Lowell ThOll8s october 19, 1966 (Dallas 'l'ownsend) VELLDDTOI Good evening, everybody---A ftl'III and trieac11J Ncept1on todaf tor President Johnaon--ln Wellington, law Zealand. Setting the stage tor the Pre . a1dent 'a tlr:1t •Jor 1peeoh--on ht• clll'Pent to11r ot the Paoltlc and Aala. A speech re•rable tor tt■ eaphaats on hope--inatead ot ho■tillty. preaent battletleld--to Joln ln a "ctttterent kind ot war." A ttght--aatd he--ror huan dtgnlt1 and eoonoalc progre■a; against the cOIIIOn ene■lea ot povert1, dla ... e and lporanoe; that aboanl ln Southeast Ast.a. It Hanoi will Joln thatld.ild ot •r--■a1d the Prealden,-- the United States •111 also enlist tor the duration; wit11 the Job--ls done. lext stop--Australia. V:IBT IAIII POLLCM WELLIIIJTOI Vh11e--the shooting war goes on. South Vietnamese troops today bearing the brQnt or battle--ln two •Jor engag9118nts. In the r1ce-rlch Naykong Delta--about twelve hundNd goverr11ent sold1era--lock~d in co■bat wlth a Vlet Cong torce ot coaparable size. While in the Central 11ghlanda-- a two- pronged govel'nlNnt usault--credlted with kllllng more than a hwlClred-and-torty ot the enea.v. Bllt--relative cal■ has returned to the pollttcal troat. Seven cabinet •■bers who had earller realgned--eventually reconsidering and agreeing to a teaporary truce with Premier Ky. At least until atter--that rorthco■ing lllan11a conference on Viet la■ . ISRAEL Renewed violence toda7--ln the Holy Land. Reports tl'Oil leruale■--telllng or a gun battle ln lorthem Israel. An Israeli Aray patrol--atu■bled on a band or Arab 1nt11trator1 troil Lebanon. The brlet battle leaving at leaat three Arabs dead--alao one Israeli. 'l'hla the latest 1n a aerlea or border ln~ldenta--that have thNatelltld to aet orr a 1Yll-1cale nr ln the llddle Baat. OocYrilll even aa 0.1. obaervera--a ahort distance away-- were 4otng thelr beat to •lntaln peaee along the t .... Iaraell- Syrlan frontier. Racial trouble today 1n East Oakland, Calltornla. Several hundred students got out or control at castle110nt High School, which is predominantly Negro. They beat ~p five white teachers, Jostled white students eating lunch. Castle110nt High was thereupon closed. The reason, according to Stuart Phillps. the O&kland school superintendent--rear or physical violence. In the same area or Bast O&kland, 110re than a hW'ldred other Negro youths created a d11t11rbance at a rood •rket. Thia followe1J a rampage last night ln which tHnage gangs roaaed the streets for several hours. Apparently it all aroae out or calls tor a three-day boycott or Junior and senior high schools .• organlzers or the boycott alleging that education at three predominantly legro school, in 0altland ls tnrerlor. 'l'he long-awaited verdict from Norway's Kobel Peace Prize Co•1tee--1n effect, a sad co•entary on world condltlons. The co•ittee announclftg in Oslo--that there wlll be no lobel Peace Prize thla year. In keeping with trad1t1on--the awarda group glvlng no reason for its decision. Stating simply that the titty-elght thousand dollars in prize 110ney--w111 be held ln Nserve; with the poaa1bll1ty that two prlzes--•Y be awarded next year; one ror nlneteen-alxty-stx--another tor nlneteen-alxty-aeven. 'l'hla 1n line wlth what happened in ninetNn-tltty-three; when General George c. llarahall ot the u.s.--recelved the nlneteen- rtrty-two Peace Prize a year late. In the wake or today's aMounceMnt--obaervera speculating that tr there ever ls a lobel Peace Prise tor 1966,--lt will go - to the •n who helps most to end the war in Viet lu. smoF.STED LEAD-II TO THOMAS TAPE Vlth Lowell Thomas far across the Atlantlc--another special report ~onlght troa Lowell; on alghtaeelng--ln London. W•d. Oct 19, 1966 01 :31 3 SKIRTS ----- H•llo Dalla•, Good E11e,ai,ag Everybody: Wllil• visltl,ag Lo,ado,a • blrllafllace of Ill• ,,.,,.,. • •id• b•lt. i,a tlu1I • • • '• altlrta did dl••,,•ar c•11l11rl•• 010. Tia• • a,ad, it ••• •or• tlaa,a t•o llao11aa11d Y••r• 1110 • tlaal Ill• 1110,. 6 1,1 • ••J>•cially ,,. Ila• /rigid 11orlll. BMt ev•11 111eari,ag SKIRTS - Z ----- .,.,,,. 