HO SE / ~ I ' Tit wi un r 1,,1t,e. · Jill llampio11 - · t nl y- /\ I\ 11 3ear o ld Johu 1cCorma k. corin g th • right lo d a :l, - Io hi f o II Y l h s l I ' a iJJ h l I rm a - • p ea k y of l h Hous e . Thi ' - i11 a c lo · • d door catt II of Hous e D mo rats. Th e el ra11 Bo toll cong,•e sman as i l turni,ig back h i 1011 c hall e 1zg er . D efe ali'1g fort) -six ) ear old ~ongt·essman U dall of Ari.zona - b y a margin ~ - ~~ a:; 1 1 1 ~ thr ee lo on e . iclory - not without cost though. In response to••• . . pressure from the "young Turks" McCormack agreeing to give the full House Democratic membership - a greater voice in committee assignments; also par/) policy decisions. MIDDl , E E ~ T - - /11th , l ns liddl , Ea I -- d ~ P 11 i ng c1 ' i · i t o day "ilh I · ,-a I i j ts allacki11 g Jo · 1 · dan 01 ' a third Ir a i ;• It l da y . A ccord i II g Io A m m ct 11 - "11 1111 pro, o k e d a s ci tt 1 I . , \ c (' o r d i 11 K I o J , , 11 . ,1 I m a s l r i k d i 1' e c I e d agai,z I Arab gu r1 ' illn ba · lo a/ed i11 Jo1•dan. M e a n u ;, ii . I h , S o , i I Un i o ,. 1 a l a u n c h in g a net Mid-East p ,1 o f/e n i, e , 1,, London. So, iet Ambassador Mikhail Smi1·no1 k , meeting u Ith British Foreig,r Secretary Michael Stewart; reportedly urging the U.S. - Britain and Franc e to join, ith Russia - in a "Big Power" peace move. HotfBJe r, President Johnso,i tells us the United Nations is still "the most appropriate ioay of seeking peace in the Middle East." TJ!_JY]'I More on t lie same - from 7urin, Italy; where the Trtrin newspaper La Stampa - today published the transcript of a Nei Year's interview with Pope Paul. The Pontiff asserting that the great powers might .!~.E.! - - to intervene - to restore peace in the Middle East. This ••• 61•1 only the second time llar tlae ~ dzl---4~ Pope has~ permitted an intervie~f•r dJr J&f aur,t ■ Uua. - . - - ......... .. lhe Turin intervia,wer - 'R,eporter..r Arrigo Levi - a Jew; who greeted the Pontiff with the words - "Slaalom, llekha." "Peace be with you." Pope Pa ■ l's response -- a beaming "slaalom, shalom" - said tlae reporter. - - 'Y)/') - 4 " Pe a c e , pea c e • " - :-S o.) wu::;.,r ....c.-f Wu ■ l~N 1 1 It ~• a 1 ■ ilerf■ I I PARIS ----- For the first lime in two weeks - signs of m o v em e 11 t to da in Paris • Nu m be r t I o U S peace negotiator Cyri,s Va,ice - conferring wiili Saigon delegaliort chief Pham Dang Lam . Vance later moving on to a secret meeting with his North Vietnamese counter-part, Hanoi's Ha Van Lau. --- -- -- - -----> ADD PARIS ---------- Howe er, results - apparently nil. The secret parley breaking up - after four hours and ten minutes of deliberations. A U.S. spokesman reporli•g toflight that "Herculean efforts" - as he put it - ,;tlJlbt llad failed again to speed exPa•ded talks. SAIGON FOLLOW PARIS At the same time- a year-end casHalty ref>ort from Saigon. Listing the number of U.S. dead at nearly fifteen thousand in Nineteen Sixty-Eight in tlli• tlae eigltth year of Ille longest war in America11 1,istory. Tl,is year's figure almost matclling Ille total U.S. combat losses - in llae /'reuious seve11 y•ars all /'Ml toge Ila er. GENEVA From th 1 orld he al/It organ i zatio11 - Gene a - come a 1 arning loda) about the perils of jet age epidemics. As for example - the cr,rrent plague of Hong Kong Flu. Dr. Pierre Marie Dorolle noting that a jet traveller can pi~k up an infection on one continent - and . . spread it to another ;,. a matter of hours. A sit ■ ation that •••.t co11ld beco•e even worse - said he - with - the i,atroductio11 of superso•le transports. Perhaps the best way to deal will tie da•ger is - said Dr. Dorolle -1f a round the world progr•• of preventive medici11~ ..,ei,lling for shots, oral ----~ ~ vacci,ae a11dA. other preve,elive meas11res -l~gai,ast cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, malaria and so o,a. NEW DELHI The fabled Shali of Shahs, the Sltali of Iran - a · visitor today to The Shah arri v ing t ~ vast st1b-continent of Hindustan. {start\ at New Delhi - for the)'••~of a twelve day state visit) .....,tr'ccompa ni ed by his wife - tlae lovely Empress Farah. The couple receivi,eg a warm ,,, seaal greeting from India's lady Prime MiJ1ister Madame f,rdira Gandhi. SOUTHAMPTON -- - ------------ The object of a rousing send-off wlien she first left port last month - the new Queen Elizabeth Tio slipped• quietly back into Southampton today. Instead o f • welcoming crowds - a thousand shipya 1 4 ~ workers_,, wailing to board tlie British lux11ry lhrer - 1,oping to repair tlie faulty turbines - in time for a "maiden" Trans-Atlantic voyage scheduled only ta,o weeks hence. .Jllll•• .. a Meanwhile, British laeadlh••• W/.,. ':! dubbing the Queen Elizabeth Two - the chip tlaat •early died of shame. INVERNESS - ---------- Latest in religious innovation - •• recorded today from the Scottish Highlands where a Thirteenth Centr,ry Benedictine Monastery will be the launchi,eg pad next summer - for a new "be a monk for a month" pla,a. This at Pluscarden Priory - no-rth of lnve-r,aess in no-rt hern most Scotland. With selective applicants expected to live side by side with Pluslarde11 mo,ats, getti11g 111> at five for breakfast, te,eding f-ruit t-rees, raising bees, receiving prayer instruction. The idea - acco-rding to church officials; to help you,ag men to decide f•• •••, - wlaetlaer God is calling tlaem to llae n10,aastic o-rder." Yll~-~ w o e ~ _ ~ i - - - . - " ' ~ r ~ ~ . d . t / 1.- ~~ ~ a.- l - : J ~ · c : . e ~ ~ J../J.J,l..C._B.EAC.!! - For R i chard N L on - a ,r i n e ty m i nute pity ical today a t Long B e ach Cal i fo · rnia. His first complete c heckup in fourteen months. Nixon's fr i end and ph y sic i an Dr. Joint Lundgren, later reporting the President-elect in "excellent health". Drawing the following comment from Richard Nixon. "I felt fin e before I came ltere"- 1■1,r •• ---••d •ow I feel even - better." tf?..J ,,a-P-