Tuesda y , March 3 , 197 0 Mike Walla c e SAN ANTONIO (original lost - taken from carbon) Latest from Sa,z Antonio : A report today that former President Johnson has suffered extra hea r tbeats - also, "tran r · .,, Pain" in his chest and left arm . This said to be the i- es lf ·, <' ' ,. circulatory problem - reducing the /lo., of blood returning to the heart. Accordingly, doctors prescribing a pain-killer - as well as a dri,g to thin Iris blood. Lieut. Colonel Robert North - the former chief h ea rt s fJ e c i a l is t - exp la in in g t Ir a t "our ma in c on de m n " no., "is to try and prevent a fu . ll-blown heart attack . " Ne v ertheless, the former President is re/)orted "in an excellent mood - very good s/)irits." Colonel Nortll adding that, in fact - the outlook is "v er_v optimistic . " Good news . l4' HITE HO l' j E F 1· om Pr<' sid e " I J\' ix on - a f ; ,. e - f> o in I p 1 an Io d a _,. - a i m e d a I a <' 1,; <' , . ; n g "g e n u i n e 1· e f o 1· m " ; n I h e n a Ii o n 's e 1 c m c n I a ,. ~· and s e c on d a r _ ,. s ch o o 1 s . A s o II I Ii n e d to Co" gr es s - t Ire Pr cs id en t 's ch e ck - Ii s t inc 1 u ding : 0 n e - c re a ti o" of a new ear I . ,· 1 earning fJ r o gram : two - creation of a "e K ' Presidential committee on school f i . nancing - intended to r,a,, "f,articular attention to non-fJublic schools:" thr~e - creatio of a n e., Nat ion a I I,, s tit u t e of Education - to ta It e o v e r ex is t ; "g fJ r o g r a m s in t h e Off i c e of E du c a t i on : f o u r - a " e 111 emf,ltasis ON the ,r.ational ''right to read" r,rogram: a11d fh 1 e - a c on tin u a ti on o.f th e p res en t C o r po r a ti on for P II b Ii c Broadcasting . The President obsert·ed that "edu.cators. school ' board• an d go r· er n m e n t off i c i a 1 · s - ha t : e a gr ea t de a l Io I ea r n a b o II t the 111 a _ ,. 111 e t e o ch . " And he added th a I - ''ch i Id 's 'I> la_,. is serio11s busiJfess ." LAMAR FOLL.OW WHITE HOUSE Meanwhile, lite bus ·ness of education was, indeed, serious business today - at Lamar, South Carolina . With a mob of wliiles there - attacking three school bu•es filled toith Negro children; battling state /)olice - who eventually escorted the children to safety; finall) ' forcing the closi,ag - of newly-desegregated Lamar High School. South Carolina's Governor Mc Nair - later called the attacks "uns/)eakable." Blaming the violence 011 •egregatton forces - who are still 11rgin.g defiance of Ille la• Re also alerted the slate Nation.al Guard - just i11 case. (SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "HEART TRA . NSPLA NT") Lowell Thomas is still somewhere in Nepal toniglrl as he continues his fn1rs1tit of "high adventure ; " which means I.l's time again for another special report he left r,s - in effect. an effort to set the record straiglr.t . Lowell . .. L. T . tape insert - unedited HEART TRANSPL AN T Good e ve ning , eve · r_vbody : Here i s something that has been botheri, ig me . As we all know, it's difficult to squelch a rumor - 011ce that rllmor starts making the rounds. Well, recentl y I r,sed an item that came over the (Jress wires ; a,a item about Mrs . Philip Blaiberg - widow of that South Afr . ica heart transplant patient who later died . Remember? Anytoay, the item told how an Italian journalist said that he had be•• almost helpless - during the nineteen months that lie #tad lived with that transplanted heart. And Ire quoted Mrs. Blaiberg as saying it . I hope you have already heard her denial. For site does say that the Italian story was pure fiction - that site hadn't e v en encountered any Italian journalist: and that tlte months follouing the operation were, as she pi,t it - "the happiest of our lives ." So there it ts. So long ... (SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "HEART