CAPITOL HILL 0 n Ca P ii o l Hi l l - lite pr i son e r of - .,. w a r - A controversy I par/ lwo. - - ---- Sec,·efa?" )I of State "lflldM Rogers - testif)iing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; ~ " tile attempted rescue of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam - would lzave no effect whatsoever on lite Paris peace talks. 0,... . Nor would N brief resumption J. of American bombings. - Said he!-Addi ■3- "No progress has been made in Paris anyway - ii 's as simple as that." Rogers then went on to observe that Hanoi would ,,, probably R"' agree to a negoUated ' settlement only when sucli an agreement was in i.ts interest; which means - said he - that an:. , America'n military si,ccesses in the meantime - would probabl)' serve as a help rather than ~ a hindran . ce. Rogers observingA the important factor in negotiations is not "Prtblic relations" - but "whe · re y o tt s ta n d i n tit e w a r . " t« M ea n w l1 ii e , President Nixon was presenting I men " ho l1 e Ip e d • s tag e medals today - tu fo"r of 1h e CA PJTOL HILL - 2 tlze p,-iso'1 camp raid. I t:•es, iaela.dta& Brigadier G e n e r a I L e R o .\' Ma.,, o r,I - Col one l A r I h t1 r S i m ,n on s) - Army sergeant Tyrone Adderly) - and Air Force Sergeant LeRoy Wright. Theirs was "a mission of mercy" - said tire Pre sile ,it "a message that the prisoners of war /rave not been forgotten." And he added: "When a man is willing lo • • risk his life to rescue one of his fellow men - that is heroism of the ltiglaest order. " E I s e ,, , It c ,. e i II W n s It in g I o ,i - I I, e [ ; 0 n a n d I 1, e , • • lamb uere lo be Jottnd side b.\ ' side toda.)•. S011/li 1/iet Nam's visili,rg Vice President Ky - atlen,li,ig a I ea w i I II C ha i r m m1 F" l b r i g Ii I a n d o /11 er m e ,n b e r s o J ti, e Se n a t e F o r e i K 11 R e I a Ii o n s 0 - a lffliJs,s C o ,n m i II e e . Ky later te//i11g reporters~ he and Fulbright --j:J IJIA tU agreed - U S troops should be pulled out of Vietnam as soon as possible. Ky adding that Saigon "would have no obJection lo a Congressional deadline for American withdrawal" - provided j11St one thing; that the )I t:14-£ Commr,nists "agree to discuss with "s sincerely - __.. ~..::t; • "a solution to the political problems of VietNam." A INDO CHINA FOLLOW KY ~~-~ ;/.J- ~~ - ,.._Viel Cong radio reported today - Iha/ Pres i dent N i xon has called for an extended cease fir e in I,1do China; a cease-f i re to last - supposedly _ f ~ f r o m ~ } lhro"gh the Lttnar New Year observance, Janua1·3 • 26th. The 1 iet Cong calling this - a "clever p s y c ho I o g i ca l p I a ,, a i m e d a t • x, ki>; exp l o it in g the c" s t o 1n s , beliefs, sentimentality and just aspirations - of our people t he A m er i ca n p e op I e and o Ore r p e op l e s . " A d di ng, in e f I e c t - !' ~ d _ i c e • From Saigon though - also Washington - a prompt denial that any such offer had ever been made. But the White Ho~!;t::i thal "we would favor a cease - A fire during tlrnt period" - as, indeed, "we have traditionally." WHITE HOUSE The While Ho11se - a long time rumor final ma de off i c · i a I I o d a) ' . President Nixon dismissing from his cabinet lnle1·ior Secretar.v Wally Hickel. Giving as his reaso,i - a lack ' of "mutual confidence." The r• President adding he intends to appoint as Hickel's successor Maryland Congressman and National Republica• Chairman Rogers Morton. JERUSALEM J,, Ill e