DECATUR --------- Thutts. At,t-il 16, 19'10 Fit's t - a s al u t e to C BS Radio a/Ji II a t e W - S - 0 - Y In Decatutt, Illinois - today celebrating its forty-ft/tit annivettsary on the air. Now - the news. On the space front - the home stretch, at last. The crippled..-, Patched-up Apollo-Thirteen - heading into the final hours of its return flight from the moon. Thanks to its lunar lander "lifeboat" - the Aquarius --14, --i Q{X}~- - ~,!_n near-perfect Position for a Pacific splashdown tomorrow t afternoon. Chief Astronai,t Deke Sla,Yto~Z~"r- "If things keep going the wa, the)' are - we're in beautiful shape." Mean ,ohile, literall,Y thousands of men - the entire space agenc,-industr,Y team - were working out the details of the ship's new landing pro/cedure. Checking and double-checking each and ever)' move - using space -1 simulators, w~ere}eve: f>~ssible - to make sure tlle - . , , , ~ , ~ -L d,.., -- ff-~-«.t. instructions ~ · · PlgA~ , •• , I a rela~d to space. Deke Sla,Yton observing: "Tlrere's nothing reall,Y difficult" • here _ "it's the time it takes - and time is limited." As for the men of Apollo-Thirteen - Jim Lovell, Fred Raise and Jack Swigert - the)' are said to be cold SPACE - 2 -------- ~ct and weary - - ~ .et owpvuMe r-.• . A . confident. Command Pilot Lovell summing it u&saying: "It's going a lot better - than ,ve ever ezt,ected." UNITED NATIONS ------------- At the United Nations - here i11 New York - a hint toda y at a t,oss i ble breakthrougla in the Soviet attitude on Southeast Asia. So v iet U.N. Ambassador Jacob Malik as s er ti II II th a t " it at, t, ears " o II l y a n e w Ge n e v a C o •I e re n c e - can bring t,eace to tlrat t,art of tlae world. This In mar•ed contrast to the t,,,3vious Russian stand - wltich has steadfastly blocked a reconvening of tlae Geneva t,arley. ..,. Malik re/used to amt,llfy his remarks - turning dow11 all questions with a statement that tltey were "lmt,ossible to answer ,1t the moment." PARIS FOLLOW UNITBD NATIONS --------------------------- .lli&SJ!bii~ Tn Paris - U . S. and Communist L-t~ ' negotiator~ trad, charge and counler-cliarge) ,vd■ n with - recent de v elopnienls in Laos and Cambodia - the chief bo,e e '- of conten lion. America's Philip Habib finally brflalling off the discussion - telli,eg the Communist side : "Tlae plain trutla is - that you do not respect the sovereig,ety, i11depe11deftc e, neutrality or territorial integrity - of Cambodia or Laos." CBOLON FOLLOW PARIS ------------------- r In Vietnam itself - another attempted terrorist attack ,...,_in Saigon's s11burban Cholon District. The driver of a three-wheel motorcycle - apparently a Viet Cong - attempting to transport a homemade bomb across town ; wllen suddenl y - it went off. The driver - aJ1d also a woman passer-by - botll llilled instantly POSTAL -------- T,,e W,,ite House - President Nison today u,sveiled a new t,ostal t,la,s - one tlaat at,t,are,stly satisfies all t,arties to tllat rece,st t>ostal stril,e. Tlae Preside,st's 1>rot,ositio11 - calli,eg for tit e es tablis lament of a t,atro11age-free t,os tal service. It 111ould also give t,ostal •orl,ers a,a elgllt t,er cent t,ay i,ecreas e - al 011g 111i tll tll e mec lla,ais"' tll ey 've 6ee11 s eelli,ag to resolve /a tare dist>ates. face of Co,egresaio11al ot,t,osilio11 - lis earlier reqaest for a t,oatal rate i,ecrease. He'll. settle no• for eiglal ce,eta a first class letter - i11stead of Ille t,revloMs le,e ce,ets. T•• President ■■ ::::::Qi'!,••• tlis •oald t, lace tll e ne• t,os lal A system - at least, "o• tlae road lo a so,u,d, t,ay-as-yo11-go ot,eration. " MOSCOW ------ Coincident toilll Ille sta,-t of SALT tal1,s '11 Vie , t1,aa- a massive display of Soviet t1aval strenglla today f'lgl,t arout1d tll e globe. TIie So vie Is l au,aclli,ag s l , ,n1,l ta,ae OMS " " " coo,.••nat•d ,aavtd eserclses - In Ille Alla,atic, 11,, P . aclflc a,ad also ,,,, vario1&s "seas adJace,al to Soolel lerrllor,." R1&•••• 's lot, naval cam•••d•r - Fleet Ad•iral Sergei Gor•l,ltov • ob•eroi,ag ll,al "" u,alil "t•il• rece,atly - c,rtai,a areas toere subject to Ille .,,.,.,,..,,,1 r1&le of lmt,ef'iali•I ,aavie•." But ",a . oto" - 11, added - "•11cl, ar,a• esl•I ,ao lo,ager." PASSY --- TIie deatll toll i,a tllat avala,ecl,e at Pa••Y, Frarace - 110• est,ected to llit seve11ty or •ore. A• J•• ••••~ baryl•g all ve • o•• flft, clllldr•• - al• o, t•e,ely or •ore of Ille ••dlcal •l•ff. Official• calll•w 1111• - tie •or•I ,W-.TaiP•)-. the Island of Formosa - Natio11list Chi,ea's Vice Premier - Chiang C:l,i,ag-Kuo - lleld a press ~ co11/ere,ece ltdlJy on the eve of lais departure Joi• et>•- ' ~~~ Plaa4 /H a drastic ...,,..,ck i• Ille Fr•• Clal•e•e Army ; a reduction ••I ••••4 ,a:,;-about ,.,.,.1,-Jive per ceal - N a:fuA• f l ~ esUmaled ■1 o ■ na ab: launtlred tlaoasa,ed men. Tlais a move tlaal WasAl11gto11 Ila• urged - for yeera; on Ila e gro••4• Ila• mucla lo ,nal11tal11. 6• 110 cl•••• i• "baaic aaU011al policy." "We •Ill ••d•r 110 curcumslances" - said lae - . "give up our goal of recov•rl•• t"e Claina Mal11land from tlae CommuNlsta." \ CHICAGO ------ From Chicago - the story toda y of a new deuelopmnt in fligltt; the f ounding of a rent-a-plane business - actually, Lease-A-Plane International - wlaich rents planes the same as other companies rent cars. · The firm's fou,ulers basing tlteir prospects - on figures s - ltowing more titan 1aalf-a- million pros pee live customers •; whic11 represe,ats tlae number ~ of licens,Jpilots laere in t1ae U . S. - •lao do,:" laaue pla11•• of tlaeir o••• IN JJSJ asst f. 7ie co•P••Y lta• alr•atl:, ope11•tl,...,,,P r••t-a-t,lao,e 6roo,c•••A~~;;...,..._ ~i, tley 're off to a"flyi11g start." combination of heavy snows and high winds - triggered a whole series of avalanches today ; lli ► e6::,- threatening ,eo less than twelve inter,ea tional mountaineering teams - currently mounting st,ring ext,editions ut, near "Ille roof of the world." - -