F,rs.t. "sf>t',·ia l salut~ to CBS radio statio• .. DEMOCRATS lo llte Presidential aspiraHons of George McGoverN. Tlie Democrat le Credentials Commitee reJecUNg today tlie winner lake all provision of tllat CaliforNla Presit?ntlal Primary. ••••••IJI Thereby strlt,pl,ag McGovern -- of one hu,adred and fifty one votes; all bt1t killing his cl,ances for a first M ballot victory at the Democratic Natio,aal Convenllo,a. I•deed, ...5: ••••JJJhsl atl unofficial tab,datlo• - noeo slto•,-W McGovern nearly three hK•dred votes s1,ort. McGOVERN FOLL OW DEMOCRATS Far from d.J..st,arlng lllough - the McGovern t,u ~ forces ,). quickly t,ledgln• a j,dl floor flglat on /1,e California dlst,•te. McGovern lalmself callhag t•e Credentials Committee actlo,r -- "a,r l11credlble, cynical, rotte,r, political steal -- a corrNt,I •J>lteful deal;" one tlaat •Ill be rejected -- said lie - by the Mia ml c onven tlon "and tlae A"' eTlca• t,eoJ>le. " McGoveTn furt•er . sayhag of tlae declslora: ~ "II mearas that I continue lo •age an ut,11111 flg"t - ,,4 ~ L ,, f f If but ')1,at's tlae position I've been Ira from l11e eg ,.,. rag. J... SUPREME COURT The Supreme Co•rt's last decisio11 day Prior to recess f>roved to be a big one, including a serie• of major rulings sl:arply limiting tire applicatio,as of co11gressio,aal immunity - also, freedom of tire press .. to tire •ste,at tlaat Newsmen must ,aow testify before gra11d Juries. But tlae biggest ruling of all - a long-awaited decision ba,e,ei,1g Ille d•atla r,e,aalty. The court majori,ag calling it cruel a,atl ""•••al punishment - in violatio11 of tile eiglatlr a11tl /ourtee11tlt amendment. " The verdict was close tlaouglr - Jive to four; •Illa tla• four dissenters - all Nixo11 af>Poi11tees. Of tlae•• - J••lic• Blacllmun perhaps best summari~i11g Ue mit1ority vie•. "I yield to no one" said Ire, "i• tlte deptlu of my distaste, a ntif) · athy, and abltorre · n . ce for tlJe deatl& f)e11alty." BMt, "l I ,, _ Ire · co 11 t1'11uetl - "to accef)t or to JNsti/y ind it difficult today's decisio1t "as a matter of llistory, 0 1 law or of Ceme nt ,, Justice Blac~mun adding ; ;,. constitutional /Jrono11n · short : "I fear tire court l,as over-sle/Jped . '' WHITE HOUSE -A-. Tlae Wlalte Bous•:--"a" atte,,,,,t to liold tlae line on food />rices) Pres id e,at Nlxo~111,j~-=l=II01Jid1S:a..-y /'- an executive order - extet1dlng 1'rlce controls Io t lae proc es sl ng a,sd lla•d liRg of farm 1'rod•ct • ,,,.4 sea foods. In effect, a1'1'lyh1g a profit ••••••• to •laolesalers, •••••• retailer• aruf otller middle by director Donald Rumsfeld of the Cost of Ll11lr1g - Council. Rumsfeld observlr,g tllat tougller cor1trols "caRnot drive food prices do•• - ORiy l•crea••d .,upply or red•ced demar,tl caR do tliat." "B1,t tlley are desigNed" - said lie - "to exert dlscl1'li•• o• mark-ups and margir,s ✓~ at eacli step of tl1e food ma1·ketlng chain." 