L.T. BUICK, FISHER. MARCH 11, 1966 FRIDAY GOOD EVEIDII EVERYBODY : A poafrtpt today to that bloody battle or A Shau ln Vletna■. Vord or the near ■tracllloua rescue -- or tl•• Allerlcan aliwn and ,1rty-tour Vlet .... ae trlbN•n; ■ore 111r•lron ot the •••lve C ..... lat a11a11lt .. on that U.S. Special JPorce1 OIIIIP nNI' the l@llltlan border. !he reco•ery aocaapl l1hed lay llarlne hel 1coptera - · who tlew into the wzzles or Coaunlat guns to co■plet-i.th• Job. The A■erlcan airllen .. . previously believed to have been killed - when they were shot down. Bllt like the tribea•n -- they had hidden rr011 their Ylet Cong p11r1uers in the denae Jungle . Here at h6me - - a unan1■ous vote today by the Houe Appropriations Co•1ttee, to give the President every penny he had asked - - 1n the fora or a Thirteen Billion dollar lllergency Pund to press the war 1n Vletna■. lowhere 1n the Co•lttee repol't - waa there any •ntlon or the recent Congreaalonal Debate over Vletna■. lor dld the C01111ttee uke any changea 1n apecltlc auaa - · aa lt 11111&111 doea. Inatead. it aska ror special dlearance -- llhlch m q11lckly granted. VlrtullJ aaaurlng appNYal by the full Hc,111e -- u early aa hesday. CAJIADA At Ottawa - a row Y, shouting, near-riot today in the Canadian House of Commons, because of Canada ' s latest -- sex-and-security acandal. Conservative leaders dell8.llding the resignation -- of Jutlce Rlnister Lucien Cardin, because of his charge that several ■1n1sters in the last Conservative Government -- a were involved with/glaaourous Ger■an spy. Pr1• R1n1ster Lester Pearson finally shouting down the opposition -- with the pledge of a full Judicial lnquiry lnto the entire affair. FLOOD About sixty known dead -- more than a hundred and fifty injured, in a flash flood that swept today -- through the desert town of Maan 1n southern Jordan -- only a few ■iles · froa the long deserted I rose red city of Petra. King Hussein iaediately flying - to take charge or rescue operations. Early reporta indicate that the town was nearly wlped out. The flood area -- scene or some of the explolta or Lawrence of Arabia - during World War I. Wlth Lawrence I watche~ the bo■bard■ent of the Turks at Jllaan. Maan thla year, vlctl111e of a wlnterlong drouth, until this sudden rush or water -- from the nearby Mountains of Edom, which include Mt. Hor, on whose SWlllllt is supposed to be the tomb of Aaron, brother of Moses. - CONGO News to ay from Leopoldville -- that government troups have finally recaptured another rebel stronghold -- deep in the Congo : Ponthersville - a major rail and co•unlcations center on the Congo River. More than a hundred rebels are said to have been killed or captured- · in a week-long battle for the city . Those who survived -- reportedly taking refuge at nearby Mun1onge; holding as hostage elevea Congolese nuns -- who■ they captured ln Ponthersville eighteen months ago. HO L LARD- AD RIAN V A N ~ E N On ski trips I meet interesting people. At Winter Park and Vail where they have such superb Spring snow. on the Catamount 11ft at Hillsdale, New York, I rode up with a Hollander, Adrian Van Z en, who is connected with an American firm that makes a1r-condit1on1ng equipment ; also runs a big dairy farm in nearby New York State. As we rode the lift and skied together, he gave me the following 1nforaat1on about Holland: That over there, just as here in the U.S.A., the agricultural scene ls fast- changlng, with small dairy farms co■b1n1ng -- bec0111ng mechanized. He says that now there are one-hundred-and- e1ghty thousand farmers in Holland, with the Netherlands government predicting that 1n less than ten years there will be only half that number, - however with a greater gross production than today. He says that although Holland is a dairy country, that the average milk production from cows here 1n A merica ls HOLLAND-ADRIAN V A N ZE N-- 2 higher; as he explained, because here in America, farmers feed silage -- corn, alfalfa - to milk cows - with