deed, rigllt around the globe. Se11ator Bellmo11 of Oltlalao,,.a - •••dlreg a letter to tlte Nor•egia11 Nobel COJJtfflitlee; •rgir,g t•• aw,ardl11g of a ll•uireg l'roved laimaelf - said Belh110• - "• tr•ly greal le•der ,,. the comfftort ca11se of ,,..,.11111d." Bo••• s,ealler t, - "•s a11 AJJteric•• • • ' •ot •• • De•ocr•t." OVERSEAS FOLLOW COMMENT Overseas - Pope Paul was saying he J d re oice at t"e cease-fire ; adding tltat lte hot,es and prays _ It will become tZI,_ · a ''tf'ue (Jeace. '' President.l\Bliutto of Paltistan callh,g t,.e cease -Ji re - "a t11rning f, oin t in m oder,a 1,is tory. " ,lat,a,e '• Prime Mi,eis ter Ta,ea/ta - sayi,eg lte .,a• "extre•ely llat,t,y." A•4 a radio s ta tio" in R i o De ,la,ee iro - brea/ti,eg i11to i ta u.Jf reg•lar #)rogra,,. m i 11gA a" anno11,ec er t,roc la i• i11g tlte c,a,e-fire - and titer, exclatn1i11& "laallel•J•• I" leaili11g tl,e cease-fire as 011 ' 'in1t,orta ■ t step." Atltli11g tlat it "o'e"s •fl t,os • i b il i u es for ~ea ta blis la i11g a • tab I• t,eace i11 Vie t11am - anti 11,e • e ttli,eg of tlle ir t,robl e m11 by ti, e Viet,eamese t,eot,le tltemselves." LIVINGSTON FOLLOW OVERSEAS The neios of the c•as e -fire - 1oas also greeted N1armly by town druggist Clare•ce Davis of Livingston, Te,a11essee. Clarence Davis - tl,e fatleer of James Tleoma• Davis - the first America• servicema,r killed,,. Viet,aam. ti~ f.,,eJ, v,i\ Pl• 11■ 1• •••.,,\December Tu,e•ty-Seco,ad, Nl,retee•-Sixty-0,re. - .,...D's hard to believe ii could leaue 1,at,t,e,eed so loftg ago. At a•y rate, Clareftce Daols saylflg tod( , y: "Nobody ,, 1,at,t,ler" aboMt tlee cea•e-flre - "Ilea,. • • are." "I J••t to~e It toill last" - said 1,e: .,ill." Davis also saylflg: "We laflld a good ma,r die ye, terday" - form er Pres Ide,. t JolaflB or,. "TIiey woMl d,r 'I t " d .:. """'" referri,rg to tleat slay •Ula laim" - lae co,a •""e a "W a• le i II gt o,. bu" c la • " "If t I, e Y It ad " - l,e co,ste,rded - "tl,ls war "'ould have been over several years ago. " CAPITOL ,oLLOW LIVINGSTON Back in Washington - the ret11rn of LBJ. His flag-draped coffin arriving in the same Air Force jet _ ; 11 which he 111as first s10orn in as Pres itlent. II was later t,laced atop a caisson - drawn by six white laorses; to tl,e beat of mNffled drums - bor11e tlo•n Co11stit11Uo11 AveN11e; •• a ,i,.gle, riderless llorse traili11g bellh1d - its stirr•P• reversed. Tte former PresideNI'• botly fl,eally arrlvl11g for tit• la,t lime - at Ille Capitol lie loved so 111ell. No., l y i11g ft1 ,tale - in Ille Great Roh,nda; •illl Presid•"' Nlxo• - o,ee of ,,.e Ji rs t to pay ,. is res pee ts. Tle /11,ae'f'al - • • t for te,e tomorro111 mor11i,ag; a•d lllefl - lo•e lo Tex••• ISLAND OF HEYMAEY ~'lf!-fl:~ctr- On th e Isla,ad of Beymaey up,. Iceland - two more craters burst open today o,a the western • lopes of Helga/Jell Volcano. Tleese sending a stream of molte,a lava + ,1 0 . , . tie ,nou.tai11 ar,d/l~h.,:,f!:4, • lr,to the Atlar,tic; also, st>illi,ag lot asle _ a~~ floa,l,ag ci•ders - over tlae ,aea.,.by to•11 of ~,J~~~~~ V u t m a r t r t a ~ ~ ~ ta · ~ ~jv~ -t&,cp~ ~ , Tlae isla,ad's five tlio••••d realde,ats - lave all -e r 1< 2 _e ±7 ~ b eefl evacuated~ •• s ~ • • • • ,.,.. 1,,.,.4.,.ed #)ollc••••• flreme• a"d special vol•,ateer• - atfll atle•l)ti,ag to save •••t tl,ey ca•. T•• isla•d of Be:,•••Y - acco11•ti..Jor some ta,e•ty per ce•t of Icel••ll'• fial,l•g i•ll••try, tie cor,.er• to•e of I ta ec 0 ,,o,,.y. 'I'll• "'artl ■g ti, e first er•l)llo• from Helga/Jell Volca•o ,, I• •ore tlr•• five tlo••a•d Y••r• • KINGSTON In the heavyweigllt boxing division - tla:e king Is dead, lo,cg live the king. TIie />arty of Ille first t>art - ex-cllafflt, Joe Fra%ler; who was left, if not dead - at least, badly ,,,a11led Mo,aday ,aigllt at Kl,agsto,a, Jamaica. Tl,e t,arty of tire seco,ad t,art - yo11,,g, t,0111erf11l George Fore,,.a,a; 111110 As to tl,e questio,a - 111110'1 11ext? G•orge For•"'"" ret, l y hag: "lbt bee ,a tra 1•1"6 for tl,ree "'o•t• • - a rad I ••ve11't see• my fa•IIY - I'm •ol lootirag for arayllody J••I •o•. " But 1,e added: "Tl,e t,11bli c "'ates ll,es e flgl, I• - I• I tire t,•blic dema"d .,,,.at It warats - tl,e t,11&Uc 111111 gel It• ? S"'d t. • ••111 cllam"': "JMBI ''"'""d•. " W"e" will tlral be 5 5 , , as soo,a as my bread r1111• 0111." REDLANDS From Redlands, Califor11ia - tire story of Ke11,eetll Agef'sko v ; 011t riding lrts motorcycle on a deserted m.ou,rtain trail - wlren . lte sudde,sly hit a big l,ole; ;,, tire e,asui,sg spill - brealtt,ag a leg. L II ell il y t It o u g It - I, is s o" ,o a• r id t "g o" t I, e b II c It • Greg Agersltov - escaptr,g tlle craal, u,rlaar•ed. A,ed llle,e g•tded by Ills fatl,er, lie co,ealr•cled a m111te-al,tfl a/)li,el for Ille broke" leg - b11ilt a fire for .,ar,,.111 - a,ed wallled fo•r •Ile• to si,m,no,e llel/). All of •lltcll ts lr•ly amaal,eg Bill - wlae11 yo11 co,esider Ille boy'• age. Greg Agersllov, six years old. TEACH Paris again - a final t,os I-script on tire Vieh,am peace talks. At one of the closi,eg sessio,es - we are told Har1oi's Le Da,c Tllo sayi,eg to He,ery Ktssi11ger: "Wlle11 oa,r labors are over - f,erllaf,s yo11 ca11 fi•d "'e a Jo& a• a Profess,,r of Marxist Politi~s - at 011 A"'ericar, a,11iversily." Wllere111>0• He11ry Kissi11ger re/llyi11g: "Certat11ly - if yo• will let me teacll /Ioli tics tn Ba11ot."