L.T. BUICK, FISHER. MONDAY, JULY 11, 1 6b GOOD VENIHG EVERYBODY: Unusual news today -- from the vast subcontinent of Hindustan. The U.S. /lgriculture Department . reporting that massive food aid -- has apparently " turned the tide · in Innia's current famine threat. Food aid -- mostly from America! coupled with additional help rrom thirty- three other countrles -- from several private organizations and the United Nations Food and Agricultm-e Organization. What about next year? U.S. officials report "a good start ·· on the current Monsoon season; which normally accounts f'or about eighty percent -- of India's total annual rainfall. If the monsoon rains continue they will break the year-long Indian drought. VIET NAM From Saigo11 - 11e" s luda)• of slill anolher maximum air efforl against North Viel Nnm. A total of eighty-eight missio11s aimed al "iping out the Co m m tt n is Is .. • • • IO• & f e, re ma in in g oi l J a c i li ties . On ll,e debit side - this from 11,e official l ' ugosln neus agency Tanjung. A report from Ha,ioi lhal some sixty American pilots shot doun o er North Viel Nam -- will be tried shortl)• as 1tar criminals. Mea11~ Comm,misl guerrillas today dof111ted a big U S army helicopter - I• in a swampy jungle area al the southern tip of Viel Nam. The dead i11cludi,rg m n in e Vie In a mes e - and f o u r A m. er i c ans . PENTAGON FOLLOW VIET NAM ----------------------------- Here al 1,o me - tz--i;!i:,,/{;;:( dlspla_v of confidence Io d n .l' a I Th e Pe" I a ,ro · n . D e fens e Se c re I a r y ~ 1 I • , 4 Mc Na ,n a r a reporting l11al Ille North ' Vietnamese - l1a ve s1,own no sign of a "lac:k of 1till" - as lie put it - lo continue the fight in So tt t 1, Vi e t Na m . Ne 1 e r tit e l e s s , I, e o rd e re d an i ,n m e di a t e cu/back of one billio,z dollars - in U . S. aircraft and niunilions prod11ction. Jh la; J McNamara declaring that 11,e c11.tback - will not affect in the least U.S. fighting capacity in Viet Nam. Sole pi,rpose - said he - is to avoid piliNg up wasteful post-war in ue ntories. POLL FOLLOW PENTAGON ------------------------ A ,, o I It e r fa l ' o i· a · b 1 e s i g n i ,i re s II l Is of I h e 1 a I es I Lott i s Harris Po l l - copy rig It t e d b l' llt e Washington Po s I . Fifly-fottr pe1·cenl of lhe A . mericati PHblic: - said to support Pres iden I John son's It and ling of II, e , or - jcxbar following lti s 1· e c en I de c is i o tr Io I, o m b I Ii e Hano i an d Haiphong a Ye as : as compared witli a pre1 ious l&.t sf forty-tico percent•- who np pro ed., fl s Pua• r,lli • ,. • aru, - , u, r The poll bearing out lhe Pres'ident's own remarks - al a news conference last 11eek. Wlien he said he'd been told tlial eightJi-five percent of the American pr,blic - a gr e e d s p e c if i c all,, mi th h is b o ,n bing de c i s ion . At Jerusalem i11 tJ,e Slate of Israel - elaborate gro1111d-breaki11g c· , remo,zies foda)' - for the Harry S. Trrtmnn, Ce11ler for /1,e ad, ancemeut of peace. Israeli Premier Le i Esl,kol - tl,e pr : incipal speaker.-/alling the plantted center impressi e testimony - lo the ex- Pre s i den t 's '' rv ill f o r p e a c e . 1' A to ill h e de mo n s tr ate d - said Eshkol - by announcing swift recogn · ition of Israel in Ninele · en Forty-eight. Unable to attend himself - Mr. Truman was rep res en t e d by D a v id No)' es - an o l d fr i en d and ad t' is er . Noyes asserting: "Mr. Truman came here in Nineteen Forty - Eiglzl - and never left." Ni ii I 9 ,, s a f d tJta, N - EXECUTIONS 1''OLLOW JSR AEL Reverse side of the coin in Syria -- three executed today at Damascus. A ll rabs -- convicted of spying for Israel. One -- a Palestinian refugee -- who was hanged in the Damascus' matn