CHICA GO February 6, l970 Fort Pierce, Florida For President Nixon today - a first-hand taste of Chicago smog ; exfJerts call it the second worst in the nation . The President filli'1g his lu,igs with a tyfJical mixture of fog and smoke - then obse rv ing : "I ne11er thouglrt Chicago /tad this much of a problem - it reminded me of Los Angeles." Tlris at the start of a field trip tlrat included a visit to a model sewage plant . The President there observing 111laat can be done - in returning clean Wfller to our streams, ri v ers and lakes . Indeed, tire treated fluids were consider• so pure - tire Prestde,et was even offered a dri,ek of tire st•ff "Nq thanks" - said he . "I never take a drink in the mor,air,i Later on, the President fJledging his Administration - to a "total mobilization . " in the battle against pollution; starting with a Ten Billion-Dollar program - to "bring clean water back to the people." Said tire President : "Unless we do something now - it won't make any difference what we do later 011 . " VIETNAM In Vietnam - U.S. and Allied troops today resumed full operations. Thereb y ending the twenty-four-hour Tet ceabe-fire - that was marred by more than ninety violations. The cost of this stand down, 1- 0-called - i11cludi,rg at least three American lives. In the mea11time - a startling Ji,ad today across Ill• border in ,aea'P'by Cambodia. An Allied patrol led by U.S. Green Be.,-els - uncovering a huge enemy arms caclae. Acco.,-diftg to U.S. headquarle'P's - enougla weat,ofts and ammNftition lo BNt,t,ly a /Nll communist divisio,a of l111elve tlaoa,sa,sd me,a. ANd o,aly /orly-Jive miles from Saigo,a. WASHINGTON ------------ Tlte U.S. e11em1>loyme11I rate - uf) 1'ltarply la11l mo11tlt. Al Ille same lime - tl,e averalle wurlt-weelt a11d ovrrtime l,ours for ; actor)' wor•ers - 11Jere al•o JalH•• BEIRUT ---- In the Middle East .Vasser thrt•atens to resign - agai11. Tltis accordt11g to a stor.\' toda_\ · - from a Fre,ecl,- la11gMage 11et1Jsf>•1>er i11 BeirMI, q11oti11g Nasser as sayi,eg ll•'ll be forced to call it quits :,,rless leis fello., Ar'ab l••tl•r• ,· .,,,, joiJt. ,.;,,. - "o"'I'" a ,re• full-scale war agai11st Israel. Na•••r supr,osedly addi,ag leis der,arlNre would,,.,,. "f>av• Ille way for otlters to co"'e a11d tr.v to solve a cri•I• tlt•I ••• I r•aclted a total ;,,.pas••· " M ea,a .,,. U e, ,,. e A rbas a11tl ls raeli • co,a " " " •ti to I rad• •IIIP• - ;,, Ille lley Red Sea t,ort of Eilat. lsra•H J•I• roarl11g rigllt bacll - si11tl11g a" Egyt,lian mi••layer ,,. Ill• Red Sea . Tltis ;,, additior, to some lltirt_,, air ttlrille• - agai111t Egyptian 011-sltore targets. On the space front - a report today that Russ,a ltas recently launched several "maneuverable satellttes." These space vehicles said to be unmanned - but 1teverth•l••• · cat>able of perfotm1i,ig various milttary fu1tctio1t; ,,erha"• l11cl•dl11g - - a / Id tie ability to l11s1>acl a11d destroy o tlte r • t>ace · craf t. All of wlticlt - set off a flurry of Ho11Jever, U.S • • ,,ace ex,,erts call tlte re,,ort• - a "ltigltly s,,eculative." In a1ty case - asserH,rg it i• difficult to imagi,ee tlte ,,ossibllity