Good e1Je11i11K ••• December 31, 1970 A l l e n .J a c k s on T It e U i ll e t )' -Firs t C o II gr es s is ,, o t go i,, g t o h av e a v er y /1 a p fJ .v 11 e w .V e a r • I t ' s s t i l l h u n g II f> o 11 t h e c o n t r o v e rs y o v e r f1111ds for tlte S S T - the supersonic transport t,lane - and has agreed to come back to thresh out the matter Saturday da) ' after New Year's Day. Then it appears a compromise wi, be possible - to e,rable the Senate to finish most of it's worlt before it runs out of existence by law - on Sunday. , ,. CAPITOL fill L n e c e m b c r . 1l , l 9 7 J) :4l/e 11 ,/ a r. ks on p ,. cs ; de 11 I N; x on Io day s i /!1l e d in to law a bi l1 t I, al will tighten Fede1•al control over so-called ''o,ie-bank holding Companies." The new law - rega · rded one of the most imf)o1·tant Pieces of banking legislation si,ice the De(>ression Thirties - gives the Federal Reserve Board j • d' t · • 11 h 1 · · 1 ttris c ion ove1 a o ding compa,ries N1ith total assets of abo11t ltoo-hundred-fifty-BTLLION - llJhich comprises about half the 11ation's total bank assets. The Presid•nt also sign . ed the ,,ew law which requires the auto indr,stry to I r,rod1tc e an engine vi:twally e m_!_s sion-free -;a,. deadll,ae being Ninet~tm-Seventy-Six. Senators and Co,agreasmen from both parties N1ere invited to the While Bouse ceremo,ay bllt Senator Edmt1nd Muslrie of Maine - chief st,011aor of tire bill and a leading conteflder for the Democratic t,reside,aliql nomination - was NOT amo,ag them. / I ! !"' P I r I ,,. J>,,,. ' • The Senate / voted down the Preside•t's plan to t,ut a I I tJILLION-and-a-HALF dollars into school districts under --- t And the House comt,leted court orders to desegrega e. (MORE) CAPITOL Tl/LI .. - 2 cong, · essional action on a measttre that would pro v ide Federal workers three additional pa y riases in the next ttuo years, with nearly automatic increases each year thereafter. If the President signs the bill into lato, an immediate six percent raise for nearly four-MILLION Federal civilian and military personnel tolll be effective tomorrow. MIDEAST A 11 a II I I, o r ii a f i v e E g y p t i a n n e w s i a fJ e r e d i I o ,. sa y s there's real danger that a renewal of the mideast war could lead to a military conflict between the United States and Russia. The warning roas sounded by Mohammed Hassaneib He ikal - editor of the semi-official ,aewst,at,er "Al Ahram" - and a close associate of the late Preside,at Nasser. lllJA.CKERS A.cli11g 011 01 • ders which ma 1 1 fra v e come fr ' o , m the K · remlin, a Soviet Appeals cour "t t,,day commr,ted t he death s e11 tenc es for two Leningrad ' .Jews, , con vie ted of plotting to hija . ck an airliner and fly to Israel. , Th.ei'1' sentettces tvere reduced to the maximum Sovie! prison tef"m of fifteen years. The commutaf'io , ns came exactly 011e • • • " after the two men were sentenced ,; lo deatll "! a flrl•g squad. Nine other defendants in the case dYe• prison terms of up - ,;., ,;,, ~~ ... fl,..""" to fifteen years - althougll three of t1, .. ,,._.,,.,o, l1dl1 •••· · e , ,. , Ir,. t, \ 1 , I ,., __z..u>4n reduced s•NIJNees. VI ETNA ~f "-...._ If A_') a.J J S J:._/ The United States ~ n t e r e d the second A decade of its involvement in t he Vietnamese lVar _ the lo11gest tuar in America's history. The first ten y ears ended today with a shak y New _ Year's ceasefire in effect a11d a resumptio11 of Ameri~an air-strikes agai11st Commllnist suppl y lines i11 Laos. The U-S Command in Saigo" also 'released its weekly casualty toll,}ho1tJi11g that forty-one more Americans died in combat during the ttJeelt ending l••t Saturday - malting a total of _forty-fou'r-tllousa11d-tw,o- hundr · ed-eight combat deaths siflce t"e A~ican l11volveme,at ~ began. More than t,oo--hundred-J1lnety-t"ree-tlaousa11d U-S troops ha ve been wounded. In Cambodia, • Sou th Viehtam ese tafllt " " " a•d • group of Cambodian volu•teers, atti,,-ed i11 !!