Fri. , March 9, 1973 WHITE HOUSE For C I A John Downey - a prisoner of the Red Chinese for more than twenty years now - freedom at last. The an11ouNcement - coming today from the White House. This was ordered - we are told - by Red Chi,aa's Premier Chou En Lai as a result of a perso11al request made by President Nixon. This based in part - 011 the fact that Downey's moth . er is seriously ill. The prisoner to be delivered Monday - at Red China's border crossing at Bo,eg Kong. At tie same time - Pelting also agreeing to release - two downed Fliers from tlte war in Viet,ram. Tllese Navy Lieu tenant Commander Robert Flynn - and Air Force Major Philip Smith; to be set free - next Thursday. The Wl,ite House adding: "President Nixon has exp res s e d h is ",> e rs on al a ppr ec I at ion - to the go · v er nm en t of the Peoples Republic of China. For this actio,s" for acceeding to his req11est. SAIGON FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE More good news from Saigon. !J / 1 f Informed ources predicting the release of another group of American PO W's perliaps as early as the middle of next lfJeek. The final arrangements to be completed - - we It ear - at a meeting of the Vie/,iam Joint military comn,i sion ••I fuP tomorrow. Tl,is ~ H . in line lfJith U S lfJithdra111al from Viet,iam ,{ ,io• said to be seventy-five percent , complete. ' -c.4 TIie Communist side~still lloldi,ig so•e 11110 llundred aad eighty,- prisoners. Tl,e •ext gro • p it,~ -t.aoJ-c4 II • ~ ;;,;;;;ed to total about a-hundred-and forty. l // all goes 111ell, the rest expected to be set free -- arouad tlle end ofthe month. DA SSAS From Dallas come an announcement - telling of plans for a gia11t rally in honor of Vietnam war veterans and their families. Texa electronics t yc oon B. Ross Perot and felloi Texas W.W. Clements are the two who are a.,• >-angi.ng th i s . The event to be called "from the heart". Date - set for June Second. Place - The Cotton Bowl. Wttla tlaose expected to take part - incl11ding Bob Hope, Martha Raye and Clrarlie Pride; also, Evangelist Billy Graham. Perot and Clements are laopt,,g President Nixon •ill i11 some way be involved. WOUNDED KNEE Al Wounded Knee, South Dakota - an agreement loday "in principal". Terms - as yet, tindisclosed. Official of bolh sides - adding that many factor are slill being negotiated. A governme•t ~~~~(;~ s po k es ma n tr es s i "g how ever I( - ~ a I B I•~ a "ma Jo r step forward." The wounding of two Indians last 11lglat - apparently play-d a major role 111 today's dlscusslo,rs. A The /,rdiar,s said lo feel tl1al "some blood laas bee• spilled - a symbolic sacrifice has bee11 made." ... --<Al. One of Ille /J1dian leaders" also q"oted as sayi•g: "Well, 111e're a ft n ready for some R a•d R 110•." ~~ R and R mea•i•g,,( •I euar•~ "rest ar,d rela%atloN." RIO DAS MOR TES Almost un-110/i ce d h e re i,r th e U.S. - Brasil has b ee ,r ha i n g it ou 11 ln , l i an probl e m ; problems that now threaten lo make Wounded Kfte e look like some sort of clam bake. The chief bone of contention a ast region along tAe Rio des Martes in Brazil's Matto Grasso - Green Hell. This the traditional stamping rounds of tire fierce Xavante Indians. Except that big ranchers - or so-called Fazendeiros - have been steadily encroaching on Indian territor y , to the point w e are told - where the lndia11s are donning war paint and taking 11p fire arms; lhreate11ing an all-out war in defense of their homeland. Officials add, what's more - tlte Xavantes are fully capable of carrying out their threat. The Rio des Morles - meaning literally "Ri v er of Death . " So 11a,ned from previous Indian attacks 011 would-be while settlers, adventurers, and explorers. CAPITOL HILL On Capitol Hill - the Senate Judiciary committee was continuing its hearings on the ,aomhtatio,a of L Patrick Gray to head lite F B I. Col•m11lst Jack Anderson "!! ••r•l•w as today's chief .,,,,.ess) -.,J.:..c:,:;;, ~llhrg the Actl•g F B I &lJPf - •otlai•g more tlaa• "' " a "t,olitlc al laatcltet ma11" for Preside•t. Adtll•g tllat tlle "greatest J,ossible abuse" of exec•tlve J,o•er - •o•ld be to t•r• t lae directors lalJ, of tlae F B I l•to a J,olitlcal