,JO/JS -- ·- -- Alo r c A 111 e ,. i ca"·" h e Id mo ,. e _;obs /as / m o" I h - Iha ,i ere r b c fo r" i II U S II is / o r y. Fi g 11 ,. es "1111 o II n c e d Io day by tJt:.. / ~ _:- pl a.-i11g lite 11alio11 's lo /al la ho,- fore e al more lhc111 sere11/y-six million ll'OYke1·s. Set188.ea((3 adjr,i,ied ,, he U S / ~ i nl nine n employ men I / rate. a . It• xb: l VIETNAM B y I a 11 d , s e a a ,, d a i r - A 111 e r i c an f o r c e s ix1X I o /11 e ~ a/lack lodoy in l i e /110111. Po1111rling awa) • al ,riel Cong i11 lite South - lta111m e 1•ing "rlillery ball e ri es , troop I \ I I concentrations and targ e ts"'' of opportunity in the Communist North . A m er i ca" ''sharp s Ito o I er" of l/1 e day - l Ii e U S Destro., er Harry Hubbard, on a missio,z againsl coastal targets - in that phony demilitarized zone; firing with s u ch de a d l y a cc u racy HRl::t i t p i ck e d off a s p e e ding 1fel11: truck - blew up sixteen gun emplacements - and damaged five more. POLI TICS FOL LO lV l /ET NA ~I_ On the poliliC'al f1'0 11t - some hard campaig11ing toda y from South l ict11a111ese C'hicf of state Thi e u . ..Wlto I ;r»rx pr o mis ed - i f e l ec ted Presi,l c nt next m : o.rzlz:t month I o c o 11 s i d e r p o s s i b l e p ea c e I a l/1 s w i 1/1 Ha n o i . Pc r h a p s e v e n I o n ~ r e e I o a p a u s e i 11 U S b o m b i 11 g of t h e C o 1n m u n i s I No r t h , if h e fe ll it u ! otdd do any good. "Nobody lik es w a,, - so we should mak e all efjorts lo bring p e ac e " - said Thieu. Addin g Iha/ a freely-elected sou/Ii Vietnam es e go1 1 e r11m e nl - is p e rhaps the best basis for acllie v ing that goal. Whal uboul possible peace talks with the National Lib e1' ation Front - politi c al arm of lh e Viet Cong? No J- d ice - said Thieu. "This u ar is not waged b y lh!f. front - and the foonl can do nothing to bring p e ace" - said he. §_~J_g_g.!{__FOLLOW POLITICS Mor e 011 lit e same - fr om a No r /It V ielnam ese Army o Ji i c c r 11 · It t def c c I e d rec e II I l y Io I It e Sou I It . L i e u I en a ,z t ~ ~ Colonel Huy'1h Cu t el ling ,,eporlers toda J - ~Rt lae tln,a:g/lJ .. ~ ~ lit e w a r ~ e nd i11 "two or thr ee , , ears" tbot 61 u,aa-l:d::' J J. e nd - surely - wit h an allied vic lor 3 1 . C u e x p la i , ii ,i g I h a I w h e n It e lrod:"tr .i o i 1l e d l h e fig '1 I in g in Ninet ee n Fift y- Eight - lt e figured the war w ould «tt end q u i c k l y iJz a C o m m u n i s t I r i u mp It . S i ,,. c e I h e 11 I h o u g I, - Vi e t Co11g v ictories ha ve b e en f arther and far/her apart; the mo · rale of Viel Co'1g troops - falling lower and lower. With food s11pplies now so i,iadequale - said the Colonel - that enemy troops ''are f orced lo hunt frogs i,z the jungle" just lo keep going. IJA NG/\ OK M e tlll u h i l e, a I .n e a r 1,y Bangkok - c, s i Kn i ,z g Io day /Ital c o uld g o a lon,: w a y - lo . ward reslol'in,t: p e ac e and /Jr•fl prosp e r i t y lo thal pa, · / of Ille world. Thailand, In d <' 11 e s i a • M a I a ) . s i fl , Sin . 8 a p o r e , I h e P It i Ii pp i ,z e s - a l l a g r . e e i 11 g I v c r e a U o 'II of a i i e u e c o ,,. o m i c: c o o p e r a I i o 11 Soidlleasl . Asian _!!a lions; or Asea : n - for short. 11 's · - · - - meml:,ers ple , dg , ed to r,p1·omote al·live collaboration and mutual assistance -- 011 matters or common interest :i•t i,z the eco,iomit·, social,, cultural, technical, scie,ilific a,ul adminislra!/ive fields. 11 In , a . ddili , 011 lo Ille fi v e cltarte,• members - Ceylon /zas a . lrea dy appl i ed Jo r , admission lo - ~ - s!a,~ Cambodia CJJEKIANG Mo11nli11~ chaos in Red Chi11a - ma · rked today by a P e a s a n I r e h <' l I i o 11 i n Ea s I e r n C h e k i a 11 ~ P 1· o v i 11 e e . A c o a s l a l di s I r i c I no I .I a r f,. o m J<x'lt F o rm o s a - - a n d f o rm e r It o me of Nalionalisl Chinese P1-csid e 11/ Chian!! Kai-Sltek. Chelliang Radio blaming the reb e llion - on so-called ~~ "b a d l e a d e · 1· s " w It o a re opp o s c d t o C It a i r m a ,z M a o . A" Ba d leadet·s" acc11sed of "inciting some misled · masses - to s Io rm i 11 Io I It e c ii i e s " of C It e k i an g; an djth e re - to do :? battle with constituted aulhorit),. Result - sa . id the broadcast: pro-Maoists in Chekia,zg are bei,rg ''atrociously suppressed" - and many "wounded,,, , gunshots." This, incidentally, lite same leclHiiqtte used by Mao himself - in his post-war rise lo power. Winning over the peasantry - followed by