UHITE HOU E In another message to Congress President Nixon toda, addressed himself lo th problem of coping with natural disasters - noting tliat the cost of federal disaster as istance - has "tltreatened to grow to intolerable le els;" in part - he continued - because "t Ii e be ,z e fi ts were s o gen er o u s /.I ind iv id ua ls I bu sine s s es and communities had little incentive to reduce pe,,-sonal and local ha za,,- ds. " The P,,-e sident therefore, u,,-ging ''a consolidation of all existing disaster ,,-elief prog,,-ams - into one new age•cy; a transfer of additional administrative ,,-est,onsibility to state gove,,.nme•ts; and the c,,.eation of new incentives for individ•al laome owne,,.s and business men ~ to buy i•su.rance a•d thus help to cover thei,,. losses. The President st,,-essing tllal "this would place great er emphasis on prate rting peot,l e and property against the effects of disasters before they occur." SENATE On e of President Nixon's chief critics in tire past rose 1tfJ today to defend the President on Capitol Hill. Senator William Proxmire accusing the news media of being "grossly unfair" to the President. Tlais - said he - by pri,iting "sensational" stories - li,aki•g tlae President with lite Watergate scandal. Prox•ire goi•g o,a to say: President Nixo,a is be(,ag tried, se•te•ced a,ad exectded by rumor a,ad allegatio•. " Addi•g: "As tlae Se,aator wlao succeeded Joe McCarthy i,a tlae U S Senate - I /hid ,,I/Illa this ki•d of persec11tio• a•d co•de••atio,a witlao11t trial - McCartlayis• at Us a,orat." Proxmire /Mrtlaer denaa•di•g: "Does,a't tlae Preside•I have tl,e same simple right l1'at every other A•erica• has - to be innocent u,atil prove,a guilty?" REACTION FOLLOW SENATE Senator Pr o:x ,n ire's words were quickly echoed, •·••t'I MUf-W - by Senate leaders botla Ret>ublica,e and Democratic. Minori t y leader Hugh Scott sayi,cg of Ile t>ress: "Whe,e they tur,e a roltist>er i11to a cltarge, a I"' ru•or i,eto a facl, a wro,eg-ful deed by o,ee t>erso• i,eto a wro,egful deed by a,eotlaer - tltal'• de•agog•ry." Majority leader Mike Mansfield also claalle,egi,eg t,r••• coverage whereby ru•ors a,ad i,e,eue,edo flo•rislt aatl talte lold. Addi,eg tlaat o,ely ll1e J•ry .... ayate• ••d the Seaate Watergate co••iltee - ca• tleler•i•e g•ill or i,e,eoce,ece. WOUNDED KNEE The second battle of Woiutded Knee was finally ended today; - not with a bang, but more like a sigh of ..-Wrr relief. The occupiers of Worotded K,aee about a hundred 11 ■1111 • militattt bdia,.s - layi,ag do.,,. their arms without a sliot. They ao.ere tl,e,a re•ovetl - by cars attd busses - whereupo ■ federal age,al• - q•icl,ly m o ~ I•. Keat Frizzell of tlae U S lttterlor De1>arl•••I later saying: "We ltave secured tlie village of Wo•nded _..,,. K ■ ee a,ad are 110• cleari,ag out llae •llila•I•' lao•••••·" Frizzell addi ■g: Tlie operaUott we•t a• •ell - •• I ltad laoped. SAIGON From Saigon - an announcement today tlaal a four-party joint military team, including five America•• -- will fly to Hanoi this Friday. From tlaere - llae team will launch a search - to locate the gra v esites of individual Americans wlao died i• Norlla Viel11a•. II • i l l also attempt to determine tlae tall•••• fate of •ore tla• tlairteen laundred Americans still listed as •i•••••· MARCH When America's PO W's u ere ret,,rned home from Vietnam - they came back with their heads held high almost to a man. Then came the tales - of brutal tort11re. How much they really endured though - is only just N0111 cont• to light. Dr. Gary Tr101k, Ilse cltief medical officer at Marci, Air Force Base wllo directed Ille r,roceasi11g - of fifty-one retur,sed r,risoners, sayh1g oaly sis co•ld be c oJts idered iJt good Ilea ltll. Tise res I all affllc led - •II• 1'arasitic worms, cl,roNic diarrllea, siiJt h•fecU,o,es a11d ast•ma-Ute l•,eg co,editio•s, aad •al-,e11trilio,e. BEIRUT At Beirut - the resignation of Lebano,a's Premier AmiN Hafe~ickly followed today by a11 Army crackdown(inclvding a dusk to dawn curfew - a ban o,a public meetings "liable to e,ada,ager ••ca,rity." a,ad Ille closi,ag of all Cinemas, tlaeaters, "'•"' cla,bs a,ad