J,l•m. COMMUNICATIONS Elsewhere on Capitol Bill a meeting of the Se,eate Communications S1'b-committee; hearing today from top executives - of the three major TV networks; eacla urghcg repeal of tlae t,rese,at "equal time" law. Frank Stanto,. of CBS - noting tlae lack of face to f•c• debates duri,ag Campaig,a Seventy-'Two. TIiis - said It• co11tribM1i,ag to lower voter turn out; wllicla l,e called - a "drastic a,ad lla~ardous tre11d. " DACCA Barel y a y ear ago - you may recall - U . s. prestige in Hindus t an w as al lou ebb. Mainl y because of U.S. si,pport of Pakistan in its ill-fated war witla Irtdia a,ad Bangladesh. A lligll Bangladesh official o,ace sayi,ag tlae ,. • ., state would refuse U.S. aid even if offered ; beca11se "It migllt be poisoned" said lie. But times claa,age - ••d • ed, too. Now comes a report spelling out tlae mo~,t co,ace•lrate, i,ater,ratio,aal relief effort in history. Over t•e 1'••1 Y••r - Ba,agladesla receivi11g a bi'lio,a ht forelg,a aid. Of •1,lcl, now get ti, is - fully a Ill ird is com i,ag fro• tll e U . S. So•• tllree-lau•dred-a,rd-t•e,aty-elgllt million ,,. all, or ••If ag•I• as mucl, as from Irdia a,td •ore tltafl five times NJltal 11,ey · get from Russia. BELFAST From Belfast - the final tally today - on tl,at referendum lreld yesterday in ,aortltern lrela,ed. Voti,eg for uniort will, lite Republic of lrela,rd - a little more tlta11 six t1'011sa11d. Voti11g against 11early six lau,edretl tllo••a11tl. TIie Revere11d Ja,a Paisley, a milita11t protesta11t l••d•r. laaili11g tl,e 011tcoffle as a fflassive victory said: "It proves tl,e campaig,e by Ille I R A - laas failed to wealte,e 11'• r••oh1• of Ille people of Jtortl,er11 lrela,atl to remai,e ,,. llae U,clle:f Kh,gtlom." PARIS Tlae Fina,ice ministers of lite · wealllliesl nalio,as ;,. tl,e West met today in Paris lo try to solve the t,rese,at •orlcl monetary crisis; a11d adjourning 1oitll anotl,er meeth1g ••t for next week. West Germany's HelmNt Scllmidt sayi•g: "Cl,a,aces for a,a inter,aallonal solution to tlte crisis - are good." UNEMPLOYMENT The U.S. unemf,lo_yment rate according to figures a11nounc ed today - has i11creas ed b y one tenth of a /1 erce,et; first increase in seven mo11ths . 0/ltimistic about it Cllairman Herbert Stei11 of Ille President's Council of Eco11omic Advisors says: All Labor market information sl,ows economic ex,,a••io" ,,. /Ir ogress is ra is i11g Ille dema11d for I abor. Wlicl, "ca" •• ex/lected to reduce i,,iem/lloyme11t furtller." HOUSE Congressman Conyers of Michigan - one of tlae charter members of the Congressio11al "Black Cauc11s" is c hie/ spo,asor of a bill introduced today aimed at t,reve,ati,a6 a dismaJ1teling of the office of Eco11omic 0/)/)ortN,aity. co-,en admitti1t6 tlaouglt his cha,cces of success are slim. Be calls himself - a "le6islative juflkie;" becaNse - said lie - "I krep i,ctrodNCiflg bills - tlaat do,c 't go a,aya,here." PALO ALTO At Palo Alto, California, famo11s as Ille home of Tlae Hoo v er Library and Stanford Uni v ersity - eigl,t year old Be11ita Hopkins inad v ertantl y locked herself o•t of lier lao•••· In tr y ing to get back in she boldly climbed up Ofl tl,e roof and tried to drop down a cir ,,.,.e y - a la Safi la C la••. B• I sl,e got stuck about 1,alf way. Her screams aroused brot••r wlro ra,r to a nearby coJ1str11ctio,. crew for l,elp. Be,elta emerging looki,eg like an e11d man in a,a old time •l••lrel sl,o.,,, but unlaurt . Wlay did site do it? Beca••• ••• ••Y• Benita, I figured: "If Sa1tta ca" do it wlly ca11't I." SI,• ••1-. Bill, someday site i,elefldB to get do•" tl,al clli•••YI SEOUL Tomorrow in S011th Korea they are launcll;ng a massive cleanup campaign, to weed out "undesirables," do it by mea11s of a neru re ised law on misdemeanors. For o,re, Ille ,ae., law bans ltit,t,ie style hair cuts, see tllrougll clotlles a11d public drunke,rness; also, litteri,ag, st,readi11g ,.,.fo11,aded r11mors - illegally teaching dancing - ticket scalt,h,g - spitting in public., a,ad so o,r and on. Tl,e pu,aishmenl for wearing see tllri, clotlles - a,ad all tl,e above to be twe,rty-11ine days i,r Ille l,oosega., or a fl•• of a llu11dred a"d ,.,e,,ty-five bucks. A,ad so lo,rg •11lil Mo•d•yl