assaults on the cities. +,w . ~--t-J ~ ~ ~ \ N ~ ~ - ~ , I/ONG KONG Tlte lJrilish "nd Red Chinese - still al loggerheads today in Hong Kong. Britain filing a "sl · rong /n'Olest" with Pe k i II g - o ,, <' ,, a s er i es of rec en t Co m 111111z is l - pro v o k; n g bor-der incidents. E1 en as l iolence flared again twice - along Iha/ Hong Kong China frontier. During the mo · rning - a mob of Chinese llzrowing ojffcerl,,ssigned lo " " rocks at a Brilish l,omb disposal re m o v e a b o m b ff'<X fro m l h e b o rd e r to w n of S It a tank o k - w h e re Ji, tf:11~poli ce men were killed by Chinese gunfire las I A 1noP1/h. Luckily though - the officer was not seriously hurt this lime. J1::tR111ie bomb - ii turned 011I lo be a hoax. During Iha after,roon - another Chinese mob slon~ the border village of Tako Ling. But agai'tz • jCJ, t11Nnt1l5 no 'h'O'ltXK"serious injuries. A DD HONG KONG A la I e r r c po r I : aq~ riot J,of it'e lonighl forced to " open fire on Communist mobs - ranipagi,ig through /he s I 1· c e I s of H o ,z g K o 11 g . Fi rs I r e p o r I s - i n di c a Ii 11 g a l l e a s l /en wounded. HONOL U LU Close1• W hom e - S e nator Full,1•i~ltl of Arkansas charged loniKlil - Iha/ America is a "sick society". Sick - said lie - b ec a11se the United Slates is t1 ·y i11K to combine "morally incompatible roles" - al hom e and l1t1 abroad; b ec ause the war in \Ii c luam - "is poisoni,z g a11d brutalizing our dom es /if life." This in a s pe e ch al Honolulu - lo a co,zvenlion of lite American Bar Assoc:ialion. A speech in which Senator Fulbright went on lo say - Iha/ the Uniled Slates is becoming an impe1·iaUstic nation. One - said he - "engaged in Lhe exercise of power - Jo>· its own sake: ''a symbol of v iolence and lack of discipli,z e- instead of a model of democracy and social justice. The Senator concluding; "it is ultimately self- defeating - Lo pxr,er fight fire with fir · e. '' NEW DELHI More trouble today - for J11dia's Lady Prime Minister. Madame Indira Gandhi's ruling Con1::ress Party - s 11 .If<' ,. i " g ii s f i r s I def e a I i " I h e I 11 d i a 11 Pa r l i <11n en t ; s in c e ii came lo powe1' lwe11t_,. years ago - with Indian i,idependence. The 1111precede,zfed setback - 011 an ame11dment lo a bill dealing with louer easies and tribes. An amendmt:11l - sponso1'cd by a Communist me,nber of the lower house, _ -k'cc11si11g the go ·ernme11l of Jaili,1g lo abide bJ' constitutional safeguards - in ils treatment of these minority gro11ps . The amendme11l passed - by a margin of two voles. A11d though the en/ire motion was later killed - the earlier opposition 1 iclory still stands as a mailer of public record) ~rving notice ii can no l o n g e r * to Madame Gandhi's government- the caste issue. FORD PEACE S11/P -------------- - -- I u ond e r how 111a11y J 'e member lite attempt Henry Ford made lo ~el the boys oul of the lrc11ches by Christmas, in Wo,-lcl Wa, , One? Th e story of ''the odysse.\ ' of Ford and his peaces/tip, appears i,i a most cnlerlaining book, }us/ u 1-i/le,i by a I e leran journalist, Burnel~lleYshe)'· .[i ____ ~ w-c~ c ~ ~ - - ~ ½., - · - ·7 If you fee _ l i,i , need of some laughs , ,-.. by all means :ead _ j - · -U"-k Jo -- 1~ t•~ TC...v l ~ { : V - , ~ , fl._ . ""~, F o .. :, .. t ~ n~-...r...4--G, tile buokA. As one lop re vi ewer says: /l -1s one of llze funnies/ books of the year. SAN FRANCISCO --------------- Th i s n e xt - from San Fran c isco - home of the /lippi c mo ve ment. Where a planned ''summer of lo v e" i s yapid(, , lttrning s011r . Twice in th e pas/ t w o weeks - prominent hippies ha v e been bru . tally murdered. Both v ictims - known narcotics ~ de a le rs . ,Yr o mp t i ng a Ii i pp i e n e w s le t t e r Io ch a r g e today - Iha/ organized crime is attempting to take over the hippie mo v ement; trying to sew up the trade in L S D • • • -- A f i ,i a l i I e 111 - from Manila . WI, ere Philippine President Marcos today rescinded a IJa,i ~ on mail delivery of a recent issue of Time Magazine. A ban originally orde~tl,e Pl,ilippine J osl Office - because the magazine contains a reproduction of Renoir's fam or,s painting - "afte1• the bath." Po s I off i c e off i c i al s - ca l l in . g t I, e Pa in ting "; n de c en t ". Pre s i den t Ma re o s r u ling. h owe v e r, that "aft e r th e II•• ts b a th " i s a c la s s i c a l w o r k of a r t. In ~~~~ other words :: ;i,.lty--nine and forty-four one hundredth A. ~ -,dl- .J- ~- t-W\. percent p u r e , ~ - ~