L.T.-BUICK, FISHER. THURSDAY, AOOUST 18, 1966 (Dallae Townsend eubetituting) GOOD EVEN nm EVERYBODY : The Senate today approved a rtrty-elght-billion-dollar deten1e money bill, with a warning that ten billion ■ore ■1.ght be needed ln January it the Vietna••• war build-up contln1111. Tacked onto the bill wa1 that a■end•nt •- giving Pre11dent Johnson authority to call up individual re1ervi1t1 who have served no active duty other than their required training. Nr. Johnson didn't want the authority and le not expected to uee it. VAR Explosions rocked Saigon today as the Viet Cong continued what appears to be a campaign of terrorism against the national elections which are scheduled for September Eleventh. Communist guerrilla units also stormed two villages for Catholic refugees from North Vietnam -- burning one hundred and twenty homes while the frlghten1d villagers stood helplessly by. In the air war, American fighters again returned to the lorth. No details -- given of the latest ralds, but a spokesman said more than a hundred strikes were flown yesterday with ell depots and a missile site coming under heavy bombardment. BAIOI The North Vietnueee governMnt ba1 denounced ite 111.an neighbore for propoeing an "All-A1ia Peace Conference" to end ti. • r ·/Thi ■ugp1t1on -- •de Jointi, bJ tbe ,ti111pp1nH, lllllaJ■ia and Thailand f wa■ ter•d.: "■bop1111rn •rcbl.ndlN tr011 Prllldent Johnaon 1 1 cllq\11. 11 .. .... In llolcow, a Soviet 111pz1ne warned tbat tbl • r 11 •approacbilll tlw brlnk•/1114 ■l&bt even ■pre■d beJond Soutlwa■t &■11. f It conde-d alleged AMrlcan tbreat■ to Soviet ■blppi• 1n lortb Viet-■- po,!!!,- ■ald "no on■ will ■ucceed 1n 1nt1a1clatlnl tbl Soviet Union." LIi PIAO • Reports fr011 Peking indicate that Detenee 11n11t1r tin Piao hae ••rged ae eecond only to aging Cha1raan •o T■e-t 1n tlw top eclwlon1 or thl Chine■• caaaun1■t Part1. / Tlw report■ 1110 1.llplJ that thl Red Ar■J 11 in full control ot tbl current purp ot intellectual■ /and otblr leading ttcur•• on tbl n1nllll4./ ao 11 ■ald to be ••rl~ a allltarJ unttora ln public tor tbl tir1t tlM in year■• President Johnson says that the people directly concerned with the question of military service -- students and younger citizens -- will be asked to reco111111end changes 1n what he calls "our crazy-quilt draft law. " Speaking before a gathering or fourteen thousand students in Wahington, the President said he naa instructed his Com■iaslon on Selective Service to take a treah, hard look at the draft law which, he said, applies to some but not to Gbhers. We have inherited t h a t ~ system -- said the President -- "but we are not wedded to it.·• A brief announcement tonight from Albany -- from the ortice of Mew York's Governor Melson Rockefeller. The Governor and his wife expect their second chlld -- early next year. The announceaent contains no further e011nent or details. Pat and Luci Nugent have ended their honeymoon 1n the Blha•a, and flown to Rew York. 1,1.'l'. Noet of ue con11der the proce11 or "thinking" ae being a blgblJ individual propoeition -- but the 1111sacbulett1 a. In1tltut1 or Technology tbinkl d1tterentlJ. Lo•ll fboaU~lll 1.11 - , in th1e report: ~ 'l'APB RUIS: 1:39 Ml'l' Greetings Dallas and Good Evening Everybody: Sometimes you hear 1t said there is nothing new under the sun. I wonder. Take this for example. A new concept in college training that they are ofrer1ng these dap at MIT. A course called "system engineering." Perhaps it could be described as a "team think course ... The idea sounds rather simple. According to Massachusetts Inst!tute or Technology the bringing or students together rro■ various departaents to work as a team can give you magic results. In practice the class ta tar f'ro■ si■ple. It brings together 80119 or the finest young minds in America, they tell us -- tor the purpose of devising practical applications of the new techniques of sciense and technology -- that 1s, for the benefit or all mankind. The first product of this unique experiment I hear ls a complete design for ' building laun . ching and II operating an equatorial weather sa tel 1 i te. . good en . ough· , to interest the U.S. You've heard of that -- · NI'l'--2 weather Satell i te program. They've also worked out a MIT plans for a six ton wunaMed , satelltte equipped with a hundred inch telescope to study the untverse, that ts -- do tt unobstructed by the earth's atmosphere -- do it fro■ out in apace. lot to mention .,re plane tor a thirty day expedition to Mars. l want to ti · e tn on that one. They say it wlll be in the year Nineteen Eighty-Pour. So, aa you can see -- at NIT the 1ky 1 1 the 11■1 t . Solong, SPACa2AFT Thank you Lowell. Speaking of satellites -- America's Lunar Orbiter went into action with its b•levia1on camera today and came up with thirty-two pictures of the Moon's dark and bright sides. But their quality was so bad that it left scientists puzzled -- wondering whether they showed a dull, te&turelesa part or the moon or whether ao■ethlng la wi-ong w1th the ca■en. The Ol'b1ter will also focllB its camera on nine possible lunar landing sites tor AMrican spacecraft. '!'he Pioneer-Seven satellite ls speeding toward a rendezvous with the sun while exploring the perils ot interplanetary travel. Launched yesterday tro■ Cape Kennedy, it has reached a point a little more than ninety-four MILLION miles from the sun. AIILIB3 • The Nacbin11ta Union vote■ toaorr , o• on wbtthlr to ratltJ a ne• contract propoaal and end 1t1 tort1-thr••-daJ•old 1trUt1 agaln■t tin •Jor a1rllne1 -- and union 1ourc11 .._. ..... ~ .......... ~, ~~<!:""" ta. new contract will bl apprOftd. 'l'bl re1ult1 ot tbl vote will be announced at unlon blldquarter■ 1n WUhlngton ,toaorr011 nlgbt , at elgbt o 1 clock -- Bullrn DIJ11gbt '1'1111 • '1'bl leader■ ot tbl 111aa1 and San Prancr11co local■ are reported to bl undecided an llbat to recoaend to tbelr •■ber■ - · - and tbfl vote■ in tbl■• two cltl•• cpuld be a decldlng factor ln tbl natlonwlde poll. RADIUM The search for a tiny capsule or radium -- missing from an interstate shipment -- was concentra ted tn the Pittsburgh area today. The U.S. Public Health Se~vlee warns that the pellet could produce severe radiation burns if kept ln a person•' pos1es1lon for several hours. The capsule is ■laa1ng troll cargo that trave1941 by bottt rail and truck while being ahlpped troll Tana to lew York. Val'l'en, do you have a caps ule co•ent at thle point? Those who calim that nowadyas the Democratic and Republican Parties are very much alike, may find some support for their argument in the current political campaigns ln New Jersey. Thirty-six-year-old twin brothers -- Jerry and Jack Burmeister -- today launched their campaigns tor the September Thirteenth priaary elections. Jerry 1.s making a bid ror the Democratic no111nat1on fo,r the U.S. Senate -- while Jack is running for the Houee of Representatives in the 'fwelfth District as a Republican. 11 Ir we are elected" says Jaak,j "llew Jersey residents will have added confidence 1n two public officials who can be counted upon essentially to think alike. " Good night .