WHITE HOUSE Pr e sident Nixon toda y anno11nc1fl. plans f or a broadcast oolol1 cA lo tlle nation - •• oj tomorrott night ; containing a new proposal - for ending the war i,e Viehaam . c o mp re h e n s i v e s I a t e me n t e "« r • , de - on th is lo,. g a,. d diffic,,lt war;" and it "will cover" - he went on - "all tire major issues involved in the southeast Asia area." {,i The President adding: "We do , ,rot co,rsider this a propaga,ada gimmick - we are not just sayi,rg it for the record." The Pres ide11t 's staleme11l":::,v•ickly follo.,~y a /tits flood of speculattci,r, iNcl11di11g a sugg e stio11 tllat · he might propose a cease-fire tlrro•ghout lndo•Chi,aa - as well as a withdrawal of all foreign tro . ops from Viehaam. Wllether W"'' 00 -f._ ...... ,J the guesses are r ! ght or io rong - U a N P ~ MESSAGE FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE t'u ■1~ lite domes tic front - the Pres Iden I - ~ r e c t e ~ • ~ ft in the direction of Capttol ~ Hill,Ain a strongl} ' worded statement -,,.,accusing the Democratic controlled Congress of attempting lo deceive tl,e public. ,.,.,... by authorizing more spending on the . ) various domestic projects A' than the goveYnment ' ca11 really afford. 'The President citing as horr!ble example number OJ!e - a new billion d•lar sewer. and water projects bill; 011e that exceeds his original request - by eight-hundred-aNd- ~ ~~~ fifty million. The Presidel't~•s:Z-d~ ii 's time for Congress to ''stop this deception - and bring the f1111ding of these measures down to realistic levels." CAIRO From Egypt's new political leadership - a pledge today lo continue "marching in Nassar's footsteps." This in a blueprint for the future - vowing an all-out effort to a/lain lhe Socialist ideals originally set forth by Nassar himself. Al the same lime - the new leaders also givi11g top priority to Egypt's war with Israel. Adding, ho,c,ever, that Egypt will agree - to a,a exte,asion of tlae curr-e11t cease fire in the Middle East; will agree, tl,at is, provided there are "si,acere efforts" - to get peace talks u,ader,c,ay again. LA PAZ At La Paz in Bolivia - a bloodless co)Ptoday. Bolivian president - Alfj~o Ovando - bowing to press,,,,.e quilling from llis armed forces; X § his post - lo make way for a new three-man military j11 : nta. General Regelio Mif'a11da - who led the opposition to Ovando - also ,r,,itti11g #tis ow,a ~-~ army comma,sd - ~ i,a an attempt to /) · re v e n t ~ • • we , are told . . T're general, nevertlteless, pledghag a,.,,,.,,.,. to civilia,a rNle - witl,i,a two years. CONSTANCE meeting At Constance, West Germany - aJtaztt '4of the International Astrona11tical Co11gress; wllere a trio of Soviet cosmo11auts have just disclosed - that Russia is \0 C It ie V ill" working on. a new space velr icle aimed aK,na ,aned fllgla I to Mars. The "wllert" of such a trip - impossible to predict - said cosmortaat Vitali Sevastyartov; explaini,ag tltat "time - goes much mor~ quickly thart humart forecasts." BMI lie added: "There are very good prospects" - that it • i l l tale place within this certlury. MOSCOW FOLLOW CONSTANCE a~~ From Moscow A a report hilf■ y that 011e of R11ssia 's top test pilots - also, a space in11ovator - was killed recen fly in an air crash. Lieute,aa11t Vale,alt11 Danilo'vich - the ma" who developed techP1iques later 11sed i,a the world's first space walk. Now the victim of a,. accident - duriftg the testi,ag of a · New high allttude super- so11ic ejeclio11 seat. The Soviet ,aewspaper Pravda sayl11g: "All measures were take11 to protect the test pilot f , . . da11ger - but 11obody had ever bee" catapulted from tltls system before,· a11d some times" - the article we 11t 011 - "sometimes it is impossible to foresee everytltiflg." WASHINGTON FOLLOW HAYDOCK A!:JnlJ7'.,lh" The U.S. fair campaig,r practices committee report-f.1 Js«lg'd\.