_ac11 ,aJ•"'"' -- similar to those worn by the Viet Coflg,jlattled each ot1ler - b y mis take today - ktith each side reporting 0 •• ca,ualty. OK INA n A About two lz1tndred U-S M ari,ies were forced to cane el a s c Ii edu led firing drill on Oki,ia . wa trrday whe n ci v ilian demonstrators entered the target ra,cge to protest. Fot1r of the Oki,aa,oans were arrested by America• M P's, bill were later released. It 111as /he seco,ad co,ifrortta- tion between U-S troops and Okinawans 111ithin the f>ast t1110 1oeeks. Tea r gas was used on December Nineteenth to disperse a mob of three-thousand who burned America• vehicles and broke into an Air Force base. MINE The U -S Bu r eau of Mines sa y s the c oal mine in H. v dcn, Kentuck y - in which thirty-eight toere killed _v es ~ erda y - was closed down by Federal inspectors for t /,re e da y s las t J" n e be c au s e of s af e I y la 111 v i o la ti on s • SPACE The Natiollal Space Agency announced today that two manned Apollo flights to the moon and two unmanned missions lo Mars' are on the American space ithaerary for Ni11eteen-Se v ent y -One. The next moon mission i• scheduled tu lift off at CafrKennedy on January Thirty-Ffr•t - with spacecraft commander Alan Shepard a,ad pilot• Str,art Roosa and Edgar Mitcltell o,a board. Six ,,.o,atlaa -- later in July, a secofld moon shot i• sch,duled. Tit• ,~ Mariner launchi,ags to Mars 111ill take place ~ May. - CONTEST After years of scornful disdain for suclt matters, the Rt1sslans are getting entltusfastic over beauty co,ateats. The ct1rrent contest - called "Co"!e on Glrh" - is •t,o,aaor•d by a Moscow television statio,a ,4ffd six fi,aalhts leav• 6ee,a chosen. But instead of disf>laylrtg tleemselves ,,. ••I• ••It• and everting dress, the girl• M1ear "t,l11t,a J11,a•" clotl•• 11,ad - - demonstrate their tale,ats for t,erfor•i,ag ••cle ta••• •• - decoratirtg a cat~ /- adJu• ti,ag a T-V •et / •••di,a6 • doll'• dress J and M1eigleiflg a 11~,ag for • 1alad. DR/Vt;Jt~ Tok y o and Rome have their kamikazi auto d-Yivers - and Saigon has MILLIONS of cyclists and moton:yclilts weaving itz e ~e -Yy direction / making it virtually 1,,.Posalble to dri v e an auto thrortgh the streets. Londo,c, Paris ,,,., 1 New York have their daredevil taxicab drivers, too _ Y•t none can eqr,al the men toho drive the t•elv•-luuedr•d - buses in the city of C"!_!:o, Egypt, say• U-P-1 Corre•,ored••t Ray Wilkinson. With rubber flappi,eg fro,,. t1,ret1ll611r• tires - engines belclri,eg ~~oke a•d /ta"'• (.red oo•rcro•ll•II t,asse,agers hangf,eg #)recario•sly fro,,. •i•do••• t•• 6•• - - - drivers go about tl,efr daily ,..,,.. •itll a tot11l lll•r•1•rll /or - both #)edestrla,es a11tl traffic. Polle• ar• g•••r•IIY l,aorell as botl, drivers aJ1d pedestrla•• •tea,n t•ro•1• r•II 111•t• - - - and stop signs. Autos, JJ1ereaced b:)I a• o,a-co•l•I •••• 11•• 1 with each other a,rd .,,,,, t,edeslriares Ire tryl"I to 1• 1 0 • 1 0 1 the way. And to tl,ls visible cJ,aos I• added Ille caco,llo•y bl f or NO ob.,loM• of tltor1saJ1ds of auto lrorns beh1g 0 •• reason . Tire national drivi11g test f,e E11,t • ••Y• Wlltl•••• MORA? DRIVERS - 2 _ is more difficult to fail than t,ass. A t,erso,a Is o•ly required to pro v e that he can drive a fe• yards i,a reverse - though t,olice say many do fail by bac•l•g i,ato t,arked cars. THOMAS TAPE Lowell Thomas, who's in Alaska tonigltt, •a• this report about a rare and !!.~f!!ESI exotic bi-rd. TAPE RUNS: 1:32 OUTCUB: So long . . . . . I I