1,.T. COIIIERCIAL 1 WEDmDAY, DECFJ!Bmt 7, 1966 (Dallas Townsend, Sub.) GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: In the Middle East tonight it's Arab veraua Arab. Syrian President -- loureddin Atual -- taking to the streets of Dam s cu; ln an effort to r0111nt revolt -- aplnlt ling Buaaein of neighboring Jordan. Attaaal telling thowsands of antl-Hu11ein de110natraton -- "olll' weapons are available to thole who went th•." "Today la the liberation of Jordan" -- sald he. "'l'ollol'l'Olf -- the liberation of Palestine.• Syrian delegates to the Arab League Detenae Council ffl8et1.ng -- which began today 1n Cairo -- adding fuel to the fires or revolt. Bla■ing Jordan's so-called "reactionary rulers" -- meaning the House of Hussein -- for alleged failure to pursue a "hard line" against Israel. VIETNAM A close call today -- off the coast of Vietnam; for the Destroyer Manley -- or the American Seventh Fleet. The Navy vessel firing at coastal targets -- in support of U.S. Marines on shore; when a five-inch shell auddenl7 exploded at the bow of the ship -- touching orr a brief fire. The ■ore e■barrasslng because it occurred during an official visit -- by De■ocrate Senator Henry Jackson of Washington state. Luckily -- no one hurt. levertheleas, an lnveat1-a,t011 underway tonight -- to deter■ lne the cause of thia late• in a series or costly flrea and explosions -- aboard U.S. warships orr Vletnaa. PARIS Prom Paris -- a report that North Vietnam 11 under 1ncreaa1ng pressl.lN tro■ the world Co■munist bloc. Except for Red China t and Albania -- Co•unlst countries all over the globe -- sald to be urging Hanoi to begin peace talks -- now -- wlth the United States. - This -- ••'re told -- co•• de1plOt18tlc sources. Who lnsist that Red peace •nf•P have been hard at work behind the acenea ln Hanoi -- even as CONUnlat leaders at noae publicly attack AMrloan policy in Vietna■. U.S. ottlclala -- kept tully lntoraed of the ettort they aay. But as yet -- the peace moveaent bu Mt with little apparent success. SUOOBSBD LBAD·D TO THOMAS TAPE Lowell 'l'h0118a ls en route to Burope tonight -- once again on the trail of hl!gh adventure./ 'In the •antime •· a apeclal report he lef't or ua -- on the tabled "Root ot ~• World." Lowell •.... TIBET--'l'APE , HELLO DALLAS, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: The latest new · s fro■ Ttbet ls grim, exceedingly grim. ~erhapa our fore110st American expert on thla part ot the world ls Dr. Walter Judd. And, Dr. Judd nae JllBt been telling me that the Chinese have now moved the Tibetan capital, they have taken lt away tro■ the lovely cltJ ot Lhasa, tar up on the roof: of the world. The7 have 110ved lt to a remote area 1n south-eastern Tibet but ■uch nearer the border ot Indla, not tar tro■ the Ttbet-Bhutan trontl ... Obviously tor strategic reuona. Aleo, lnforaatlon hi.a come fro■ Central Asla that no Tibetan man la •DYi lo111er allowed to marry a Tibetan woman. He must marry a Chtn•••· And , the same for a Tibetan girl -- she ■ust •rry a ChlneN. In other words, Nao and hls Peking adminlat1,tlon 11 engaaed tn a va3t project ot completely absorb the Tibetan peoplej TIBIT- -TAPE- -2 make them Chinese. Can anything be done about it? Those who are closely ln touch with all thls reel that by far the beat wa, to bring this to the attention o;he world . would be to have the Dalal Lua COM frOII ht.a hoa ill exile, and•• a peraonal appeannce at the United 11111 in'" York. And, this the Dalal La• would like tu do. Solq, UNfflD STATF.S FOLLCM THOMAS TAPE Speaking or the U.N. -- Lowell a somewhat related item comes from the world body itself. Raising the posslbillty or a precedent -- for the Dalal Lau'a projected v1s1~. Rebel Pre■!er Ian Smlth or Rhodesia -- hqe de■anded the right to appear before the U.I. SecurltJ Council. Purpose: To confront Britain -- when the Brltlah request worldwide econo■lc sanctions agalnat the breakawa, colony. Colncldentally, the British pound aterllng -- bounolnl back today on the foreign exchange ■arket. The London stock ■arket -- also staging a sharp reco 11 ery. On the strength of rW10rs that South African Pre■ler John Poster may atte■pt to mediate the Rhodealan dlapute. t- r•e en.