almost no grazing. He also added that quite a number of young Hollanders come to this country to spend a year studying our American aethods. SPACE A warning yesterday from Space Chief James Webb , that the American Space Program needs every penny it can get. The message spelled out in detail today by Dr. George Mueller - head of the Nation's Manned Space Flight Program, at continuing House Hearings - - on the proposed Space Budget for 11neteen-S1xty-Seven. Dr. Jilllleller reporting that Allerica a long-range-goals include inter-planetary apace probes -- establishment or a lloon Base- · the orbiting or advanced space stations - and ■uch, much morel Adding, however, that advanced planning for these projects ■ust be started now - or the American space progra■ will stagnate. MOONSHINE At Joung~town, O hto, James Memphts, fifty-six, as arraigned toda!' - on a charge of operating an illegal still; also, possession of a hundred and thirty five gallons - of that good old mountain dew. Federal officers observing that the still was crude but effective. Whereupon the Judge asked Moonshiner Jim Ne■ph1s -- ' How 'd you learn to make whiskey? ' The reply 'Well, Sir, I learned that fro■ Granny -- on that T.V. show, the Beverley Hill Billies. E . From Lon on -- a word of calm to d ay f or Jittery a ults, alarme a t th e so-call e ·· confus on of sexes · these days - - w a t with b o ys wearing long hair - an gir l s wearing trousers . Doctor John llapler -- a top British scientist -- asserting that the confusion of today is certainly no greater than that of the past . . s, for exaaple. 1n the S venteenth Century -- when both men and wo■en wore long, powdered wigs. More to the point -- said Dr. Kapler -- Mn and woaen are beco■ 1ng physically 110re and ■ore alike -- ln shape, si z e, and general blologlcal characteristics -- thDough the inevitable process of evolution. To the point where three or four hundred years froa now -- the average Allerican man or woman will be oh, aaybe seven feet tall -- with basically the same boyish body build. Will i t mean the end of romance ? r. Napi e r; ,R' e affirming the age-ol Not at all -- says ~ truth that when boy• mee t g ir l , you may be unable to tell them apart - - but as t ., the French ayi w arren V ve le di fer e nc e. SEX From Lon on -- a word 9f calm today for Jittery adults, alarmed at the so-called · confusion of sexes ' these days -- what with boys wearing long hair - and girls wearing trousers. Doctor John Napier -- a top British scientist -- asserting that the confusion of today is certainly no greater than that of the past. As, for exa■ple, ln the Seventeenth Century -- when both men and woaen wore long, powdered wigs. Nore to the point -- sald Dr. Napier -- •n and women are beco■ lng physically aore and ■ore alike -- in shape, size, and general biological characteristics -- thDough the inevitable process of evolution. To the point where three or four hundred years fro■ now -- the average Allerican man or woman will be oh, maybe seven feet tall -- with basically the same boyish body build. Will 1t mean the end of romance? Mot at all -- says D N d ff i the age-old truth that when boyi" r. apier; "'ea irm ng meet girl, you may be unable to tell them apart - - but as the French sayl warren " Vive le difference~ F A T The t a s t ~or f at people -- presented today at Los Angeles by tw o me di cal experts . Delegates to a converence on obesity - at the University of Southern C a lifornia . The doctors conten d ing that height an d weight charts are a lot of · • malarkey ' . That there ls no real way of telling -- what a persons so-called normal ~ght shout bee Further, that there ls no proven relation -- between obesity and early death. Indeed, that saoking a single pack of cigare•ts a day - - is probably about as injurious to health as being nineteen pound overweight. Then why the current diet craze? Just one reason - - said the doctors. " Because people think they look better .... thin. 1