L. T. COMMERCIAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER - 2t), 19flb GOOD EVENit«l EV.l!:RYBODY: First, a salute to Dallas Townsend who has been taking my place while I have been off on a hurried trip to lllrope, Asia and Africa -- ■uch too hurried. Just off the plane, before I give yo11 a few highlights of today's news.one brief co•ent on the Journey rro■ which I have retumed. One of the places I visited was the new high du above Aswan on the Nile, the du the Russians have been if building. If you have been wondering/the huge i■ages of Rameses the Second at Abu Slllbel, would be rescued -- yes, Ramses ls out of danger. The flood waters rro■ the da■ have r1sen above where the Abu Si■bel teaple was -- b11t those or you who have contributed -- you have resc11ed the stunning temple of Ramses. LEAD - :! ----- danger. Bui, more mo,,e 3 1 is needed lo /Jill tl,e temple In s 1, n p c • m a k e i I /J re s e " t a b l c for I l1 o s e of y o u w h o w i l l b e ( j o11r11 eyi 11 g up th e Nil e in }'e ars lfJ come. We ma de a fi e ho• r trip dowN the Aile H from Ab11 Simb e l, a,id across the huge nerv Aswan Dam, i,r a h y drofoil which If as quite an experience. But more about that later. MADRID FOLLOW LONDON --------- -------------- A11 o lhcr bizarre slor) ' - c omes today from Uacl Yi ,l . Th e story o f an alleged plot b y spanisl, anarchists - lo l•idnap U S Ambassador Ang ie r Biddle Dllke -- as well ns oth e r -rttr Promi,ie11,t Am e ricans li v ing in Spain . P11rpose: I o d r n m a I i z e d •'"' opp o s i t i o n to t I, e Fran co re gi m e . Tli e plotters - according to Police - four men and a womari. Members of an anarchist group called - J11 v enl11des Libertarias" - meaning - libertaria,r youths. The sam..: group responsible for the kid,rappi,t"'g ea,-lier this year - of tlte spanislt ecclesiastical e,rvoy to the Vatican. The case cracked when police spotted one of the anarchists aboard a train - and through 1,;,,, traced the ~ four others. ,,,t/ll in jail -- before they had a cha,rce to put 4 , their latest kidnap plan into effect. DeGaulle of Franc e - "Le Grand Charles" - again "thorn i,i the side of American foreign policy_ at hi s regular sem i- annual news c onference _ todaJ in Paris. /11 response lo questions he had planted h i mself - as flSual _ DeGalllle calling US bombiNg of North \!iet Nam -- "absolfltely loathsome," as he put it. Addillg tllat military victory in Viet Nam - is imt,ossible for ei flier side. Further, that th ere can be no peace in southeasl Asia - witho,tt the direct participation of Re<l China . In effect, urging establishment of formal diplomatic relations - ,iow · - betweert v·ashington artd Peking. De Gaulle cone e ding - "9J'" is true tha I Frartce 's position angers many Americans." "Bui we sta,ad by it" - sr , i d he -- "because there is no otheY conceiva . ble solr,fio,i." U · t BANGKOK FOLLOW DEGAULLE ---------------------------- Meanwhile, on the other side of /he globe - a110/h e 1' rip-roari11,: uelcome today f•~xJ«r-.ltfor louring p ,. cs i de ,, I Joh ,is o " ; i" tit e fa b led c i I y of Bangkok• - ~ tf/ ~~~..;kL_ T e m pteJ,. ~ .ca pital of Thai land. A crowd es timated at a hundred thousar,d - waitir,g /o grecl //1( : President: when he arrived by helicopter - al lite Thai Royal Palace. The President re,pondir,g tuitlt a brief sp ee clt - followed by thunderous applause. 