~ HAIPHONG Along the coast of North Vietnam - the blockade. American Nav.v jets Planting mines toda_v - in the waters leading to Haiphong, Thanh Hoa, Dong Hoi, Vi11II, Qua11g Khe, Cam PIia, Ron Gai. Carryi,e , g out wit" s1>eed an d I> re c is i on - th e P re s id e n t 's ' la t e s t b id to e" d t I, e 111 a r in Viet11am. Indeed, the Pentagon later relayi,sg a "'•••ag• fro"' the President - t>raising the NatJy for a "perfectly ex e c u t e d m is s i on . '' Tllat done, Ille U.S. seffvi11g for,,.al ,aotice - to all tlte world's seafari11g natit111s; formal notice tlaat lite ,eeaoly- pla,eted mines - will be activated Tl,,ursday mor,ei,eg at seve11 o'clock, Easter11-time. Tlte U.S. addi,eg tltat alil>• traveling in North Vietnames-e wate,rstJfter tllat time - "fflMBt do so at the . ir own risk." And now comes the hard part the watching and waiting for what we know not yet. PARIS-SAIGON FOLLOW HAIPHONG Mea11while, Hanoi I as recalling todav - its chief negotiator af Paris peace talks. The Communis tsf11rther t/W1 vr,1 in . g: "We II ill never accept the ultimat,- of Mr. Nixon." from Saigon; •-o~ South Vietnam's President Thieu was llrging his countrymen to "sacrifice evet·ythmg' - even their lives, if necessary - lo save their country from Communism. Thieu stating lite U.S. "has done its best to help and si,r,r,ort us" - and the U.S. "continues to show us goodwill." But adding, in effect: "It's now up to i,s." PEKING FOLLOW PARIS-S i\ lGON A rclalcd de e lopm c nl: Peking loda3 protesting l u o a l l e g e d U . S . a i r s I 1· i k es - a Ka i ,z s I C h i n e s e m e r c h a n t v essels anchored i11 No,,th Vietnamese waters. Calling this - "a s e 1· i o us fJ r o v ocation . " Pe - rhaps sig11ificanlly though - there was no mention of an_v possible couter-action. Peking adding only: "The Chinese government reserves the right - to ask for legitimate compensation." KISSINGER Here at horn.e again - Henry Kissinger was holding a rare press conference today. The Pr es iden t 's key foreign policy ad vi ser - discussing the President's schedttled m i S S i On f O MOS C OW ) ray in g: "We Q re /J YO Ce e ding W i th the summit" - exactly as planned. Adding: "We see no reason from our side" - for any cancellation. Kissinger also said that the blockade of North Vietnam - "t,oses some difficulties for the Soviet Union." Nevertheless, insisting that he still believes - "a new era of East-West relations is possible." HELSINKI FOLLOW KJSSJ'NGER In the same v e i n - a con ti nuatio;, of SALT talks al Helsinki. Today's session - at the U . S . Embassy ; meeting Number One Hr,ndred and Twenty-Two - lasting about an hour. A confet·ence source later saying: "There is still a lot of work to do - but we are hopeful we will have something" before the President leaves for Moscow. ~-~~ We are also told that the U. s.A. blockade - was never once mentioned. Observers noting: "Botll sides llave repeatedly stated - that no extraneous issues sllall interj.,-, with the talks." And up to now. it seems - none have. TEL A 'VIV Tel A viv - a sudde,i, bloody ending today - to that marathon Arab guerilla sk.vjacking. Is·raeli fJ a r a tr o o fJ e rs dis g u, is e d as gr o u n d c re w m en - f i n al l y s tor m inlj a crowded Belgian airliner held by two men and two women. In the process, kii.ling both of the men outright - wounding 011e of the women. Ttoo para troopers and five of the plane's . a hundred and one passengers - also wounded. But still and all - quite a res · cuel BELFAST In Northern Ireland today - the IRA versus the IRA. That body's official win . g }A.'/.{ lashing out at m ilita n,-A provisionals; accusing the latter of waging a campaign of v iole,ice - aga . ins t regular IRA members. In one case - we ar · e lold - the provisionals ki.cking and beating an IRA officer ; in another case, physically assaulHng and -- ----; ',j. / ·- .../ ._ t, searching at gunpoint - a young woman);;r, A r -:- -- TIie regulars also accused the provisionals - of so-called "sectarian bombing;" with the · result - it was charged - that tlle IRA lias now been "isolated from tlie ordinary people." All this marking the first ma;o.,. break • in a here · tofore common cause a R 0.\1 E Th e ,. f's u l ts of ., cs It' ,. d a . , · 's c l t c Ii o 11 ; ,1 It a i ')' .. • -r-r- '~ .. ' ,.., f in a II y • f o , . m a I I .,- tab u I a I e d Io d a _,. : _... I h c b i g g c s I gain l1f=#rN ~ ~ 1 \ 4 _ - JulEt-,,1 to fht political hei,·s of B eni to .\lussolini. Th e n e o -fa s c i s . t J ta i i a " S o c i a Ii s t Pa r t .,· p i c k in g r, /> th i r t;,· - ,i in e seats i,, the II .i • i an S e 11 ate and Ch am bar of De put; es ,· t:11 • , • "J , n e a r I y d o u b I i n g - ; ts I> r c t· ; o u s r t1 p re s c n ta ti on . tc--t- 7P ...5 - the Italian Comm"nist.Alosi,ag .-it the same lime ... se en seats . ,I - to ninet) , -/our . wcrtjaf Tite first setb.ack to th · e Communist cause - ;,. ••~ ~ A election •••4 fN II•~ since World War Two. But more important perhnps - the dominant Christian Democrats were again holding center gro11,rd. / .,,w1'tl, a hundred and th i rt}' -six s ~a ts. \IN ■ II - /J gai,r of one - c:.J ~ 4-t{pN0~ A as sur., JI • e •11in1 •~ senior partner in the next ruling coalition . As sur · e.: 1•111 i ■ - as anything i,J Italian WHITE HOUSE From /he President's Comrnission on Population !t Growth - a study today perhaps best e11titled, "Sex and the Single Girl;" said to shoi that fully fifty-four per cent of al l u n ma r r i e d U. S. u om en - are s t i l l "pure and u n to u clled" at age twenty. Of the remaining forty-si.~ per cent - lite great majorit · y confining their favors to one man alone; mosl often . - the man tley laot,e to . marry. ~~ The study, therefore, concluding)._ "The 1>resent picture in the U.S. - is a1r,., - rw1>eu, -ii "not one of ram1>ant sexuality." PRIMARIES In the maki11g of the President. 'Seventy-Two - another double entry today; with the voters trekking to the polls, as you know - in West Virginia and Nebraska. On the Republican side, as usual - Riclaard Nixon running virtually unopposed. On the Democ'Yatic side Httmphrey versus Wallace in West Virginia - Hu.mpltrey, versus McGovern in Nebraska. iRRl/ltow'jff all turns:_ out -r - r:;JR ■ eU,. you ~A' hear it right here on many of tlaese CBS Radio stations.