TRANSPLANT") Thank vou, Lowell. More - in a moment. VIETNAM In Vietnam - a shart,-eyed U . S . airma,i todays/Jotted - and ground troofJs quickly cafJtured - an enemy rice cacl,e f,robabl_ v tlte biggest yet unco v ered. TIie Ji,id co,.taining an estimated one hundred tons of the fJrecious grain - enough to feed Jive Communist battalions up to tl,ree months. This in an area near Tay Ninh City - lhe •ite of a recent enemy build-ufJ; also, th . e target of eight raids by big U.S. B-Fifty-Twos - last nigh . t and early today. Meantime, in neigl,boring Laos - .North Vietnamese invaders were said to be mounting another offensive. At a"y rate, Laotian P ' remier Prince Souvanna Pl,ouma - summo,ti,tg his tot, military commanders to a strategy meeting in Vientiane . -- reb,fcwcnanla TrJ•ing to decide - tDhetl,er to rush into threatened areas. Also 11nder consideration - tDe are told - a fJossible request for additional U . S . weafJons and military equifJ 1 ment. RAILS Here at home - the U.S. was threatened today with a nationwide rail strike - called for Thursday . President Nixon promptly responding with a call for emergency legislation - aimed at a v e1·ting the walkout. Thus becomi,ag Ille tllird President in eigllt years - forced to seek Congressional help in settling a labor dispute in tllis vital ind us try . NEU YORK For President Pompidou of France - a final press confere11ce today in New York . The Fre,ich P1'esident saying h e w a s .l" l 1 y "s a tis f i e d " w i I h lli s U . S . v is i t - de s p i I e a rash of p1•O-Tsraeli, anti-French demonstrations. He also said that 1te and P1'csident Nixon - had reached a "f1'll understanding of Oltr 1·especlive ••••·• , . positions;" comhtg to the conclusion - said he - that "our views on basic issues are the same - and our objectives are the same." Pompidou then added that - tr11e enough, there are certain differences with regard to specifics. Bui tlaat Is du in part - said he - to the fact that the "frontier of the Communist world" is only "two hundred miles from Paris." And with that - it · was "a11 re oir." BRADLEY Ge11e, , al Oma , ,- Bradley - the natio11 's onl_v surviving fi e -s ta,- general - front and center today in Washington . S01tnding off on the threat of "imperial Communism" - which he called the greatest danger to modern America. The se · venty-seven-_vear-old Ge11eral further expressed alarm - that many people, especially the nation's anti-war _youth, ltave failed to recognize the peril. Said Omar Bradley "We have neglected to impress on these youngsters - tl,e fact that they now are responsible for maintaining their freedom." O'BRIEN Elsewhe · >·e in Washington - Lawrence F. O'B · rien has reconside,•ed: agreeing toda_v to 1·etu1•n as Democratic National Cllai1·man - despite the fact that he tttrned down tlle job only last neek . O'Brien's change of · heart following a unanimous vote of the party's Executive Committee - urging him. to "accept a draft" for the job. This, in turn, the result of a /ammittee deadlock - blocking the choice of anyone else. TR EA TY The White House again -a n llnnottncement today with regard to the new world-wide Nuclea,· Non-Proliferation Treat)' . It 's to take e ff e c t this Th tt rs day - we are told v ia simultaneo11 . s ceremonies scheduled in London, Moscow a Washington. A gian.t first step - in the qu . est for effective nuclear controls . LEXINGTON First Lady Pat Nixon - the v ictim of a brief confrontation today 111ith the so-called "stride11t mi,rority . " Ret,resented, in this case, by a grout, of abo•t sixty aNti-•ar demonstrators - who 111ere a111alti,ag lrer arrival at Lexi,agloN, KeNtucky . TIie t,rotestors slro•tlrtg over artd over - "t,eace ,ao111, 1>eace N0N1 . " Dro•11lrtg 0111 •ere sllo•ted doNJN by a NJelcomlng cro, d estimated at a tllo11aaNd .