WASHINGTON For President Nixon . + a brief trip today lo the U S Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs~ .,,,e,,.e he signed into la• - a comprehe,asive •e• a,ati- drt1g bill. The President observi,ag llaat "ha every lloe,se i11 America - ln every sclloo , l - ha every cllurcle - Ille nation faces a major crfsls in tlae i~• l,acreasl•g use of df'ugs among o•r yo•ng people. A11d lae added ~ 1,ope tltat Ille "•laole ••llo•" • I l l •o• Joi• t•e federal gover••ent - i• a• effort to curb drNg ab•••• TIii• - said lee- "to save ,,.e lives of ll••dred• of tleou•a•d• of oNr ,o.,ng J,110J,le .; ••o ot,.er•l•e •o•ld be looted o• dr•g• a,ed J,llyslcally, •e•lally, •orally • • - - ,w•--~•~x destroyed. PALM BEACH FOLLOW WASHINGTON La/er 011, /Ire Presi~£i::5~asl111glo• - o• the first leg of a /heal coast to coast ca•t>aig,a to•r. ~ to -f'te l!f•••-••t'c •cir~•· ~ c l • ~ slot>• 10,Uglll ,, al Pal• Beach a11d Miami ,,, Florida. Ccm,wg u,i to•orro• - I Nevada, Ne• Mexico a,ad, Ji,aally, Callfor•ia; •laere t•• Preside,al J>la,as lo cast Ills o•" ballot ,aext •eet - •I Sa,r Cleme,rte. tire Preslde,rt." MOSCOW FOLLOW SIWOP Meanwhile, the lh . ree U S Army officers - T•r•l•lr fronllel-;f I a n ~ theirlighl plane h1 Soviet Armenia. U S Co•sular officials i• Mosco,o - ,oho have talked •itlt ._., the ;t-alf' - - blanii. II a 12 irilN on a freak 6 ti . , •i•d 1~ ~ a1>1>areatly &le• tie t>laae off co■rae, A U S { f ' ( spolles•a" sayi11g: "" WA cleaFly ,_, pilot«. error /'- '',aotlti•g •ore, ,rollti,rg less." INDO CHINA .r.. e.-~ -lhl'w=,._l=tlJ.F11~■11J:• ••~r=a•t:311•~.-s-irs. p om Sou t II east A s i a ~ a re t, o -r I Jwda:,: that Communist forces in Cambodia noa, irtclNde a ,aumber of North Koreat1s. This - accordi•g lo Cambodian lntellige,ace; ,ol,ich bases its cot1teNlio• o• llare• separate clashes - allegedly involvi•g No-rtll Koreat1s; also, clahni•g lo have it1terceJ,led - "•••ero1u" radio tra•••issiofls ifl Ille Korea• la•g•age. Tl,e Nortl, Koreans f•rtlter said lo be oJ,erall•g •al•ly i• llae area of Ki-rirom Da• - o•IY abo•t fifty •iles soNlla•e•I of Pll•om Pe111t • . QUITO ~r ~~ ~ Anotller political kid,,appi,,g. - Jfeporled -10,ay . M - _ ~ from Qt1r.to, l ~ p H a l of Equador. A so-called ft,_ lerrqist "commando" group - seiaiJtg General Caesar ~ Rollo• Sandoval,~ cllief o'l\.Equador-. Air Force. T•e government of Equador - im medial ely orderi•g a ro••d-•P of kno•n dissidents. Al last report 1:1••••••:atlllF=-.. tlae ge•eral still ,,.,ss,,,g. All ll1is co,,.i•g ,,. 11,e ,,.,,., of Bt••dor'• of 1'1ae Bq•adoria• Air Force. LONDON W I M - ~ ~ Britain's Prince Charles A tis • • , speaker today al a British conservation cofl/erence In Lo•don; tDhere he strongly urged Ille adopllo• of .,,, em erge•cy ~ m eas11res - lo prot ecl/\Brltlsh coast t:i a• from Ille threat of oil J)ollullon. TIie Prince noting tlaat "llao••a•d• of sea birds - •ere •ashed u/) dead or dyl•g llais year attd last." Addi•ig 11,at •e rece•lly visited a seaside reso.-t - •llere "yo11 __.._. coadd hardly •alt o• 1•e beacll "'" la out gettl•g cor1ered I• oil. TIie Pr••ce '• remar~ Jolla•- tlte •recll of a gla■t la•ller last •eek - - off Brl:a,11'• so1,tl,ert1 co , asl; a la•ter t••t ~ y ( . - ~ ~ is sUU agro11•~;r;'u, g alt ua,, I t 4 1 raa • • • •x••~ a "••fired ll,o••••d gallo•• of t a crNfht 0114'.«. ~ ...Qg.w ,4.o :f-,,. LONDON {) Onlinn ag &IA &Jt alltnu>J l&Je; DJ Britain's lr ~ ~' ~ BJwa;~ Beath~ to fulfill his campaign promises · . ,q- •••li•• HUii ,:e.... ,. .... , i Td:.-z.Jt: p t .LI t • ..._x_ resen ,r o Parliament - a series of proposed economic reforms; includi,ig - number one - a cutback ia welfare speadlag. This coupled with a planned cut-back in corporate and i11com e laxes - tl,e firs/ such reduction in eleven years. Heath selling /he potential savings to British taxpaye,,- · s ~ around eight hundred m ll HonA a year. However, the Heath plaa dr'J•lfllr an immediate pro/es/ - from Laborlte Roy J e d i ~ :;;'1f;:.