Fri . Dec . lO, l91l HOTTELET LEAD-IN To start off tonight - a late development on tire Indian-Pakistani dispute. Here now - from Ille U,rited Naliorts - my CBS colleag11e Richard C. Bottelet. INDIA-PAKISTAN While tl, . e wliole world u , atches and waits - India and Pakistan continue to pla out their gfiina drama. At New Delhi today - Madame Gandhi, , addressi•g a cheering crowd of more than a "undred thor1 , sa11d college stridents; told tltem her KOvernment - is p,-esently co,rsideri•g a tt cPas e -fire r · esolu.tion. Bui she added: "Notlting can deter r,s from dtiiving the occut,atlon forces out of Ba,agla Desi, - a,ad llelt,ing ,,.e Ba•gla Deslt /leot,le to ltve ht peace and prosperity , . '' In a later broadcast lo ,,.,u,,• armed forces - tl1ey lady premie'Ye also sayiftg: °Figllt •ell, my countrymen - victory will be ours." Aftd in East Pakisla• - we llear India• troops today •ere crosslag tlte Megfta River - in n i assive 11umbers; getting ready for a hoped-for final assault - on tlle East Pakista,ai cat,itol of Dacca. Wili Indian military sources sayittg t•ey are under heavy pr · essr,re - to take Dacca by early ttext week; in whiclt case - toe are told - India would , •• ,. be 1>rep · ared to accept a cease-fire. INDIA-PAKISTAN - 2 A tho,,sa,id miles to lhe west though - a far different story; with Pakistani troops launching a t,air of attacks today - into the Vale of Kash · mir. T'he figh.ti . n.g t6at follo NJed - according to ba ttl efie l d reports - ' ' 'the most bilteY and heaviest" since the start of the wa Y .. New Dell,i admitt ing that Indian troops suffered "heavy casualties". with Yeinforce men ts on the way. Heye at home - tire WII ite House NJas again •Ygi11g immediate compliance with t11ell. N. cease-fir · e -resolution. Press Secretary Ron Ziegler noti,r.g /'oi,atedly - tltat Pakista11 l,as already agreed ta do so. WHITE HOUSE The Wliite House again - President Nixon today sig,aed the bill - cr,tting taxes sixteen billion over tire next three )'ears. The president noting that benefits accruing therefrom - will affect nearly every taxpayer - from tlle t,oorest individual - to the richest corporation. Therefore, callhag the bill; a "Chr · istmas tree - sometlring for all America,as. But a "Christmas tree" in tire good se,ase - sal l,,e; and not ,,,.e loaded ioitlr extras - that "will breat do,o,a tl,e tree. " In a writte11 statement - the President also reiterating Iris objectio,is to , tire bill's provisio,a calli,ag for Federal Jina,aci,ag of presidential campaign. Tlae Preside,at adding: "I am confident - that with time allowed for reco,asideration - this provision will not become of,erative." CAPITOL HILL On. Capitol Rill - the Sena t e toda y gave final Congressional appro v al to the President's new Anti-Cancer b i ll ; a ll o c a ti n g on e - p o in t - s ix b i l l ion o v e r t he ,, ex t th re e years - for a concentrated attack on that dread disease . REHN Q UIS T - FO I. LO W CA PIT O L HI L L After m ,ch debate and pa·diamentary maneuvering Senate also af)f,roved today the President's nomination of William Rehnquist to the U.S. SllPreme Court; the President's Jo11rth nominee - so approved. And now ~ we have what tliey are calling a "Nixon Court ; " giving the conservati · ves - for the first time in years - a clear-cut edge. BICENTENNJA L Elsewhere in Washington - a meeting of the . American Re v olution Bicentennial Commission; which des i gn a t e d Ni agar a Fa l ls , Ne w York - as th e n a ti on 's first official "bicentennial city"; the first of many - it's hot>ed. The Commissiof so a1>1>roving South Dakota's Mo•nl Rush more - as th e Ji rs t off i c i a l regional s it e for Bice" tnlllal observances. TIie Com m,s s ion further Pl edged its "full we iglt I" - ,,. s•t,t,ort of the Nineteen-Seve,,ty-Six tuinter Olympics laere in the Deft vet" area. Urgi•g Ure Federal goverrtmeJtt to "establish 1>riorities" - financial and otherwise - tllat will lrelt, to make this international sports event a gredfsuccess. INDOCHINA In the fighting in Indochina - major ground action was centered today at the town of Dambe in Cambodia; where North and South Vietnamese troops - were said to llave battled each other to a stand-still. ln the air war - enemy gunners downing seven allied airC'f " aft; Jive at Dambe - and two more back in Sou tis Vietnam; w1r il e an American "Tltu nd ercla ief" Jet •as blasU,ag another SAM missile site in Communist North Vietnam. BRUSSELS At Brussels the final session of a three-day NATO m e e ting f o I l owed by a co mm" n i q u e - s tr es s in g N .4 To 's determination to keep up its guard against the possibility of Communist attack; adding tit.at member nations intend to allocate - "a stable and possibly larger proportion of tlleir growing national wealth" for defense purposes. At the same time - NA TO express tng a willing 11ess to start talks with the Communists - on European security; but only when a ,rew Berlin agreement - ts signed, sealed and delivered. U. s. Secretary of State William Rogers explai,aing that tllts means bilateral consultat io11s ca,a start at once, After weeks of wra,agling - East and West Germa11y finally reaching an accord; agree tng • on Ira/fie and travel arrangements - which are needed to implement a four-fJoNJer Berlin agreement. Too late to open the Berlin wall for Christmas - but still a milestone , hopef,,lly, in East-West relations. PARIS Paris - for P1·i11ting thenames, places and intimate details in a recent di v orce case - a French legal magazine was found guilty of invasion of privacy. But the plaintiff in the case - a mcin aged se v enty-one - getting only toke,a damages in the amount of one franc. This perhaps explained by the man's number one complaint - that the magazine had printed his wife's grourtds for obtaining a divorce . She, a younger woman, co,atendh1g that he, a set,tuage,aarian - was posessed of, quote, "excess virility." To him apparently - a great insult; altllougll tlle co"rt advisi,tg him in effect - "Count your blessings." UNIVERSITY OF DENVER I've just been attending an unusual graduation c ere m. on y . A long w i th C II an c el lo r Mi t c h ell an d Vice C la airmalt Kelsey of tlle University of Denver, I went to the Colorado State Capitol Buildin . g. There i,i the Chambers of the supreme Court - thirty-/ our University of Denver students were given Masters degrees in Law Court Administration. This is all for the pe,rpose of speeding uf, justice in this country. A great idea. We all hope it works. So once again tl,e U,eiversity of Denver is doing tlie unusual, Warren.