Wed. Octobn' 18, 19?2 WHITE HOUSE Tlte WIJite House - a11otl,e,- mllesto,re IN East West re la tio,as. Tit e U S a ,ad Russ la reacl, l,ag ag.,-e•,,. e,a t today - 011 a New compre1Je11sive tf'ade t,act; ,,. tlae t,roc•••• settliflg at la•t - Ra,ssla's leJ1d-lea•e debt ff'0ffl World War T.,o, .,,,,, tlae official slgrtlrtg - later OJI at tlle Stat• Det,ar'lffleflt . Sflcr'etary of State Rogers - calll,ag t1,la "a ver'y ltls torlc day Jo,- boll, co•,at,-lea." Official• addl,ag t1,at U S t1J1d R•••lan 1.,-ade Is NO., est,ected to llit a blllfo,a ••d • PORTAGE PASS Along tl,e coast of Alaska - the searclt for tlle missing t>lane goes on - tl,e f>lane carryhsg llo••• Majority Leader Bale Bogg• - Alaska's congressma,s Nie" Beltlclt and t,oo otl,ers. Today tlaat f>art of tl,e state ,oas covered by free1.i,ag d.rl1.ale, al,o leeavy Jog; "'a"l"K aerial ,earclt extrefflely d.lf/lc11lt. For tlae first time a gro11,ad tea,,. •ovl11g Pa•• co11,atry eaat of Artcltorage, wlaere tlee t>laJte waa l••t laeard. fro,,.. Tie Air Force laas laad soffte forty t>laJtes, witla •ore tlaa11 a l1111dred. A las ta11 t>rlvate I> II ot• taklfl6 1>0 rt. SAIGON General Abrams, a,ad then, Henry Klssl,ager today arrived at Saigon. This leading to increased speculalio11 - that a11 over-all f>o · litical and military review is ,aow i,r p r o gr es s , w I, i c II c o u l d m e a ,a - a p ea . c e s e It l e ,,. • ,. t i ,,. ,,. i,. •,. t. B•t we are ,oar,eed agai,ast ""due optimis,,.. Ba,eoi sayiag so far ,. o break ti, roNgla. BUNG NGHIA FOLLOW SAIGON On Ille fighting front - South Vietnamese troot,s occut,ied an a,·ea around Hung N6hia, twenty ml6-1 ,rort•eaat of Salgo•. Thia e11abli"g tlaem to repair a,ad re-ope,._,. vital Bigltway 0,ae. Hu,adreds of trucks tl,al •1111 b••• slalle4 some as m,cc I, as fl ve days - f i,.all y ge 111,.g tll ro•gll lo Ila• cafl Ila l wit la badly ,aeetled /res I, p rotl•c e, gas a"tl oil ar1d • o o". CAPITOL HILL On Capitol Hill - a rNsh to adjoNrflffleNt today. The HoNse Joh,iNg the Senate - ht over- ridit1g the Preside,at's veto of tl1at t•e11ly foNr point six bllllo,a dollar clea,e •aler bill. Tlae House also Joi,ei,.g tlae Se,eate - i,e ltllUrag llee Preside•I 's J,roJ,osed federal sJ,e11dh1g celU11g. Wlalle 8011s e a11d Se11ate c o•ferees - fl•a lly aj,rovi•g a comJ,roffllse lalgle•ay bitl. Tlls last - l•cl11dl11g tlree J,ol•I fo ■ r bllllo• for •a•• tra••lt J,rogra••: b11t •o•e of tlae mo11ey to co•e fro• llee lalgla••Y tr••I f••tl 1 SPYING an The While House agah, - allemf>thlw today to refute Democratic allegations - ,oith regard lo f>olillcal sf>yl . ,rg and sabotag · e. Press Secretary ..._ Ziegler sayh,g: "No 011e ltere al llae Wlelle House ever directed sucl, activities - because, If they had, they 111ould no lortger be at Ille Wlelte Bouse." Ziegler adtll•g tltat tl1ls "Is activity - 111e do ,eot co,rdorte." Next questlo,r: Coa,ld Ille Wlelte Ho••• slateme,et Ille• be called - "a de,el11l." To •lelcle Ziegler ref>lled: "No - It Is a stale•e,et of co,e/lder,ce. " It •a• also OflflOMflced tleal tlee Presltle•t •Ill mate M lels tlelrd radio f>olllf cal broatlcast FAMILIES Elsewhere in Wasl&i,agton - Preside,., Nixon was eJtdorsed for re-electiON today - by tl,e ••• ■■ K out-goi,ag ltead of tlte largest orga•i•atio,e of families of P O W's. Mrs. Carol