THURS. DIC. 12, 1968 SBCIIBIWI At the Shorehaa Hotel 1n waahlngton - a pNt-~•t• oourae today 1n go•arnaent adlllnlatratlon, IIXOD-1tyla. Vlth the ,r.aident-alect aervlng u h ... ••t•r to bla -11- appolntecl Cabinet - dur1nl an algbt•hour cna ••••l•. Plrtt and tornoat - Richard llxon qlng truth and trank:M11a ln the 11ft P••••nt. Addlag that be mta an open Aclalnlatratlon - wlth a tree tlow et tact,. Jlartblr aaavlnl tila ny aldea theJ wlll han the rlpt to ohooe• tor tballa•l••• - the 111111lho •111 ••rt••• tbelr - aaalatanta. lest - a aerl•• ot lNt11N1 • toautle iDI terelp polloy; with apaolal •--•l• on ■lull ,,rateu - ter ••11111 wlth •Jor preltl- both a boM an4 altroad. lllllben ot the lnl•llll CUlMt - later _,lDI dlb their oaatarparta 1n Ula Jotma• MlllnlatNtl•. llbll• llxon hllllalt - • • eenterrt.ng wlth LBJ. I hope JN 1aw and hiard the PNaldant-alaot • ff lut SIClllll.AN - 2 night when he lntrod11ced hla oaltlnet to th• Mtlon. llr. l b • • - to ha•• learned •ch about thla nn llidla-ff. Aa I beard aoaeon• aa1 todaJ - Jut •••tng that alone alllNt aile ff worthwhile. It•• ••t etteotl••l1 and lllpreaalNlJ • - · PARIS In the U. S . n d pit e o r p e r i tent r e por w ~ , o ut h Vietnam are as • one A to the c on t r a ry - ~ on..APari pe a ce talk T h is acco in t o U . . c ief negotiator . verell Harriman - - ~ C7 tA.-' ~'"'0"114A ""<.~ - - - 0. out h Vietnames e V ice Pre ~ i d ent K • after i\ toda9-- a t whic h the two aera: a g re e on a n Allied procedural packa e plan - aimed at g ettin e xpanded talks finally un erway. Details of the plan - still a secret; pending pre s ntation to the Nort h Vietname e delegation - at a meeting set for tomorrow. Int e meantime t h ough - anot er indication that Hanoi i perhaps so f tening its hard-line ~ - North Vietnamese negotiators announcing agreement for th e irst time - to eli v er Christmas cards an package to Amer1can prlsoner s -o -war. SAIG B e that it ma o ' ai on 1 on ull ale t ton h t. U . . o nearby e nemy troo p conce ntr at on - t he threat of a third major / attack on t he o ut V1etna~~ se capital. ~ here at ome - the P entagon toda y ordered an increase of seen t usand men - 1n it February draft h call. Rais10.:- the monthly uotaAnearly thirty-four thousand - highes t since last May. NNEDY T h ~ r ict boaay ~om Ca pe Kenne f. - "no problem~' Sp ce official completi a check o _ apparent f ue l leaka e -:? in on of the Apollo- ight I rocket engines ~ /4ing to the conclusion it was merel y an automatic drainage- to dispose of o erflow f uel. The Apollo-Eight thus clear s its f inal test - with flying colors. 1111!:.target date for the U.S. moonshoot - remains December Twenty-One - Saturday after next. YAT,T,EY OF THE KJNGS YJM.- 11 T h e Ca e of t n e Headles M II umm .:1 ... Sounds like a horror filmr 40WRA 1 t t~. Actually thoug - it 1 s the ~ cause o f ,\ f u o r to ay in Cairo, fath publication o f a report f rom t e Valle o f t he Kin at Luxor - where King Tut' tomb was ~opene last week. British and Egyptian archaeologists discovering that King Tut's hea - had been severe from the rest of is body. The culprit - we are told - famed British archaeologist Howard Carter - who originally discovered the burial chamber back in Nineteen-Twenty-Two. He was trying - apparently - to determine the cau e of the King's -k1t- ctea th A be ore the tomb was re-sealed. Oddl enou h , the tomb has now been reopened - for preci ely the am e pu r po e. To clear up the age-old my tery o f the young Kin I brie ~ rel n ~ in one of the most turbule t periods in Egyptian hi tor Indeed, Professo Oeor e Harri s on o f the University o VALLEY OF THE KINGS - 2 Li v e rp ool - h ' s alread return ed to London; f¾j/l;c X-ra ys of the Kin I he a d and bod y - w h ic h may tell t h e tal e . CLEVEL . net he r e a r ep orte t o rom Cl ev e l an t < I + - ~ ~ f"t'-t1~Q "" ~A w ar L . Bob" Bar t l t t , ..,en io r e n a to o m A lask a Victim o f a h ear t a l m e t - t a g e i x t - f our. S e n at or Bob Ba r t l et t - the ~ on o f an l a3k an o l ru s h c o u p l e - a lt h ou gh h1 mothe r e n t to e attle f or h is birt h. A g ol d min e r h m se l f - a l o a newspaperman - before tur n in g to p olitic s . F ond o f s a i n g t h at the only regret o f hi li f e - wa s t h e fact he wa · b orn out s ide Alaska. I t's a l 1 - agai n - " or t l 1 K n d T h i 0 o f' th l a t na " or o er t K nn e V n b i t t er le e nt chil d tod a y at iashin g ton 1 Ge o r etown ospital. Her for h · au ter - ei ing ei g po un our ounces. t lat r e por t - bot h m other and baby oing f ine. Thi Ethel K e nne y 1 i th de I t31G~ ~ C a e arlan. secttM Wit h e nator E dward Kenne dy and his wi f e Jo a n - '!ti.!: f::e1it:o~ ~ r d'>\.R 4-- 0 ~ T l lu..1. h - . n 0 n " Yor \ . T h b 1 · u t r n 1 1 1 t t bi ~~~~ in Lond n - b er in N w y < - ct. l m . i u l n eumon 1 o o mpl c t mp h . m h w ;;J t \, y - f V Temper m nt 1 -mp tuou Ta ll /- i_ wom n wh said she C uld tan anything - lon a lt w n't dull. Perhaps best e cribed by Bro w h wman Billy Rose - whom he once called a "l oathsom l ttl bully." Said Bil ly in reply: 'How can you bull Nia r ! 11 11 • , II Df..L ;. tn C n ' Jt ·a t p oa h i l t le h elp er · · a 1 r , t \ · 0 . {a .: ,., it ' J a ·.110- f o ,1e l t t sug. ' t o n - m I< n t 0 r . . 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