Ma-rch 20, 1973 Tuesday SAIGON F-rom Saigon - an announcement today that 11,e Viet Co,ag llave ag-reed to -release - no lale-r titan su,ulay tlaei-r last tlai-rty POW'•· At tlte same time tie No-rti Viet,aamese we-re t,le _ dgi,eg to -release tl,ei-r last g-roM/1 of t,-riso,ee-rs - a l,a,,ad-red-a,ad-six i11 all - 110 late-r tlaa,e ••xi Wed,aesday. Tltat to be tl,e sclaeda,led "te-rmhsaH011 date" Jo-r /1-riso,aer releases - as s/lecified i• tlae Vlet11am c•as• fire agreeme,at. DENVER FOLLOW SAIGON Here at home - a steady stream of Joyful reu,aio,es; Army P F C - Gus Mellrer when he arrived at De,aver, w,.ere he was met by llis entire family. said: "It's so 1110,aderful to be 1,ome; it's like a millio,a Cl,ristmases a,ed blrtl,days all wra/'/'ed ,.,, h1 o,ae . " Private Gus Mel,rer addl,eg: "I'll do every Ila l,ag I c a,e for tla Is cou,a ,..,., - for tlae rest of •Y lif•'! SENATE On Capitol Hill - L Patrick Gray res11•ed the witJ1ess staftd today; testifyiftg in his own belaalf .,. before the Senate Judiciary Commillee - Oft ,,,s 11omi11alio11 lo ltead tlte F B rlf;ref••-;I,. llo1De11er, to discuss afly Jurth~r - the details of aft F B I "' i,evestigatioft into '"J! Watergate ~••••60& iflcidefll. I ca• only discuss ,,,,s ,roced•rally - I caft't give a,ay substa ■ ce - said Gray. adding: "I ltave receiued my orders - fro• tlae Att or,rey Gefleral a11d tlae President1 a,rd I lave to carry them out." PANAMA CITY At Panama Citya:t'another special session of the U N Security Council 1 U S Ambassador Jolin ~ kH', Scalt ••,••• llel lie '1 S "tto less tlla,a otlaers- BNt,t>ort~ " Pana•a 's just ast,irat ions. " A ddh1g that tlle U S is thus fully ready - to work out a new Canal treaty. 4 stressed, llowe.,er, tllat a11y · •"w jJact - 1t111at leave tlae defense a,ad operatio,a of tlae waterway ,,. U S laa•ds. Must do so - said lie - "for a• addiUo,eal sNbject to negotiation. KATMANDU From Katmandr, in Ne1'al - from Sha,rgri La yoa, mig•t say: comes "a state of the monarchy" message, concernt 116 tlae first year of Ille reign of t11Jenty-seven year old Ki 11 g Bire,rdra Bir Bikram Shah Deva. Wlaere llis fatlter Ki,rg Mallendra, ruled M1itll a11 iro11 fist yo,,11g Bire,rdra ltas a1'1>arently survtaed an h1ter,eal 1>0.,er struggle mai,aly by remaini,ag aloof from partisa11 politics. Tlte yoa,ng king so far o,ae u,aifying factor in tltat Himalaya11 land of many diverse heterests a11d c"lturea. Ki,ag Mirendra has i11stituted a series of la,ad a,ed economic reforms; a,rd has given good relief a11d ed,,catio,aal impro v ements - to1' priority. Re also ltas set 111' a 11ew auster ity program - ,oith regard to tlte Royal Family. TIie King's la v ish a,ad exotic weddi11g wlaicll I atle,aded two years ago - was it to be a last su/)t.'r s1'ectacle in Shangri La? What will King Berendra 's Coro11ation - be lite~ Has a new era dawned in Nepal? - in romantic Katma,adu? AL SAMIRAH In tlae Middle East - a claslr today betwe,:,a lraqf troops aJtd K•a,aiti border g11ards. Tl,is occ11rriJtg ,,. a lo,ag disputed regio,a - at the extreme Jtortlaeastern Iii> of K••aU. Tl,e lraf • at last ret>ort af>l)areJttly seiahag •,ad alill ltoldhag K•••it's Al Sa,nirala bordeY outpost. Racla side - cl•l•i,ag Ila• ollaer started It. MOSCOW Moscow - So v iet officials today autlaori~ed I l e ~ , of 011 addttio11al thirty-five R,usla• Jews. Allowing tliem to leave Russia - "1itliovt la•vi,ag ~ to P•Y ~ so-called education tax. Tia~ Soviets •o• ••vi•I gra,ated f orly-four svcla exe mptio,a s + J••' i,a t lie la•t t"1o days. MINNE ONKA The development of a new style artificial lleart - is reported today from Minneto,aka, M i,tnesota. TIie ma,a wlao bi,ill it Dr. Harold Kletscltka - a former ot,e,r lteart si,r1•011. Dr. Kletsclrka's ,aew lleart - co,csisti,ag of a mi11iaf ■ wf · z•d tllirly-watt motor altaclled to ce,atrifugal rotators; a ,ao,a- t>•lsalile ""'"" - wlaicll ,nea,as it laas ,co t,Nlse al all. ,. style and desig,a it is said lo resemble a so/I dr.l,ala spray dispe,aser. A,ad, tl,ey tell us tits new heart laas alread1, worked - in lest imt,Wnts v,itla dogs. HuMafls - ,ae%I. Dr. Klelscllka calling 1,is i,rve,etio,a More tlaa11 