tT- The de cts1 on b eneral Motors to mainta in tts prtce 11st thts year -- ts r e rded as stabtltztn ractor in the auto tl'll ustry. And_,~ Am rlcan economy gen rally. B ecause the sale of cars tntlu nce s so many other l ndustries. Like stee 1 and rubber. A re f1gµres tell the story. Last year, G.M. turned out nearly three m1111on cars. F1rty-ttve per cent ot the A111er1can a:irket. Prot1 ts ot on e point ti ve n1nn b1111on dollars. A. record. So you can see the stgntrtcanee or this announceaent. O.K., not ratstng the coAt or tts ears. ~ h e l p the ,) nation• control,.,, the intlattonarv spiral or wages cheft1n~ Prices. One -- added potnt. G.M. ts standtn by thts dects1on -- 1n spite or th n e ottations with the Untted Auto orkers. Ne g otiations that could end tn -- the top-1 t>or c ntract in the history or the auto ndustry. POLITICS ------- -- The Phrase on whiclt Barry Goldwater ltammeretl today - "national suicide." The Ret>ublicanca,adidate thus characterizing President Johnson's ltaNdling of our armed services. and our weaf>oNs. And President Joltnson at tackiNg Gold1Doter by ret>utatiott - bat not by 11ame. Castigati,ig -- "tie reckle•• and rejected extremes of American life .. " a• he put it. MUNDY ------- Senator Karl Mt,ndt, from South Dakota -- is fed u P w it h th i s ye a r ' s c amp a i gn • No one really belie v es in his hea'F't, says Senator V.undt - - tlaat Barry Gol dtoater is a ravi ,rg demagogue, or that President Johnson is a croolt. Tia• Senator from South Daltota wants both candidates to camp a i g11 o" t I, . e is ••es . GLADYS As ~ Hurr1can ladys blustered he erratic way further up ¢1L ~ t..,, ' •-......c.-t"l the Atlant1 c coast, the tt ttte v lla e or cape I Hatteras, or th ~ C roltna -- was try1n - t dig 1tselr out or sand. 1, Sand -- block in the highways and roads. Depos1 ted by ~-1 ~~ the enormous t1des61&t)lj battered the sand banks and dunes. A !fllll $and ptl ng up s high that sev ral vt llages -- were Jsolated. Highway crews moving 1n today -- to see What they can do. Mean11h1le rurther north -- especially tn New land -- large scale prepe.ratl~ns ere under way. Preparations to deal k , ~ • ' 1th Gladys. etnea ~~ tt-llu.. 411 A tn New York, police, !1 remen., em rgency workers and <1 tsaeter teams at the reAdy. Both entrances to the Battery Tunnel sand-ba ed to prewent tloodln. All Crest Guard leaves cancellod. htps, reconnatsanc planes d heltc pters -- moved to safety. Hundreds of snBll v ssels, a hts, I l l * ' !tehtn boats r und L n Isl nd n lon the C nnect1cut Shor -- m v ed nt r vers, c nals n bays. t'ven the . orld ' s GLADYS - 2 Fair -- ready t drain of! water from l ts lake. I! the• waters . ould rise to high. All terr r u ns to antucket cancelled. About rtrty war ships d Newport, Rhode Island, seeking refuge 1n Narragansett Bay. Jet bombers at I estover A!r Ji'orce Base -- preparing to tly inland. ~ • e l c o m 1 n committee -- wt- lined up tor Gladys. GR UYK O A few ea rs a o, the !ollowin Soviet propo 1 would have been treated s -- mere propa nda. Somathtn that the usstonE would like to see - th e free world adopt. 1thout any thou t or resp e tin tt - - behin the Ir o n urta 1 n. This ttme ho ever -- there's no doubt that Gromyko really lllans what he Sa)'S. Namely, that all nations Should renounce rorce -- tn settlin~ rrontter disputes. No attempt to shift rrontlers -- by an appeal to the sword • • I'm sure you know - why the Sov•et tore~,a minister ls ·~~~ sln;;;;.A ~e 11oat explostve frontter 1 tn t.he world -- ts the i.,1't one between Russia and Red Chtna . A Mao Tse-tung demandtn , that Khrusehev return the lands 1n central Asta and Siberia -- that were rent rrom China by the nineteenth century Russian 1 rlallsts. The -- ezai:s, In tact, Mao has published maps -- that 8how the changes he wants 1 4nd, Intends to et, re saytn -- • these lan s are tr he cB.J, . To which the Russians _>r tor-ever Russtan . • /' Q. ..