L.'/.- TIie fllgltt of Gemi,ri-Elev ,. - ,row r1early 011e of the best ever. Today's aclli.eveme,rts alo 1.e - marl,;.,,g a,aotlrer mileatone ;,. tlle a"'a•i,rg co,,q•e•t of s1>ace . Astro11auts Pete Co,erad a,rd Diel, Gordo,a - soari11g to a,e altit•de of eiglel hurtdred """ fifty Miles - r,early l•ice a• lligl, •• a,ey otiers - R•••ia,a or AMerica,a - ~tk~ .,,1,0 II ave I> receded Ille ,nA ;,. B/> ace. T'A • t w --- ,, • ••• • ±tt Later - Ille •1>acemer, relMrrtirtg to 11,eir Age•• large t s alellite. TII e l•o ••Ah••• II,•• carl•II eeli•g for tltree laoxr• - at eitller e,ed of a l,1111dred foot lell,er. A s1>ectacular breaktltro•gll ;,. •1>ace formatio11 flyl,ag - a11d it eve11 created a bit of artificial gravity. S1>laslldo•,c - still set for tomorrow "'orai•g. ~ \ . ; : ~ d -"7 ~ ,'-# It H i " " = = ~ a brief brealt of siglltseei11g7"ic Gordon H,w:rw ■ ,•• comme,rtir1g: "Boy, this is,r't a job - it 's a I> riv ii e g e. " r Higlt above lite Earll, - a,aother harro.,irts adve,ature today ,,. Ille black void of st,ace. _ ..,..'"-'111._~ave r1c:,lt:t7 lleard?t; 2SS •• Astro•a11t Dt c lr Gordon ••ffl•g and l'•ffiJtg tltro11glt t/tirty miJ111tes - of a sclted11led •t,ace.,all, of 11early ,.,o l,011rs. At o,ae poi,at - straddli,ag a,a acco,,,t,101yi,ag Age,aa Rocllet .,,.lie back ,,. Ge•l,ai-Eleve,a - Co,,,ma,ad Pete Co11rad called 0111 "Ride 'em co•boy." B111 . r 1/te exertio11 - tl,e treme,ado11• effort re1111lred to ma11e11ver ,,. •lace - too m11clt /or ev•• 11,e sut,erbly coJ1dltlo•ed Gordo•. Partially bll11ded by ••eat - lie Ji11ally made Iris .,ay •lo.,ly, tort.,o••ly back to tlte spacecraft, Iris miasio11 cMt •liort - by '""'""' agreeme11t of all co,acerJ1ed. Safely relNrJ1ed - Americo's ~~J:t?~. latest space-walller fra,tl,ly a.dmitli,tgA ~•• ,aqn::af.O ..., ,,.~,,_ ,,, ,,.,. ,Uc.. But he did maJtage to tie a hu11dred foot s lrat, - from Ge mini- Eleven to the Agena) ~etti,rg the stage for formatiofl-flying a11d cartwl,eel ma,reuver - still to come ' on their three da y voyage lhrouglr st,ace . PRBSIDBNT ----------- At the Wlttte Ho,,se - Preslde,at .loll,aso" today sig•ed iJ1to la1C1 - 11J1otlaer "e"' exte•sio,a of tl,e U S Pet1c11 Corps. Tlee Preside,at expresslag 1,ia ltope - tltal a doy will come tolae,. all ,.,,,;o,.• toill llafJe ••cla vohi•teer gro•P•· u ~ Wortlflg togetleer - as lae put it - "aero•• tl,e borders 11oto closed by ltostlllty, or as s11aJ)icio11 1 or co•fllct. '' At ll,e same time - tl,e Presitle,al addl■g • J• pl"g for tl,e •o-colled "m•,.t>otoer •ervlce J,rogram for Goal - said lee- to mate ''vol••lary service lo tlee co••••lly go,,., to • cllool. " The Preside,al later J,rese,aled a Co,agressio,aal Medal of Honor - J,oslhumor,sly - to Navy Seabee Marvi,a Shields of Port Tow,ase,ad, Washinglo,e. The fiftlt ma,a so ho11ored - for oa,lsla,edi,ag bravery ifl Viet N ' am. Marvi11 Shields assigfled lo ,,.a, art11y •P•cial forces cam1> at D0•11 foa, -- ■■der IJU A. a:,,., attacll ifl .,,,,.e 