L.T. -BUICK, FISHER. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1966 (Dallas Townsend, substit1ng) GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: James Meredith was shot and wounded tro■ ubuah late today in Mlasiaalppi. The man who broke the Color Barrier at the Unlveralty or Nlaaiss1ppi was on the second daJ ot hla march through the state -- to encourage negro voter regl1tm,1an. Late thla afternoon he waa walking along HlgbwaJ Fltty-ona, IINJI the town or Hernando, when ahota were tlred troll a patch ot woods. Meredith - ruahed to a ho,p1tal ln lllllphla, twenty mllea away, where authorltlea aay he will aurvlve. Pollo• ••1 a white man, J-• lorvell, baa adllltted the ahootlng. PNalden, Johnson calla it "an awflll act . or violence. " · ••. which every sensible American deplores. He ordered the Attorney General to spare no effort to bring the guilty person or persona to justice. SPACE For all the disappointment in space -- a blazing finish here below for astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. The two intrepid spacemen today completing a pinpoint preclalon landing ln the Western Atlantic -- as you have doubtless heard by now. Marking an end -- to the flight of the Gnlni•llne; all the more remarkable -- for lts great achieveaent ln the race or constant adversity. The landing itself -- pictlll'e perfect. In tull vln•• or the Carrier Wasp; and thua for the first time--ln full Yl" or millions or Americana watching by television. l1111ber one fan--Prealdent Johnson. Who quickly telephoned hla congrat11lation1 -- tor "one or the tlneat chapters ln Olll' whole apace progl'u" -- said he; tor top pertol'll&llce and continuing courage -- under IIOWltlng preaaure. Obviously tired and a bit drawn at first -- the two men later completing a post-flight medical check-up; eaerglng fully relaxed at mld-a~ernoon -- for the flight back to Cape Kennedy. Three days of debriefl . ng there -- to be followed by more of the same a~ Houston. !lytbln. it.sserttng tbat ~ ~l..111 ~13 not tu.lfill b1a :: •• y--to protect Sheppard !"roll the 1nheNntlJ' preJULilclal ._licit llblch saturated the coaunlty at tbl tlile.. l1ao--: ~ha.• be talle: • control dlaruptlve lntllleftCU In the court• :-ooa: ~ 1 1 -- a crolld or newsnen. ounty Prosecutor John ! . Corrigan later reporting f-rcc vleveland -· that he would decide 1n a day or two llbetber t" retr, the case. As tor Dr.. Saa -- 1rilC has been ~ pending ~utcome o~ the appeal -- he h1mse1r said: I at1 ready t · o . go to :rial now. ~dd1:ng: · 1 want -- complete v1ndlcat1on .. vm NAM Pollt1cal crtala in Vlet Ham -- still at fever pttch. Ten civilians today accepting a goverment offer -- to Joki the existing Ten-man ruling ■ll1tary Junta. A prevloualJ•&greed upon move -- al•d at ending Buddhlat-lnapired unrest. PortJ•'l'hree South Vletnaaeae generals -- later expn11lng "tull cont1dence" ln Premter Ky and hla entlre governaent. lot 10 -- the Bllddhlata. Inatead, a bltaterlng antl-govermnent, antl•Allerlcan apNch -- troll Buddhl1t leader lhat !hllOng 1n Saigon. Crltlclalng PNaldent Johnaon -- •• "1rreaponalble." Purther predtctlng that Pr•ler Ky and Chlet ot State lgu,en Van Thleu -- would be "kll!led ln a coup d'etat." Buddhlet reaction at Hue -- even stronger. Threatened ~lolence there apparently averted -- only by a torrential aonaoon raln. On the flghtklg tront - · • U .s. ottlclala today dl1clo1ed the second sneak attack withln a mo . nth -- on that big U .s. helicopter baa · e at An Kbe. However, damage called "llght"-- mainly because or tlghtened security around the Jungle fleld. S1XIGBSTID LEAD•IH TO THOIIAS TAPE: Lowell Thoaaa ls taking tlme out todaJ -- to deliver a C01111Nnc-nt address at the United Statu Alr Force Academy. In the meantl•, a report tie lert • •• or tl•lJ lntereat. ALNA The U.S. Weather bureau at Miami has a report or what could be a dlaaater in Hond11raa. The report, from Honduran weather •n, says that thirty inches or rain virtually obliterated the town or San Rafael, ln weatem Honduras, and more than aeventy persona are reported dead. A low pre11ure storm center in the Caribbean -- bolled up q1alcklJ today into a rare Jllnl hu.rrlcana. Once ai,awned -- ort the coaat or Honduru -- Hu.rrlcana Al• polntlns her SeventJ•Plve-mlle•an-hour wlnda -- atral&ht at Cllba. !he ato,a · expected to lncreaae ln lntenalty -- aa lt heada northnrd. Bealdea belng early -- Al• la alao aoaethlng or a •verlck. lloat June atol'IIS -- heading ror the G111r ot Mexico • .. The Weather Blll'eau advlalng, that no Jwie atol'lll -- baa ever touched the U.S. •lnland. Stuart -- Let's hope we're not in for an execptlon. KEINEDY At Cape Town , South Africa -- Senator Robert Kennedy or New York today delivered the first public address -- or hla current African tour. Urging South African students to take the leadership -- in making theirs a more Just and democratic aocletr Senator Kemedy declaring that "the enlarg...nt ot liberty -- ■uat be the aupreae goal and the abldt.ng practice or any Veatem Society." "The e11ent1a1 huaanity ot ■en un be protected and preaerved" -- he went on•· "only where govel'lllent muat answer not only to the wealthy -- not only Jut to thoae or a partlclll.ar religion or a particular race -- but to all lta people." The words ot Robert Kennedy ln Cape Town. GOOD NIGlff