11 ••ort dres• or tu11ic fro• Ro"'"" day• rigltt dow 11 llaroNgla t1,e Middle Ages. A11d eve,a ,,.,.cl, later /or ti•• · •laorl coat - or • .,,, Jacll•t. po,11lar, to ti&• ,oi,at •la•r• Ila• •tyU•la ••'"•" of today - Solo,ag, CIICDIATI learly six-and-a-half million young Amerlcana--an all- ti• record number--were enrolled ln U.S. colleges this fall. The figure according to an estlute by Dr. Garland Parker ot the University or Clnclnnatl; baaed on prell■lnary reporta-- troa achoola acroaa the nation. The new record attrlb11ted to sopbomorea and Jun1ora--llho are contln11lng thelr education in growing nuabera. Dr. Parker noting, however, that flteah•n enroll•nt--na down about two- and-a-half per cent thls 1ear. The drop-ott--aald he-- partly becaue or the drart; partly becaue or a decllne ln the national blrth rate--ln the late 1940 1 1. COllJR~S As predict~d yesterday and expected all along--that proposed qulckte increase 1n Social Security benefits--has now been lost ln the last-minute shuffle in Congress. Chairman Vllbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Conalttee--orrtclally dropping the proposal; with an aMounce■ent that there ■ust be public hearings on the matter--and they can't be held before Congress adJourns. Mills pledging, however, that a benef1t-1ncreaa1ng bill-- will be the co•ittee'a "tirat order or business" ln January; 1n line with the reco1m11endation first nade by President Johnson. But where the President urged the increase to take effect in n1neteen-s1xty-elght--N111s indicating the measure may be effective as of January First 1967. the next best thing --said he--to a "quickie" increase right now. slldl JOLLOII co•uss aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaa-- ~ - - . . • • • - . .. The Senate began to pick up ste• today--1n its own race tor adJoul'llant. '1'o begin wltn--the Senate Approprlatlona C01111lttee-- approvlng a House-pasaea aupple11enta1 approprlatlons blll; a catch-all •••are--that repreaenta the r1na1 aoney blll or the a•••lon. !he ru11 Senate later approving by voice YOte--the Ad■lnlatratlon's so-called "truth tn packaging" blll. Senator Hart ot Nlchlgan; it's chlet sponsor, calling the tt.nal venlon ot the blll--atronger by rar than either ot the earlier Bou■e ot Senate veraiona. ffie 11easure now goes to the Vhlte Bouae-- tor the President's signature. P.ARIS Arter twenty-tour hours ot playing hlde-and-aeek wlth Prench authorltlea--the deputy chlet ot Morocco'• sec 1,9 t Servtee surrendered today to Parle police. NaJor Ahaed D11■1 --who was soon to be Judged in abaentla--annomclng htuelt ready now to answer perao1111l:l1,; to Prenoh charges that he helped engineer the kidnapping and IIID'der•-ot lloroccan Oppo■ ltlon Leader Nehdl Ben Barka; who was v1a1t1ng ln Parls--at the tl■e or the cr.l■e. However, the practical ettect ot Dl1■1'• aurrender--onlr adding to the conf'ua1on that 1u.rround1 the ca■e. By torolng teaporary au11 , pen11on of a related trtal-•ot five lPrenchaen and one Noroccan--who were captured earlier ln the aftalr. In tact, some experta--doubtlgn that the trlal will ever resume. Under French law--courtroom proceedings to date would have to be aMulled--if D11m1 now should agree to testify. The prosecution thus raced with the prospect--or starting all over &gain from scratch. IIOSCOV Last week f'rom Noscow--Joytul newa of a Ncord-breaklng Ru•t:•n grain crop; t1111, juatltylng agrarian reror111--p11t 1ntci etteot by the new regl■e. This we1k--new1 that perhaps as much as a halt-bllllon do:llara• worth ot that record crop--•, be lost forever. 'l'he reaao . n--poor planning. Intoraed ao\ll'cea ln Nosoow calling the orop--too •ch ot a good thing, lt that'• poaalb! . e. So much graS:n--ln the tace ot shortage ot alloa and retl'tgerated warehoua••-•thllt the . re•• no place to put lt. The proble■ at lta wor■t••••'r• told••ln the wtrgln lands ot Kazakhstan: where a buaper wheat er.op-- •••• to have caught the planners c , o■pletely by surprise. A crash progra■ ordeNd by the Kre■lln earlier th'S.1 yNr-- to expand agrloulture storage space. Silt results apparently too llttle--and . now, it seems, too late. gBJ.CMO Proll New York to Calltornia--report1 today of a spreading houewtvea' boycott--agalnat high rood prices. A Hundred Thoaaand wo11en ln Denver alone--aaid to have Joined the protest aovement. Forcing at least a token cut ln rood price• --in one or the city's leading chaln stores. Be that•• it •Y·-• prediction todaJ ln Chlcago; that the ·••rll• Allerican tood btll--1• llkelr to cllllb atlll higher ln nlneteen-1txty-1even. Rlchael O'Connor ot the latlonal Supe!'llllrket In■ tltute--bla■lng the expected lncNue on labor coata, tranaportation co1t1, higher taxes and toretgn ald-- not to •ntion the war ln Vlet 1111. ln truth--aaid O'Comor--"'11• old horn ot plenty--1• not as bountiful as lt used to be." Good nlght, LTP.1966.10.19.pdf LTP.1966.10.19ii.pdf