Holy Ln,id - lie a th cam e lo /he Roma,i Catholi c Patriarch of J e rusalem. A> •c hbishop Alberto - ~ ,- Gori T a c haP ' ain i,r the llalia,i arm y dur i ng World War One. Lal e >· heading Terra Santa College at Aleppo, Syria - prior to his appointment as patriarch in NiJ1eteen Fort y Nine. Archbishop Gori establishing the first Episcopal conference - of Calholi, : bishops in Arab countries; also seeing to it - that church texts were translated and d published in Arabic. Neu Utz --.a:zt DETROIT From De/roil - n,ro/her chapte,· ttnld, in Ille sago of "/he Rajah's c 1 ·own; a lit/le baubl'e - encrusted witli six lu111d1·ed and seve,zty eight diamonds pearl ' s rubies, emeralds and ••llll•rt sa p phires. The RnJoh's crown - origin . ally stolen from a ~ - R ' aJoh's Pnlnce ;,, East India in Nineteen Oh Three. T ,r o .\' ear s I at e r, o c q II ik d by f i · na n c i er J • Morr; s ; n e - o partner of the fabled J tJ G o11ld. In Nineteen Forty- lrvo p,w c l iase d b y Detroit jeweler Me),er Rose n bau m - ~ - 4 ~ who hos s i" c e J... exhibited it at m 1t s e" ms~ c-1:sar ■ c • •• -. The RoJa 's crown finally ending 11p as the center Piece - i,1 o wittdow dis p lay at Rosenbaum 's Jewelry store fro • whence ii was stolen some time over night - • kafxilt,e de s p i t e a n e la b or a t e b u. r g I a r o I a r m s Y s t e m • Police reporting that scmeotre tllrew a rock througlz th e store grabbed the Rn)a's crown an . d away he window - - w~~ ~ s i x ~ . went. The crown's :c,•• vnl1te - s a id t o he,( l ■ t •' "'·••-= ...... PARIS Here's one - you might call ii a "mini-mini- story. Famed Paris fashion designer Yves SI. Laurent - one of the first witli the new midi-look -- a,u1ouNch1g ~-~~ today he has decided to make/\ mit1i skirts.••••• Yves st. Laurent explaining: "I just feel like seeing legs again." HORSES A " c It b o o k of s P ,, c: ; a l i 11 t e r c I I . • s o a11 t mal lovers - "America' s las I w ild /tors es" b,. , H /J R d - - _ . J o e .\ ' en; I he s I or y of th e Spanish muslaugs /hat 01 ·igi nall s escaped from /he Co11q11istadors ~ti_~ - t-1,at ~.-,., Pla ye d such a,r imporlant role i" tit e It is t or y <hAJ1 of ~ H'esl«c_onl) 1 lo end "P now - at Iii e p o i 11 I of v i r I II a l e x I i n c I i on . Where o,zc e lite.re was an estimated two million of these wild horses - says Hope Ryden - tl,e current figure is :,• down lo a1·ollnd sixteen tl1ousand. "But in ten years" - she goes on - "even these will be gone; for they are unprotected by any law - and are mercilessly a,id most cruell3, 1110,ted b3 1 agents for canning Jaa•1'•••z~ factories." America's last wild horses b y Hope Ryden - a - - - 111 ,_ eUfia,r p , lea for the pyeservalion of an integral LONDON Fo,· film star Elizabellt Taylor - wlto is currently lit·i1tK i11 Lo 11do11 a 1 • isil lodaJ· from Ille editor o f Wild L ; f e Mag n z i n e - f o I l o If e d b _,. a 11 ea r I I o h e a r I I a l k - whereupon the celebrated actress was quoted as saying she lWm!« has decided ,iou to give up lier fur fl• w ardrob';., preser v ation.,._. '3 do so - in llie interest o f wil dlifeA.p,,e,s,eux,,r•••• ""' ~ n c l u d : : , ever3 , thing - we are told - from her A A;,-tlte- Russian sable lo her tropical leopard; wltich apparently mea,is that hubb y Richard Burton - will also gi e r,p his mink sport Jacket. T,., asmcN ••& ,., •• ,, /JI I I ••If t= '. • , . . . . . , 1 - 1 2 , I! S :a r ,,.o, e ,,. •• ••• f'■ I« tj Mi W • w