Wednesda y, April 4, 1973 MEAT In the fo11rth da y of a nation-wide meat boycott - meal sales across th e co11nlr y are said to be off about seve,rly t,ercenl. An estimated five thousand t,acki,eg lao••• workers - have also been laid off. And tl,e ,.,,,nber of calll• aNd •ogs shit,t,ed lo market - drot,t,ing by ro•gltly o,ee tl,ird. For tire most t,arl tl,ough - meal prices llave re••i••" virtually unclranged. As a result, boycott leaders are ,co• talking about exte,edi,eg tlteir drive - tltrougl, all of A/'ril. Cll.airman Etltel Rosen of the Women's War o,e Prices eayiag: "We ,oa,tl a twe,.ly t,erce1tl across-tire-board-rollback 011 all food prices. " DETROIT New car sales in the U. s. last montlt - O,te poi"t o"e million. So announced today - from Detroit. Tl&e bc,•I month ever - i,s automotive history. Ford Vice Pre•ldeflt, Be,tt1ett Bidwell sayt"g "It's a11 all out boom." WASHINGTON The launcli date for America's ne,u Skylab space station - was officially set today for May Fourteerttl,. Tl,e three men wlto will form it's first crew - lo l,ead aloft a day lafer. Officials adding tllat tl,e Skylab artd Russia's ,. • ., Salyut-TIDo - may cross paths as boll,. circle Ille eartl,. B•I ''tlle two slips will never come closer tl,a,. o•e l••tlretl •II•• to eaclt otl,.er." ANd 111e 1,ear "eve" tl,at wo•ltl be a coirtclde•ce." ST. CHARLES From Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans - the rain- s w o ll en M is s is s i pp i '"as r II n n in g w i l d today . A l on g t la e ., a y - flooding millions and millions of Tiell farm land. A big clauflk of Lorlisianna - said to look like "o,ae big po,ad." Tl,e deatll toll - llitth,g at least nineteen: "'"" tlao11sa,atll more - left llomeless. Some refusing, ltowever - to let go. At St. Cl,arl••, Misso11ri, for example - a h i glaway levee was reported ,,. dire danger of collnpse. TIie resideftls of a ,sear-by trailor park - said to be "sitti,rg ducks." At last re1'ort tlao•gl,, still sitlil1g tiglat . MIAMI For the second day in a row - Soull, Florida 111as lait today by a massive r,ower failure. Tltis one - even lbor11e tlra,. before. A spokesman later sayi,r,g the trouble may i,ev l ' - tlae state's fit'st nuclear - poNJered generator - 111llclt 111e,et i,rto service only last ftll,l. PRESIDENT Pres id en t Nixon s en t a le t t er of t ha n ks today - to Senate Minority leader Hugh Scott; for Scott's role in helt,i,ag sustain the Presidential I eto of that l•o -(Joint-six billion dollar Vocational Rehabilitation Bill. The President observing tl,at said actio,i was appreciated "by millio,as of Americans - who demand that we work together to avoid tax i11creases, higher costs, and boosts and interest f'ates." Additionally, the Pf'esident telli,rg Scott: "Please re •lay to you,. t f' o o fJ s " in the Sen a t e - " My fJ er s o • a I appret1alion and my ltopes that Ille winning combi11atio• yoN have forged will hang togetller - for further successes i• coming budget tests." SENATE From Chairman Sam Ervin of the Senate special Watergate committee - a rare gesti,re of fair play; rare at least - in partisa,i politics. The Gentlemen from North Dlrolina - issuing a,e officl/M statement today. In it, saying he was "co,ecerned will, certain 11ews media accounts - attributable" to t"e Watergole 1 committee; accounts "inferring" said lee - "tlaat B.R. Haldeman of tlae White House Staff - was i,avolved i,a tl,e break-in and buggi11g of tlee Democratic Natio,eal Headquarter• a,ed otleer illegal activities." Senator Ervin going 011 to say: "It's shnply ,aol ,r••·" "In t la e in t ere s t of fa i r n es s and ju s tic e •• - said I, e - "t I,• committee wishes to state publicly that at this tJme it has received no evidence of any natr,re linking Mr. 11 alde,,.a,e with any Hl c: gal activites." PHOENIXVILLE From the Army Valley Forge Hospital h1 Pltoenlxville, Virginia comes a picture of what it ,oas really like In Nortlt Viet11amese POW camps. Major Floyd K11slt11er - Ille o•ly t,ltysician capl,,red by tlae commM11ists - sa;i11g tltat so•• ••• lost as mu cit as "forty to fifty po11rads. " "Yo" 've ••e• -lcllwws of starving clttldrefl in Biafra ?" said lie: . "Well, tl,al'• typical of wllat American POW's lool,ed lil,e." Major Kiullt11er also told l,ow some of Ille tort•red POW'• - "tried to blot out Ille world." "TIJey'd lay 011 lleir b •d•" - said lie -"suckil1g tlleir tllumbs a•d calll•g for mama." A11d tltere was even one •ara - lie coJ1ti11Med - ••o "sat 011 l,is bed witlt a bla•tet over #tis llead - for t•o years'! TIie Major Kush11er dema,rding: "Can you imagifle tllatl Sitting pn your bed wit la a bla,ske t on your head - for two years?" JERUSALEM In