WHITE HOUSE Here al home - President Nixon met for two_ and-a-half hours today - with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. According lo a later White House · announcement - subjects discussed includ~: West Berlin - the Middle East, Vietnam, strategic arms limitations talks. While House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler saying the exchange of views was "helpful for laying the basis of improved relations between the U S and · . ~ the Soviet Union". The importance of whicl1 - in maintaining world peace - will be stressed by the Pres id en t in the U S speech t o ,,. or row - s a id Ii e • The Soviet embassJ' in Washington - also issuing a rare press statement of its own. Quoting Gromyko as sayinK the parle y was - "very interesting". Adding that he, too, , hoped it would be "of positive significance for the development and improveme'tfl of Soviet American relations." DAMASCUS From Damascrts - bJ• wa) ' of Beirut - a report l1duy .;s lellf:11::W of an armored btu '. ld-up , ,yon Syria' ' s southern border with Jordan. We are also told that A . rab guerrillas - lrave been stYeaming across th.e border - s11pposedly joining ttP with fellow commandos - who still hold several /owns in northern Jordan. On the pltcs side though - a report that Arab leaders are seriously considering for the first time - tl&e t'•••• possibility of estoblishing a separate Palesli,aian stale. of militant Palesliniansrwho now view a separate state ••I'• as pe · rhaps the onl) ' wa.)• · o , f solving tire current mid-east impasse. . - ► SIAGON FOLLOW PARIS ~ " ; ~ . , ") in Saigon - another weekly cas,ialty report. The U S toll for the past seven daJs - ~ forty ...,.,. killed in action:./ - - .,,,,.-,- ,,,,-- - Six less than the week before. The U S command .A noting once more, that American combat deaths this month - are now running at their lowest level in five Jea'rs. PARIS A I t ,·l '' P e a c e ta 1, ,I e in Aa r is - the spa 1· 1 • i ng co 11 I in u es . U S !!mbas s a tlor Da v id B, •uce sa y ing toda y - he was read, , to tliscuss th e e neml 1 ' s lat . es t e ig ht point peace plan; was ready t.o do so - sai d Il e - if /h e Communist side tlould onlJ 1 . ag 1 ·ee , in t,,rn 1 ,t lo discuss President Nixon's latest pea . ce b i d . Jlowe ve r, .J t Ji e C om m tt n . i s t s f'1 t r, r n.,.,,. him down f l at. Ca.Hing tl,e President's peace offensive - merez, , an effort at prolo'lging the alleged American "occupation" of South , Vietnam. lta::t: Brr,ce later telling reporter . s - '' we, of co : r,rse, do not take th.ese hasty ge,iera . lizalions as a final - - • ans we,r." MOSCO W FOL.I.O W H HJTE HO U SE \1 e a 11 w 11 i I e - ll 1 fo scow - an a1111011n c cm e 11t lodat/1: , Sol'iels ar , e Jiolding l uo U S .Arm y g ell e ral s - also a U S a i r f orce M a1o r - a ls o a Turk i sh Colon e l. - - Th e Am , er ica11s l i st e d a s . M a j or G e 11 e ral Edward Scherr e r of Slla w 11 ee -/0 111 11 ,, lll i ,io is -- Brigad i er General Monroe . ll . c Q 11 , a r ,. , i e . Ju 11 i or of Bu st o" • Mi s s is sip pi . A l on g wit h /l ie Turk i sh off ice r - passe11gers in a small plane tltal stra ,, e d acro s s t Ile T ttrki sh frontier; _. I hereby v i o I a Ii ng " So vi et a i r spa c e " - s a i d t he Kr e ,n l in and fi nall y landing i n So v i et Armenia. This coming at a spe ci all y bad l i m e - i n Russia's relatms witlt T11rke} 1 , a.rut As y ou kno w - the So vi , etsAstill pressing for extradition of thos e two L i thuan i an s - w l10 last week hi-jacked a So vi e / airlin er t o Jslan ln ,1 . SHRElEPORT Tlte death of Jol,11 T. Scop es - 1•eporled locla} ' from Sltr el'e po - rl, Lo11i si a11a. R e m e m b e r ? Th e def e 11 d a 11 I i,1 I h a I fa Ill e d " Mo 11 k e y T r i a 1 " b a c: k · i 11 Ni t1 