T It 1t r , .; ti u \' , . \ 1t J.! 11 :,; I I , I . 'I i I From ll'u.o.;ltin g lun . . . . . . . From ('r(>r11 .o.; • • • . • • •• •• From />011/ch"lr"i11, Lo11isia""· . . . . cum es loda _,, 's 11c11 s. Goo ,I E, c 11 i 11 , E , , e r _,. bod _,.. T It is is Loue/1 Thoma s. Senator Henry Jackson says that - ;,, his opinion - if Ille House and Senate ca1111ot reach a , erdict on the fm(Jeachmcnl question by Jauua,•.v Thi1·d - then the entire imt,eachtnenl p1·oceedings sl,ould beKin all over again. He says Ile does11 't think there's any question but that the entire fJ r o c e s s - i ,, c I u di II g t h e p r c l i ,n in a 1· _ , , Ho II s e in , es li g a ti on - would hate to begi11 again if a v erdict is still undecided when a neu congress - tile Ninet_, -Fourth - con, enes in January. Some Senators howe v er, disagree u ilh Jackson's v ; e u - c o 11 l ending t ha t C on gr es s is a c , n, t in u in g body a n d the process could go forwa,•d. However, ,icwl_v elected Senators and Conl(ressmen pr e sumably nould face the tn·,,sfJt'c'l of rolin~ u • illllntl lta1·.i11J.: lu·anl all /he cridence. U/L H The ,ialio,i's /a1·gesl milk cooperati v e - Ass ocialed Produc er'fat-':!':; u&/,_ I hlrty-fl u e thousand dollar ~ i,i federal court.,,' " " • ' aft er pleading guilty to conspit·ac_y a,1.d illegal campaig . n contributions. Cited in the indictnient were two-lwndred-eighty-thousand dollars in contributions to botli Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates -- including Hubert Humphrey and Wilbur Mills. Cr PRIS T11rl,•ish a1'/illcr_r conlin11ed lo 11ps et tllc cease f i r e o II C y Jn, ·u s I o d a J' - w Ir ii e i ,i N e w Y o r k , t It e t{. \1 , s e c 11 , ,. ii _}' c o 11 ,z c ii a II t h o ,, i z e d a p ea c e - k e e p i 11 g r o I e f o r - U N t ,,, oops . T It e res o / u l ion was a ppr o v e d aft er the So v iet Union dropped its oJ,posilion lo expa,iding the U N's role in th.e crisis 011 that troubled Mediterranean Isle. .. In Athens, Premier Karamanlis r e i i ~ ~ the Greek cons tittt tion "the recently deposed military junta had shelved.,- Tlie Preniier also sa_ving..., the ~ Greek '1••* people;,..toill have a chance to freely decide .. ~ , ~fu,h.J whether tliey wish t•),ln govern-f by a President- -i1 orfa King. ASIA 8011/11 Vietnam' s second largest city -- Da Nang is t h e ta r g e l of ~ a n e w C o m nrn ,i is I o J J e n s i v e ton i g ht - with some two thousand troops advancing from the North. Figliti,1.g also continues south and southwest of tile be le a gu er e d c it y • In Tlaailand, three..,.. U S Air Force B-52 bombe1"s~/;t~,~ -- furthe1" 1"educlng the U S military presence in tliat countr · y. Part of a program to reduce o , ur military aircraft there by about one third. DEFENSE BUDGET The House Appropriations Committee has approved a Defense Department b11dget of more than eighty-three billion for next year - nearly ten billion more than the current br,dget. STRIKES 1! It e Com III u ,, i cations Workers of A mer ic a .a. • 1 --' l1 t · · I t I, ~ " ' f M d --Wt . w•8 ca.,- P\ 11.a t onwu e s rtt1e su.. or on . ay. against ~ A / ~ ~ - v--u-t B e II Te I e p Ito n e . ,,,{'' e c o m pa n y s a y s a n e w c on tr a c t offer will b e ~ made immediately. In Minnesota and Michigan today more than twelve tlioi,sand United Steel workers began a strike against iron mines and processi,ig plants. EC ONOJ\I l ' Two Democratic economists sa_v they do,i't agree with President Nixon's apf,roaclt lo lhe problem of i11flalion. Waller Heller and James Dusenberr.v - who ,__ served i11 the Kennedy and Johnso11 Administratio,a . s-tt,,=e claim lhere is no way lo stop inflation this year - no "q ,d c k fix " as He ll er pu t it hi t es t i m on y before a Congressional Committee. · - c- . )'\l J" ~, ,t • d I n President>. says t:lart the Vet er ans Benefits bill - 1'ecently passed by the Senate - is inf la t ion a r y • ~ f h "'••••Z;f woitld provide Veterans with tlie largest i,icrease in edltcational benefits since World War Two. Wilhottt flatly saying he would veto the bill, the President ehtta§lj indicated that it was unacceptable. CA SEWAY The world's longest bridge - llzc twenty~four m i I e c au s e w a y a c r o s s L tl k e Po ,it c It art r a in a t Ne w Or l ea n s -- was struck by four empty barges today - bringing down a stretch of tlze roadway -- and HIW! killing at le as t t w o per s on s . A c a r and a pi c k -11 p t ru c k f e l l into the water when the barges - towed by a tug boat crashed into the causeway's northbound section. Accor · ding to police, the tug boat captain says he went to a:la,C sleep at tlie wlzeel. DROUGIJ1 Off i c i a I~ ; 11. f o II r m a j o 11 a g Y i c u ll' u 1!' a l s t a t es say the I0,ig and co11ti1111i,ig cl1·ouglrt ill tl1,a mid-west and sou l'/1 wes I has a / • 1rea<ly cos l more llu 1. 1t f i ve billion dolla'rs in crop losses. Some states 1 repo ,rt as mucl, a~ one third of their corn and soya beans destr · oJ 1 e d . ~ ~°'~ gs could get worse. As c,s11al lhe weathe~ ,11 ~· ~ t:;:; ~ w - 1 --a I ic II; ,e.g ._ • i 1:::-w •-e¼a::Jt1th::~J!.l&iag, Ji 1Jfe1fl1ii11 Th-ree luu1dred years ago 6J» Poor Robin~ ~~-~-·~ Almanac predicted I\ " ' we may BIRDS In Alla11 ta, lli e_v ' e f inall y l e arued wh y lite te lephone w ou l d s uddenl J• go d ead w /zenc , e r one tr i ed lo p,d through a c all lo th e H ), att Regen c y Hotel~ airli1te~ res e r alio,i desk . Th e gu i lty o'lle5,.J ~ fou . r drunken birds a . Scarle t Macaws and Mex i can ~ . , yellow Amazon parrots who r•s•'• the patrons at an "" I'- ~ ;.. ~ ~ ~ ":-u. ~"~, adjacent bar and lounge -- and.,A...'*' e#ve' !I err•~• a+ liquor soaked oli v es and cherries, hi , wlur11. Like any other inebriated birds t ~ s p o n d d by shrieking - - ancs the mld■r telephone would go dead on the reservations desk -- because the noise deprogrammed a computer attached to the phone. , '