- ~.2!!.:._ February 19...1_ 1968 Good Eve,zing Everybody: Fir t of all, I want to salute m colleague, Dallas Townsetid, and thank him . for taking my Place wlzile I In ve bee11 at the Winter Olympics, and also enjoying myself skiing in the Alps. Four more years i, n t il t Ii e n ex t one , a t Sapporo , J a pa n .' Won d w w ha t will happen to this confused world of ours in those four years? VIETNAM ------ -- 011 lh l ar front in Vietnam - the battle f_or - the -.£_ 'ilies - _PaJ:_t _ lt'!..!!_.Today'-f. Viet Cong gtterrillas seizing / It illage of Tan Thoi - on the outskirts of Saigon. Using it a a buse for two more mortar attacks - again t bus y, 11earb Ta,. Son N hut airport. Lat er challenging South Vietnamese troops - in an effort to seal off this vital ner e ce11ter of the U S war effort; which ta« includes, i11cidentally, General West,noreland's headqtlarters compoi,nd - commonly called "Pentagon East." For ,,l l this - Tan Son N hut airport remai,aing open throughout. The U S command post - also fNlly operational • ..Directing American and allied reactio,a J forces - in smashing co11nterat tacks4.._not only in the Saigon area - but also against enemy invaders at Phan Thiel, Song Be and Vinl, Long. Meanwhile, the stars a,id !lripes were flying VIETNAM - 2 --------- t o d a y - a I o l e n d of l ha I a n c i e n t w a l l e d c i la de l «ft at Hu e. At the oilier end - less than a mile away - a tattered ti••6 Viet Cong banner wavi,ig itt lire breeze. And in between - the bloodiest battle of the war raging / , c ,r :;J/. _ . tlirough its ti e,i/y-firsl day - . . , . still no end in sight • .(. PANMUNJOM ------ ------ Apolo gy at Panmunjom. U S R ar Admiral John Smith - representing the United Natio,i command; admitting toda, , tlrat two allied planes - had strayed accide,ztally into No,•th Korean air space. Further expressing regret at the intrusion - laying the blame to faulty navigational equipment. Hotoever, Smitli flatly rejecting as "fairy tales" - Communist charges attempting to link this latest incursion roith the previous -• Pueblo incident. Thi s - s a id he - a not her exam Pl e of "st an da rd Nor t la Korean Communist practice; to tell lies in great quantity - in a hope that a few of them might be belie ve d. " WASHINGTON -------- - - -- Here at home - the start today of a mock trial for inter,ialional Communism - at Ge,,rgetown University i,i Washington. Sitting i,1. judgement - the so-called "world court of pub lie opinion". An or ga ni za lion attempting to counter Comm•nist propaganda ~ aimed at American polic) in S011theast Asia. First witness - Sottth Korean Ambassador- at..,,,large You Chan Yang. ...w1'i"o argued that the war I in Vietnam- is a direct result of compromise in Korea. And if, by ••e•• chance, there should be a ceasefire in Vietnam- said lie - the res11lt would be i,aevitable. Namely, war in Thailand. HOUSE ----- lUseNrl,eyw r,, Washington - fir l public hearing today on the P1 ·esi dent' proposed "da11gerou.s dr11g" bill. Lead-off witnes - Assistant Attorney General Fred Vinso,1; wlio told Hot1se member /here is increasing evidence that organized crime i moving in swiftly on the LS D trade. Next r,p - Dr. Cecil Jacobson of George Washington University, ,..e1ting medical st11dies - showing that halluninogenic drugs can cause premature aging - al so ca nc r; as well as genetic changes ~ perhaps leadiag to deformities and mr,tations in future geaeratio,as. GOVERNORS ---------- Starling in Apr il - the nat i o11's Republ ic an Go ve rnors will sponsor a 8:! ries of Ji e poliltcal semina ·rs arotttzd the countr). The announcement today - from Go er,ior Chafee of Rhode Island - chairman of the Republ ic an Go ver nors Association. Purpose - said he: To gather recommendations - for the Nineteen Sixt y- Eiglll Republican campaign Platform. As you may have heard - the Governors Association is seeking a co-chairmanship of the R epu bl ica n platform--::' writing committee. Whet her they - - - .. get it or not - to be decided by party leaders later this week. SAN ANTONIO --- · ---------- Sa n A 11 t on i o , Tex a s/ ~ firs t s es sb n t o day of a thr ee-d a y space s, , mpos i um~ faaring from Dr. Lewis Larmore - of McDonell-Douglas J!_ircraft; who said ii is "inco11ceivable" but true - that the United Slates presentl y has no firm space .,,, exploration -<. Plans - beyond th~ Planned lunar landi11g. What would he suggest then - as a possible ftext step? First -- said Dr. Larmore - the bulldi,eg of a permanent base of operations on the moon; perltaps leadi,ag to the manufacture of rocket fuel - right tltere - on the lr,nar ,-., surface; with the Moon itself eve,etually serving as perfect launch pad - for future space probes. Na B11t no,ae of this will be possible - said Dr. Larmore - until we find "a worthy cause" - a,sotlter goal in space - acceptable to HF, public and policy- makers alike. NEW YORK FOLLOW SAN ANTONIO ---- - -- ------------ - - -- -- -- -- -- Getti,ig back to eartll - the large t pr iv ate a ir craft d e al of all time was s ig n e d toda y i n New York. American A i rlines agreein . g to purcllase twenty-five D-C Ten air b us es - also laking an option on twent y -five more. Total ord er a,id option - coming lo eight hundred million bucks. The D C-Ten -- a two-hundred and fifty passenger aircraft; expected to l.r•••-- become the work horse of medirim-range domestic routes - willa the advent of globe-girlling supersonic jetliners. BUCKINGHAM PALACE -------------------- Al B11cki11gham Palace i,i Lotr:1011 - a ro, , al birthday Part y today - t ith cake a1id ice cream and assorted goodies fit for a king - or,, at least a prince. In lliis ca e - Prince Andrew; tlze third of Queen Eli£abelli's four children - eight years o l d A ~ , ltd.- Tt1r,is out tlzougli - Little Prince Andrew has developed a rep11talion as something of a toughie. #ff never eats sweets - or aflything soft and syrupy. So while liis friends were lapping up the special treat• - the Prince was indrilging instead in his own favorite) a... ~ cream - cheese-6nd-liver--t1a usage--lllS sandwich-on - rye - with jam on top. How aboi,t it, Warren? Anything you'd care to recomm nd - · as ,,.vt&IT»- a "chas11r ! ~ 0 ~~···? ~~f ATLANTIC CITY ---- ----------- Fr om A t la n t i c Ci t y co me s a pl ea t o day - for more wom e n i n sports. Chief advocate - Professor Cel e st e U lr ic h of th e University of North Carolina • .,) ,,,:P'e lling a group of s chool administrators - tlaere is no reason aohy gi, ~ ls can't Play football - o r ~ - or box. The charge that athletics aren't "ladylike" just plain old-fashioned -- said Miss Ulricla. 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