1 - , Ni,ietee11 Si~ty-five. Tlloe,gl, t1e1ice 1e1oa,,ided - or,ce i,e ltaa,li11g .,,,,,..,,.;uo,., agai11 ,,. leelt,i11g a fall•• ge,11 posilio11. Misaio,sf accoffl#)lislled - al the cost of his life. Shields yoa,11g .,,do.,, .Joa11 - a11d lei• ,.,o year old dauglt ter, Barbara - - acceJ,li•g lie e a1e1ard - '"• 11alio• '• highest military lloflor. Tears l,e llteir eyes - as llee Presidefll described tlte fallefl Seabee as typical - of "a fie., kind of figltliflg ma11 - forged a11d lefflt,ered i11 a 11ew tl11d of war. " A man ''fighli11g .,;,1, 011e hand" - said Ille President - a11d building with the other.'' i \ ,; '" Viel Nam - a,eotlaer record u s Air strllte - - - ··--- North; seco,ed - irt a• ma11y days. Ab out Jive ..-.t lru11dred Air Force and Navy Jet• - st,ear- lreadiftg the attack. Cortce,etratiftg o,e Russia11-b•ilt •issile ro11tes. To tl,e •outl, - a "gree11 beret" st,ecial force• - - y ~ 1,eavy .4 attaclt; Near Q11a11g Ngal - abo•I tl,ree llu•dred a11d fifty •lies 11ortla of Salgo11. , ~• s •• m msJJJ& J c ~ atte mJ>t..,,. to brealr • bloclrade - r 011 011e of ti, eir "'"'" ••1>t,ly .rowte•. TIie eNemy fi11ally drive ■ off - a,itla ,,.e "•It, of ta,o of tl,ose so-called "drago ■ slai/1•:•. L11mberi11g C-fo,yty-Sevens - st,ilth1g I 785:. conceNtrated fire from ltigh st,eed Gatliflg 614flB. Peril of ar,otl,er sort - back ifl Saigo,r. A 11e111ly- arrived Am,-rica,r G I - goi,r,g berserk. Sltooti,eg a"d lf10M11di11 three other flloldiers - before he himself wa.! slrot t JssJl by oNe of Iris i,eteflded victims. Here at lao•e - i,a Sa,a Diego - a first-lta,ad report today - o,a tire Aorrors of 111ar i,a Viet Na•. Fro• German-bar• Navy Lieute,aa,at Deiter Der,gler - first A•erlca,a flyer to escape fro• a Nortla Viet,aa•••e priso,. ca•P· Lieutefta1tt Deftgler - a ,eaturali2ed ciUae,e - to sig• a state•e,at - co•de"'"'"g tlae U•ited Stale•. Also /or de1tyi1tg cltarge• - tl,at l,e ■aK . . .,a• a Ger•a" •erce,aary, ••PPosedly •ired 6y "A ••rica• ifflJ,eriaU•t•" - to figl,t i,a Viet Nam. Tiu, Navy flyer addi,ag tliat lae 111as later tied upside do.,,. to a tree - .,,.ile a,als cra.,led all over ltis face, also dragged aro1u1d by .,ater buffaloes - before he jinally made good Iris escape. Full details of that esca1>e - s t l ~ #litellwlf wuceu,. .. MOSCOW ------- Harold M. Koc,. of C/ticago - a former Roma,a ~ , I ) Catlaolic priest - -=4lc leleo111s .. to,aigllt I• Mosco.,, . ,A .., ,/elllng Russian vlew,ers tlaat he defected to tlle Soviet ,. U,alo,a - to protest tlle w,ar ;,. 'Viet Nam . A .,ar lie said \ was l,acreasi11g dally - ;,. c~•elty a,ad l,ajNstice. D11ri11g Ille co•r•e of Ills brief appeara,ace - Koci, also las1ll•g ONI at Preslde,at Jo/t,aso• - calll,ag t•e U S w,ar agal,asl poverty - ",aot•l•g b11I a tl~«I'•• dec•#ltlor,~• '=••erti,ag tllat Ill <? tllreat of racism - Is gro.,l,ag I• America. " Tleese - said •• - criticisms lie co11ld ,aot voice l,a Ill• U,alled • • • Stale•- for fear of lo•l•g "'• Job a• • leacleer. JAKARTA -------- -dffd:t-- s .. 