- their Chinese c mrades __ •pl ease, let's not rt ht about tt.• C ' rhat e d l'l.<k'-- O'\.f o:t o uth ally llfl the Kremlin -- s e ems t o have /, !or otten a ll about the first order of business. To wt t -- a fier c e con d emnatt on or th e U nited States. Som thin that has been standard op ratin p rocedure tor international communist gather1n 7 s -- ev r since Stalin. Khruschev would llke to see the ~ab!t -- continue. But, the Chinese Reds are saytn •nyet.• Not that Mao Tse-tun 's representatives -- love Am e rica. They just hate Khruschev -- more. ~~ __ .J , And said so today,< •~ the Kremltnwiut'4, At least, the choicest epithets or the delegation rr011 Pektn g -- were reserved tor tne Sov-iet premier. And the1e touched ort a barrage or antt~uao remarks -- rrom the SoYlet atde. A verbal brawl that drowned out the speaker -- who • s suppose d to ve t h e st gnal tor an an tt-Am rt c a n de onstratt on. ~ , r e ma rkab1~:1;21lzsla. Ant1-Kreml1n remarks - Inside the Kremlin. KASHMIR Th f>os ibilit of ci il war inside the Red bl o - should not make us for et the mut11al ant ago11i sms of the free world. The reminder this time o · er Kasl,mir. That beautiful reg; on far up in the Western Bimal ayas, as you knot, is claimed by both India and Pakista" both two key nations -- on our side of the lro,a artd Bamboo Curtains. Kashmir, long a vexed questio11 ,oitl, 110 answer. But an a11swer may have to be fo•"d -- bee•••• to,eigllt tl,ere is ,rew sltooti,rg irt Kasllmir. A,r ,,.,,.,. t,atrol ,,. • claal, witll a Pakista,ei t,•lrol. 7'11• Ne., Dellli claim• tl,at it took t>l•c• o,e t•• J,rdia,e ide of tire c••••-fire II•• - llli• l•teat b•ttl• over Kashmir. FLEE'r The NAT O naval exercise 1n the Atlantic -- 1 8 still bein s~1 dowed by th e ovtets. Russi h ips and planes -- tn the words of the London 1spatch, •snrmtn tnto the area.• Sticking o close that they might al ost be part or -- the " maneuveras. One Br1 t tsh admt ral rematks wt th a the drv Jocularity ~ or hts service -- •we shauldAthem to join us.• They'd •ke • good-- simulated en my.• Thev would indeed, altho hW....c.4. ~ .. /!J-- • 81 mula ted • ~ ::UL c:;:;;zrNI word! These NA TO exerc 11188 are being held because of the possiblli ty -- that 11011eday Western naval power may race the Soviet navy in a shooting •r. DE The ch 1ldren of th Lo 1 p t us as eur School 1n B o ota, ol u mbta -- h d expert ho1r 1 ad er o d a y. Ast ey sang -- An the arse111 s. ~ expert on the son's rneantn, anyway. President Ctarles de Gaulle on the school' balcony -- stng1ng out heartily 1n a deep, 1r not too m e lo tous, bass. The Marseilles, the rench n t1onal anthem, symbol or ranee's freedom -- and her grandeur. Dear to the heart or -- Charles de Gaulle. As he walked amon the cro•ds in Bogota, the tall FrenchMe.. . _ had his •••s security ards -- really worried. The general, tnst stt ng on 9haktng tBnds and talkt · n to th~ people, Jn spt te or rumors t.o the effect that he ts once more - mrked tor death_, ~ -- th~ French terrorist underground, And that one or that organtzat1on•s top terrorists -- ts on hand to do the ~ a , ~ deed. ,_.,(o terrorist ts otn .. to prev nt Charles de aulle -- c ' "-'-- b ~ trom doln wh a t h wants to. )Ww ~c..U._ '() ~ 1 ' OPERA Here's what s o unds like -- a bizarre remark. The rehearsal or •Lucia di Lammermoor• was accompanied by_ an orchestra.Ta which the proper comment would seem to be - that an orchestra 18 basic tor any opera. - , Wut not at -- the New York Uetropolttan Opera. Not 1n recent days, anyhow. The muslctans' strtke forced the9' 1iAi,d rehearsals •'-tleglft -- wt thout mustc. Great voteet!I, dtatnttlhed to -- •re talk. Speaking the lines -- that W111 be sung troa the stage. Now, a truce - a te1111>orary agree11Bnt to extend tbe old contract. The orchestra, back tn the pit. Gtvlng Rudolpb Blntf: t!:/-Jeif.'/latlon ot - "Lucia de LaWl'IIOOr• wtth ~ in3trumental accompanyment at -- the Met.