1 l CAPE KENNEDY - A FAT COMEBACK TODAY. WITH A PAIR OF SUPER·CLFAN PACE TECHNICIANS - CRAWLING INSIDE A CAVERNOUS FIRST-STAGE FtJEL TANK OF THE MOON-BOUND APOLLO ELEVEN. THERE TRACKING DOWN AND REPAIRING A SUDDEN LEAK - IN THE SPACE CRAFT'S HELIUM GAS PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM. CLF.ARING DIE WAY FOR START OF TIIE FINAL COUNTDOWN TONIGHT - SHOOTING FOR BLASTOFF NEXT WEDNESDAY. TitE TROUBLE - AS IT TURNED OUT - SIMPLY A LOOSE NUT; WHICH WAS MERELY TIGHTENED - THE SYSTEM RE-TESTED - AND THEN A SIGH OF RELIEF ALL AROUND. SPACE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING - "TitE ,a.p to PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED." AND NOW I.:qBEGIN,, IN EARNEST· MAN'S 77; j _ ~ \ GRF.ATEST ADVENTURE - fflJ5 latft•,u&s~ THE MOON. A A P CE PAR! AGAI - NORTH VIET AM'S XUA THUY WAS BACK IN ACTION TODAY - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS; HAVING JUT RETURNED FROM HANOI - WITH WHAT WERE THO GHT TO BE EW INSTRUCTIONS FOR Ca.tMUNlST PEACE NEGOTIATORS. NEVERTHELESS TODAY'S PARLEY - PREITY MUCH THE SAME OLD STORY. XU THUY ASSERTING THAT PRESIDENT NIXON DOESN'T REALLY WANT PEACE - OR ELSE HE WOULDN''I BE FOLLOWING THE SAME . POLICIES AS FORMER PRESIDENT JOHNSON: HENRY CABOT LODGE REPLIES TI-IAT THE COMMUNIST STAND IS , IN EFFECT - A DEMAND FOR "CAPIWLATION BY OUR SIDE." ADDING: "IBIS IS UNRF.ASONABLE" - WE SHALL NOT CAPITULATE." LLOW PF.AC E WAR G 0. ENEMY ACTIVITY I CLUDI G G OF AMERICAN ILITARY BILLET EAR AIGO - AL O A HELLI G OF AIGO ' GIANT TA SON NHUT AIR BASE. THE TWO TOGETHER PRCMPTING AN ALLIED WARNI G - AGAI ST THE POS IBILITY OF INCREA ED TERRQRI T ATTACKS AGAI ST THE CAPITAL. 0 TH BRIGHTER SIDE - CASbALTY FIGURES FOR TIIE PAST WEEK - LOWEST I SIX MONTHS. REFLECTING A LULL IN 'fflE GENERAL LEVEL OF FIGHTING - SIMULTANEOOS WITH A DROP IN COMMUNIST INFILTRATION FROM THE NORTH. IN WASHINGTON - THIS TAKEN AS A POSSIBLE SIGN THAT TIIE ENEMY INTENDS TO DE-ESCALATE THE WAR - WITHOll ACTIJALLY ADMITTING IT. AT LEAST - TIIAT'S THE HOPE. oscow FROM SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI GRCNYKO - AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 'IOBAY IN POSSIBLE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT TALKS. GROMYKO ASSERTING mAT U.S. "FEELERS" ON TIIE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A MEETING - "HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED IN TiiE SOVIET UNION." ADDING HIS HOPE mAT "GOOD" RELATIONS BETWEEN 111E U.S. AND RUSSIA - CAN BE TRANSFORMED SOON INTO "FRIENDLY" RELATIONS. SUMMIT OR NO, 1110UGl - GRCNYKO C~ING FOR MORE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN TALKS AT LOWER ?.EVELS. HE ALSO URGED ESTABLISHMENT OF A SO-CALLED - "NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE" IN TiiE MEDITERRANEAN. FURTIIER DEMANDING U.S. WITIIDRAWAL FRCJwt VIET NAM - BUT COUPLING TiiIS WITII A WISH FOR EVENnJAL AGREEMENT AT PARIS. CAIRO - TEL AVIV IN ntE MIDDLE F.AST - CONFLICTING CLAIMS TODAY, AS USUAL. CAIRO TELLING OF AN EGYPTIAN COMMANDO RAID ACROSS fflE SUEZ CANAL_- ONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY KNOCKED OUT FIVE ISRAELI GUN POSITIONS. TO WHICH TEL AVIV REPLIED: "THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CROSSING - AND NO DAMAGE TO ANY OF OUR GUN POSITIONS." LATER, ISRAEL RETURNING THE BODY OF NINE EGYPTIANS - KILLED