aft 11lte,nt,I to dut,licate ,ralure. He calls ii a,a alteMt,I "lo iMt,rov• o,e nature." ST. PETERSBURG Pittsburglt baseball star Roberto Cleme11te ,ol,o died on Iris ·· . , . to ltelfJ tlte earthquake victims of Nicaragua, today was elected overwllelm . ingly to tlte baseball Hall of Fame. Tlais by a st,ecial vote of tlte baseball wrltef's of America. Result aJ111ou11ced at St. Petersba,rg, ii• Florida 11Jltef'e tlae "Grat,efr11it League" is now in sessioN. Tlte ,o ~ tters ••ivi•K tleeir 11ormal Jive yttar ,oaiti11g f,ef'iod - in order to lto,ao,- a great fllayer, a great llumanttaria11. Roberto Cleme11le 110w ;,. tire Hall of Fame. ERIE Form r nil d Hin e r rll r Pr •s itlc11I Toni Boyl I li fi d lodn y i11 th murd r trial o f William Prat , , al Eri , P 1111 Jliania. Boyl d 'H.\ ing ~ h e Las i 11 a n J u a , , c.: o 11 n e I d - - 1 i L Ii l h e m u r d e r of di i d e n l nion o ffic ial Jock Yablo1z ki. Bo le adding lltat union fund allegedl u e d lo finance the murder - 1 ere origi11ally a/localed olely for "organizing acli ilies." fONEY /11 lradi11 on W sl European money markel /he do/la,, lo t · om and th 11 gai11ed ome today. / I ' n I u or I h 11 di II u P i r l II a l l ) l h e s a m or l i g It I I.) b I I r l ho 11 l rda) 1 - i11 Bru sel, Zurich, Paris and o 011. Ob ervers noted, hoi e er, that trading wa agaitt - light and unc rtaiti - with big speculators till biding th eir lime. PAR IS LONDO ~month-long by Fr nch ai r 0111, ~o ll r llRF8 fin all , nd d toda). Air traffic o er the con/in nl slowl r turning lo normal. Whereupon wi ld cal s trik e b) Brili It air controllers - radar operator and commurl'ication i orkers; parl of B r i t i s It la b or ' s "g u er r i l l a " w a r fa r e - - a g a i n s t a government wage freeze. PA . JTI re Olllillg ll xi If I..• I o l h e a I i o 11 a l Ga ll e r ., of A r t i 11 n a hi11 gto n th u orld' in I · olle lion o f Fren h i Ill/Jr · ion i · / and po t-impre io11isl art. Famou t ork uh a· - "Th 1nok r" - "Child With a Whip" - and, "Lad) 1 With a Fan." But 11ot from Fra11ce! The y aye from The Herm ii age in L 11 in grad; and the Pushkin Museum in M o s c o u 1 • Th e R 11 ia,z collection started by Peter The Great - was greatl expa,ided by Catherine the Great when she bought up as lte said - "e ery French masterpiece she could get her clat s on;" literally, thousands of them - m2ny of 1 hich u e re couled out b her two friends, Voltaire and Did e 1· o t . I 11 de e d , Ca th er in e r o "n de d up s o m any ,,. a ti o ,z al art treas111 •es - in France, Ital and England - she t as o 11 e a c u s e d o f "a 1· e l a p e in to b a r b a 1' is m . " The best of Catherine 110w bound fo1· the U.S. i the first collection from Russia e e · 1 • loaned out lo the West. 111 the world of art, in the world of politics - quite a cort/J. !ON~fO TH A I H o 11111 o l• I /1 , e .3 1 - an ob 11 i I y trial i11 •ol 1 i11g a u • II !?1101 11 ex mo i - 1 lticlt shall r mai11 It Y 11amel H il11e for th pros utio,i a p cho-a11al) t ocio/cgi t from Ne, York Uni er il) 1 . Th e go o d d o · I or a .'.\ ' ; •1 I h e f i l m i n q u e t i o n - cl e p i t s irtually eY) deprat ily knoi 11 lo man. A serting it's pu,, dirt - withottl atz) ' "redeeming social value." Next que lion: Could there possibly be atiy doubtf No - said the doctor. Adding, in . fact, lte saw the film twice - ju t lo make sure. K OXVJLLE Thi II xl from Kno ' ille, Tenne ee ; uhere one John Pas and one Mike Compton - u ere "tipping a fe1 " 1tddenl) an arg11me1zl. Both 1 hipping out Pistols and blazi,ig a, a . Both goi11g dot 11 t ith bullet t ou,zds; but - they'll Ii le . J1•onically, Bill, all this taking place - at an establishment called "The Friendly Tavern." CARA VE LAS From Ca1 ' a1 • la in Brazil - /he stor of Odorico Guimara Lop s, a ix t y - e e n ; 1t h o s t II di e d t h e s o c e r p,·edi tio11 in /he 11euspaper - and then picked all the unde,·-dog in Brat.ii 's big sports lottery. Believe it or not - his quote stem /)a ing off. Odorico Guimaraes Lopes winning this week lite equivalent of more than two millto,i bucks! A cordi11g to those who should know, a new world record.