GOOD EVENING : MOlftlay, October 30, 1912 Dilllaa Tow,aae,ad It was the wo,-s t f'a il dis aster ;,. tla i• cou•try I• more Iha,. a decade. 11 llat,t,e11ed tlais mo,-r,i,eg ;,. Cl,lca1o , , tlaf'ee mtles soutll of Ille Loot, - 011 h160101d co•••l•f' tr•I• smaslling iJtto tlae f'ea,- of anotl111f' co•••tef' traiJt tl,at lead ovef'-f'llll a atatio,a a,ad was bacl,i,ag ut,. At l•a•t forty-five ' of tl,e• so cf'itlcally tl,at tla.ey •a, ,aot live. R••c•• •ort•r struggled fo , r •Is laouf'a to get aurvlvor, - a,ad Ila• bodl•• Presld••t Niso,a •••I B-•••t,ortatio• Secr•t•ry Joltn Volt,e to C'lalcago , to survey tlae da•age1 """ coortll••I• Fede,-al relief e ' ffo • f'IB . Tlie Pf'ea ld••I ,st,reas ed la I• d••P•• I s y ,n t,a Illy - and a,a,aou•c ed caflc ell a Uo,. of tom orro• '• scheduled ca •Ila ig,a ,,.,,, to C la icago, 111laere l,e • 0 • to "" ve taken /lart ,,. a ticker tat>• 1>arade . WHITE HOUSE Mr• Nixon to da , y - signed H. R. Orte; a "la,id,,.art measure" - greatly i11creasi•g Social SecNrity 6e11efits. Tie P-reside . nt sayittg tllis "will e•d ma,ay old irteqNitiea - a11d provide a rte w un ifo,-,,. . s , ys tem of .,ell-earrced 6e11efita for older America••." At tlae same lime - llur Preaide,at a1111oau1c,11g t,la111 to veto 11110 more bills. 011e - to provide adtlitio11al • ervices for older fl eot,l •; a11d tlie otlaer - to •• tabli• la • researcla i11s titMte lo s INdy t•• t,roble"'• of agi11g. Tia• p.,.esltle,et co,ate•tli,ag lltat tllese 1110,.ld feed i11flatio• - Ii••, forcing a ge,aeral tas i,acrea•e. HARTFORD Witll Just a wee II to go ht tl1e U. s. Pre a ide,atial r•ce - George Mc Go ver,a was l a•,.cla i,ag Iii• s tr• tel, drive lotla,,; s ta rti11g out w,itl, a s e ri •• of camt,aigr, at,t,••r••c •• - aero•• tlae State of Co11,aectic•t. At New, Bave,a - Mc Gover,. telli•g a 1roa, of De•ocralic leaders - tlaat Preaide•t Niso• laas veloed twe,a ty-fiue s p ••dirt6 bill•. Mc Gover,a t1ddirtg: "llr. Ni sort leas earrted tl,e title of Mr. Veto - a,ad •••t 1,e I• vttloirt6 is yo11 a,ad your life. " Later 011, at Hartford, McGover,a •rgi,ag tlaePreaide,at to sigfl a Viet,aa,n t,eace treaty - a• q1dctly •• t,oaaible. "I llot,e at lo,ag last" - said lie - "tltat Mr. Nisort •Ill f•il letliflg General Tlsleu dictate policy to •• • " PARIS-PEKING-WHITE HOUSE In that area - a great deal of acHvity today - bMI very little movement. T1te Commu,aist side at Parl• - •6•1• calli,ag for tl,e • igr,i,ag of a t,eace treaty to•orro•; •• originally t,lanned. Tl,e governmertt of Mai,tlartd Cl,fr,a alao calling for a cease-fire agree,,aer,I - "as soort •• t,o••ible." But tl,e Wl,ite HoMse stressing tl,ere •011ld be 110 •f1rtffl6 t,e,adireg Ila e cl ariflca tio,a of sis or • ever, re•al•••• f•••••. TIie Wl,ile HoMse addi•g e•t,l,alically - tl,at Ber, . ry Kiss heger laad already •ade tl,fs "q11ite clear . " VIETNAM Tire figleth,g goes 011 . Willa bot la aides - a#)#)ar••lly a,atlci1>ath1g as i,a-place cease-fire ; i11 a11y eve,at, tryf,a6 lo sei&e and lrold as much di•t>uted territory - •• tleey 1)0••••1, ca,e. Off llae coas I llaough - tlae U.S. Navy •••IJ••tl••• II• mi,ai,eg and bombardffleJII activities above lie• Tw••li•lle Parallel. A ,aolle ,.,. ••• l•r e of "good will" - HIie tle•I u. s. bombi•g c•tbacll. DAMASCUS ht tll e Middle East - Is rae U •arp la••• • tra,ct 10,11y at Arab g•erilla bases - a,itl,i11 five mil•• of t•• Syria• capital, Dama•c••. Tllis - followed by a Syria• artillery barrage across tire Gola,a Beigltta; •••r••Po• laraeli J•I• agai,a ret•r,af,ag to tire fray - blaslf,ag a Syri•• fror,lfer army camp. SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE "PLANT A 'tR••" As you may llave guesaed by 110w - Lo.,•11 'tllo••• ; 8 off 011 a110 tll er J•a,• t. Fir• t stop - A •erlca '• fir• I •rut gt"eatest 11atio11al parl,. Lo•ell ... RIO DE JANEIRO At Rio De Ja,1eiro - the conve11ing of Brazil's "First Nation . al Women's Council." Feminist - _ves; milila,it - yes; but still a far cry - from Women's Lib, U.S. -style. The delegates present - about a hundred, in all refusing to en . dorse a call for legalized divorce in Brazil; instead - urging s tronge1· Jam ily ties. Also, agreeing to Joresake "individual claims" - in order to fight for economic and social reforms affecting men and 111omen. Dallas Tow,asend saying Good Night.