DRUG ADDICT ION March ll, 1970 ;Ulen Jackson Drug addiction among school children - i,zcreasi11g at alarming rate. So said President Nixon - this afternoon as he announced an increase - of thirty-million dollars in Federa I programs - to deal with the drug problem - through research and education. SAIGON ------- From Saigon - a Pre vi ew of weekly casu . alt y fig11res today; P11rporting to show - increa s ed "Vietnamization" of the war. This - according to so-called "informed sources;" who report that the number of American combat deaths - wtli sltow a decrease this Past week; whereas South Vietnamese losses are said to be up sharply - to more than triple tlae number of Americans. The same trend was further reflected in battlefield reports today - from South Vietnam's Central Coast; where enemy troops reportedly inflicted heavy casualties - on two companies of South Vietnamese militamen. u. s. commanders assert;ng it is this type of action- tlad will eventually make or break tlte Vietnam iz a tion program. PHNOM . PENH ---------- A : Phnom Penh in neighboring Cambodia - the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Embass i es came under attack - from a mob of Cambodians estimated at some twenty -- t thousand. The demonstrators carrying banners saying - I • ~' • . , .... "go h o m e , di r t y Vie t C on g. " Sa c k i n,g f iv e v il l as , in a ll - burning at least ten embassy vehicles. Forcing embassy personnel to take refuge - in a nearby municipal police station. Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihano11k - who was in Paris when he heard about all this - promptly cancelled /I • I scheduled visits to Moscow and Peking. Flying home "as fast as possible" - to deal with what he called these "s(Jlatterings" from the war in Vietnam. I VIENTIANE FOLLOW PHNOM PENH ------- · ----- Turnin . g north of Laos - Premier Prince Souvanna Phottm , a said today at Vientiane - he welcomes the Pathet Lao's latest request for new peace talks. Provided - said , ) h e - P r o v id e d th e C o m m u n is t o v e r t u r e t"'4l's no t a "di v er s i ma,: measure" - aimed at cloaking "future military operations." Anothe1 · development - in Paris. France today ' I demanding an e . nd to al l/f oreign intervention - in the L aottan i civil war, also, t,ledgiYtg an all-out diplomatic effort - to restore that country once~air to its former neutral status. More Political troubles for Italy - and the go ernme11tal c1 ' isis in that country grc,ws e en deeper. Fo · r nine days - former Premier Aldo Moro has been trying to persuade four Pri,icipal political parties to work together agai11 - in a center-left coalition such as he headed for five yea · rs in the six ties. B11t he toasn 't successf11l - deadlocked over such diverse issues - as divorce - and relations roltll the communist /)arty. Now - President Saragat has called in another former Premier - Amintore Fanfani - urging !Jim to see what HE can do - to put together a government to run the country. BARRA l~Q_U IL LA I Two m . ore fJla,zes were lft'/jacked today - destination Cuba. The first - a U.S. airliner. bound from Cleveland to Wes t Palm Be a ch - when it was taken, o v er by a s i ng le gun · man. After refueling at Atlanta - flying on to Havana with all ninety-nine aboard. The second plane - a Colombian airline · r bound from Bogota to Ba,•ranquilla. Four men taking over that one - th o ugh it appeared Jot · a ti m e they m i g h t be s t y m i e d by "mechanical problems." VIENNA A 1•elated item - from Vienna; where two yottng Poles today were convicted of three charges - stemming from the recent hijacking of a Polish airliner. Twenty-year- old Wies la w S z _v m an k i e w i c z - fJ r o ,n p t l y s en ten c e d to two y ears and three m on th s in j a il ; h is a cc o ,,1 pl i c e - e i g h teen - ye a r - o l d Romoult Zoltucho - getting two years. It was also provided that the two Poles must leave Austria - after serving their sentences. SENATE ------- Here at home - Secret Service Director James Rowle_v testified '1efore a Senate subcommittee kt-day; a . sking Congress fer additional authority to tighten security precautions / at President Nixon's Florida and California . residences. Rowley disclosi11g that a nr,mber of persons ( -t TO ';Hf ' //. u/'f lt'f Y - liave managed to sn~ak-.,. ./while the President was staying - -- at Key Bisca . yne and also San Clemente. None of them armed, fortunately. However, the Secret Service chief expressed concern - that this might give ideas to some \ ( group ''with violent intentions." At tAe same time, the White House announced ttHlay that President Nixon has also decided~ for a new law to provide more protection for visiting fo!_eign di~itaries. I , .. I .. ; White Bouse P~11s Secretary Ron Zi~gler obs ervH1g that French President Pompi dou 's recent trouble -:,lagu ed vis it - ----- was "one of the Jae tors involved. " LONDON Next up - Dame Annis Gillie - a former president of the Royal College of Geuera/ Practitioners; in Lotzdo11 today - addressi,ig a meeting of the British Chest a11d Heart ~ Association . Dame Gillie observed that women ha v e normally 1 enjo)'ed a greater imm11nity from heart attacks - because of c e rt a in u n i q u e l y f e m. in in e h or m ones . She warns , J, n we v · er, that the oral contraceptive may take way this natural protection - making the ave · rage woman a greater heart risk - especially at the onset of middle age. Why then? Because - said Dame Gillie - a middle- aged woman discovers - she is suddenly "bored by sex;" whereupon she begins to worry about keeping her husband - which, i11 turn, makes her "susp,cious. jealous and rathe · r s e l f - p i t }' in . g . " W i t h I h e en d re s " lt - w e a re t o l d - s h e begins t, 0 "nibble" constantly - getting a bit stout - wraking a bad s,tualion worse. Dame Gillie offers a simple so/11tio,i /hough - urging LONDON - 2 the middle-aged woman who thinks she is so afflicted - to rush right otif and get a new hair-do. Warren, Dame Gillie asserting : "This is o,ie of tlie best tonics I know." LAS VEGAS ---------- Tl,e_,, C<lll ii - flte Strip Strike - hut ii has nothing to do , ith strippers . , , - , s a srike of ba · ,·tendcrs, co ·>ks, waitresses - tlnd m<lids - at establishme11ts along the glittering Las Vegas, Nevada gambling strip - of hotels, casinoes and restaurants. H·,tel owners - slipped ,iotes ttnder the doors of their rooms - advising guests to go home - informing them that food and clean linen could no longer be assured - and - furthermore - the guests will probably have to make their own beds. Has there been a mass exodus of visitors from Las Vegas2 Not yet - onl)' a few extra airline reservations have been made - and most of the town's visitot"s seem to be of a mind with a fellow from Los Angeles - who says - "No strike is going to cause me to leave - as long as 1 can eat - J will stay." What is this fellow's name - Herbert Failhfull - of course. Now - for Lowell so long until tomorrow.