WHITE HOUSE n,es . , October 31, 1972 Charles Osgood 111 Paris - in Vietnam - October Thirty-First has already come and gone; and a Communist deadline notwithstanding - there is still no peace treaty . Here at home - the White House today attempting to exf>lain why . News Secretary Ron Ziegler saying: 'It is the President's jirm intention - to have a settlement wlliclt will offer the best hof>e for lasting peace; a peace tllat does not leave the seeds of a future conflict'' - but rat,.er r,rovides "the r,eof>le of South Vietnam with the means of determining their own future." Ziegler adding emphatically: "The only deadline we are or,erating ,u,der - is the one that will bf"i ,ag about the right agreement." VIETNAM FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE 111 the meantime, the fighting co1itin11es - with stepped u . p gror,11d action today t!:e length a,id breadth of South Vietnam. The Communist side attempting to seize whatever it can - in anticipation of a,i in-place cease-fire; the Saigo,i regime attempting to hold fast - and maybe even win back a town or two. In th.e air war - U . S. B-Fifty-Twos completing a record series of strikes against the Communist Nortla. Hitting enemy targets - with nearly two thousand to,as of explosfves . SYRACUSE Turning to the domestic front - George McGovern was campaigning today i11 Upstate New York. At Syracuse, charging that President Nixon is afraid to stand ur, - to, quote, "the gold Platers and the big wasters in the Pentagon." McGovern adding that the President, if re-elected - "111ill continue to starve our cities and towns." The Democratic nominee was also asied today about the latest polls - which still show him trailing badly. McGovern replying: "That's wrong and i,racurate i,rformatio,a - which we'll have to disprove on Tuesday." PRESIDENT FOLLOW SYRACUSE The White House agai11 . - an annou.ncement today that President Nixon is Plan,iing a lasl-minu.te push via radio and TV ; f i v e nationwide broadcasts, in all - including an election-e v e tele v ision speech. The White House added, however, that the Preside,st will ,nake just one personal appearance - at an airt,ort rally Saturday at Ontario, California. From tllere, traveling on lo San Clemente - wlrere lie plans to vote Tuesday a,,d I hen re turn to the WII ite House to await res,. lts • TEL A VIV 111 the Middle East, Israeli troops were ordered at full alert today - alo11g tile Is ■ It frontier with Syria. This following actio,z yesterday - said to have constituted the heaviest Jigl.ting be tween Israel and Syria in more tlla11 ttoo years. Meanwhile, an explosion today in Israel's tallest b11ilding in Tel Aviv - injuring three persons. An Israeli police spokesman sa.ying: "It was definitely sabotage." COMMONS ((d B ,. i I a i 11 's Q II e c II E I i z a b e t I, • It e - r di a m O n d c r O w n gleami11g - a splendid sigl,t today in lier gilded state coach; c o m p I c t c ,r i th m o u , : t c : d I, ors e g u a rd s , fr O n t a n d re a r _ a n d all the pomp and circumstance we normally aaaociale with British royalty. TIie Queen traveling to the Ho11se of Commons - wlrer1. she formally opened a new session of Parliament. Bui tl,e Queen's ,zine-minute st,eech - which was written by lier Tory government - containing little, if anythin . g, new. Indeed, the whole affair falling somewhat flat - as witness tl,e I oll o,u ing: Seventy -Jou r-year-old Sir Robert Cary - arf'ivh,g well in adva . nce of the Queen's appearance; tlrus, .,;,.,,1,.g the traditional race among members of Parliament - to see who can get to his seat first. A pyrrllic victory at beat - s i,: c e n ob o d y e ls e was I I, ere . '' ,, · "In tit e old d•"s - • o•e Sir Robert later o serving: ., _ I, 11 tfl O t fl O IC7 • " o I us us e d to b e h e re a t Fou r A . · M · j s U G GE S TE D L E . .\ D - IN T O TH O Al.-\ S TA PE "M O UN TBA T TEN " • .\ n d II o re· - i t 's t i III c a g a i " for L o w e l l Th o m a s ; t e II ; ,, g t o " i g h t a b o II t t ll t: I n t es t ,rn de r ta k i II g - of Br it a i n 's fa m e d L o rd L o II is M o ,,,,t b a tt e ,, . L o w e l l . . . . SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "MOUNTBATTEN" Thank yo11, Lowell. A final story - in a moment. CLEVELAND The lrials and trib11lations of a dog-catcher _ s11bject of this next fr om Cleveland. Chief Dog Warden George Buehl - s a,y i11g he's dreadfully short of mant,owe-r. A d ding : " Yo" ca n was t e a l o t of ti m e - ch as t n g a dog. ,, Therefore, annou,icing today - the start of a new system. From now 011 : - says Chief Dog Wa-rden Bueltl "we 're going to foll ow the dog home - and give lais owner a Ten Dollar ticket." For offending dog-owners - rouglt, rough/ For Lo u,e ll Thomas - tlli s is €1aa-rles Osgood. Thank you and good night.