., - ELECTIONS Al /)ollit1g places __. .. across Ille land - lite fi11al, climactic eve11/ of Compaix11 . Seventy; i11 effect, a 11aliot1al refere11d11m on lite policies of the Nixo11 Admi11islratio11. Wilh an eslimaled sixty milllo• r,olers - casti11g their d.? ball o Is Io d a .v7 6n • t =il:e:-(".i di Nf 11,ro u a,, c • • ~ on• •a••~~ broad range of issues and persor.alities. Prizes al stake in eluding, firs/ and foremost - conlrol of the ,iext Congress; along IDilh thirty-five governors - also, thousands of state and local offices. One of the first to pole today - /he Preslder,t himself -- al Ille Western While Hottse•gelling up .) before da1D11 - lo cast his ballot i11 a nearbJ' school house. The President later expressing confidence. - • • -w ttt t::t,.:t3u ::::- ' f c:a r' ;-- a.: hi m1x:v' ~ . "/ think -/ w e ' ll do b e II er Iha ,i Iii e genera l off - y ear Ir a di Ii on""' for lhe party in power,. "said lie • • ELECTIONS - 2 ~-·- ••lrNS:.. The Preside11/ then ,ebser11i11g: "We have heard a great deal aboul /his group and that group - t 1· y i ,r g t o speak for Iii cf m er i ca ,r people ; b" l this is the day" - he co11linlled - "for lite people lo JI speak for lliemselves • .Atc..:IAt: maJci~ i~CJI• - SAIGON FOLLOW ELECTIONS Sou/II Vietnam's President Thieu today at a diplomatic reception i11 Saigon said lte may not stand for re-election when his present term expires, next year. Thieu telli11g reporters: "This job takes so m•ch out of o,ie", and Ire added: "l have bee" lookiffg for someone else to do it." This seems to be the first lime Thiett has hinted he might not seek a second term. PHNOM PENH FOLLOU SAIGON Mea11whilc, the figltli11!( co11li1111es - mt,i'1l_v i ,, C a m b o di " : u h c r e C o m m ll 11 i s I I r o op s 1t , , ,. e I e s I i ,, X Cambo , diat1 ct«cr dcfet1ses loda) ' it1 the Plrt1om Pen/, are"· 011e e,icm) ' probe - ~ carr_,,i11g lo a poi,il ~ less lhn11 Jifleen miles from lite capita'; ~ I• N • I "J wit I, d r a wing ~, w i I lz I ll e arr i v a l of Ca m bod la n R11a1 IP BP I I le eoa.wawl~ rein/ore em ent s. Casualties on both sides - apparently ligh . l. UNITED NA TfONS Al lit e U 11iled Nalio11s ~1~ ,...., lat• 0111 lh e ~• Arab-Israeli impnsse ; with a Lalin America,i bloc and 011 Af,·o-Asi,111 bloc - - st1bmllling separnle resol111io11s loday ; boll, c alling for a three monlh exlcnsion - - of tl,e pr e se11t mid-East cease fire ; bot It ll r gin g I Ii e A r a b s and Is r a e li s - - Io res II m e peace talks under the auspices " of UN peace envoy Gunnar Jarring. On the debit side though - both SI... ignor~ Israeli charges of :i• alleged Egyplian cease- fire violations. A fact quickly holed - by Israel's ~ ... ~ .. ~~ Abba Eba,r 1 FRI& an al/empt to sweet, "under lhe table" "- /, a.. • + 1 a I, A e -- a 11 is s u e I ha I ha~ now be com e" c r i •ls of " confidence." PENTAGON FOLLOW UNITED NATIONS A r e lated item : TIie Pentagon today announc e d a c ut - back -- in the size and strength of the U S S i xt h F 1 e e t ; w it h a U S • nraa: a i r craft carrier and s ix d e stroyers ~H noio said lo have le/I the Medi I err an e · a" • This ,n ark in g xix a re tu r" I o norm al - ,oe are /old; meaning a re/urn to conditions lltat existed - pri . or lo lhe recent Jordanian crisis. A Pentagon spokesman adding lhat- /here has also bee,a "some reduction" -- in Ille Soviet Union's,. Mediterra•e•• fleet. ~~ ~ m Ille brililr. - - , . ®Jt&:l, ... RESOLUTIONS Al lite Un i led Nations again - Ille reinaclment of an a,inual 1• i /1tal; with lite filing toda y of another resolution - calling for th.e admission of Communist Chi,1.a. The new mo v e - sponsored by eighteen nations. The prediction is that Red China probably will pick "p a few extra votes this }'ear; but still not enough. In any event the so-called "great China debate"will get under way a week from Tl,,ursday, November twelve. STOCKHOLM 7Ae .Hov, o f ~ possibl e 11etu twist in /lie ... _.