11ar,.o of i,1do,aesia - • • • • ~ aJ>J>are,etly ,eever gives 111>. /,e .Taltarta -- t/te figNre/tead Pre•ide11t- for-Life today deffla,edi,eg sJ>eedy electio11•flo tleter•i•e - said lte ''wltat tlte true feeli11gs of tlte J>eople are." Sa,llar•o vowi,eg - if vie torio11s at tl,e polls - to """ bacll" at tlto•• w,,o /tave sla,aderetl 1,;,,.. ~ 4 ! U • C . . ~ ~ f. Be ""'' •• it ••Y ~ . little f•e•tio11 f •Ao'• ,,. cltarge. Tlte ,ae,o fflilitary regiffle today ortleri11g a •ilit•ry trial - for former /,ado11esia11 Foreig11 Mi11i1ter Dr. coltorl - cltargetl wltll co•J>licily ,,. tllat abortive co111> of last October. CLF.VELAND In Cleveland -- a local scientist and a German Doctor today were named co-winners -- of the first fifty thousand dollar Stourrer prize. One of the most generous awards -- tn the medical world. Dr. Ernest Klenk of Cologne, Germany -- cited for work that has earned him the title -- "father of modern 11p1d biochemistry." The other Dr. Harry Goldblatt or Cleveland for an experiment produc1ng hypertension in dogs. ;.ILcM ~ A fc-rmer Micltiga,, gri'X 1lar ••••••IA.- B011se Re1>ublican Leader Gerald Ford agreed today to r1u1 ,,,terfere11ce for Cortgressio11al legislatiort(deslg11ed to permit the pe,,dl11g merger - beta,ee11 the America• at1d Natio11al Football Leag11 es. B011Jever, as •xJill a flllll> to ltlgl, scllool a11d college fa,. .. - Ford f11rtller addi11g a 11Jrlt1ltle of lti• OIIJfl to Ille merger J>l••·/ 1>roposal tlaat pro football be bat1••d ~ from televlslofl - 011 boll, Friday• a11d Sat11rdays - fro• 1,-. •r early SeJ>lember tlaro11gl, early Dece•ber. BELLEVILLE ------------ From Belleville, llli11ois - l11e story today of a 11ew-style /ire plug. Desig11ed to break away ~• from a coupli11g - wlte11 hit by a car. A11tomatically slu,tth•6 ' off a val•e - a11d lltereby ;reve11li11g NJaler f r ~ f ' 4 ' ~ •U ass,. tlte atreet. Wlaat'• more, st1pposedly rf•••bl• - time•• a11d ti•e G6GiN. Ille 11e111 /ire pl11g a comJ,lete s11cces•. Wlae11 laU by a car - breaki,a6 off cl ••11ly - a11d t11r11i116 off tit e 111a le r. E xceJ,t tlaat the driver 111110 llit tlae fire Pl•6 - a PP, lac J,iclled it •I> a11d drove a111ay ,c,itll ii. A gift for ,.,. dog 1 yo11 U/>/>OU? '1-f-e,Q _s;- .;;;..._ ';I (,z-:J. ,<1 - y - 1.-l - T - "" . IN Pari• - Ille FreJtcla gover,cme,al today a,e11ou,cced - it is wllladrawhag from llae Nalo ,nllllary committee - as of October 011e. AJtollaer major stet, i,a DeGaulle's graftd pla,a - lo malte Ji,a,cce a lllird great J«aja fore e i,r world affairs. Tl, e Fre,acl, aayl,ag tl,al, 1,e,accforll,, tl,ey will be represe,aled o,c llte co,,.,nillee - Nalo's Se,aior military a11tltorlly - o,aly by a lialao,a gro11p. Nalo reactlo,a: If Ille Fre,acla .,.,., lo .,itladr u· 10 be 11; b•t 111/letller tlley 111lll be perMllted ~ - , 1 ~ ace es• to co,nmlllee ,neeti,ag• •• rr zsnr s/ a liaiao,a ,\ gro11p - tlaat'• "" lo Nalo - ,aol Fra,ace.