WASHINGTON Washington again - another Presidential first; with President Nixon becoming the first Chief Executive - ever to address a meeting of the Associated Council of Arts. Taking this • oppo • rtunity to call anew - for a sixty million appropriation for the arts and humanities - "to enrich the quality of life throughout America." The President saying: ' "Engineers and scientists can take us to the moon - lut we need the poet and the painter to take us to the heights of understanding and perception; we need the musicians and the dancer and the film maker - to bring beauty and meaning to our lives." ECONOMY On th economic front - another increase in the nation's composite index of business statistics; one point four percent for the month of April - which makes the sixth straight month of steady climb. According to government experts - proof positive - that "a solid and substantial economic expansion is under way. " ) becoming "quite strong." VIETNAM In Vietnam - a surprise find today up near the D M Z; witli a force of South. Vietnamese troops - over-running a suspected enemy base ; . camp; there discovering an arms cache - containing, among other tirings, ninety-eight heavy rockets. And these - we are told - of a kind ne er before seen in Vietnam; about twice as big -, as the enemy's standard one-twenty-two; with a range.- i potent weapon. YUBA CITY Here at home - the - - , count in that make~ shift emetery at Yuba City, California - twelve, at last report, and U • they,fre still digging. Police saying the ictims ~ were probably all migra11t farm ~ ) (l workers - and the man theyJre holding as tire alleged killer - tliirty seven year old Juan V. CoYona, a farm -S"o ...;__ - -J:R., ~ labor contractor. As for the m o t i v e s ! • • ~ ~a-1:c,,.t'_ ~ :il~se.-:: DETROIT Remember a month . ago how a Detroit grocer killed a would- be bandit who late..,. , was identified as D•ighl Johnson - age twenty three - a former altar boy, an Explorer Scout - and then a Sergeant in the u s Army? In Vietnam he had ,oon the nation's ltlgltest award for valor - the Congresslona l Medal of Honor - when, in the words of one of his buddies, "he took on" and practically wiped out "a 111hole battalion of North Vietnamese." Dwight Johnson retur,eing home a hero - and lie 111as so acclaimed by former Preslde,et Johnson;~ after 111hlch a testimonial din,eer Nil in Wasltinglon 111here -fo~_J.:;~ lte 111as praised~by General WestmorelaRd. Then, he 111as ~ D111ight Johnson man of tlte laour; but - hour • IAa• ended A all too soon. Once he 111as a civilia11 agaiR, ~ b i l l s ~ Piling up _ his hoi,se about to be fo,-eclosed - his 111ife )tw- ,,, need of a serious operation. / h e r e 111 er~ his frie,ads? ')~~~~"-:JAMA--.; ot.:...J. DETROIT - 2 Th er e are so m e of ws "'ho believe the President ~ ~ s o m e dollar - a-year man, say a Clement Stone of Chicago, or a Ross Perot of Dallas) to keep an eye on those to whom we give the Medal of Honor • • So often we build them up, • a 1 make a big fuss ove · r the1' ~ . - , tlaen let them do111n. Surely something , •• , ••••Ill be / A studied. Today the great Ne,o York Times devoted « full page to this D,oighl Joluason tragedy. Speaking of heroes - this next f-rom Belfast in Northern Ireland; where a group of young children were hjrled into a Police station - for safety's sake - during a not her brief flare- up of religious violence. A ,rd then a homemade bomb was hurled in - landi,rg in the midst of /he youngste-rs; whereupon a British parat-rooper leaped for•ard - absorbing the full force of the blast. Army Sergeant Michael Willets - killed insta11tly. }(f!;,~~mbJ.. - !!Jlnesses . J■Eh saying II• ■■:aa::a1='!4'j~■s:.t1~l~u1-=■■IIIIIPlllll,-. · ~ f~•s:;ff:ll~DA•IJ:!l~~~:t~at•~--II;•~::. "he lo olt e d Ii k e a sclaoolboy." MITTENIVALD At Witl enw ald, West Germany a meeting of Nalo Defens e Ministe,· ; from whence we hear that explorator y talk will begin soon - to determine whether the Russians are really serious about negotiating a mutual troop cut , back. U S Defense Secretar, , Mel in Laird stressing, however, tlaat "all na to partners must maintain t lie ir slrengt h - - until such negotiations have reached some agreeme,at" ~ n re if and whe,,. TABLE MO TAIN From the skies liigh over Table Mountain - near Capetown, Soul Ii Africa - comes the story of a three plane mid-air eras 11. This ,; ~ l , , t - ,.,. ' D1- a practice A A_ formation flight - killing at least eleven. P••••I'• ' tt lA id!d I llt WU pl ■ tllf A .,.,.,, . , , ,-« ■ e ,,,-u, • s ed ca:: 'I , < 8 tt I .. i • ldwt , nt«•1 ,,,,.,, •• u/f 1 -i:e '*· VA TI CAN From the Vatica,1 Weekly - "L 'Osser at ore Della Domenica" - a warning I oda "' to Roma ... , c t 1 J n · a ,iolic priests; a warn in to az oid cultivating, ,-,'(uote, "sentimental relationslziPs" with women - however Platonic these may seem. Why so? Because - s · ays the Vatican - there is a "certain risk" inherent in any relationship with a wonian; even one that's cloaked ''in vaporous spirituality - a,id good intentions. " Which, by the way, the 1· oa d to Hell is pa v e d with - - · r so we are told. The Vatican Weekly ttlso calls it a scandal - Ilia, one-time church objects a,-e now being used to decorate many private homes, as in the case of tlr . e wife of an llalian government a pulpit ha her living official - who recently ins ta lied r o o m ~ a priest came to call - we are told, saw the pulpit - mounted it - d d "a serm_on a_bout sacrilege.'' and promptly ren · ere ~~~~ SYDNEY Sydney, Australia - a crowded Quantas airliner - taking off for Hong Kon , g: In came a phone call saying "there's a bomb aboard" - an . d telling them it would go off - if they try to land. To make a long story short - Quantas finally paying out mo · re than half a million in cash; o . n ly to dis cover, in the end, that there ar,a~no bomb at all. A ,,d now- a postscript. When the plane lf1as back d , 011,r, again - after seven hours of tense as circling. p 1 usengers and ere., admitting. sut'e, they 1t1,e sca'red. But there is almost sure to be another clapter to lids story. Criminals seldom es , cape In Australia. I kno111 this first hand. It's not easy to hide D0111n Unde'r - even t ho · ugh it' s1a contln . ent much of 1111lich Is empty• But, In Australia they get their man.