IN A Ca-tMANDO RAID F.ARLIER TIIIS WEEK. IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT - EGYPT TODAY OFFICIALLY REX:OGNIZED COMMUNIST EAST GERMANY. IH!!lGOMiNG tlM FIFTH ARAB NATION - TO DO SO. DROPPING A PR{l,tPT CHARGE FRa-t WEST GERMANY itq TIIAT RUSSIA FORCED THE MOVE - UNDER A n!RFAT OF CUTTING OFF ARAB ----- ARMS SUPPLIES. PARIS FOLLOW TEL AVIV RlWikSis SffJE ::;. AN ANNOUNC&tENT TODAY FRCl-t PARIS; TO THE EFFECT TIIAT FRANCE WILL SOON LIFT AT LF.AST A CORNER OF ITS TOTAL ARMS EMBARGO ON THE MID-EAST. ENOUGt TO PERMIT THE DELIVERY OF SPARE PARTS - FOR FRENCH-MADE EQUIPMENT ALRF.ADY IN ISRAELI HANDS. HOWEVER, FRENCH PRESIDENT PCl-tPIDOU MAICING IT PLAIN - RE HAS NO INTENTION OF DELIVERING mbSE FIFTY MIRAGE JETS THAT ISRAEL HAS ALRF.ADY PAID FOR. P{ltfPIDOU DECLARING: "THE AIM OF FRENCH MID-EAST POLICY - IS NOT TO SELL ARMS BUT TO HELP RE-ESTABLISH PF.ACE." AND HE ADDED: " I WISH TO STRESS - THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR ISRAEL IN WAR OR IN A MILITARY ACTION." ,· ' . r • 1/ CHUR AT ntE CLOSING SESSION OF THAT EUROPF.AN BISHOPS' CONFERENCE AT CHUR , SWITZERLAND - A DIRECT CHALLENGE TODAY TO THE TF.ACHINGS OF POPE PAUL. THIS - FR<J,1 BELGIAN CARDINAL LEO SUENENS ; WHO URGED A COMPLETE NEW LOOK - AT THE QUESTION OF PRIESTLY CELIBACY. ALSO SUGGESTING A FULL EXAMINATION - OF THE POSSIBUITY OF ADMITTING MARRIED MEN TO ntE PRIES'raOOD. HIS REMARKS DRAWING PROLONGED APPLAUSE - FRCl-1 A NUMBER OF LIBERAL YOUNG CA'raOLIC PRIESTS WHO WERE PRESENT. ROWS\fll., ¾ W?Lcl. THE RESPONSE FR(),t,i FELLOW BISHOPS A "MORE RESTRAINED." - R .ICII . I • • SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC SOMEWHERE IN TilE ATLANTIC - ABOUT A THOUSAND MILES DUE EAST OF MARTINIQUE - A STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IS UNDER WAY TONIGHT. THOR HEYERDAHL AND HIS CREW OF SIX -"WORKING DESPERATELY~ TO KEEP THEIR PAPYRUS RAFT FRCJ-1 SWAMPING IN HEAVY SEAS. ,;loss ING OVERBOARD - SUPPLIES) EQUIPMENT, ANYTHING THEY CAN POSSIBLY DISPENSE WITH; TRYING TO KEEP THEIR SAGGING STERN - FRCJ-1 PULLING DOWN 1HE REST OF THE CRAFT. AN1) ➔ - ~ - ESCORT VESSEL THEY'VE CALLED FOR •;.STILL MORE 1HAN FOUR DAYS AWAY. ' ALL OF WHICH MIGHT DlSCOURAGE A LESSER MAN - BUT NOT THOR HEYERDAHL. WHEN LAST HEARD FROM - THE NI ID NORWEGIAN ~ EXPLORER TELLING SHORE STATIONS: "WE' RE HAVING A TOUGI 'EIME - { WE'RE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE ANY MORE - BUT EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE." ANO1HER WAY OF SAYING HE STILL HOPES TO REACH THE AMERICAS - PAPYRUS BOAT · AND ALL; JUST AS THE EGYPTIANS MIGHT HAVE DONE IT - SOME THREE mousAND YEARS AGO. )W-~~~~~~~ f ~ ~ ~ _ i;jj__ Tf,,,,.-, ~ ; , LONDON THIS NEXT - FEOM LONDON: WHERE BRITAIN'S OLDEST RESIDENT - TCDAY CELEBRAT~u ANOTHER BIRTitDAY . SPRITELY ALICE STEVENSON - A HUNDRED AND EIGHT AS OF THIS DATE. PASSING UP THE TRADITIONAL BIRTHDAY CAKE - IN FAVOR OF A BIG BOWL OF STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. AND HOW DOES ALICE Sl'EVENSON ACCOONT FOR HER LONGEVITY? EASY - SAID SHE; NO MEDICINE!- NO TELEVISION!- "I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IN TitEM." BY THE WAY - IT'S MISS STEVENSON. NOT TI-It-T SHE HAS ANY11UNG AGAINST MARRIAGE, THOUGH: AT AGE A HUNDRED AND EIGHT - _ <;;.f_,, ~ ---- ...s -tt:4-- APPARENTLY · STILL HOLDBIC TO ntE TilEORY L "IT'S NEVER TOO