': e /hi te ouse -- .s. mail c President ixon TMia rvice. r~nding continues hia efforts Z; ~ ongresa IAMlaf a special messa e ,44,1 callin g for another postal rate increase. One h t would rise the cost of sending cards and l e t t e r s ~ a p e n n y ~ ~ : _ up to six and seven cents, respectively. \Iii iiC '°-•~ j""'p4anactlm rates ~ second and third olaaa mail. "I regret the need to raise postal rates", said the ~ .{ President. fdding; hOW, api, 11 Thia administration 1a determined -- tha t the cycle of gre tar and greater postal deficits and more and more rate increases -- will be broken. mllt the only way to break that cycle" -- said he -- "is through effe , ctive, long range reforms in thew y the postal system operates." P ARIS ~ k. --Jl._ , W'lld-.. he p e a ce fr on t -- P is -- an attampt t oda y to g ive a little • -- and ma y~ e Ir""'-' e t a litt~e~ v ith U . S . and South ietnamese negotiators- • offering three conceosions in a bid t o get th e peace talks rolling again. Fi rs t and foremost, . s . Ambassador H enry Cabot Lodge -- reein g t o di cus political as well as military matters. South let lam also agreeing for the first time -- that Dllltual withdrawal o f foreign tr oops s ould be a k e y issue. ther droppin previous ban on C ommunist par t cipati on -- in an future p os t -war govermnent. S ou th ie t n ese spokeSJ11an s aying Sai on has no wish t o destroy its enem y -- bu t onl y to turn them from violence. flwwvwv, 'Reac ti on from the other ide -- again -- w,:tubl:;:. "no dice. 11 _• or public rm++-,il++Jortd•wwtt1 consum pti on, at least, lan oi brandi the concession lan -- nothi more than " U . S . ploy" 9 - an effort to build up aigon p restige. VIET · eanwhile in Viet am -- U.S. B-52s were carrying out today -- one or the r avieat raids of the war. Dropping thousands ot tons of bombs -- on threatening enemy troop concentrations near Tay Ninh, on the Cambodian border. • ~ Saigonk A a coat analyaia~~ = ..anlng ed offensive. In terms of h\Dllan sacrifice -- the tally oaming to nearly a hundred thousand enemy troops -- killed or wo\lllded. KO lsewhere in the Pacifi tbea re -- orth orean border ard o ened fire t od across that orean truce line. ccording to u •• observers -- Sout h orean border guards responding in kind. e long-ran e duel -- lastin seventy minutes before it as tinally ended. uckil thougr -- no apparent casualties. ere at ham -- ~ueblo skipper Lloyd Bucher - a~-- ebrask where he gr w to manhood. 2:21■ 1+ ,) tellin reporters he was "i tensely proud" of his ship. "It becomes a part of you", said he -- " part of every sinew, every muscle, ever part of your life. 11 d ow does he reel about the Pueblo nov . -- new that orth · ore a has t? r he Commander answerix,n that by saying he wants his ship returned -- "or removed from the face of the earth." ◄ • losion in · ort ern Ireland. In the midst or major civil ri ts s ru le at eltaat -- saboteurs blast hole in one of the cit 1 a m jor pipelines. ) orcin water rat · oning -- for half a million; o forcin call up of tent ous d police reserves -- to entorce dr tic new security mea ure. ( ~i vil ighters ; as za: . g'l1' t11 ¥Zj)Bt'I ed. •• ' atholic-mad Xhl) oU;)M•ef ' • . . . . - blamed. Indeed, · ing elements in Premier 0 1 eill's own rotestant-dominated 1 nioni t Party --vowing to oust the goverD11.ent .ta "in matter of days." har ing 0 1 eill and his Cabinet -- with being t oo soft on i 11 ighters. }i,w~ latest: a fire-bombing tOJlight at a Catholic achool -- /\ in the nearby villagd of agb.era. z • or the second rai da -- rioting in Lebanon. o v rrun en t f rce clashin with alestinians demonstrators -- at eirut.-- e onl c. Isra e i border. ~ . at least three dead -- several injured. ih ile at the uez -- another shoot-out -- between gyptian and Israeli f~roes ~ following a warning from T el Aviv -- a inst an y more "gypt ian raids acr as the canal. e Israelis addin c:minousl -- they may find it necessary to take strong counter-action -- to re ga in the initiative in that area. ~~. Lebanese Pr er ashid .. emi resigri/!/g. )- t oni t -- un a ble to co & with th e Iv t ent t t Uni ersit in Ohio -- lso he Uni ersit o ~ olo do, t e ,orm t ned. The lo ufferi , heretofore 11 11 nt jori t 11 st din up to be counted. t ent bout ei t thousand tudents tald. part in a_ t ra.w voe. it the f al t a ll -- five to three against dropping cri.min l ch rge nst lif'tin suepen io . n -.- with regard to s udents in olved in recent campus violence. :- ore the a e, a.t the • of c.; where the militant de ands o f t he uden s for tic ·ociet~ -- were also voted down by moder te students. ccordi to odernte le der oward I\ ~ -- proof positi e that the silent majo ity will stand~ ,< for what ~h e'"' believe." o b n , y l , com e s t 0 s t ory ~ o f' 0 cr oo l ellow w o bro e into loc 1 SU ly 0 tim e d t. e ni ·.,t . ' indin not n g of v lue no thi n . -- b u t h e di d lea e a n o te • ) ~ 8 i s· n l '- : II eased is he ~ expec ts nothin or h e ohall no t be di poin t ed. 11 e ot ·on: I s it oss 0 ble t o 11 t on do ? es . 'J.' hia ccor 't o D r. . . of t ol ic U ni v ersit i n a re ort t od 7 t th t ! shi ton ee ti n o f the American Geop h c 1 nion. hen tellin o 1 b experiments ,mere he f ound he c cul d actuall "blow p t 11 scale odel t o rn d oes. 'h e trick -- naid he in exploding a b al loon 1'ull o e~ losives -- at th e very vortex o f th e swirling .runnel. lext ate : to et a ful l blown ~ al loon bomb -- inside 1'ull sca1e, f st mo in t orn a do. Ah, but h ow -- t.b.at 1 s the qu e st ion -- said D r. C n . dding t hat h e ~ plans to try soon -- working ' miniature deser t 11 ~ & v i l s " ; hopefully build.in toward h e d ~Si.~~t, -- uh en h e c~~ a real twister.¾l1a;td;a ~ 1'-4 61. ~ ~ \ , , ~ ~ ) LTP.1969.04.24i.pdf LTP.1969.04.24ii.pdf