1 CONFERENCE FOLLOW WHITE BOUSE Still to come - Ille Preafde,at'• first broadcast news co,afere,ace h1 quite •o•e time . Tl• WIit• House r,ledging i,1 advarace tltat tl1e Presfde,at • i l l 11,11,e some ,sew s for us . Toraiglrt - ,af,ae o'cloclt eaaterrt li•e; rigll ••r• on ma ray of tlles e CBS radio s tatio•• . QUANG TRI In Vietnam -- a tloenty tlaousa,ul man Soulli Vietnamese d ■ ••• taslt force - adva•cetl today .,.. to 111itlain five miles of Qua•g Tri city. TIie government drive al•ed at retaltfr, . g I• lolo - ,,. tlae only provi•cel(o•tll Vlel•am tlaal e•e•, t 001'• have ever ca1'tured. A "'' Ii tar, sJ)olie• ••• sayl•g: "t 1a e flglatiNg Ila s been only moderate • o f•r - bat ~ •e e.x1>ect laeavier reslslaNce later 011." - SIMLA At that Hindusta,a,: summit meeth&~d-s1m1a, India, an apparent failure to commu,aicate • . A . I aay rate, India's Indira Gandhi and Pailsta• •s Zulff.i•r All ~ B . hutto - ~ delaying for a day or t•o tl,e start of officia · l talks. This - lf1e are told - to J)erndt '"• drafting of a nelO agenda: a laslr tl111t sloultl i•v• been aslS• settled accordl•g · lo summit J)rotocol - long before they eve,r got · there. It r,0111 tur,rs .._, out tlro•gl - · tie ladl••• "-'le expecting to conclude a broad, ge•eral J)eac• agr••me ■t ~ 10hile the Paltlst•nls,_,4.expectfr,;g a detailed dl•c•••lo• of each and every Item. ~nan. Ti••• tie t a l h --fi' to 6e "at a crucial stage" - before: tl&e y 'v e ! eve• begrc• . . CHICAGO From a sym/'oslNm 011 leealtle care •I Chicago -- a grim outlook loday for Amerlccn1 business men. Moderator Robef'I Moo,-e of Se•rle Ed11caHon ••4' Systems re1'ortl11g tllat /'rob•bly lt•lf of all A merlca11 esecutlves •Ill eve11INally die of heart disease a•d of tllose left - ••Id lee - ••otlter fifty /'erce,r.t •ill /'robably die of ■ • c•11cer. ~ • ~ . , alreasf■g lto•e11e~ don■ 'I ••11• to be. Adtll,ag tllal 1'erlt•1'• l•lf of all tit••• tJlctl•• ~ •••'I be saved - "if tlley Just ,,,. • ., tlte ••r,af,ag t ~ to talte. " signs a,ad tlae ,reca• .o,as DRAPER Here '" lhe Eas/ - Ille •eatl,er ma11 a,as aga,n t,red,cHng ra,n - •lllle 0 ,,, We•t _ a cross country caravan of /11d,a11 medlcl•e me• 111as arriving at Dt'nt,er, Utal,; tlaelr chief st,ollea,,.an one Mad Bear of llte Tuscarora ,aatlo,e - - sayl•g \ the East coast floodl ■g t ■■ laad bee ■ fot"elold ,,. 5 ,,,, Indian lore; J ls o, J>redlcll,eg addltlo■al eartl,9•alle• tornadoes a•d so o• before llae ••mmer I• over. WIiy • o :? B ecat1s e t 1,e •lalt e "'"" •J>••II •Ith. for lied to•g•e - or son1etl,l■g Ulle tlaat - ••Id Mad Bear. Addlrag - tla . t1t's •lay l,e /orn1ed l,ls caravan. TIie o•ly ••Y to avoid 11,ese disaster• said he - "Is to ret11r,a to tlle l•dla,a _._,.II••'- ••Y of life. " )11u. ~-t:1~~.JL~. ANCHORAGE Anchorage , Alaska - a visit /t'om movie star Steve McQuee,a; 111&0 111as drlvhcg a,-o••d ,,. clt'cl•• In 11,e ,oee-hours 111he• he 111as /lttally sloJIJl•d by a po Uc e of/le er. Said I he m ovl e •lat': "Bl, I'• Steve McQuee• attd I'm laavlttg a good II•• I• yo•r 1111st little t•o-bll 1011111." Wlaer••Jlo• t•• co/I r•lll•4: "HI, I'm a pollcema,i - a,ad yo• 're ••4•r ••• •rr••' for flreckl••• drlvheg."