Ba,eso,e of Bl Toro, CaU/or•la, ,aot o•ly pralsi•g llae Presld••I'• Vlel•am policies - 61,t also sayl,ag slae •a• M P1 disgusted •Illa tlaose of Sere,tor JlcGover,e. Tlae latter's /lroposals, said slae - "•01114 dlsllo,aor tl,la co11,etry - a,ed aba,ado,a ,,.e ,,..,. Ul,e •Y la11sbo•d lo ,,.e ,,. ercy , of a11 e•e•y tlaat "•• slao•• 110 co•J•••lo■ ." ANAHEIM At Anaheim, the seventy-/011rtlt a,a,a11al co,aference of the league of Callfor,.,a cities. Mal,a speaker - • Attorney Ge,aeral Ricltard • Kleindie•st; claalle,agi,ag tlae McGover• record - If 011 c · rime legislalio,a, dr11g aba,se, _ . Jlor•ograJIAy .... at1d amt1esty; also, Ills s11jJ,ort of Dat1l•I Bll•b•rg. Klelt1,Ue,ast comi,rg to t1ie co,acl•sio,a tlaat Ille elecllot1 of 6'r ■ ,,,. McGover,a -- •o•ld be a d••••l•r for 1111• co,ullry's drive agal,ast crime. DETROIT On Ille Democratic side - Se,rator McGovern tuas agah1 campaigning today l,a Detroit. There cllargi,ag that President Nixon's proposed federal spending ceiling - .,ould lead to drastic cuts in social welfare programs; tllerefore, calU•g t II e Pre s Ide • t 's prop o s a l - "Ila rs Ii a • d I• Ii• "'• • e • " A•d f11rtller - said lie - "a cynical device to dra., P•bltc atte,allon - a.,ay fro"' the pain a,ad co•t of llae mls-,,.a•age,..e,at of o•r econo,,.y for fo•r lo•g years." / lae sa,,.e as all tlie re~. BELFAST today f,r Nortlter,r Irela,rd - mlUta,rt l)rotesla•t• called off their forty-elgltl l,011r "•ar" agah,st t1ae BrlHslt Army. A spoiesma• for tlae Ulster defe,ese assoclatlo,r sayl,rg: "Bolla tlae arffly a,ed o•rselves - agreed to try a,etl cool U." Acldl,eg: "O•r •ar •Ille Ilse Brltlsle Arffly - I• over." BASS COTTON BOWL Tia is t,ns t "'ee ke nd I 1, ap f' e ned to be iJt Dallas "'" ere I attended what is · allfJays one of tl,e most excitiJtg games of tire y ear . Witlr oil tycoo" Dick Bass a,ad family, I barely survived tl,e gridiro" claslr behoeen tl,e Texas "Lo,t.g lror,aa" a1td tit e Ok la 1,oma ''SooJte rs . " I sust,ect tl,is is as emotioJtal a game - a•tl a• colorful - as you will ever see, a,ry111llere. Nearly elgltty- tlro11sa,rtl ••t,er-cl,arged far,s Jammed tire Collo,r Bo•I. 7'1• weatlter, ltotl 7'1ee crowd ;,. t,icturesq11e coat11ffle• - red lol t,a,rts a,rd big Ital• - o,ae vast bo•I of color. L B J a,ed tla•gll.ter sat belairttl ••, so I co•ld,a 't veFy well lleet> ,,.r,.l11g aro•,ed to see wleat •/feet all ti• esclt•,,.••I ' ltad 011 It,,,. . Bl• tea,,. lo• t. B• t Ille re ••• a tall 7'esa• l a1U yer - Jae II Vaugle,r - • lttl,eg bes Ide ffle a,etl "'"•" tll - ~ U,.lversity of Olllal 1 offla's poa,er,,,o••e def•••• tea,,. al,,.oat '-- t,Nsl,etl tire U,aiversity of Texas Lo,rgleor•• off tl,e field irt '"• Jir,al quarter, Bill, J tllouglll my la,rlly ,reiglebor wo•ltl leave apoplexy. SACR. \ MENTO From Sacramento - a story today telU•g of an . . , att'empt at door to door vote l111nti•g - by Ethel Kennedy and Eunice Ken•edy Shriver. The ttfJo Kennedy women - calU•g at six llo11ses - without aft a•stoer. And llle,a - at ,aumbef' seve,e - a brief e•cor,,a/er toith a• elderly tooma,r - •llo refused to accept a•y McGover,e-Sllriver ca,,.,alg,e lilerat11re. I lld•k I've already read tlll•, ••lfl As 11,ey ---~4awos a lurJted lo lea11e, Bll,el Ker,r,edy re•ark1'.,: "11 's b,tter - •"•" I· I lie y 're •ol al llo•e. "