SAN CLEMENTE Jttly l6, l97l Dall as Towns end From the Western White House - San Clemente furtlaer amt,licfication of President Nixon's surprise an,eouncement of last night. A sfldkesman saying tire - a President ,vill Probably make Iris unprecedented visit to Red c•t,aa - sot"'t~me early next year; in any event - as soo1t a, t,011l6le; ,,. o · rder to divorce tire trip - from any t,os,16le claarge of t,artisan political activity in an electio1t year. A• to laot,ed-fordres,dts - Ille st,oltesma,a sayi1tg: "06vlo111ly, •••• countries of tlae magnitude of tlle U11ited Stole• ,u,d tlae Peot,le 's Ret,ublic of Clli•a alter tlaeir rel11tio,e1lalf>• - it must affect otller parts oft•• •orld." A•d tlae1t lie odded: "I don't •a,at to speculate o,s •11at imt,act it • i l l 1,ave oft any orea - but i,a a quest for t,eace ,,. the •orld, t,eace in Soutlleast Asia 1sas to be our foremost a1td we are also told t1sat the President's National Security Affairs advise'Y - Henry Kissinger - found Red China's Premier Chou En-Lai "enormously gracio1ts and polite;" and SAN CLEMENTE - 2 1,ot,eful t1,at some day soon - 1,e "'" l be able to t,ay a returfl vis it to tit e United States. REACTION FOLLOW SAN CLEMENTE The President's projected trif> has been causing quite a stir right around tire globe . Not the least of lfJhlch N1as a "strong f>rotest" - from Nationalist China . While in Salgo,e - Soatlt Vietnam's President Thieu lfJas sa ylng: "I hof>e tl,at tl,ls co,estitut•s a first stet> • tolfJard the •laboration of la•tl•g 1>eace for t1ti• f>art of t1te lfJorld." But t1te So,,tlt Vl•t•arn . ese forelg• ,ni,eistry •a• saying - If Red C1tl•o r•ally •••t• peace, It o•gllt to stat> •111>1>orth1g Comrnu•l•t aara•-· EAST BERLIN East Berlin - another at,t,arent exercise in "peaceful coexiatence." The Communist East Germans releasing - six U.S. citizens convicted of relatively petty crimes: six young nae,a previously held in jail - for periods ranging up to T•e,aty- T•o mon tit•. Tltese including: Ronald Balcl, of Bu•t•ville, Alabama - Ronald Mudd of Toledo - Marll Hues•• of Jerlcllo, Ver•ont - Fra,all Ki,ag of Detroit - Jacll Stricltla,ad of Sa,ata Bar &Iara , Califor,aia - and Lyle J-111•• of Norfollt, Vlrgl,ala. WIiy t••Y •ere aet free - and •lay Ji,at ,ao• - laard to • a y . o 6 • er v • r • noting, la o • e v ti r - it co 1,l d la a v ti b • • • d II e lo u. s. dlt,lo•atic preaaurea. ,,. a,ay eve,at - a •t1lco•e •ove WASHINGTON Turning to the domestic front - an announcement tllat lite nation's gross national product rose at an annual rat• of eight t,er cent duririg the secorid quarter of Nirieteen- Se ve,e ty-_tr>ne. The 1rross natioxal product - as you k110• tll• sum total of all our goods a,rd services; but it still laa• • lo,ag •ay to go - to reacla the Pres ide,rt 's forecast of a 011e Trllllo11, Slzty-Five Billlo,a GNP for the e,rtire year. Nevertllele•• - 9uit• a,a improveme11t. 1'• dollar f lg•r•• - a Jump of about T•e,sly Billio11; accordlag to tll• Jo1t• Co,a•ally - "o•e of tlae largeat ,,. U . S. llistory." Co,aflr•l,ag - aaid 1te - "t1tat t1t• ecoao111y is o,s a• ezPa•sio,a patla." A,sd perltaps ef11ally imt,orta,rt - lie adds - tll• fact tlaat tlae latest figures are "alao lrearte,ii,ag - •Ula respect to t,rice developments." DRAFT FOLLOW WASHINGTON On the re v erse side - tire results of a nationwide poll - dealing with the effects of that temporary suspension of tlte draft; whicla seem to indicate that military recruiters - are generally finding Plenty of young men to sign up vol,oatarily and one of tlae main reasons - •e are told is / p tliat scliool is out and tlaey can't find jobs; in part, becau•e "some emt,lpyers" are NOW refusing to ltire tlae young - till tlley /h1isll tlleir )~ilitary obligation. Or as o,ae recruiter P• t it: ",,. tlte Army - t lte y k,aow tlte y ca,a P• t bread OJI tit• table. " HOUSTON Down Texas-way and soutluoa-rd into Mexico - an epidem i c of -rare equine sleeping sickness continues to fl"Un its course; the