YfBlf'B BOUSE TIie Wit ite Hause - • " z a s,,ec,a message to Co,agr•••• I t s • The first of tlae 11e111 year. Pre• ltle,al Nls o,a tel U,ag llae Ni,aety-Seco,atl Co,agress - it• /fr•t bu•it1••• •Ao,lltl b• .,,.,,,.,aAetl ••••"•••; •t>eclftcally, tlaal •lalcl, ••• l•Jt ~ ~ - by its ,,,.,,.etllote t>redeceaaor, tit• Nl••t:,-Firel Co,agr•••• I P ■«. Tiie Prealde,at cltl•6, •• •" - fort:, l•fl•••r /cvor•bl:, 011 llae•. " L _ _ SAIGON On tire other side of tire globe - a L••ar Ne., Y•ar'• message from South Viet11am 's Pres,t1er1I Tl,fe■ ; · .,,. 0 MOSCOW Moscow - a 1>ost-sc1·ipt toda y on the fate of Rr,ssia's latest l'entts p·robe. The So vi ets re(>orting that their Ven11s-Seven - did not disi,itegrate in the fiery atmosphere of Venris, as originally suspected last month. Instead - we are told the Russian space ship actually did desceftd safely to the f>la iet's Sllrface; tlrere continui,eg to record information - which it tit en relayed back to ear tit . On tit• basis of tltis information, tlte report goes 011, sr,rface te111t,erature 011 Ve11us - about Eigllt Bu11dred a,ed Eighty-Seven Degrees Faltre,elleit; atmosf>lleric pressure - about One Tlrousand, Five Hu11dred and T•1H1ty-Tllree Pou,e,ltj. Per Square 111clt - of' rouglrly ,,;,,ety times tllat of ouf' oar,,, planet. For ma,e a11 imposs Ible e11vif'orune,rt • G CAPE KENNEDY FOLLOW MOSCOW Meanwhile, at Cape Kennedy there was a pla,,ned pause toda} ' ;,, the final cor,ntdown for America's moonbound Apollo- Fourteen; during which ground crewmen loaded liq11id oxyge" - into the ship's new third life-support tank. Tlris to serve as "insurance" - against tire possibility of another misllat, such as that oJ Apollo-Thirteen. At the same lime, astronauts Alan Shepard and Ed Mitchell were practicing a series of simulated moo11 la11di111•;. while the third member of Ille crew - Stuart Roosa - •a• similarly occllt,ied hr llis 0•11 mock commarad sltip. CAIRO From the Middle East - Cairo comes a report that Egypt has now Placed its armed forces - on fr,ll emergency alert. This - we are told - in Preparation for a possible termination of the current cease-fire, which is sclteduled to a expire, un . less extended - ,1 week from Friday. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Mirtisler Moshe Dayan - was cllarging, there are •ow te• tlaousartd Russia,a military t,erso11rtel servi,ag ,,. Egyt,I. He also said tllat Soviet Sam-Two miisiles have •o• beert deployed for tlae first time - in Syria as •ell as Egypt; wlticla is do11bly o" fmous - said lie - i,aasmucla as Syria ts rtol a l'arly to ••Y cease-fire. KANSAS CITY From Ka11sas City comes K1ord - tllal former Preside,el Truman leas imt,roved to tlle po;,., .,1,ere lie is ••id 10 be - la•glling a11d jolriflg .,,,,. doctor• ar,d ••P•ci•ll, Ill• A llost,ital st,olresma,a adds lllal - "preliffli11ary reports fro,,, tea IR tllis fflOf'rti11g are good;" •llicl, ••••• - • •re told - Mr. TrMfflGII may eve11 6e ••ll e11o•gll to acc•l)t • via it /roffl Vice Pre• i de11I •iro Ag11e• ••o •ill 6• 111 K•••• cu, IOffl0f'f'ON1 - to fflGlre G . , , • • c • . Pl&INCB WWe B o • ~ 1 r . d ~ I ••lco•• today - for Prlace Juaa Carlo• of St,al• ••d 1il• •If•, Prl•c••• ••llo••:" r•co1•'•••• , •• , "••Ho•• c:aaaot If•• .. •••l•H••" ' ~.ce ~ •••Y " 1 •••1 c•-• •Ill Jro61••• oft•• of • •••••r••• WASHINGTON Elseroh.ere '" Waslt,ngto,a - a t>rogress ret>ort fro,,. t•• ,,e.,l y - f ormed National Readi,ag Co,i11cil ; K11tlclt .,a• created by President Nixo,e . last year - yo,i ,,.ay recall .,,,,, t•• a••,.,._, tas/t of lle l t,ing !>reserve "tl,e rlgl,t to read." A11 as•lg•"'•"t fou,aded, ht f>art - o,r tl,efact tl,e U . s. 110w • • • •••rly ,.,.,.,, mlllio,i so-called "J,i,actio,aal illiterates . " It see•• tllo•gll - Ille tlict•re I• loo•111g •I> • Ti• National Realll"6 Co,,11cil sayl11g it soo• will ••v• 060111 l•rt mllllo• vollu,te•r l11tors. Tltese r•cr11U•d fro• fl•l'• ••cit ,,,.,.,, gover••••I, tlte 1>rofe••lo•• · I• Ure•.,,,,. t•• Co■ •cll'• direct teaclelrtg at>t,ro•cle - "eocle ore• to t••clt o••·" MELBOURNE From the "La11d Dow,r Und , er" - comes a report tl,a t ma•'s first guided missile - tlte boom era,rg - is s tagi,ag a sl,art, comeback . . Austra . lia,r firms - No,o Jilli•g orders ;,. t"e millions• And this - 1•1e are told - d•e maiNly to sudde• 'f>roliferallo,c of boomera11g sports cl•bs - rigl,t aro,ueil t1'• globe. O,ce ~I Ille blgges t of Australia's boo•era,.,. factorl•• - 11,e Nauo,.al Geograt,llic tells ••r - a fir• tlJat boa•t• a lest raage al ,nos t •ortlJy of Cat,e K••••dy. WIii, st,ec 1111 •11fler all ty#le• of .,,,.,, """ •eatlJer co,alllllo••. B•I tl,e t,rot,rlelor of said lest ,.,.,.,.. - says IJe ta• •ever yet rejected a boomer , a,ag . - bee••••, •"•" tlJro•• "Bad boomera,ags - j11st do•'I co•• bact." For tl,at maller tlJe Ir•• boo•era•g, '"• 0 •• tl,e A•atralia,a ADos still ••• to gel game, does,,'t retur,,. ••1l>e a" emu or too . P•ILADBLPRIA At t1ae U.S. Mhat - P1alladelt,1aia 6ra•c1a _ ,, aerie• of te•I• 011 t1ae ,. • ., Biae,a1ao••r Dollar. T1ai• - a• yo• ,, .. 0 • _ a •ict•I ... , copper coi,a - d••ll••d lo ••cce•d II• oll •flo•r dollar ,o,,.•11•• aroa,a,f •••·••• .. •r. 7'1• ••• coi• •••r• .. • a a - ••• , •••• ,. , .... , •• oa ,.. ..oo ... 1 .. c••••l•lly, II• cr••lor of II• .... •••• .. ••••r D•II• - ••••• .. •r ,,,. ... ,, G••l•rr4J. ala r•lorl• 11•1 II• •••• •••'• - •••r• • "l••••• .. I" •r "••re••" loolt r•ller ,,. .... .. "••r••••11•" .,, •• ,,. ... e.. a •• ,.,,.,,. ••• ,, ........ : ........ , ••