n RITE HOU E Sept. 23 1969 Mike Wallace At the White House - a "green-and-go" today, for an m rican super onic transport. President Nixo,i ga e liis final okay - coupled with a request to Congress for an ini~ial Ninet -Six Million dollar in de elot,m nt funds. That is the fi1'sl installment on a go ernment tab that is expected to come to o er One Billio,i, in all. A lot of money - the President admitted. But a necessary investment - he said - if the U.S. is to continue ''to lead the world in air transport.'' As for the plane itself - it's expected to carry three h1tndred passengers at a top speed of eighteen hundred miles- an-hour! As the President put it- bringing ''Tokyo as close to Washington as London is today." Only one catch: The SST - as it is commonly called - to be banned from overland routes - 1tntil the problem of the sonic boom is completely solved. VIETNAM ~ Ground action in Vietnam - still light and scattered today. In the air war though// another raid by big ~ U.S. B-F1fty-Twos just below the D.M.Z. An attempt to discourage enemy infiltration - in and around a number of ~ bases recently abandoned by U.S. Marines. SHAIGHAI <\k Latest f rom Red China / An apparent attempt tonight to show that Chairman Mao has not been "incapacitated" > by a stroke - as earlier reported. Radio Shanghai telling of plans t{) send a worker delegation to Peking7to help celebrate the upcoming twentieth anni v ersary of the Chinese Peoples Republic. The broadcast adding that Mao has Just ~ given · - ~ - "personal approval" for this demonstration of worker loyalty. Purther imply'ing that Mao himself will be present a . nd participating - when the big day comes October One. (SUGGESTED LEAD-II TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "CASTLES") Next up - Lowell 'l'hoaas - with another special report. Discussing tonight - far-away pleaaarea and palaces. Lowell .... CAST LES 211d Series No 12 01 :31 L. T. Tape Insert - unedited Good Evenin . g E ery bod y: Here's one - that may be just a bit late for I hi s ' ea r - b ., t r ea d y for next y ear . f t \s a re m t, 1 de r from th e U S Ira el industry to get your order in right now - for a Nineteen Seventy vacation castle in spai" or a castle in France or Germany, Austria, practically any where in Europe. And it isn't a joke either. The castles ;,. question are authentic right to the last rampart and down to the moat. lncludi,.g, for example, the o,ae-tirNB sanctuary of Cardinal Richelieu - at Ardeclae in FraNce. And the battle- scarred Sc hl os s Rein laart s ha use• on lite Rhine - dating back to tlte Twelfth Century. Not to mention an ltistoric stronglaold - according to legend, the last abode of the Roman Gover•or Pontius Pilale. All sharing in common the fact they are now fully- reconditioned, fully-equipped hotels - only hours away CASTLES 2 from 01 . , b) ' jet. ~ A for rates - the beautiful Chateau de Maisons near Paris - capable of seating a hundred and eighty for d i nn er - , h y it's practically a steal at five hundred bucks a day. For lesser tastes, however, smaller pocketbooks J '- .,,,,.,, - there are a lot of rooms - starting at Seven Bucks - " American plan. And by the way, a visit to the castle dungeo,a - is practically a must for touring wives; who will fi,ad h1 most cases, ironically - that it's now the castle kitchen. Sol ong . . . . . . (SOOOESTED POLLOW TO TltOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "CASTLES") Thank you, Lowell. Back to the news ... UJIITBD STAT~ Here on our own shores - the U.S. was again under fire today at the United lationa. S11dan 1 a Pr1• ■lniater Sayed Bab1ker Awadall - accualng Vaahlngton or reneging on its c0111it"8nt for peace. Adding that the Israeli ~ holleland 11 nothing aore than "a colony or aliens - n11rture4 by the United States." ROIIULO The United lationa again /'a special lunch today in honor of Assembly President Angle Brooks or Llberla; including a series of tributes fr011 her •le colleagues - led by Philippines Porelgn Minister Carlos Roaulo. Along the way - R•ulo observing that u. ■. 1peechla should be aore like ■1n1-akirta. In other words - aald he - "long enough to cover the e;,1enti..1f ht enough to show the tundallentala. ---- short The leaders of twenty-five Mosle■ nations - again ~ 1n conference today at Rabat, Morocco. According to local A news sources - voting to admit to their meeting for the first time - a delegation troa the Palestinian guerilla organization known as Al Patah. This - we are told - over I' the objection of Asian Arabs - who had hoped to avoid a ~ direct involveaent 1n the current Mideast crisis. - Earlier, the Moslem leaders heard a •asage - froa Egypt's President laaaer; a •ssage urging his fellow Arabs to aobilize their forces - for a "speedy liquidation or Zionist aggression on Arab countries." lasaer citing J~J"a ~ ~ -- _u_,_, _./ as a pr1M e:u1111le or 'aa■1 r , recent fire at Bl Aq■a Mosque in occupied Jerusale■. MIDDLE EAST POLLOW RABAT .------.. Meanwhile, Israeli planes were again attacking today - Egyptian targets across the S11ez Canal. This 1n retaliation for overnt&ht Arab c ~ o raids / .............. r- o sides - claiming they 1.nllltted heavy daages. LONDON Newest addit i on to the elephant h~ r d at London's W i ndsor Park Zoo - a quartet of pach y derms recently arrived from Thailand. The newcomers readily identified today - by those big fuzzy things on their ears; which are, in fact - giant earmtt//s. Not that tl1eir ears <.re cold I Zoo officials ext,lah,ed tltat Lo11don's Heathrow Airport - is just a slaort diata11ce away . The 11ew earm11ffs - designed to m11ffle jet ,aoiae; to keep tl,e elet,lia11ts from t,a11icllh1g a,ad 6usHNg tlli11ga ut, - as tlley did the first time tlley lleard it. Tllis is Mille Wallace for Lo111ell T1aomas.