disease having claimed, at last report - more titan six tlto•sand horses and donkeys; and now we are told it could spread clear across t"e nation - before tlae oJtset of 1111,aler. TIiis - according to James St,eele of tlle U,aiveraily of f'e%as Sclaool of Public Beallll. Witla a ,..,,,.ber of raclaer• atltli,ag lllal tlte gove-r,.,,.e,., is clafefly to bla•e - for •ovht6 too little a,atl loo late to co,atrol the disease. l,atleetl, llealll, official• ,,. ,aelglaboring Lo,lfsia,aa and Oklalao•a - ret,orlb1g tlaat aJtifflals tltere may laave already bee11 afflicted. LACKLAND FOLLOW HOUSTON Doctors at Lackland Air Force Base - San Antonio - llave reported the death of a six-year-old girl - the daughter of an Air Force enlisted man; pos•ibly a victim of tl,e same kind of sleet,ing sickness - that is 1,illing all tho•e ho-r•es and donkeys. But health officials •ay - laiglaly unliltely. At the same time, Secretary of Agricdture CU/ford Hardin - declarhag a state of "natio,sal emerge•cy;" •licA tleYeby gives laim the authority - said lie - to •P••d •la•tever Is ,aeeded to combat tAe di•ease; stayti,sg out •ltll a • t•P -up in • pray i,eg ot,eYa tio,s• - ,,. a,a effort to co• trol tl,e ffl08fMitO• •l,icl, tYaRSfflit it. SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE "NEW GUINEA" And now - it's time again for Lowell Thomas; discussing tonight some of the latest developments - in his a•d my - old stomping ground - the Island of Ne• Gui•ea. NEW GUINEA Bishop Leo Arkfeld - Wewak Recentl we had a stor y from New Guinea , aboat the cargo cult and a human sacrifice , far up the mighty Sepik River, in a region where some of the tribes still practice cannibalism. It all came about over a u. s. Army ••rvey marker whicla the natives believe is a spirit that "Prevents the growing of crops and the breeding of fish. Tia• cargo cull tribes men believe the white man, during World War II brought battleshit,s, airplanes and all his vast paraphernalia to tlrat part of the world by magic. Some of tlleir leaders now tell them they can do the same thing. Years ago when we were on an expedition out tlaere ., e r a,. s II or t of f o o d . Th e tli en young es t Ca · tho l i c bis hop i H the world, Leo Arkfeld, from Iowa by the way, flew o,tt in his own small plane, located us by his shortwa v e radio, a,ad dropped supplies to us . I've just heard from the Bishop ,ol,o tells me tlae Australian go v ernment would like to pre v e,it NEW GUINEA-ARKFELD - 2 hllman sacrifice among the tribesmen, but that tlley still ha e little or no control over some of the tribes in the remote mountains. Meanwhile many of the smaller nations at the U N insist these tribal /leople should be encouraged to form a separate independent nation; make the jump from tlle Sto,ee Age of ten th01Csand years ago to the present jet-space era - do it overnight. HARRIS From Senator Harris of Oklahoma, as expected - an a,anouncement today that lie will not stand for re-election to tire Senate next year. But that done - he refused to drop tl,e otlrer slaoe; failing to announce - as also expected - tllat lae plans to run for the Democratic Preside,ctial nomi,catio,c next year. Instead, Harris stating tllat lie will look seriously i,cto tire t,o••lbillty of seeki,cg" tlae nomination. Addi,cg: "If I fl•il tlaat I ca11 bee o r . e a • e rious ca,cdida te - o,ae wh os • words •Ill be l,eard - I will ru,e. " LONDON U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell - the main sf)eaker today at tlae American Bar Association convenHon i• London. Tltere cltarging that excessive procedures suclt as multiple pre-trial and post-trial motions - follotoed by "'peal after appeal - are "dragging justice to deatla in tlle U11ited States." End result - says Mitchell: "We face a ailuatio,e fl ,,. tlae U.S. wllere Ille discovery of guilt or i,1,eoce,ece - as a fu,ection of tlle courts - is in dangeT of dToto,e i,eg i,e a sea of l ega lis m •. " A,ed now tllis is Dallas Toao,asend saying good niglet.