WHITE HOUSE ----------- The White House - President Johnson confirms -tU on today/. Richard Nixon will be consulted • ~ every major US foreign policy decision - between now and January r;entieth. The President telling an impromptu news conference that Robert Murphy - Nixon's liaison ma11 on foreign affairs - will be co11stantly at his side. L B J explaining it is "desirable'' if not essential - to have - tlie ,_,,,,••l nation united 011 foreign affairs, regardless of political affiliation. However, the P r e s ~ ~ , ~ ~ l h t( decisio11s to be made 6rar between 11pw and Ja,auary twe,aty - - h'e.. .. :-~ -£:. .. Qf- wtll be made by this Prestde,at - tllts Secretary of State - ~ and this Secretary of Defe11se." In effect, echohag Richard Nixon's earlier statement - that "there can be o,tly one Presid?nt at a time." Next stop - Brussels - a meeting of Nato Foreig,a Ministers; where Secretary of State Dean Rusk spelled oNI today - the latest turn in U S foreign poltcy. Although no direct text - Dea,s Rusk ret,ort~dly f l tellt11g our allif!11he U11tted Slates ca1111ot remairt i,sdifferent i,s the eve,at of a,ay new Soviet attack ,,. Easterrt Eur•1>e; especially if it i,ivolves - ettlaer Austria or Yugoslavia. This - Ire is quoted as sayi,ag - because Ille fate of tltose two ,aeutrals - is closely lt,alted will, Nata's owrt security i,ate,-ests. As for tlte possibility of a Soviet i11t1asio,a of Co"'"'""ist Ro,,.a,aia - a some•laat dlffere,it story, of , co•rse. Ho•et1er, Dea,s R••k sa,pposedly war•h•g tlaat crisis an attack et1en there - would lead to a grave~•••••'k tlaan that whicll followed tl,e h1t1asio,e of Czeclaoslovakia. I§.J_l!lf s GI YJ N_q_ The White House again - Preside,st Johnson today officially proclaimed Thursday, November Twenty- l;ghth - as Thanksgiving Day, Nineteen Sixty-Eight. Calling the past year - 011e we can be truly tharakf,ll for; a year tllet has seen - said lie - "tlee e,ad•ra,ace a11d stability of o•r democracy - a renewed deterntiraation to bridge our divisio,as - the begi,a,ai,ig of talks with our adversaries - the '••• iracreasi,ag prosperity of our people - tlae achievement of new breaktllrouglts in medical scie11ce a11d ,aew victories over disease." PARIS ----- Paris report - all quiet on the peace jMad" fro11t. Washington- likewise. Saigon - more of the same. Leaving it up to Hanoi - to launch tl,.e latest peace rumor. No tr th Vietnamese peace observer Le Due Tho depar,J. today ~~ for Paris - Pwporlwdl, arme~ with "new instr•ctlo,as." :A. 't;)totsli,i'lJgoi~the hope of a break at last , tl,at will lead e ve11tua lly to e "panded peace talks. •• • ••• 52511 525 s NI ,. .. ,. NEW YORK ---- · ----- ~ i n New York - Richard Nixort was,,._,f-ffl,., Mt , ; ~ ~ n f e r r i n g with Chairman Frederick Kappel of A T & T - President George Meany of the A F L - C IO - Director Whitney Young of the Urban League - also, C I A Director Richard Helms. The Preside,at-Elect tryi,ag to wrap up a few loose ends - before headi,eg Soutla for areotlaer brief tritsitz rest. Alo,sg the way- NiKO" receiving a frie,sdly message from Soviet Presi de,at Podgor,ay; calling for ''m•t.,al - u c ~ res1>ec t "J. tlaa t tla e "frie radslai/1" be ta,ee,s o•r ta,o co•• tries ~ ~ U,fMu,c,1•~ •iglit "be preserved a11d stre11gtlae11ed. "~ S 11 PE ) the message .,as also dist>layed promiree11tly today - i,a the Soviet Press. BIRTH catholic Bishops have finally spoken. tw •••llugla.:. l approving hiill■ J by near-una,.imous vote - a ,tew pastoral letter o,a birth control.,/o,efirmi,ag the Pope's bar, o,a / · co,etraceptio,e - as "a,a autlaoritative stateme,at" - GNe tlaa t must be aar accepted - as "tl,e a11the,atic teacl,i,eg of tlae Church." Addi,eg t : ao•g1t - that "clrcumsta,eces may ........ CMlel••·· ,, .. ,, •• ,. •• eedhaerfll ■ 11al :ua I j:eel cut 144 f1om ••• Cltac ,,. ,,, • • ••crs ewf1 • .,., MAX CONRAD II ----------- Tonight 11:e-rt•r a bit of t a mys ery. •••• I:&& W~1'1. 611# ansJ , Max Conrad, the man who ltolds so ma,ay ~ ? ea s a 1 , , /w J long distance fl yin~ Mas as I me,atio,u : d "'' the air .... .,.. several nights ago, is a ttempti,ag ta a,l,at is no doubt the most difficult flight of his lo,ag a,ad remarkable career. After leaving tlte west coast, a,ad W' flyi,ag to Alaska, I told ho,-. he had take,a off from Poi11t ~ .. -:-Ji.. tuJ""'--~ I Barrow, flyl,ag into th~Arcti,,.';~di,ag for tl,e Nortl, 0 ;9 ~- Some hours ago I succeeded i,a talki,ag to ,,,,,,. by sllorl wove. Bierod already stopped al T-3, our Ice lsla,ad in tlle Arctic Ocea•, w•ere • g J sap SJ scie11us,s are el Witcl,. sl•dyi,ag A,-ctlc ~roblems. •• sJc;etF sac ► =••• arUA • ~ a h ufd••• •snl \Jl1ie11 I tallted to lllm, lie 111as i11 1,is small pla11e, a11 ~~. 11earl11g tlae Nortla Pole, a,ad hopi,ag to make a" eleveJI llour ,eo,a-stop fliglat all the way to Tromsoe, Norway. At tlae time we tallled he said the scientists at T-3 laad fed "tim lta,sdsomely) tllat the temperature was thirty fo11r t 3 q below,•••• MAX CONRAD 11 - 2 _____ , __________ _ x;;t- ~ •• wJshA • • ~ cold for up tlie7e'Afl,at he was flying at five thousand f e e t ~ ~ ~ ~ Jte ~ e ... eo11 • . , •• u.,.. , , , 6 ~ ~ - ..,, ya , , , i o.n J e s JISJt.-. lo ma lee tl,e first solo• flight aro1uul tlte world by way K.-oc,ru(~k of b o ti, Poles, a t1t ,,., j • .,, II~ ,,p to ,aow be caas e o"r Navy co,etrols tl,e A,atarctic a,ad r,o airmar, had beer, give,e ~ -•rt permissio,e to attempt tlte dar,gero"s/{"'ossi,cg from S01111, America over t1te So,.t1t Pole ••d or, to A11stralasia. ~ cit' - . , J¾ ,..,JJ#I /•<~ Tromsoe, Norway n taw:I ' tls.ey are a,axious ly .,..,,;._ awaiti,ag word.fl ■ 111 , , 1 s , ~ ,, If lie sllould be irt trouble irt Greenlart!!!,maybe "'e'd better ..... - - - · ; - ---- ..... ~ g e t i,. to u c II "' i t 11 G e n e r al Di c k L as s it e r, or t i • fw ::a u a• e~,lorer BeT,at Balche,a, rol,o made resc11es d11rt11g tl,e War. ~ ;}IWl~;w~. ~~ so me lc;1..? au G re e11la11d TORONTO -------- From Toronto, Canada - the story today of a would-be bank robberrattempting to emulate the movie exploits - of Clyde Barro"' of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame. Wlille his gunman partner KJas sta11di11g guard - tlie co,o,terfeit Clyde clea11i11g out several cash draKJers; ,oliereupon lie tried to vault a four-foot counter to make good Isis escape - except that lie didn't quite make it; •• falli,ag - figuratively and literally - flat 011 Isis face. Al th ougll It is pa rt,ae r got aKJt1Y - the "leaper" llim,elf was q•icl,ly smotlaered by bonl, employees. Later ~ lde11tified - as BdtDard Kotaposkt.,r MoNtreal. rte c f i i i i l I\ ne.,spaper laeadli11es; , - &jl .e, dubbi,ag tlae bartdit b 4J!!' - "Bo,u,ie a11d ~ - "