tlae Middle East - Jerusalem - an all-niglat session of the Israeli Knesset - sr,arked by laeated a,id ofte• ra11cous debate - on a bill sr,onsored by Israeli Prime Mi,iiste-r Golda Meir, one tlrat would give #rer rulh1g labor party a,id it's clteaf) opposition - a better clla,ice of "''"""'6 seats ,,. coming electio11s. T#re maratlro,i comi11g to 011 ••d • seve,i tllis mo-rfting - wlien t#re bill was fi11ally passed. Before t#rey adjourfted tllougli - the Israeli legislators also voti,ig to clea11 ut, tl,e record; tllereby, exf)ungiftg certai,i Arabic curses - wliicll somel,o,v /011,ad tlaeir way halo tlie debate. WIiy Arabic? Because - a11 observer •xf)lained - "He~brew llas no really first rate four letter words." BONN Willy Brandt of West Germany - today accet,ted a,a i11 v itation to visit President Nixon - tire first of May. Tlte Clia11cellor's a11nou11cement came follo11Ji,.g a "••t• attack from ot,t,osition leader Ranier Bar⪙ "'"o claargetl tltat Brandt was t,ermitti,ag "growi,ag ,aea,tralis,,. a,.tl a,all- America11i•'" - to go lla11d-i,a-l,antl 11Jitlt tlte dist,arage•••I of a,ati-comma,,aism." VATICAN At the Vatican in Rome - the publication of prevt,usly secret documents are said to show an attempt o,e tlae part of Pope Pius-tlre-Twelth - to bring about Italy's "leonorable" withdrawal from World War Two. This - ave are told was in J,cly of Ni,.etee,. Forty-Titre• - at tire request of PresideJ1t Roosevelt. Bui lo ,eo avail. Mussolifli and Kiflg Victo,· Emanuel - botl, rejectiflg tl,e Pot>•' plea. TIie Ki,eg also scoffing - at a suggestiofl of 1>ossible antJ1esty. "To say a single 'we will treat you well' " - l,e wrote tl,e Pope - ''could mean 'i,estead of l,a,aghag you, •e •II cut off your head. '" In any case, Italy did offic tally surrender unco11ditiOllllll3 less than two months later. BUCKINGHAM PALACE From Buckhtgltam Palace - a,a a1111ounceme11t today tliat Britai11's Prince Pllillit, will soon be goi,ag to Rus•ia a,ad to tire Ukrai,ae. T,,e Prince accet,ting a Kremlin hevitatio,e - to aUe,ad tire Euro,,ean riding Clramt,io11slait,s tlais sa,mmer i,e Kiev. His and tire Queen's daag,, . ter - Princess 4n11e i• ext,ected to be 011e of tire contestants. If so, Pllllllt, a•d A•• NJill become Ille first members of Ille Britisll Royal Family • ever to visit Soviet R11ssla. For Pllillit, - tlils 111ill also coftstitute so•etlli,eg of• ho•e comiflg. After all Ille Prl•ce is a direct de•c••d••t of TSAR Nicllolas tlte First - llis great, great, great, grand/allier. He was also a first cousin - 011ce removed - Niclrolas-tlre-Second,· wlro was brutally assassinated i,a Ille Bolshevik revolution over fifty years ago. GANGTOK Over seas again - a difJlomatic trouble shooter fro,,, New Dellti tfJas disf,atclted today to Gangtok Cat,itol of tlae Himalayan t,rincit,ality of Sikkim. Tltis - at tire request of tl,e Cllogyal Palden Thondut, Namgual of Sikkim; folloa,h1g a series of demonstrations - in tlle Sikkimese capitol. 7Jae me,,,bers of two minority parties - claimh1g tliat rece,,t elections to Sikkim's national cor,ncil were rigged. TIie Ki,,gdom of Sikkim. as you 1,,.0.,, is a11 l11dia,, protectorate. TIie Cllogyal, tllerefore, decidi11g - a,e are told - it 111as lime to get some •xt,ert advice. l•dia,, o//ici•I addi,,g tllat if troops are ,eeeded - tlley too, will be se,el. PARIS Th e h o t t es t n e w l o o k in Par is fa sir ions - t II e s o called "Fanny .. weater·" said to be causing a sensation - in tlais u 1 eek's fall and winter sllowings. The "Fan,ay Sweater" as you'd guess and as it's name int,lies - a sweater tllat's a ltiP ltugger and then some. Best worn - we are told - by tooth t,ick tlain mannequins - or tltose willi,ag to accept diet• Of' 'f'lgllt girdles or both. i,adeed, tlae "Fa•"Y S.,eater" is sucla a ltit - it ••• conde,n,aed today by tlae Fre,aclr Academy of medici,ae; ,eat o•I tlae "Fa,rny Sweater" b•t all figure cli,1gi,ag clotlaes. T•e Fre,acla plrysicia,a - ;,. lais Rube,rs-type wisdom, claimi•6 tit• women were ne v er meaftt to be tlri11. Addi,ag, ,,. fact: - dtd you k11ow Bill? - "Wome" must laave four times as ••cit fat on ; 11etr bodies - as me,a." PENTAGON This next - from the Pentagon; an • item released today - t,erltat,s with tlle trivia collector uppermost ht ,,.,,.,. At any rate, tlte Pentagon reports tltat U.S. G. l's ht Viet,e•• - from Nifleteen-Sixty-Si% tltrougll Ni,aetee,e-Seveaty-T•o consumed, amo,ag otlaer I/tings, two billio11, l•o •••ired million bottles a,ad cans of beer - two billio,a, fo•r •••ir•i million bottles a,ad ca,as of soft dri,aks - a,ed 11i,eety-eiglal millioit t,oM,ads of cats11t,. A,ad •• from KSL Salt Laite City, so long until tomorrow.