- there appears to have bee11 a rece11t u . psu . rge in attempts to prove "g•ilt by assoclatio,.." A number of groups supposedl~~ho11y f>icl•r•• - ;,, an attempt to sholD a li"k betwee,e oppositiofl caJ1dldates a11d long-haired students. The fair practices com,,,,itt11e observl,t,g that a caMdidate 's attitude towayds stude,at dress a,ad campus riots - may be a valid issNe f,a tlae Nl,aete11,a -~~ Seve11ty campalg,a; b11t fake pictures A t l , a d ~ CONFUCIUS In Chinese com1n11nities right around the globe - everywhere but Red China, it seems - a series of joyous celebrations this week and last. The Chinese marki,ag t•e two thousand, five hundred and twenty-first an11iversary of the birthdate of - - --- - - -~·-• · · --- · · - Co11fuc ius. Biggest of all the celebrations - in Natio,aalisl China on the isle of Formosa; wltere the holiday is also know,s - as "Teachers Day." Chi11ese scholars there ofter, recalling that Confucius said: "Lear11ing wttltoa,t tlloMgllt is useless; th r- ught without lear11i11g is da11ger0Ns. '' Next biggest observance - in the Britlsl, Crow• Colony of Hong Kong; where stMdenls are apt to remi11d tlleir teachers of another Co11fucionlsm - lo wit: "A yoM11g perso11 should be treated with the utmost respect - for how do yo,. know that someday he will not be fully equal to what yo" are today." As for Confuci . o,iism banishment fronz Mainla11d Confucius .. 2 Cliina - this is due in part to the fact that ma,sy of Co,tfucius 's sayings - have someltow tur,sed up i11 Chairman Mao's "little re · d book;" the best parts th•rei,a - I might add. One that Mao ig,aored though - Co,afuci11s warni,ag that "an oppressive governme,at - is more to be feared tl,an a tiger." Another break in royal precede,it - reported today from Japan; where the former Princess Suga became the first member of the Imperial family - ever to take a payiflg job. Emperor Hirochito 's i,rdepe,rde,it-miJ1ded da•gllter - becomi,rg a sales consulta,it ;,, a,r exclusive bra11cla of a Tokyo department store. The former Pri11cess - wlao married a commo,rer te,a years ago - explaini,rg that her 011ly claild is now eight years old; and she felt she just #tad "to get o•l•fd• the house - a,ad lear11 somethi,ag." M.4 D.4 ME Pr< !-. id< ,, t Po mp id or; ; (i r a " i '1 f: : :, rt h o r c r c d, s p 1 a~ · - o_f ands. hanncr!-. ond cheering crou · ds . .4/so. a •clco"'~ .f ro m t I; c f u 11 S o r ; c t T r o i I: a - B r c • h ,, c t • p o d !J o r " ~ - • a " d .Toro rzon-Comm1111i!-,f head o f state - si•cc de Ga11llc r·isrtcd ' R II s s i a h a c- k , • s i z- t , . - s i . - Th r c "t C' r of ma"., l" ~ - ~ s t Ir o II G h - Mada "'r Pompido11 . • C'O ri•& II • .,, midi-le,r&th dress 11ith motcili•g coat: drawi•g st11rrs of HAYDOCK FOLLOW SAIGON /:rom Haydock in the s o u th we s t La n c • s h i re c o al fie Id of Engl a n "f """•-- safe t y exp e rt s ruled I o day "' t It at ap p re n tic e c o a l mi ,ae rs can wear their liair as long as they like; except if it's lortger than eye level - ll1ey must also w!_!.r /IRJ..r rte ls. SAIGON ------ Yesterday - Kathmandu.. Today - Saigon. The government of South Vietnam - joining in a crack-down on long haired hippy types. Calling a press coP1fereP1ce to announce that foreign visitors with loP1g haired h'!_ircuts - er !!!,!I-haircuts - will be barred, henceforth, from enteriPlg the couP1try. A gover11me11t spokesma,a explai,ai,ag that the long hair has had "a bad effect on our yo11,ager ge,aeratio,a." And he further advised reporters prese,al that even some of them - "will be ad11ised to get haircuts."