of "war i,e •"ace." Ofle official sayi1tg: "Tl,ey" - meani,ag lhtt R11•sia•• - "llley do,a 't wa,el it a,ey more tltafl we do." A u,lrolesale 011tbreak of iaflue,r.za - tl,e one 111e 111eren't supposed to lrave - ; ,eow makl•g Its t,reserace Je , lt from coast to coast, from Canada to tlte G'ulf., T"• Nalioraal Com,,.a,nicable Disease Cerater at Atla•t• totl11y addi,eg to tire list of fl•-stricke,a states - Maryla,ad, Misslsslt,t,i, 0/tio a,ad Oregoa. , r,e Ce11ter'• Director of Et,id•,,.iology - Dr. Alexat1de,. Lar1gmuir - flrcally ad•ltti11g tlaat Ninetee,c-Seve•ly - "llas ,sot been 011 off-year Wlrat •Illa Fra,ece 1'la,e,eing to sell sot,ltisticated jets to Lybya - tit., que•tio~ ,aat•rally arises: "Wlto's go,eJta fly 'em." Afld 110,0 tire a11swer comes - from Atlte11•. Greell offi . cial• disclost,,g tit• t,re•e11ce of a gro•i•6 111u,eber of Lybya,as - ,,. tire Gr•ell Air Catl•t Scllool. ,,. Jae t, tit is year'• gratl•ati,ag class is said to i11cl•de 11early •• "'a"y Ly bya11• •• it does Gree II•. lro11ically, tlaese Lybya,as - same as tlte Gr••II• - leave do,se all tlleir flyi,ag to date ;,. a,atiquated U.S. J•t•. NotlliNg 11eaY as "llot" - as tlae pro,,.ised Fr••cll Mira1••· Here at home again - Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma a11no11,aced today lais resig,aation, effective 11ext ,,.o,atll - as Democf"atic Natio,aal Clrairma,e. Tit• S•••lof" ,,.,, •• i tio,aal t,e riotl Illa t folloNJed the Ni,a etee,a -Si:rly - Bigll t o•I on t'8e •••••• of Ille d•y - NJitlloMI reatrairat. MIAMI BEACH T It e ~ c e - a h o t e l room a t Mi am i Be a cit . An elderly ge,,tlema,e by Ille ,,ame of Paul Robslly - di•c••siflg •itll two ne,o-fou,rd frieflds Ile possible P•rcltase of a tract of lartd. Fi~ly, 11 . a,rdiflg over Ni,re Huftdretl B•cll• - to seal tlais "deal of a lifetime." Wltereupo,. a co•t>l• of detectives popl)ed OMI of the batltroom - arresti,rg Ille plaoay real estate me,a o,a claarges of conspiracy a,ad gra11d larc••Y• Later, at laeadquarters - a poi ic • ctll tai,a telliflg tlle t•o me": "It's ama~ i,ig you did,a 't recog,a I•• Mr. Robslly 's ,aame." Furtll-er esplai,ai,ag tllal Paul Robslly - - al age seventy-two - is t1,e last-living ,,.mber• of a ga,ag-bus ti11g ere• o,ace led by tlie famed Elliot Ness. Tit• last of ,,J,,,e "untouchables" - still serving the lortg at"'m of the law lJa~•1. ( / GOOSE 1:AKE PRAIRIE -------------------- While President Nixon today was busy tn Chicago - Pat Nixon was doi,1g her own thing today in downstate Illinois. The First Lady traveling to DYesde,e - wllere slae inst,ected a new nuclear r,oweY station; a,ad lateY - at Goose Lake Pratr · ie - she went horseback riding, bo11,ull,ag acYoss a t-ract of virgin land said to be the last si~able t,atcll of original llli,rois /)rairte. Some wlte re al o,rg the way - an admirer I> res eral•d Mrs. Nixon will, a t,ictu.re of herself and lier la11sbaJ1d; a t,ic lure take,e fourteen years ago at Kankallee - wlae,a Ila• future President was ru,a,ai,ag for his seco,ad term as Vice Preside,at. Pat lookt"g fo,adly at Ille you,rg Mr. Nixo,a - a,rd tllen remarki,rg: "Loolt at all tl1at •air."