In the tense Middle East - another exercise in Brinks mans hip today. With ncr Is raelt armor and Egyptian artillery - massi,ag o,a opposite ba,aks of tlae Suez Ca,aal. Authorities on both adm sides - also a11tl1orizi,ag the evacuatio,a of Egyptia,a civilla,e•. J,e tlle face of a Cairo threat to take all ",eece••ary ••a•a,res of preve,atitive de/erase" -- to 1,ead off a,aotl,er Israeli sllellheg sa,cl, as tl,at of last S•,aday. Ki ,ag B•• s ei ,a - addl,ag to tit e tera• I o,a. A•• e rllra6 ti,• t U N l'••c• effort• to dale - "llad served ,ao ••ef•I l'•r,o•• a,ad aclaieved ,ao l'rogre••·" • .,,,,.. Addi•g tll•I "Ila• o,al1 aoay available to Arab raatiora• - I• to •obilize Ar•6 reso•rce• for a,ey eve,at•allty." WHITE HOUSE From the White House - an assertive a,eswer today to the question " who's running the store?" Wlaite House Press Secretary George Christian declari,eg it's L B J - a,ed no ifs, ands or buts. This i,e respo,ese to q11eries about a" appar•Nt Viel11am policy co,eflict - belweeN Preslde,et Jola,aao,e a,ed Vice Preside,et ••• •••••J H11mphrey. Clarialia,a asserting: ''Tlee Preside,et 111a11ts leim" B11,rapllrey -- "to be his ow,e man: but tlee Preside,it is goi,ag lo be Preslde,it 11,alil Ja,a11ary - a,ad o•ly o,ae •a• ca,a •II••" for Ille pre• lde•c y. " Wllat of Ille i,ossibilily - tllal so,rae •ill co••lller ~ tlli• a split bela,ee~l•o •••? Cit rt• tia,a a•••• ri•g Ill• I so,rae lfJill aee a figlat - al,raost ••Y li•e tlae Presid••I aNd tlae Vice Preside,it say a11ytlli,ag differe11t. WIiiet "makes It extra difficult" for H11mplarey - b11t lee lfJill ""'eatlter ii" - said tlee Press Secretary. Somewhat surprisi,igly - a second expresslo,i of confidence i,i the Vice Preside,it - comes today from capitol Hill . Courtesy of Se,iate Rep11blicart leader Everett Dirksen - also BoNse RepNblica,a lead•r Gerald Ford - of all people. Tlris - dNri,ag tire weekly ''Ev a,ad Jerry show". J,i respo,ase to a qNestio" abo11t SJ)lro Ag,aew's clrarge - that BNbert BNmplrrey Is "soft OJI comm11J1ism." Not trNe - said Ev artd Jerry. Addheg tltat J1eitlte r Ila• ' ' s eert arty e vi dert ce !' - - to •Nb• tart Ila te ti,• cltarge. Next fMesllort: was Agrtew perlt•I'• 1'1111,ag belo• tlte belt tit ere? Ford replyi,ag: "Rel)•blicare• la•v• • •Ide variety of first class issMeB - a •ealllt of good I•••••" so tltls orte- co11ld erlt•I'• best be droi,i,ed. ADD CAPITOL HILL ----------------- Agnew himself - tonight apologizing for the remark. Said he: "If I had ever realize d what effect this phrase would have had - I'd laave sh1uu1ed it lil,e the plague." VIETNAM --------- For the r•••• seco11d time in three weets - a crushing defeat toda y for Communist attackers at Tay Mi11h in Viet11am. S011th Vietnamese Ma-rh1es s11ppo-rted by U.S . helicopte-rs - claasil1g rem11a,sts of tlle Red fo-rce back toward the Cambodia,s borde-r. Tire fleei,sg Viet Coflg - leavhig behi,sd hNNdreds of dead. Here at home - the B011se today passed a whopping s e ve,s ty-two • • billio,s defe11se approp-ri•tlofl - largest si,sgle mofley bill sa eve-r. Aloflg the •Y - so11,sdly rejectiflg a11 ame,sdme11t - that .,011ld llave ortleretl a halt to U.S. bombiflg of No-rtll Viet11a•. STOCKHOLM ------- - -- Stockholffl, Sweden - a,a American tur,acoat turns back. He's ex-Mari,ae Ed10in Ar,aett - t10e11ty-,at,ae origi,aally of Sa,ata A,aa, California. O,ae of six America,a servicemen who deserted last year in Tokyo - later appearing on Russia,a televisio,a. Ar,aett de,ioa,,aci,ag a,l,at he called at the lime - tltat "immoral Amertca,a •ar ,,. Vietnam." Now coming home -- to face tire m11sic. ~ 71ie seco,ad of the six to reh,rrt Arrt•U explairairag: 'S111ede,a ts a great co,u,try - bat tllere i• rto 111ork