DISARMAMENT 1,.(- l l ~ ';/ .kl i . ltl J . ~ . .:,~ · 1 bb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I I , ~ tlt e g oal o f t orld disarmament. So ie t Pr e m i er Kosygin ' . , '/ d ec larin g tna t R11ss i a is finally read y to c ommit itself - I to a prom i s e that ii , i ll ne v er be th e first lo us e nuclear weapons. This if other nuclear pouers - w ill agree to do the same. Kosygin asserting that i,i the •Ix••~ absence of such agreement - "tl1e danger of nr,clear war will ' 1 increase man . y times over." .,.. proposals Tl, e Soviet offer coupled · with a series of JK;aot/ltOtli•• A all similarly addressed to that contin11ing Geneva Disarmament Conference} B-/aising hopes thaf1«ussla is perhaps1rious for the first time . about achieving an effecti v e agreement to end the arms race . .. PEACE ~ 1 World pre ure bega,i to build toda) i - - for a reco,i e:jing of th Et Gene a conferen e on Vietnam.~ / . At's a11 alter11ati e to U N intervention - in the search for peace in South Asia. The idea - first put forward by North Viet nam - endorsed today by Paris and later by Washington in tire face of 11nexpected opposition • to the U S request for a fttll U N debate on Viet Nam. Nevetheless, Jordan late today announced - that it would vote in favor of the American proposal. The last undecided nation thereby assi,ring approval lf>1. by the Security Cot1ncil - and clearing the ivay for that A.. long awaited debate. VIET NAM U S tanks - rarel) ' used in Viet Nam - rumbled into action toda, , aboul fifteen miles southeast of Saigon. ~ ,,wiping out a pair of Communist m . achine-gun bunkers - in day- long fighting that could be heard in the capital itself. Some three hu,idred miles to the north - U S air ca alr, , me,i puslied info the foothills near Bong Son. ,J ...pf,lloioing a massive attack by American B-Fifty- Twos,:::; _,,B'n a s u . spec t e d Co m mun is t con c en tr at ion there . Also in the air - American jets blasting Communist North Viet Nam for the third straiglit day. Principal target - a storage facility near the city of Vinh. SOUTH FOLLOW VIET NAM Mean11hile, .t:IJ:l:fl. from the South Vietnamese high ~ . command;( ...k" report today that /he Viet Cong's main force - still /Jas made no appeara11ce since tlze Christmas oeau: cease-fire~spite a series of major American offensives since then - inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. The South Vietnamese adding that last weelt e=-' at l•• ■ I, th . ere was,,,,, indication - that the Communist military effort had "materially lessened." Why -- we'll have to wait and see. l,ONDON For /he first lime in more than /1. enty ears -- central London , as paralr1zed today b llze threat of a Nazi bomb. Tlze missile - a German "block-buster" - /hat had lain in the Tham . es ri er bed since World War Two. To re1nove the bomb - apparently live - British authorities were Joa forced to close off two nearby bridges - two of the b11siest in Londo'x-;B'f,ocking rail, ~~~a ✓~ road and riv er tea/Ji c for A . ~ 7 . while divers ,, A completed the delicate lifting operation. ~ INDIP Re n e r ot n o d ay in a l ea t r e -- o r hu n er-s t r ken sout1er n Hun ustan. Mar in he ixth s tr aig ht day o · v io le nc e -- i n In ia ' s C ommuni s t- ominate st ate o r Kerala. The big est demonstration -- at Varkala, where a mob of several hundred students -- stormed an looted the local railroad st a tion destroyin g railroad equipment and blocking the tracks ; and t' inally stonin g police -- before they were routed. Target o f the riot- ·ood Minister Chladambaram Subramanlam. The students carryin banners callin g h im -- "the Minister Wh ') starve t h e people of Kerala. " That's what they were calling Chia-dam-baram Subra-maniam! HIGH'RAY propo A comprehe,zsi e federal h ig hua y af ety acl - d toda3 b y President Joh,z on . .-:n;-iimff tlte ,) t l1ol es ale destruction of life and property - on 11 ,e 11ation' hight a The President's proposal i,i a message lo a New y-,rk meeting - of the American trial lat yers association; ~ which he said that "next to toar in Vietnam - the gravest problem before this nation is the death and destruction - the shocking and senseless carnage - th.at strikes tit daily on or,r highways." The President adding: "There is cause for sacrifice in Viet Nam -- there is no excuse for s11icide at home." PRESIDENT FOLLOW HIGHWAY W-- lhH:V, i11 Washington - - still another special message /\ ~ to Cong res s . ;tJ, e Pre s id en l c all in g for an int er n a ti on al lteallh and education program - al a cost of more than half-a-billion dollars. Tile goal -- said he -- "to ' Yid mankind fore er of the slavery of ignorance and the scourge of disease.'' BERLIN In West Berlin - an American soldier I as found guilt, today - of selling a uniform later used in a refugee es cape from Communi t East Germany. Michael Herman, twenty-one, of Portland, Oregon - sentenced to three months at ltard labor. Along with a fine of eighty-three dollars a month - for the same period. Incidentally, the trial disclosing for the first time a recent American order - forbidding U S soldiers from lqking any furtlzer part in refugee escapes. The order apparently in part ~--• bee ause of Soviet protests - also to protect American servicemen from their own \ humanitarian instincts. SERVICEMEN FOLLOW BERLIN ---------------------------- Speaki,i g of er icemen - a soldier al Fort Monmouth, Net Jersev. toda, , earned a record stateside bonus. Under the army's 11ei - re-enlistment incentive a« program. Staff Sergeant Harlan Cunningham - an electronic technologist - richer by nearly ten thousand bucks. For s i gn in g "p - f o r a" o th er h i I c 1, • S US GE A a tronom battle t o a n t . Lou Between th e d ty heal th depart ment -- an E r 1 Mugele, he a o _ · a hun red- year-ol sausa e business. Tol by h ealt h authorities that he can't sell any more sausages -- until he gives a detailed listing o f his sausa g e ingredients. Mugele, determined never to divulge the recipe, says it's that '' little extra spice that makes the di f ference." Which calls to mind the old Austrian proverb: "I you like the sausage -- eat it -- but never, never ask what's in it. " Ort. TER e o I,.; m e a ur h I ern na n .:' e n urban rans r ton. . ·. ' s r ene r c . a are m no~ mass pu lie ransp o rtat1on, ur es the desi .. l ull automated e u1pment nclud1ng movin s1dewa · s. to a · 01 crippling strikes -- such as the one we ha recenlty ln New York. Warning that " Women are fre uently turne into t 1gresses -- during the simple pro ess of getting home " , at night. Ever meet a tigress, Warren. ~l!JJ_'H A real life drama reminiscent of a recent stage and screen Play -- come today from North Kansas City, Missouri. Fifty-one year old Mrs. ' Mary Terbush - who learJted she was expecting only two weeks ago -- giving birth to twin girls. Her first children -- in twentv-three years of marriage. Her husband -- stunned at first. Later noting b his wife Ir.ad been a girl scout leader for twe,ety years - aJtd adding: "I guess the Good Lord just thought it was time we were blessed." The moral - as you may have heard: "It's never too late. "