MIDDLE EAST ------------ Good e v ening everybod y. June 25, l970 Dallas Townsend B y land and air toda y , the Israelis fought the Arabs clashing along the Syrian, Jordanian and Egyptian frort'ls · in tank and artiller y duels - Israeli planes striking at tlaree army bases in Syria - two of them on tlae outskirts of Damasau; tlle Syrian capital. Damascus radio says tlae Israelis tllrew almost two laundf'ed aif'craft into tire battle. And Syria ret,orlll officially tllat its forces suffered more casualties tllart tlee Israelis - a urtique admissiort by art Arab state. Tlae grourtd action on tlae occupied Golart Beiglats is described as tlee heaviest since tire Ju,ee - Ninetee11-Sixty-Severt war. WASHINGTON ------------ Secretary of State William Rogers ield a news confere11ce today in Washington _ Chief tor,ic _ the Middle East. Rogers confirming that the U.S. has launched a new r,eace iniative - in an effort finally to , get the Arab-Israeli imr,as s e off dead center. He declined to dis cuss st,ec Ifie details, on the grounds tltat it might Jeot,ardize our chances for success. Rogers adding simt,ly tlte main objective of tlae U.S. fJlan - is to encourage the Arabs and lsrae l is to "to s tot, slaooting a,ad start tallti1tg." Tltts in hopes of attaining "a Just and lasting peace" - 11,ader the ausr,ices of tlae U. N. ; one tltat "takes fully into account" - said lie - "tlte legiti,,.ate asr,irations and concer11s of all governments and t,eot,les of the area." But chances tltat tlte t,rof>osal will get anywltere are slim indeed. Egyt,t's Preside,et Nasser - addressing a mas• rally today in Libya _ shart,ly attacked it. Na · sser r,romising "No cone es s; ons regarding one inc It of Arab territo :·J . " SAIGON The number of American: combat deatlas tn Soutl,,eas t Asia last week was the lowest since the start of Cambodian operations - in fact, tlte lowest since tlte end of Marcll. TIits - according to figures annouraced in Saigon; slaowi,ag lllat soutlt Vietnamese battle deatlrs - were also down slaarply. An A ll i e d sf) o k es man exp la i" in g t It at t II e ''le v e , l of e •em Y activity - was extremely low compa.ired to otller weell• . ., PHNOM PENH FOLLOW SAIGON The go tJ ernment of Cambodia - ordering a general . m o b i l i z a I i o n ; in t h e or y , a t l ea s t , re q u iring th a t all m e n ,.c n d women between the ages of eighteen and sixty--must join either the armed forces or some supporting organizations. Perhaps more to the point though - the order also placing practically all civilians under military control; subject to military laws and regulations - administered by military tribunals; as Ille Plu,om Penh regime - attempts to strengllaert• its hand. ST. LOUIS For P ' d res, ent Nixon - a tumi,ltuous , trirtmplran t visit toda y to St. Louis. The Pres,·d t en asserting : "There are th,ngs wrong wil h this country - but we in American have tlie capacit y to make things righ . t." And he added : "This is a good country - and don't you ever forget it. 1• The President expanding on this tlteme - in an address to some twenty thousand entlius ias tic delegates atte,adh1g Ille U.S. Jaycees Convention. TIie President observh1g lllal u. S . population - has doubled in Ille last fifty ye~r•. Bui duri,ag tire same period - said lie - "i,acome liaa gone up le,a-fold - Ille number of Amef'ica,as ;,. ,..,.igll scllool leas go,se •P te,a times - tlte number tn college has go,ae ut, tNJe,aly-fold. A,ad never in ltuman history" - lie went o,a - "leave more r,eor,le shared more wealth and ltad more oppo,-tunily will, better Jobs - tlran in tlie United Stales of America at tlais time." TIie President's cross-co•11try jour,aey - carryi,ag lrim next lo San Clemente; where lie will probably stay - at least tlrro,,glr th, · Fourth of July holiday; and probably next Tuesday ST. LOUIS - 2 he will present his final report on that U.S. offensive ; 11 Cambodia. More news in a moment .. A,ed 11oao - ii'• Ii•• for Lo••ll T•o•••; •6•i• toreiglrl - "our ma,e i,e Siberia." Lo111ell ••• ' SIBERIA V Tape l11sert Good evening everybody! From Siberia! Wlrat are tire tho1tghts that go through your mind whe,r you see or "ear the word Siberia? Men and women in exile? Cla,rki,ag clrai,ea? Bitter cold? Starvation? Wolves? Russia,as artd otl,ers se11t to Siberia to end their days at lrard labor? Eve,a in tlle 1,eart of Siberia tllere is no sig,r of a,ay of tl,at, ,rot at lrkNtsk, a11tl tl1is is tlle ca(Jitol of Siberia - a boomi11g, bustlirtg city of a half a million t,eople, a city of wide streets, massive buildings, a,rd for tlle most (Jart smili,eg (Jeot,le ,olao •••m to (Jrefer Siberia. In a way tl,is slaould11 't be a surprise. Australia ,,. its early day ltad a por,ulatiort made ut> largely of t>eo(Jle i,r exile . Now their gra,.dso,rs wouldn't trade it for a,ry otltet" land. And o,re of your first imt>ressio,as wlle,e you /i,ad yourself right i,a the center of Siberia is that its an ex:eiti,eg frontier land with a future similar to our own West not so many years ago. ..,ant to be in a liard labor cam() No, I ,oouldn 'I - SIBERIA V - 2 a" y tt 1 here . But if I were simf>l) ' to be se"t i11lo exile - as so man y of these t>eof>le and tlaeir f>are,als •ere - maybe, maybe I '!~!.!..d mhtd bei11g ae,rt to Siberia I Tlaia is Ille i mr,ression I seem to alaare •illi most of Ille ollrers .,1,0 are aloflg 011 tlr~• Alaska Airlines iNa•gural - llii• Ji-rat direct A,,. e rica .. to-Siberia t,a, s e,iger fligltl. Tire •orld is cllo11gi•6 fast - evert Siberia! SUGGESTE DFOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "SIBERIA V" Tleank you, LoNJell. A ,ad "ow - a Ji,aal item from Mos cow - MOSCOW The Kremli" a,.,.ou,.cea a ,.e.., t,rogram of farm ,,.ce,.tives - wage raiaea, bo,.uaea ar,d 80 0 ,. _ aimed al ass,,,. i11g a Jr, ll Ira J"Ves I tit ia year. A cc ordi,eg to Kremli,.ologlats - a,eotlaer clear co,.ceaaior, ;,. tlte directior, of a cat,italiat-style ecor,o,,.y. C oi,ec ldefl tally, tire Kre "'"" ""veiled - a giar,I b•• I of Josef Stalifl; a1>1>areJtlly e,adi,ag or,ce a,atl for all - tlte ao-call•,I "tle-Stalh1iaatio,r" t>rogra• begr,11 by Nlllita KllrNaltcl,ev bac• in Ni11eteen-Fifty-Slx. Stalin'• buat marlllr,g lti• grave - sla11diJ1g directly belli,sd Ler,i,s '• To•b; ila ey•• ao de• ig,a•d - lllat tleey give tlie t1f>#)eara,ace of atarl11g dl,.•ctly at viewer• below. Big Brotlier, ;,. altort, ia atill watclli,sg. Dallas Tow11ae11d aayi11g Good Nigltt.