-(.4 u_ ~ space exploration p1•ogram ,\ 1·eported l-wd ■ 1 from ..... v-t..a.. Slockllolm - of • ~ t ~ of a Swedish born "' U S spa cc c x p er I - - Dr. Gus I a f A r r It en i us - - who has Just k« relur,,ed lo liis homeland for a lecture to11r. Doc/or Arrl,enius saying the u~ S plans lo send an uamanned space ship - on a "mission to an asteroid." With /he prime target to be chosen - said he - from one of several of "the smaller .planets - wl,ich some limes come very close lo enrtll and are of particularY. interest." Dr. Arrle,rius adding that this "Jo•r•ey lo an asteroid" will serve a,'a firs/ step o,r "the road lo mars." ... VATICAN ~ ~ From I I, e Va Ii can tw = lh,, a ,. ,, . a" or de r Io day batlt1i,ig as of Thursday, anJ ' f11rllter e xperimentation ;,, Rom.011 Catholic 1oorship services. The new order aimed at e11dit1g trial practices - ranging from "home" masses lo priests cond11cti,1g services in their street clothes. Tl,e Vatican asserting Iha/ newly enacted liturgical reforms - have already served tl1eir J>urJ>ose; l h Q t Of e ff a b ling t h e ltJ Or S hi/> f, er - I O ,Xtntt1'1e• /> 0 r Ii Ci /IO I e more actively in church services. Vatican sources adding that the lime has now come - for a pause ;,. cllurch reform; a pause so that the Catholic Ol'lflr•x community can, quote - "deepen its grasJ> of tl,e renewal of /lie mass." CLEl'ELAND Cle, eln11d, Ohio - a federal judge today , _ , ~ · --- ~ a b a" o fl c om m en!,; - 1 ,d ea ling w i t h a special grand jury report OJI the riots last spring al Ken/ State Urtiversily. Judge Ben Green ,ioling that the Kent Grand Jury - had gone far beyond the consideration of alleged viola/ions of the law; in the process, condemning "the condllcl of university officials - aNd certain profeseors •••xii• and students;" which "seriously dra.,s into question" - said he - "tl,e very delicate ,natter of academic freedom." The J•dge ruliNg, tlterefore, /Ital a ban 011 discussion of the Kent report - was "overly broad" and he added that "public officials may not wield an axe .,hen a scalpel is reqttired." CLE VE LAND Cle vela,z d, Ohio - a fede'[_al judge today r«••ks revoked a lower court ruli11g; ~ lifting ~ a ban on comme,i!) - 1 ,dealing willi a special grand jury report on /he riots last spring al Kent Stale University. Judge Be,i Green noting that the Kent Grand Jury - had gone far beyond /he consideration of alleged violations of the lallJ ; in the process, condemning "llie conduct of university officials - aJ1d certain profeseors •••x'• and students:" which "seriously dra.,s into q"estion" - said he - "the very delicate matter of academic freedom." The judge ruling, therefore, that a ban 011 discussion of the Ken/ report - 11Jas "overly broad" and he added ll1.al "pr,blic officials may not 11Jield an axe 1ehen a scalpel is required." LONDON The British ar e said to he stocki,ig i,p on fireworks - in prep · aratio,i for their tradilior1al G,,y Facvkes Day celebration this Thursday, wlti.cli raises the threat - of a city-wide l1alocaust. Lo,1don fi : re officer Re · ginald Whitlock a:« warning tltat - it could happen • . In the sixth week of a Brit'ish sanitation strike - a garbage fed fire today in famous Carnaby Street - just off swank Regent Sh·eet. T ' he blaze breaking out - in a basement of the Sweet Fanny Adams Boutique; 011e of the several shops in the ar · ea - which llave ltelJ,ed to spread the "mod mod Londo , n look". As flames aad smoke engulfed the four star, · building - dozens of t>•rso•• scrambling down ladders to safety. Carnaby, Jolr,r,, birthplace of the min-skirt?