SPACE ------ W e d. May 2l , l969 Anchora . ge Suspense in space. For some thirty minutes - ... e world watching and waiting toda y ; waiting for tire ,tpollo Ten to complete its first critical task - around the moon; wai . ing - and praying. Finally, the At,ollo Ten soaring once again into view - once again in communication with earth. Only now in lu,aar orbit - exactly as t,lan,aed. As tlley say at Cape Kennedy - "Right on the money." Coming ut, next - two a11d ,J1aalf of the busiest afld riskiest days - that ma,a has yet st,ent i,a st,ace; i11clMdiflg a final test of t1te Lun•a Lander that will soo,a def>osit our first "man on the moon" - we hot,e. VATICAN ---------- ...., , _,...,_ Meanwhile, here on earth - Pope Paul toas closely following the flight of Apollo Ten even as you and I. At t It e V" tic an in . R o · m e - to d a 1 cal ling it a '' Won d'e,YU s " achievement. Tile Pontiff go · ing on to ask: Who is man - tlaat lie should be capable of such feats?" Thereupon answering hi,. own question .. with tlie Biblical quotation: "And God ct"ea ted man . .. in llis own image. " LOS ANGELES ------------ This next - the story pf a letter reading in part: "My brotlter was a man of love - and sentiment - a,ad comt,assion. He would not have wanted liis deatla - to be a cause for tlae taki,ag of a,aotlaer life." Aa,tllor - Ed111ard M. Ken,aedy. Ext,ressbag tie Ke,.,. e d y ' 1'' a ,,. Hy 's I> o i,. t of de "' • a s Io t la e II l ti,,. a t e fa t e of S i r la a ,. Sir la an . T la is - i,. re s p o ,a• e to a r • q 11 • • t from Los A,ageles District Attor,aey Evelle Yo11,ager: 11110 pre,erated tlae letter today to J11dge Herbert Walter • J••I prior lo s era lerac i,ag. KUALA LUMPUR -------------- After a · oeek of race riots and no let ut, ;,. sigltt - a government eris is today in Malaysia. Witlr Pri"'e Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman - formally sust,e11dirtg P, 1 rliament until order is restored. In effect - ins ti tu ti Hg a te ,nt,orary state of martial la.,. Raltm an ex t,lai,a i,ag la is act io,s by say i,ag tlea I I>• bite debate at Ill is ti,n e - .,ou ld only "i,afla•e tlae t,eot,l e" • till ,,. ore: in .,,., ell case - said la e - tltertoul d be "no llot,e for tlais co11,atry." HAMBURGER HILL ---------- - -- - TIie battle of Hamburger Hill in Vieh1am - cause of quite a controversy here at 1,ome. se,.ator Ke,e,eedy, for o,ae, calling it - "senseless and irrest,onsible." Acci,stng t1ie military of se,eding "our you,eg ,,..,. to tl,eir tleallts - lo caflulre "ills ••d f>ositlo•s tl,at laave •o relatio,a to eJtding tllis cor,flict." Now - tlte reverse side; from tl,e brave,,..,. of tl,e U.S. laur,dretJ. ar,d-ftrst airborr,e divisior, - 1111,o ac l•ally c or,qu ered tlta I I> ea/I o,a II, eir el• ve,a tit try. 7'1,e G. I. 's 9odsy calli•g •a•6•rger Bill "A No Place" • ad"' illiflg tl,a t ,ao body really •a11ted 'to go bacll •I'. " Addir,g, lto•ever, tlaey lead "already lost - too ,,.a,.y b11ddies to aba,ado,a tlae Jigl,I." II t 11 r,as out, .,1aat's •ore, lltat Ba•b11rger Bill •as a co•••r,isl co••a•d ce11ter - cor,trolli11g lley i,ef tl tra tio,a routes tltrouglt Ille A• laa• Valle Y far bel o•. Tia is caMsi,ag a u. s. · co,,una11der to observe tltat fail11re to talle tlae peak _ .,, 0 ,,ld laave ,ai,llified Ille effects of "" HAMBURGER HILL - 2 ------------------ e,atire te,a tliousand man sweep tlrrougli tlie area; a,ad furtleer "would have iHvited the enemy - to stockt,ile sut,t,lies for new offeNses." CoNclusio,a - said lte: It .,ould liave cost more America,a lives i,a tlie long r11,a - tl,a,a we lost on tlaat laill. WASHINGTON ---------- Wasltington - a report tlrat President Nixon will formally recommend next week - a complete overlaaul of tlae U.S. Postal System. Tlris - we are told - to begi,a 1Ditll tlle creation of a 11ew governme11t corporatio,a - to take over lla11dli,1g tlte mail•; altltouglr cor,gre,s aoo,dd still llave veto power - over a,ay proposed rate clla,wes. WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW WASHINGTON -.-------------------------- - ----- Waslat,1gton again - an announcement today tllat Cardi,aal Coolte of New York - will conduct tllis S•,aday '• f'egular 111orshi/> s•rvice at t11e White Bouse. Firat Catlaolic Priest - to do so. The Wllite Bouse addi,ag tit at 1,e will be assisted by a Metlaodist claoir - ,,. lleet,i,ag •Ult tu E c aun e,.; cal st, int of ti, es e s er vices • President Nixon and the image makers story today from the While House telling of efforts to t,erso,aali~e tl,e Administratic.n through tl1e judicious distributio" of tte• - ~ Nixon tie clasps. These thay ,1aars - bearhag a" image of tlae President. R;calling tl,e days 111laeJ1 tl,e late PretcideJ1t Keruaedy - .,,,s laa,uli,ag out Iris o•,a PT 109 tie clasps. By t"e 111ay - tlaere •a• a recertt alle,raf)t to 011tfil Nlxo,a staff ,raembers - 111itll special lottllalille travel blaaers. T"e Idea - apt,are,atly - to t,er,rall q11icll a,ad easy ideralificatiora by secret service ••• - at ai-rt,orts, •otels, a,ad so. Ho.,ever, tlae idea is said to llave died a-borr,i,ag, because it ,raode tire w•ue Ho11se staff looll like a travel irag daNc e ba,ad. Tire "cli,ac•er" • we are tfiU: SomeoJ1e observi•g tlrat Dr. He,try Kissir,ger - Ille Presiderat's National (,to1ri•« I I ! __ • • • .'j _ _ _ ..:. S ~ •c.,.ily ext,ert - "si•flly does not fit t•e i,raage of a'lt SUPREME COURT ----------------- Excitement in Washington - the White House an,.ouncing ~oday that President Nixon has decided wlao is to be our ,aew C1tief Jus lice of T1te Supreme Court - successo~ to Earl Warren. As I co,eclude tlais broadcast you may laear at any mome,at. TIie Presitle,el •••" 'I asltetl my advice. But lie lras a frie,etl - WarrlJfl - 1111,o laas o•e of tlae fi•esl legal mi•tls of our lime. Bis • • - - is De•ey. ORLANDO -------- Now - from th e "land of th e Mid 11'd g h t s u,. " - a salute to the other s1O1s1,i,ae state - Florida. A salute est,ecially to CBS Radio affiliate WDB0 in • 0rla,ulo, Florida - t · oday celebrati,ag it's forty-fifth aft,aiversary o,s tlle air. And, in a way I am i,s an at,t,rot>rla te st>ot at tlle moment. •FQD, Anchorage, Alaska, leere's to forty-Jive-year- old WDB0, 0rla,edo, Florida.