Monday, March 19, 19?3 TRAVIS O(Jeration Home Coming - Phase th r ee. Anotlrer twenty-six freed POW's toere returned today to the mainla11d - USA; tltereby completing tlae re(Jatriation - of more tl,a,a tltree quarters of all Americans lleld by the Nortlt Vlet,aa,,.ese a nd Viet · Co11g. Tl,e first of ttoo "freedom fllglats" - arrivi11g at Travis air base in California. Air Force Colo11el Tl,eodore Guy - servitcg as cltief st,otes•a• for lais coff1ratles-i11-ar"'•· "A ma11's ltonor - is sometlai•g tlaat ca,a't be sold" - said"• Addi11g: "I am t,ro11d to be ret11r11i11g .,,,,, a small grout, 1111,o are coming back "'"" laonor " A second "freedom fligl,t" headi•g for McGuire Air Base in Ne111 Jersey. Tltose aboard including Army Major Floyd Tlaomt,son - who •as held a record nine years in ca(Jtt 11ity. Major Thomt,son describing his feelings as one of "slleer delight . " PENTAGON A number of bills l,ave been Introduced In Congress - to create a special "tomb of tl,e U•k•oao,a soldier for the Vietnam 111ar." Except that lite ~ Pe11tago11;, sayhtg - today - tltere Is •o "•11k110•• soldier" from Viet•am. A sJokesma,r explaiaiag tltat •oder• scie•lific metlaods a,e suclt - l1'ere ltave bee•, as . , . yet flO ••ide•tlfia61e casaaltles. Well, tltey say at least oae ffllx-•J> - aoltoeve, aoas /lo•• laere of Hoasto,,. Ro11, as yo• fflay laave 1'eard aoas ratlte, u11ex1>ectedly /1011111 laoffle today I ,,. 1'ls 1>lace, a,oaldJt't lie do for Ille To•b of tlte Unk11oao•? DETROIT ~ From giant General Motors J. a pledge today not to Increase prices on Nineteen Seve,aty Tl,ree mo d el cars. In the words of G M cltairma,a Rlclaard Gerst e11b erg - not to do so "u11les s forced by major eco,romic eve•ts." Tlals ~ pl,a seAeco•o mlc 111 . _ keeJ,i•g wltlt Preslde•I Nizo•'• i,rogra m - said Gers teJtberg; also, "a11 act of reaso11able resj,011slbillty" --- 1,e co11tl11.,ed; o•e tlaal Jae ltoJ,ed .,o.,ld be reflected - i11 •Pco•h•g labor talks I• /1,e aMto l•tl11stry. Gra11ted a sh11Uar ai,proac" 011 tl,e J,art of U•lo,a leaders - said lae - ,,,,. tlte year "Nh1eteen Seve11ty Tllree" c~ mark a ne• milestone in labor ma•ageme11I relations. PANAMA CITY At lltat U N Security Coru,cil meeH•g i• Panama City - Red China Joined today ,,. de,aoruaci,ag U S "colo•ial rule" in the Ca•al Zone. Addl•g tlaat Pa•ama 's claims for control of the area - - • • Ne~t - Aa,straUa; for a clta,age from rece•t _. eve•ts - fa,lly bacltl•g tlle U S 1>osltlo,a. ~ TIie World body llas •o br,sh1ess - said Aa,slralla - ~ / fit-tryi•g to "dictate" - ,,.e terms of a,ey •e• U S a•d Pa,aa•a Ca•al treaty. SENATOR BILL BENTON Death has claimed one of the most successful, one of the most versatile men I or an3 , one ever knew. My neighbor at The Waldorf, former Senator William Be11ton of Conneclic1tt. E v en in his youth one of the nation's tot, adme"~ later, one of the heads of the . University of Cltlcago ; f)ublisller of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and a r,oliticla•- statesma11. Alo11g the way, he was also, by his own admi1sio11 - "one of the ten or twenty best card /)layers i11 the w,orld." Also the guiding lta11d in lite founding of Radio Free Eurof>e. It was Se11ator Bill Bento• wlto led the r,ublic crusade agaiflsl Senator 11 .I• Joe McCartliy tltat led eve11t11ally to McCartlly's ce11sure . An avid art collector, a t,lrila11tlrro1>lst - yes, a genius . Der,arti,ag at age Seventy-Tlrree. MELCHIOR De a th has al s o c I a i med one of t II e gr ea t or, er a tic stars of all time. Danish born Lauritz Melcliior - at lai• peak, the world's foremost Wagnerian tenor. Tltrilli,rg te,ra of thousands via the Metrot,olitan or,era and millions more ia tlle movies. For ,ome t•e,rty years I ltad gone cam1>i,rg eacla Summer •itl, Melclaior. Be •as a ,,.,,.1aty la1ueler aatl • gra,rd co,,.paaio,r. Lauritz Melcltior - Juat t•o days sl,ort of lti• elglaly- tlaird birtllday. TOM SAWYER - R eader!s Digest Wasn't ii Gabriell e Heater who used to sa y early in 1,ia e ening broadcast, "I h.a e good news for you . tonight!" Gabe did that e en when tire news was grim . I ,oislr all of my colleagues of the pre-World War Two era ,oere still on Jl,e air IDitlr me , Gabriel Heater included, of co11rse . Now tonigh . t if