~ "F.""'<' - - ; : . , . ~ ~ E .. ,cM .... ~ • 1tOUrf;1'r=! ,,.., .. ... ~ me l's progr m asi'I " the end prim cllildre • Jenlli s branding plan - an exam sm and sho, , 1-stg/t.led SINOP For the second time in eight days - ~~~~~~ a So vl :,!A ~ . h i - J a c k i n g . Turkish sources say hrg ~~-~ Russian p l a ~ . 1 ~t:! ,t,.., ~ ~ i i J ~l\_s)la {; Turkish ■IDOi :S •• port of Sh,o,,. " STOCKHOLM Ano/her trio of Nobel prize winners. - • 1N1■011■eed lod•y..4,, S l o c k h ~ m l s l r y - French born Doctor Luis LeLoi · r -- who now lives a•d w1r.t1 i11 Buenos Aires, . Argen.lin . a. For physics - Dr. Louis Jtbee; Meel, of France and Dr. Hannes Alfven of the University of California at San Diego. r:•• l•lle,- .. - Dr. A lfven,; I( a Swede by birt") t+f •• left his homeM •••d in Nineteen Sixty-Seven- follolfJing a fe•d •itll tire S•edish . government over the peaceful appUcalio• of nuclear potoer . . Dr. A , lfven 1lftoving briefly to Ille Soviet Union - and the• com l•g here to con tin• e his tfJOf'k. He's also the author of a novel - "!he §_aga of tl&e ]!_ig ~~ comp , uter. 11 t1lll ■,r o;t4 lfJorld take-over by computers - A and robots. METRIC Speaking of government studies - a special U S commission is d11e to report next yea-r _ on the possible ramificalions of an American switch to the m ef'ri c s Y s I em. However, prelinna ry findl11gs al-ready in ,r~,h~it said lo sho• that such a cha11ge •o•ld cost U S business, indust,-y and govef'nme11t - aft estimated eleven billion over the next sixtee" years. --~-----c:, - .II•• t q+w •llu"A Is ii .,orth H? A:A lie nnswe-r - apparently a resouftdiftg yes. Gover,ame,et experts say . . . the chaftge over .,ould ope" •e• ma,-kets - •»Jdll wortlt an estimated te,e billion i• foreig11 tf'ade every year. Tltis because . 11i11ety 1'erce11t of Ille .,orld's populalio11 - fl0"1 uses t'1,e fftelf'ic syste"' exch,sively. Education ex1'erts add tl,at ,,,e chaNge ovef' .,ould also OfftOURl ' iNg produce a saving in school costs A.= ••••• .... ~ tu another billion or so a year. T ' llis by ellminath,g the need to lea-rn ff'actions a11d other compHcated ,,nits of , . • ..,.. measuf'e which 11 0., take up a" estimated METRIC - 2 twenty-five percent of all arithmetic lime. If and when the change does come - it will soon perm ea I e pr act ica lly every Jae et of hum an htttt x e n de a v or ; i n I II e p r o c e s s - w e a.,. e Io Id - for c h• g a radical£nge in U S tllittking. Cati you ~ .e.s > ,( )I041 ... ~ 1 " J I ~ ~ a bathing beauty~fo• e1ua:,,lw-'\ ninely-aix, imagi,ee sixty-t•o, 'f n in e I y- on e : KEY WEST And noau - a special salu/e lo CBS radio slalion W K W F - - Key Wes I, Florida ; todny celebrating -- its twenty-fifth annive · rsary on the air. ,... . PISA From the gove · rnment of lltrJal,:Jfx llaly cnmr• a proj!ress report today on the search for a means of saving from collapse the fabled leaning totDer of G W l - < f } - " ' ~ 7 ~ ~ ~ Pis"_) Sttggesl'ions received so far - lnclurltr,,. one ~ A from a pair of Russian engineers't';lro propose to soak /he lower's sJ,oflge-like base will, a liquid subslat1ce ~ _j;f- - - wlitch would the,e be electrified, supposedl~tr,r"r rock hard. Another suggestion - from an American - scientist - •lro proposes to line the lotDer •itlr steel - and then lock It in place via magnets l,is/alled i,e a,e aljacenl lo•er. ~ a_ .A ■ d II•• t•••e•• I l l sr,ggestlo,e Ilea/ pops up daily - in letters arriving from eveTy cort1eT of tlae globe. d S 'm,, l " : ,,,. r a " • " It's •• one •oT message - J , , J ~ ' · '4,p.AI-R-1{--+-~.