QUE SON of the year} - ~ in the sweltering Qr,e Son Valley - ~ three hundred and forty miles northeast of Saigon. With U S infantrymen and on-coming Marine reinforcements - battling tl,e Viet C~~ temperatures ,._, ,7/,:r! !o. n hundred and twenty degrees. AU,:u,,inr Jilli to fo,ge c1 +i,elt. to "'a a,e t It e i r e e "' lt i •ad }i rs IJ o •er ~ h e Marine , \ ·---•=1•~J1:111a:::i,;:::,R· uis:ilf:al~Jr.-;r.::::-E=:'fl1t~ut1111~1~•s:::i:1 i::r IP1f:ia1t~,:a•~w==- aa:::t:1 t:I ::::t:t 11a,::::iia~1 um:J:sz:/it! e f i e Id report s t e 11 i ng o I !J!::':fk:.• ca s u al tie s - w i th th e bull et s com i ng "in li k e rain " . To the point - we hear - where even cooks and clerks have been pressed into emergency duty - serving temporarily as combat riflemen. l BANGKOK ------- - Al Bangkok i n neighboring Thailand - a joint commt4nique loda from U S and Thai officials. Announcing plans t o start negotiations Septe m)Jer one, on the gradual withdrawal of American troops stationed in that country. ~ •• yo• ii 1101, to ease the fear of Amer ·can in ol vment - in another major land wur in Asia. However, the announcement ~ I t••t w i th d r a w al will b e II u o t e - cons i st en t with the a s s e s s ,n en t of both governments" with regard to "the security situation." ~~.$,t,.,, ie liO s ig II ifi c; ant " . .d alte,atio,a '" sai sttarrtio", A .... tHI ATLANTA Here at home - the Defense .i'««« Secretary takes th offensi v e. Mel v in Laird addressing an American Legion con ent i on toda y at Atlanta; lash i ng out at those who i ould slash defense spending this year - beyond the three b i llion cut - b a ck he ha d already announced. These ~ critics ari\ urging a ....,. dangerous course Asserting that - "any further major cut , ,, - would subject the American people to "even great_ep 6~••t1'risks ". And then he went on to say: "Too little and too late - has been the .,nth epitath of more than one great nation." P~e 8cc: cJa:, a:ddd•1: "I am determi,eed that it will not be o u r s . ' ~ k, / MIDDLE EAST In the tense Middle E a s ~ r r y of developm nls)foifd~ /eginning with early morning AYab Yackel attacks - against Jerusalem and Beisan. According to th.e Al Assifa guerrilla mo ement ~ an answer to recent Israeli "desecration" of Islamic Qf22e,-~ ~ shrines. t"lli~ followed quickly b y Israeli retaliation - in lhe form of air strikes against Arab commando bases in Jordan. Meanwhile at Amman - Jordan's King Hussein was announcing anotller cabinet shuffle . .,..kf[pointing a ,) civilian as defense minister - in place of major General Amer Khammash. The latter apparently failing t o , / 4 . . ~ I ~ Hussein's newly announceed Policy - ~ l. · t Israel s=au"S•r 14•• •l'•i■■t ~ harder ine agains • > UNITED NATIONS Now th i A I th e Unite d Na l i on s - th e li x!t u N Security Council today unanimously condemning Israel for its air raid on Lebanon two weeks ago. VIENNA Fire bombing in Vienna. Target - the Canadian Embassy. With a crazed man bursting into tlie building - hurling a Molotov cocktail at a member of the staff. Setting off a raging blaze that killed twc i:;l:aa:o:-a:111~~1,n9:l:S IJAl:::::;z~tm..a*lfSd.~ . ..-_a; A us tr i a n s who work e d t here . A l s o, sending some thirty to the hospital - including a number of firemen. A..-:.e:.e A r re s t e d at t he s c en e - a m an id en ti fie d only as "Kolman ~ L".; Police . . ) ' sayriwg Ale aaa a Canadian - d•Htsagli born in Hungary. Further quoting the man as saying over and over - "I did it - I did it". But whv - still a •~ mystery. LUSAKA Lusaka, Zambia - lhe Plot thickens. In the mid I of a go ernment shape-up President J enneth Kau,ida's Personal j e t crashing Loday, shortly after take- off. Killing three British crew members - also criticall) injuring a,z African. As for the Presiclent himself - he was not ~~ aboard. )'Kaunda/... conducting a press conference ul ,-., ""', wi' the announced resignation of Zambian Vice President .;••••nlni••rt4illa•~ ....... ,. "-Simon Kafwepwe. However, 'i e wa s a s k e d a b out a L on don r e port - to t he effect t It a I a b o m b ha d b e en found re c en tl y a board t he Pr e s id en ti a i l T h · h K d r plied he knew nothing about p a n e ~ w •c aun a e - . ii - ~ his own security was not his personal concern. SAN CLEMENTE From the stonmer White House - San Clemente - ne s today that President Nixon --p,rr. iee~z.~ ' ~ ' s o u t l t of the border'.' The President to meet with Mexico's chief executive - President Diaz Ordaz -- September Eight - a week from Monday. This at dedication ceremonies near Del Rio, Texas, "p.. the opening of the new Amistad Dam across the Rio Grande. WALTER REED FOLLOW SAN CLEMENTE lJasuz..Jn Washing o n - I>-• ,tty )IO ■ff6 Tricia N i xon - a pat i ent tonight at Walter Reed Army Hospital. FiYT r" · .. bd . l SDfJ&,, NR ) ,- .. ,t a om ina P . ~ d . t ains l ••• <~ in ,ca e a possible attack of appendicitis. Although at last report J,fJ"rU._ TriciaAsaid to be "fift y percent better and resting M ff com/or ta bly." AKRON Coming soon - a new "airless tire." Reports Ir O m A k r O n t e l l U t I a dg-51 of a d an c e t e s t s on I his l,, t e s t in automotive innovations; a tire filled with foam instead of air - one Iha/ ne er goes flat - e.w,tclll IB •r ready for market within the next two years. Price - ~ , that's something ~ ~ #lei ■ ••••/\ the ~my and_!!._ir fo ·ce I\ expected to gobble up all they can get; since the new tire is also "bullet proof" and thus ideal for combat operations. The manufacturers of heavy m ' ining construction and agriculture equipment - also greatly interested. When it comes to the family car - price not- JVStlrtt rear tire. withstanding, maybe just the thing for that right -V~- You know · - the oneA.your w{e is always ~~-o//.-J ~~: scraping against the curb.~ ~ - . e . ~ ~ ~ QUINCY Was she - or wasn't she? ..,.. h " e question posed - al Quincy, Massachusetts where movie director Otto Preminger - '"as shooting a so-called "nude scene" for his latest epic. The script calling for singer actress Liza Minelli - to cavort supposedly naked among the tom' -stones of a local cemetery. W!t=A Suddenly - crew the f i l m ~ was slapped with a legal complaint; /'- 1, a complaint charging that the nude scene - was, in effect, sacrilegious. Later, in District Court, a policeman admitting that Miss Minelli was not nude at all -- she was wearing jbat:..wi fl es h - colored tight s. SmMwl6i~ a disillusio r , ent for «xmJOJD:i•6X:,stnXiJB~•6JO peeping Toms - and # also ~ ~ ' the powers that be in something of 2 quandry. The matter finally taken under advisement - while the authorities decide - nude or not - should they - or sh ou l dn 't f hey ?