Gabe •ere lrere, air lrere is so,netlting tltat 11Jould cause lrim to say llis famous good ,aea,a sentence MJitlt extra enthusiasm:. As you lrave no doi,bt llave 1,eard, Tlte Readers Dig••I llas been Ille m . ost s11ccessful magazine ever l)•blislled anya,1,ere on earth . It's success llas bee11 so t,lle•o,,.e,aal tlaat flOMJ Tire Reader's Digest orga11izaU011 is bra11clli11g out into other fields. Hobe LeMJis, tl,e /)resent t,ublislrer, ••o obviously has the same r,lrilosor,lly, Ille same outlooll 011 life as Lila and DeWitt Wallace, is taking tlle Reader's Digest organization into tire fickle field of films. He feels, and I sust,ect nearly all of 11s , even including managers a,ad o•ners of motion picture theaters, will agree, that Ille moment ltas TOM SAWYER - Reader's Digest - 2 arri ed when there is a desf)erate need for great motion pictures, the kind with an af)/)eal to all ages and all classes of /)eor,le. Films for all - with no X's in their rattng. A you Perha/)s 1aave heard they are launclti,ag tlteir r,rogram with a film tltat has just lead it's world premier at Tlte Radio City Mi,sic Rall ;,. New Yorlt, Maril Twal,a's immortal America,. classic "Tom Sawyer." In putting tl,is story on tlte screen tlley leave set a lllgla standard for wllatever tlley plan to prod,,ce In tlie fut,,re . Cast, setti11g, music, the directio11, everytl,h1g abo"t it I• of superior quality. 111 Ju11e, UNited Artists will p,,t it he tlleaters from coast to coast. Maril Twai,e was as pofndar abroad as lie was here,,. America . So Tom Sawyer 110 doubt will appear before e11tltusiastic audiences rigllt arou11d tile globe. Tom Sawyer is one film tllat will not give tlae Peoples of otlaer nations a false impression of America. HUMBOLDT Mrs . Sheri Weiler of D ummond Island, Micltiga11 ia a leading ad ocate of a national meatless 1t1eek: to f'role•t high food prices . Farmer Dale James of Humboldt, Nebraalta 1,as int ited he,· to spe,ad 011e day working 1t1itlr ltis l1t1elve hundred hogs - to see rolr1 prices ha e soared. IJ1vitalio,a accef'led . TIie result? Mrs. Weiler ret,orts sire's still agaiJ1al laigll t,rice• but tlrat she llas become more enliglttened abo11t farm life. "Every boJte ;,. my body aclles" - said •lie. TUNIS At Tunis - a meeting of the Congress of Arab writers lreard toda y from Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba . On tire subject of Israel v ersus Ille Arab said Bourguiba : "Tire secret of Israel's stre11i{tlt" - lies ht Us mastery of modern scie11ce aftd tecllftology . Addh1g: "Tl,• •lleel •ill turJt iftexorably agai,ast tlle Arabs - If tlley co,etl,e• to t,ractice in regard to tllis t,roblem, tlae t,olicy of t1te ostriclt . " SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Rig'ltt ON schedule - the swallows came baclt lo cap is trano today . An atit1ance fligl,t of about four to five l,u,sdred birds - s,ooot,i,ig i,s about mid-mor11iJtg. TIie rest - expected to straggle alo,ag tlrrougleoMt Ille •e•k. Tlae return of tl,ese s,oallows, o,ae of tlae rite• of st,ri,ag, tlai• time dre• some eiglaty tlao"•""d •t>ectator•. Wleere 1 am it fell like Winter - St,ri,ag - toe 've lead I LISBON From l:Jsbon - the story of a vaudeville ltypnoti,t •Ito bills himself as "Professor Rustor." Tlie Profe,sor allo,oing himself to be blindfolded, stepped into a car a11d drove it twelve miles with 11arry a problem. TIie Professor's re,oard? "A trip to police lleadqMart.n - llis driver's license confiscated . No• tl,ey are tryl11g lo find an appropriate charge, Bill. Driving •llil e bli11d-f olded seems - to be an offe111e 1101 ,,, tl,e books I TEL A VIV From Tel At 1 iv - tire story of a seventy-two year old Israeli seamstress in lo e again - and still feeling you,ag; therefore, desirous of 1tJedding her latest suitor - a mere youth of sixty-seven. Only trouble - a Rabbinic co•rt refusi,ag to "ermit tlle nut,tials. WIiy 11ot? Bee a•• e tl,e latl in question - has already been 1tJido1tJed tl,ree times. u,uler Je1tJisll laltJ thereby becoming a llusband slayer. A •t>ote•ma• for tire court saying: "If suclr a 1Voman finds a,ar:,tl,er fool •lo is 1tJilli,ag to talle a risk - tire marriage llolds." But ""'e", sal d tlle Je1tJislr judge, "we do not permit lier to marry."