e I e e 11 T w e ,, / y - five. Young Scop es - a school teaclte,· al lhe lime - i11 Da') i lon, Te1111e::;sec, where h e was charged with leaching e1 : olulion - in vi olation of stale law. His /rial - later becominp a par/ of the J1alio,i's legal folklore; William Je11nings Bryan pilled against Clarence Darrow. La/er ii served as the basis of a hi/ play a11d /hen a movie - bolh e11lilled "Inherit The Wind." Tile U S Supreme Co,cr/ finally upholding his s tand - just las/ .ve ar. Now /h e final judgment. John T. Scopes - age sevenly-five. BA TON ROUGE B • ' t O II R O II g e , L o " i s i a n a - B i l l y G r a It n m I a II n c It e s auotltcr a. The famed evangelist - bcgi1111i11g witlt a11 attack on wa,·-out worship. Billy c,-altam noting there a1'e some churches - that have become a cotnbi11ation of discotheque and hippy-padr-'-- where the r:ith•Am.inisler -If is seeking to em11late a swinger." He also noted the existe11ce of al least one so-called Christian church - ''wllere the mo · rning worship service is achieved through psJ 1 clt : edelic lighting, dancing and i,zcense Jags - and anotlier said lie - "where /lie members I i e on t h e c Inc r c I, fl o or - a r m s a n d l e g s out s I r e t c he d - many of them high on dr11gs." They call tllis being '"willr ii" - Billy Graltam went o,i; wlien i,i reality - said lie - it's "far more 1·epresenlalii·e of the ancient prophets of Ba.l.l - rather than the Church of Jesus Christ." IIOl'STO,\ T It i •" 11 e , . I - w ,. I I 11· o , I I / I · · -- ~~ , 1 G you ca ti a !-.Cic11/ific b" c: k I a s It ? A I a 11 .\' r a I e , a r o 11 /> I,. 0 f / 0 p S scie11/isls - " I I <' 111 P I i "K I o rl ,. a w I It e I i II e o 11 I I, e c c o I o g ; c- a l fr o n / • Dr. Plti/ip H11adl<'1· - Preside111 of lite Nalio11al A cad<' m )' of Sci e II c es w Ito declares I It a I I It e e II l i,. o 11 m e,, /al I ,, I . "all I · " ,, • e a i s o o g c 11111 11 e g II I a l s o c It a I l e "g e s I h c• growi,ig lre11d -- lo abandon /1111dame11lal ·research in fa v o ,. of an I i - Po II II I i o 11 pro j e c I s • Dr • Handler a s s er Ii n g: "You ca11'I fell a scie11/isl Jo slop lookin,r al lite stars - and sla1•1 looking in llte sewer - - ii Just doesn't NJork." Dr. Fred Finge, - · - cliairma11 of the American Geoplt.)•sical Unio11s e11viro11menlal Qually Committee stresses ltis concer11 at wide spread charges - that lhe e11d for all of us is near because of excessive air and NJaler pollulion. Nollti11g of the sorl - he contends - addinK /Ital scienlisls "shotlld be careful not lo cry 'NJolf' eill,er needlessly or loo ofle'1" Warrc11 - lest llaey lose their "scientific crcdibilily" says Dr. Finger. - R0~1E Fro III I I, c R o III c tax off; c e come s I la, _ a J ; s I of I h e b i g g e s I III o it e y m a k e .,. s , I l a l i a ll s I , , l e . . A I lite luad of /he Paci..·, as usual - Priucc Allcssandro Torlotiia - a w ea I I h Y I a 11 d o If II e r w h o s c i u c o m e l a s t )' ea ,,. t o, a L l e d six htoid, -ed thousand. Second · 011 lite list- Act · ress · Sophia L or e 11 If ho ha II l e d i II five It"" d1' e d a 11 d six I y th o 1t sand - mainl y 011 tile sh•cnglh of a sitigle film - Miss Loren's husband - film producer Carlo Potili - also scoring high 1t ilh a reported i11com e of Joitr--hundred-and-fifl'y-six thousand. Perhaps the bigges t s : wrprise of all t!io1tgl1 - the fncl tltal Rome's tax accessorf - Ugo La,igione w as another of the city's leading mone)' makers. Senor La11gion . e - wlto works on a commission basis - taking ~ , . . - , , , c ; . + \ ~ . . . . ~ . hi last ye ar three-J,undred-and-uventy t11ousand bucks~ •••• •s seven linies his income - for the pre vi ous ye ar. - f,I • II Or as Enzo Sluarli mighl say - "lllat-a-n,ca. LTP.1970.10.22i.pdf LTP.1970.10.22ii.pdf