square. The other two -- native Syrians; who met death before a firing squad -- on the outskirts of the city. SERGEANT ----- · --- -- Fr , esh from Viel Nam • a , cleron sergeanl r, as , e/e1 alerJ lo , da_v to n,e lligltesl e · nlisled rank in /1,e r, S Army. nr i 1 l i a m M' o o l d r,; dg e If ) Ito s . e l as I s I a I es id e odd res s 10 as Junclion Cily, Kansas named "Sergeanl Ma_jor of /he Arm)'.'" ,._jirsl ----=- ecer to hold 1/10/ ranlt. j!.:;::'- &tN s , elec . fed from a Ii.sf of candidates - iololing nearly fi1e lllo11smd seni , o ' r non • -conunissioned officers. As Sergeant major of the arm)' - lt'.ol Wooldridge will ser . e as top non-commissioned consultant to Army Chief of Slaff General Harold Johnson. Which will make him - in effect - Commander-in-Chief of all enlisted meff. POLLUTION 1he story of a novel experiment in water purification comes today from Ashtabula Ohio, ()n the · shores of Lake Erle. That once gl0r1ous lake now virtually closed to swimmers because of mounting pollution. The idea: To purify Ashtabula's entire lakefront with chlorine. City officials anchoring a number of nylon mesh bags -- along public swi11111ing areas; each filled with chlorine briquettes -- that will dissolve slowly ln the water. The purifier -- harmless to humans and fish. But enough -- it's hoped -- to make it possible for Ashtabulans to swim in Lake Erle. First step -- in a billion dollar program -- to dlean up one of the Great Lakes. WEPTHER Here in the East -- another day of stifling heat -- indeed much of the nation -- sweltering a continuing heat wave. Temperatures of a hundred and over all the way from the deep south to the northern plains. With the mercury hitting a hundred and 1'1ve in ::;t. Louts -- a hundred and seven 1n Huron, South Dakota. The weather and resulting use of air conditioners -- adding up to a series of massive power failures today clear across Mebraska. Lasting anywhere from forty-five minutes -- to several hours at a time. As a result -- a number ot cities including the State Capital of Lincoln, lostng their water supply during the heat or the day. AIR --- Plans for 11,e first direct air link between t I, e So i e I II n ion and No r ll1 A me r i ca - we re an noun c e d todt1) 1 al Ottawa, R11ssia and Canada - agreeing lo a new air treat~ / r o v iding for two flights each week between Moscou and Monlr · eal - one by the Soviet airline Aero/lot and lhe oll,er by Air Canada. Inaugural flight - set for next fall. Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson - callng the agreement "a practical expression of the cooperation between our two countries." First Deputy Cl,airman Dmitri Pol) 1 anslty - wlro six11ed for Russi a~• "A rein de er is good)' i i i i it b.ad so is a ship - but a plane is faster." TOKYO A Russian blue print for manned flight to the Moon -- was published today 1n Tokyo. Visiting Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov -- telling repcrters that Russia will try next to land on unmanfl4ld space vehicle on the moon; try to land it and bring it back -- betore risking a an in an attempt. Xomarov says they now know how to get a •n to the moon; but the question ls -- Warren -- how to get hill back -- safely. ftUSTRALIA From Sydney, Australia -- the story today of a Jealous husband; sentenced to a mounth in Jail -- for threatening the life of hls young wife; a pretty girl -- who apparently enjoys flirting -- a bit. Aceordlng to the Aussie police -- he tied her to a chair -- carried the chair to an open fireplace -- and tossed a handful or live bullets into the fla■ee. The bullets going off one by one -- ricocheting throughout the house. A new style Russian roulette -- down-under-style.