MOON ORBIT h At lite top of lite news tonight - the Moon~ (?,,\_~1rv · ~~'ioB4_ - ,., • n ---.... I Ill • · - a )' o u no do u b t ha v e It ear d by no w . A lronaul Pet Conrad and Al Bean - blasting off from th e surface of lit e Moon, rejoi,ting their space buddy - Dick Gordon - aboard the Apollo Twelve command ship • Ya,ikee Clipper. ;-:& As we look back now /.... a story lit. 11 ■ ,s best told by the astronat1ts themselves. With Al Bean sitting be side him in The Intrepid - - - - - Pete Co,rrad ticking off the final secon'.ls of that lunar cout1l-down : "five - four - three- two ( - one." said he. -- And away ( we go." A moment later - Conrad observing: "R ighl dotcm t Ile pike" I f' hen the rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit. A gentle jolt, a lock - and Dick Gordon i ,iging out: "You're home free, bo) 1 . " To whicl, Conrad replied: "Super job, Richard - that was bealltiful." A sentiment shared by millions who watched by television - here below. MOON ORBIT Lal > ' on - !:J__ job done - the "Intrepid" I a e n t c r a h di in g b a ck t o t Ile Moon • Sering as a s " c c e s sf u l l e s t of t ha t Moon q u a k e m e t er - left behind ot f tlt Apollo Twel all I lie wa • lt, nar surface. With that, tile flight of heading into the home stretch - A Okay - W H TT E H0' 1 U " S~E~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Cabot Lodge calls it quits.J-fr/-;,nouncement today - from tlze / , Wlzite HoHse. Our numb er one man in Paris giving as his reason - tJe Jae/ that Mia "Personal matters at home require my attention." ' Les• there be a,ry misunderstanding though - A Lodge emphasized in his letter of resignation that he still supports U. S. policy in Vietnam. ..s Indeed Lodge assert_, that the President has "left no stone unturned" - in his efforts lo negotiate an end to the war." Only trouble said he, sadly - "the other side has flatly refused to reciprocate - in any kind of ,neanful way." In return, the President telling Lodge: "I could ha e asked for no better represenlati e." And he added: "You have the satisfaction of knowing - that you have done all that imagination and dedication to peace could have a complished." Next questio!!: After Lodge - whom? A problem WHITE HO USE •. 2 complicated by the simultaneous resignalio11 . - of Lodge's c It i e f de P rd} ' Law re n c e Wal s h • The do u b le departure lea ing a veteran career officer - Philip Habib - as acting head of /he American peace delegation~ 1odge._ /'-- However, the White Rouse stressed that Lodge's resig,aation .: "should in no way be interrupted as a down-grading of the talks." Addi,ag that there has bee,a, c, I lfuote - no aba,adonme,at of hope." PARIS FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE All this - following another session of fr11itless talks in Paris. '#,I • P • or.w The effect of Lodge.-, resignation f. on the Communist side - priblicly, at least, none at all. An enemy spokesman observing that Lodge, - has merely folio, ed Washington's orde'Ys. A11d R add? that the Communists Q.re looking for a change of policy - not •••••t•-•• negotiators. NABATIYYEH In tire Middle East - again Arab ersus Arab today. The place - same as before1 Lebanon. With a force of about a hundred gtlerll _ las - attacking a Lebanese arm Y o u t Po s t at Nab a ti y ye h , ab ou t for I y miles sou I h of Beirttt. The battle - brief as it was - shattering a cease fire agreement barely ttoo weeks old. As 'or reaction -·Syria and Iraq immediately pledged their support of the gtlerillas. Syrta also closed once more its border with Lebanon - a border that was only reopened just a week ago. The battle further .$ threate,ad efforts by Leba,:o,a's Premier desig,aate - ~ Rashid Karam/ - to form a ,aew governme,at. The old o,ae - which he also headed, you'll recall - a victim of that earlier army guerilla clash. -- RYANN/SPORT, MASS. Hyannisport, Mass. - a pri v ate funeral ~~­ service today. The Kennedy family - those th at,~ re I Ul:I ~ A/1..e ~ - ..,_-" bidding a quiet farewell to the patriarch of tlle cla,s . - Josf, h P. Kennedy. The tribute led by Se,sator Ed11Jard Ken,l',dy - who delivered a brief eulogy; his remarks incll4ding a passage written _years ago by his brotlier - the late Sertator Robert KenJ1edy. Tlie latter sayiflg of his father - lte was ,iot "without fault - his judgeme11t has not always bee11 perfect - but somehow he almost al11Jays made sense." WASHINGTON From Go v ernor ltockefeller of New Y ork - a d e fense today of military ju,stas in Latin America. This - ;,. testimony before a Se,aate Foreig,e Relatio,as Sr,b-Committee. Rockefeller asserti,sg that military .s regime "south of the border" - are fast becomi,ag forces A for social cha,age; a,ad are, i,a ma,ay cases - he added - the o,aly alter,aative to "a,aarchy a,ad chaos." MILAN ~ ~•Af#W ~~~ ~•Ueie rlo t A. today In Milan J ~ }Yith a band of~rabini11Yi - I •nrl1t,: u/J of their ow11 barracks buildi11:s~~11g N Ith fl'IION }' I officers - til they were finally bro1'ght u1tder C'01ttrol through the rise of tear gas. I 11 • o Reason for the police•11u·• revolt - ••as,,.... - the news that o,ae of their ,..,mber leas Just dl11dfa•:Vicll"' of tla'a battle yesterday with aJ1arcltists - ,,. the midst of A ~ - ~ a ,aationwide geJ1eral strike. The mutlJ1eersA said to reaso11: A J'l,.,- "If no one else gives a ha,ag - why should we I" MONTGOMERY From Spiro Agnew - another fighting speech tonight at Montgomery, Alabama. The Vice President atlackin6 those segments of the news media that have grown, as he put it, "fat and irresponsible" in virlual monopoly situations. All of which is almost certai,r to raise another hue and cry - against the threat of official censorship.