for •• - arad I am fed a,p livi,ag 011 P•bllc welf•r•. ' ' PYONGYANG For the • captain and twenty crewmen of Ille captured U S intellige11ce ship Pueblo - a Comm11J1lst-style press conference today at Pyongyang, North Korea. The skipper - Commander Lloyd Bucher - later qa,oted by Communist •• radio as havi11g admitted "criml,eal acts of intrusion a,ad espioJtage." He is also sa,pposed to laave said tlae U,aited States .d,ould apologl&e - for orderl,eg ~ u ch ''spy" a c ti v I ties. co,ecedlrag el&11re ,1 to st I clearly ,,. i,eter,a e/)artmerat NEW ORLEANS ------------- Tur,aing to campaign Sixty-Eiglrt - tl,e tltree major con tenders co,eti,auefl"to bla~e a criss-cross trail ~ across the United States. Republica" Nomi,eee Ricltat!d Nixo,a - Ille latest to appear at that America11 legio,a cor,ver,tio11 ,,. New Orlea,es. - - ~ ~ ~~~~~ ... · , ~ There ~sserti•g that •orld peac depe,ul• ultimately - o,a m•lual cooperatio,e bewee,a llae V11lted Slates a,ad R•ssia. But the only •ay lo acllteve tt - ••id he - is to "mate sure that Ille o,ae tvllo wa,ats peace ••• lhe IK• superiority" - mea,al,ag tlte U.S. ~.J~_Jll..NGI_Olf._§.~_§LRJ.. FOL LO VI NE VI ORLEANS --------------------- More on tlte same from Hubert H14mpltrey - at a bridge dedication today in IIMi Wilmi,agto,e, Dela••re. The Vice Preside,at 6or calli,eg for ",ae., bridges" of tolera,ace, 11,adersta,edi,ag a,ad crm•ar cooperatio,a -- botla at laome a,ad abroac. Later, at Sea Girt, Ne• Jersey - B•berl H11Mplarey laki,tg a crack at tlaose Democrats ''•1'o •r• tlat,akirag of 'attlh1g it 011t' tlats year." Vlar11irag tl,at l1'•Y are riskl11g -- tlae "f"l11re vitality" of Ille DeMocr•tlc Party. A ddl11g: ''Tit ere is raol orae f••d•m-•t•l diff•r••c• ;,. prl,aciple 1111 IOe ca11,aot bridge togetller." SPRINGFIELD (New) Next up George Wallace. Carryi,ag his tliird party campaig,a ~ to Spri11gfield, Misso•ri. Tltere telling a packed crowd: "The biggest bigots ,,. lllis cou,atry - are tlae follts who call other foll,s bigots." Travelli,ag on to Spriflgfield, llllflois - Wallace layheg a wreatl, at the grave of Abraham LiflcOlfl.MPIPikO~ ,~} -.:i • - ' ~ W a l l a c e : ~ ''A bralaam Llr,colr, /4 b elo,.gs to all Ille ,,eople of o•r coaflfry - J11s t •• ti, e same as Robert E. Lee afld ,lefferso,. Davis. - . . . . . . . . f(ey are all ,,art of 011r political J• laeritage. " POSSIBLE ENDING ------------- - -- Have you heard? Before lo•g we may all of u s b e on I he decimal s y stem in t II is c oa, ,. try wit h ,. o m or e i,. c h e s , f e e t a ,. d s o o,. • If t hi s Ila pp e ,. s , tl1 e ,. at beauty conte s Is the National Ge ograpllic tells "s Ille vital statistics might be as follo.,s -- ,ei,eety-tlaree, seve,ety-o,ee, ni,eety-three. Ceatimeters, of cotlrse. Ho., maay kaow .,1,ere tlle i,acll came from? Lo•g ago in E•gla•d, Ki•g Ed.,ard the Seco,ad decreed that a• i,1ch equalled tlaree dry 6arleycorr11 laid e,ad lo e,ad. As for tlae legal yard, Kiag Beary tlae Fir•I, 6y decree said it .,as to be tlae dista•ce from tlae Iii of his •ose to tlae e11d of lais tlaa, ' mb. lady wlao measures ni,rety=tlaree, seve•ly-o•e, •i•ety- three? KAKHK ------ ~~ From the village of Kakl,k inXra,. - a" ama~iPlg post-script today to that Jra,aia,. earthquake hDo MJeekertd• ago. Rescue workers di#gi,ag througlt the remah,s of a ltouse - still searchi,ag for mlssi,ag perso,as; aolte,e sudde,.ly they spotted a ti,ay laaP1d - a11 arm - a leg. Tl,e rubble fhaally yieldi,ag fortlt - a Bl% year old boy. B•rled ,.,,.e days, In all - u,eco,esclo•• - bat still alive. Tlae yoa,.gster raslled to a •o•l'ilal •ltere doctors ,eoao re/larl - lie probably •Ill 1'•11 tlaro•glt. Tit• sole s•rvlvor of Iii• family - a trae or/lltart of tlte ,tor•.