-! of Jom e , 1 not H l l. o · t.he H rlem Congressman's legal d l ff 1"ultl~s . Tll~ payment H would go to Mrs. Er,ther JRmes, the sixty-elght.-year-old widow whom Powell was r ound gutlLy of defaming ln a broadcast interview stx years ago. tf the payments are made on the sixty-dollar a week basis, Mrs. James wlll be one hundred and five years old by the time they are completed and her attorney indicates thls arrangement will not be satisfactory. Vice President Hubert Humphrey says a national mood ot reaction and d1s1llus1onment ls abroad in the land. Humphrey ls ln Miami Beach tonight, addressing the General Assembly of the National Councll of Churches. He urges l'OWELL-- "' 1 :hurch 1,•~•iers to counteract, U,:it, mood of re·1et ton and dtstlluslonment -- whlch t r 1e Vt ·e Pr•~:Jtdenl :;a.YS thr~at.ens to undo progress 1,1 rnce relal1 orn; -- and cripple the wa r p;a1nst povert.v. Th :. c n ~ ~ e f' or- cut h ann..; tn -- put l'orward today by o ne of the natlon's leadt1w; rcll~lou..; publlcat.tor w . Tl~ ln an artlcle ,,,- ca11ed ' couf De Gr::ice 11 - - tn Christian Century Magazine. Urging the establishment of s pecial panels of Judge~ -- to authorize so-called " mercy klll lng'' in ca~e~ where lt is supposedly proven justified. Such cases could be brought before the panel -- "by the patient himself -- or by his family or guardian '' -- said the article. Adding that " 1t 1s a greater desecration to maintain a human being 1n a vegetable state -- or a state of hopeless torment -- than it 1s to kill him. " HtC1\GO ,. m e Lo llre. An 1 •le1,ated t!· i it11 01· the Chlca i; o 'I'r-aristt 1Uthorlty -- racing past. the .:ito ·J..yarrls en route downtown dur tn g tr1e mornln g rush-hour; wrien t·1e~asl two cars amped the tracks -- plun lng 'I'wenty-~'tve feet to the street below. Ptrst such accident -- In th'3 history o f the Chicago "el." The s:1 scene thnt followed - - complete bedlam. Broken and bleeding vlctlms -- strewn about the street. A torrent of sparks -- pouring from the tr a in. A private utomoblle -- half-crushed under the tmpact. With reaction of passengers and onlookers alike -- ranging from stunned shock to tearful hysteria. In other words, it might have been a disaster. And so tt qpp~are -- for the twenty-five who were injured tn tte cresh. But almost miraculously -- only o n e person dead. A far cry -- from what tt co ul e h ve been. t:nirancP, tiu· trali r -- not, far fr·om M lbourne; on the flm:al leg of h ls r'ourt,een-Thousand-mi le solo vuyage t, - - from Plymouth England, to Sydney Au~tralia. To newsmen who went out to greet him -- Chichester appearing gaunt and tired. Further admlttlng he has run out of most of his food and ts now subsisting mainly on potatoes, beer and rum. Declaring, nevertheless, that he's fs ttll as determined to reach Sydney non-stop -- as he was the day he se~ out last .O.ugust. Chlctv~ster was o.sked -- if he'd had an.v mlshapJ along the way. About ''one-a-day" -- he replied. The most seri ous ? It "occurred today" -- said he -- "when I got ramme by a fishing boat w~ich came out to meet me." Warr"en -- for a man at se since AU@u t - - it mu t have been ust '\bout the la~ ; t straw. Tt9 propose1 shrtne -- a project of the South Pacific Mem rt~l ~esoc\atton -- made up o f business and religious leaders from Guam and Japan. Who would like to erect the Japanese r~~embrance -- on a Seventy-acr~ ~1te in Guam; a U. S . t.:: ,..-r 1 tt 1 ry ...,h ic h the Japanese fl rs t captured - - and tben lost during the war. P 1~m · for the memorlal originally okayed by beth the U.S. State Department and the Department of the Int~rior. But tn vlew of tle s torm of protest the m tter is now u n·er re lew. One letter-writer sugge . ting t h at such memorial would be like "putting a Na· . i rr.onumg1 t. on the soll of i ~ Israel . 1 • 1 Goon Nig ht . LTP.1966.12.07.pdf LTP.1966.12.07ii.pdf