meeli,ag laalls. L eba,ao,a 's Preside,al S•leh,aa,a Fr••J••la later orderi,ag a• efld to L eba•o,.ese air slril••• ••••••I Palesti•ia• gNerrUlas. - llais ... a,. •"••Pl to ~ .111otller cease fire. GUADALAJARA After three days in the hands of Mesican terrorists - American diplomat Terence Leonhardy was safe al Ao•• today in Guu.dalajara. His release - it now d•velopes - made possible by the payment of eighty tlaousa,ad dollars in ranso,a. This - according lo Malisco Stale Gover,aor Alberio Oroaco Romero; wllo added ll1al Leo,alaar4y's •If• • borrowed llae mo,aey from a local ba•ll - ht or4er to l•••r• qMiclt payme11I. MOSCOW Moscato - Henry Kissinger today comt>leted four days of talks - with Soviet Communist t>arty leader Leo•id Brezhnev. Next slot> - London - wllere Dr. Kissinger will meet tomorrow witll Britisla Prl•e Mi•i•l•r Edward Heath - before retur•l•g llo•e. PICEANCE BASIN From eleven U S conservation gro•Ps - a Plea today directly to President Nixon; urging Ille President to call off att undergrou•d n•clear blast sclied,ded for 111ext weeli ~ ~ ~ , ' t ! c o l o r a d o , The cottservatiottists claiming tllat suet a blast could well co,atami,aate the water supply - for taoe,aty seve• millio,a Anaerica,as. SUNSET Over the f>ast few y ears - as we knoto some of the ,ration's great magazines ha v e simply ceased to exist. The Satttrday Evening Post, Life, Look, the Saturday Revie., a11il so on. One exception thougll - a west coast magazi11e •llicl j ust keeps rolling along - getting bigger a11d better all lie time. Tllis morttll at Menlo Park Califor11ia Su,aset celebrate its seventy-fl/tie a,aniversary. Su,rset NJas lau11claed as a nalio,aal literary ••1••1,ae. WIien not too successful it 1C1as t,11rc1'ased by tl,e lege,edary La11re,ace W. Lane •110 made it a regio,aal •it• em,la•i• o• garde,ai,ag, cuoki,eg, laome imt,rove,,.e,ats'{ a11d travel. Wlaere111)0,e S11rtset soon become tl,e ,oesler,eer's do II yo•r••lf ) Bible. Now, seventy-five years later ils circ•latio,e I• •till growi,a6 al double Ille rate of •esler11 f)ot,11latio,a. I'm remirtded of all tlais - by ll,e so11 of La•r••c• w. Larte; Laure,ace "Bill" La,ae; .,1,0 is 1101 artly - a,ad for good reaso11 - co11fide,el about Su,asel's f11t11re - bul of tl,e SUNSET - 2 magazine i,rdustr ,,, general. He says: "I firmly believe that one of the great strengths of tltts industry - a11d its i,rlaerent d y namic f orce - is the capacity to breed, rege,ierate a,id occasto,ially bury a member of tl,e f•,,,tly." LONDON At the London School o f Economics - an address toda y by contro v ersial t,sychologist Hans Eysenack . Professor E y senck - the author of a recent book ca lied "Race, Intelligence and Education," in wllicl, lae clal111s tie• lrisll a,ad black Americans - are less intellige,at tlea11 tlee . . EJtglisla a,ed .,l,ite Americans. He llad scarcely beg•" st>ealtiJtg wllen lae r,,as attacked, t,uncled a,td bloodied by • group of s tudeJtts . WIiia tlae ltelt> of otller stude,ats - tlae Professor fl••ll1 breakiJtg a.,a,. After treatme,et of at a ltost,llal lee • • ' ' "It's satl for tltose supposed to be tl,e elite of tlais co••lry to bel,ave ,,. tllis faslaio,a." Tlae,a addiJtg: "I ., •• al •cllool iN Nazi Ger111a,ey aJtd tlat 's llo., t,eof>le bellavetl lll•r•." ONTARIO WIien he was dashing yaung--•r~ ■ balclaelor Ca•ada 's Pierre Elliott Trudea• o•ce appeared i• ParHa,,.e•t weari•g scandals a•d an ascot. B•I •o• tlaat lae's laat,1'il, ,,.arried and • fall,er a•d Pri•• brief re•art• - d•ri•g a ta•r of O•l•rio. "I llai•i" • • a yo■•g ••• - ••Id 'l'r•d••• - t,rot,erly •• Ille t,rot,er t,l•c••· " A•cl •• etlded: "'l'o •• •• origi••I i•••••r - yo• do•'I ••v• to r•ly o• l ■rll• ••c•• ••cl •••cl•I•." HONG KONG Police ,,. Bo•g Kong today scored - al•o•t iNadverleNtly - t•etr biggest dr•g 11••1 ever . A ,ollc• la•,scl, co• i•g lo ,,.e aid of J••• - at,t,are,atly tlrlfli,eg a l•l•••ly ,,. Bo,ag Ko•g •arbor; .,,,,, t•• creto of II• 'J••• - •cti•g "i• • •••t,icio•s •••••r." A •••rc11 of II• 6o•I •••tired ,,•••ti• of •ort,•• ••; at •• ••ll••t•il "•lr••I" ••••• of fo•rl••• •illlo• dollar• - •ol Bo•r Ko•• tloll•r• ••t••rl