011e day - said lt c - even Red China a,ad North Viet Nam will join 11s - in a "Pacific brotherl,ood" of peace. ~ - ------- - - B e thal as i t may - no peace as ) ' et in Viet Nam, wh e re Am e rican forces toda)' sr,ffered their seco,ed spc c la c ula,· d is flster - i n jus/ three days. Tile first - tllat tragic fire aboard the aircraft carri e r Oriskany. And nou - a series of fiery explosioNs - in o,i e of Ill e biggest U S ammr,nition dumps in V ' iet Nam. A tremendous blow-up - killing and wounding an undis c losed nt1mber of American soldiers. Force of the cltaiu-reactio,i so great - that it shattered wiNdoa,s ;,. down/own •• Saigon - fv'~ eleven miles away. Tlte blast that set it off - said to llave bee,e tlle resr,lt of a Viet Cong sneak mortar attack. America" officers r~porting that one of the Red Shells - appare,atly hit home. WASHINGTON _____ _ ___ ..__ _ _ llere at liome - first official react:on today - lo Red Clti,,a 's claim . of Ito ing 11ija fired a ,ruclear-armed gr, id e d miss i I e . T It e U S St ate Department a cc us; n g tit e Chinese - of poll111ing tlte air with their n11clear tests; of do i ,, g s o - "i" d cf i a 11 c e of w o r l d op ; ,a i o" . " A d d t,. g I/tot "si11ce Communist China has refused to sign the limited ,w c le a r t e s t l, an t re a t )' - i t c an • r b e e x p e c t e d th ere ., i ll be fttrlher tests of this , kind." Unofficially, US authorities asse-rling that Red Chinese missilery - is still in its infancy. Speculating how e v e r , th at ; f yes t e rd a y 's initial I es t was as good as claimed - tlie Chinese could well have medi11ffl ra,rge t " ballislic missiles - "as early as flex year. PRICES FOLLOW WASHINGTON -------- 0,z lite domestic front - a government boost today lo hous e11 ires across the ,ia/i'o U. p · · nr u. in arms - over the rising cost of go:o: food. Th e Fed e ral Trade Commission larou:hir,g a f II ll - s c n I c i n tJ es I i g a I i on - - of g i ,,, nr i c ks s u eh as , . , s up e r - mark et hingot "supermarket sweepstakes" ar1d otller ga,,.es of cha,ic:e; To see whetl',cr they/re legal - or · toltetlaer 11,eyfre merely helping '1f1 raise food pri . cea. + While tlie investigatiort is under way - 6it«tl said lite F T C - the ct« food iNdustry miglct well cons,der v o 1,111 tar y el i min.a tion of the p , rac tic es in. ques lio,a : · i.J, in fact, they ''ar · e unfair or deceptive - or add unjuslifiabl.v to tlte America,a l,,011sewife's grocery bill." LONDON ------- Pla11s for 011e of tl,e most amazi,,g parties in /,is lo r_,. - <11111011,"·e,/ toda y In London~ar/y .+---......., ~ ~ ~ a11 ironic commenlar_y •Jon the cold tuar - and n th ,-owback lo ~lrklx cllivalro"s da} ,s of yesteryear. It's a sort of farewell fling - for Soviet General S e rg ei Edemsk y - military altache to the Sotiet Embassy i" L o · " do " ; 11 1 I, o i s g i r in g I h e pa r I}' h i n, s e If n e x t Mo" day a I llte Sor·iel Embassy - preparatory to reliri,rg from active drt I.\ ' . Whal makes the affair so u,eusr,al - the fact tllal Ge,,eral Edemsky is generally co,esidered o,ee of the to/J Russian spies in Lo,adon. His gr,est-list, what's "'ore - including three hundred meniJers of /he Lo,rdo,r diJlomatic _ s ~ ~~ t p· - just corps. Ale.~ of whom A.....,.""""" mas er s ies as /heir host. ,I , , nevertheless, chippi,rg ifl - to bu}' him a farewell present. According to the '.,o,rdo,r Daily Express - IDllich LONDON - ., -------- b r o k c I h e ,.; I o r ,. - ii s It o t1 l d b e q rli t t• n b a l l. 0 r a s I h e y w~-v~,- ,,,,, ii 1', ''one of the most nmr,sing encou,i/ers of espionage a'1d co1111rcr-espionnge ngettls - ever sce11 ;,, 1EW YORi FOLLOW CHICAGO A. book Just out -- for teen-agers called -- "The Seventeen Book Of Very Important Persons." A collection or sage advice -- fro■ forty-three pro■inent people, who share in co•on -- the sa■e qualification for teen-age · counselor: They've all bee there. Cartoonist, author and sculptor Rube Goldberg recalls that John D. Rockefeller Junior -- rather or lelaon, Lawrance, Davtd, Winthrop, John D. III -- wa1 once a1ked what tt takes to be a good father. Said John D. Junior: · Just g1 ve them a good aother ...