MADRID In Ma dri d -- Generalissimo Francisco Fr a nco today lnttlated a first step -- toward a long-promised liberalization of the Spanish politic3l system. Calling for a Constitutional amendment -- to permit the appointment of a Premier to handle the routine affairs of government. Franco thereby signaling his first division of power -- after)lhirty years of iron-handed, one-man rule. ~)f{«hJ) At the same time -- the Generalissimo urging),...Par11ament to approve a b111 -- guaranteeing religious freedom 1n Spain. Also calling for revisions inthe Spanish worker's bill of rights \ f o,?,. I --~ a number of refonns in the nation's government-controlled unions -- plus revisions in Parliament itself -- to permit more democracy within the legislative body. All quickly approved -- exactly as asked. ,l '- \Ht ) I "-1 ~~ However, NIIIFl.m~- chief of state. Reserving A for himself the right to pick his own premier; also retaining the t,_tle __ of supreme commander of the Spanish Armed Forces. GRANDES FOLLOW MADRID Next question: Who will Franco pick as his premier -- and thus his heir-apparent? No indication -- from the Generalissimo. But the man seen as the most likely candidate -- Seventy-year-old Vice President Austin Munoz Grand~s. Besides being a close friend of Franco -- Munoz Grandes is a former Captain General 1n the Spanish Army. Having served < a onetime commander of the "Blue Division" of Spanish volunteers -- who fought side-by-side with Nazi troops on the Eastern Front in World War Two. FRANCE That continuing exodus of American troops f rom France -- all but completed today. With the Pentagon ordering tr a nsfer of its last m~or Army headquarters in France -- to existin g American facilities in West Germany. This in keeping with DeGaulle ' s demand for complete •••sia« evacuation of U.S. forces -- by the end of the year. U.S. Army Commun1cat1ons Headquarters 1n Europe--~ shifted from Orleans, France, to Worms, Germany. Its main support for~ ,_,auk --1' he U.S. Army Supply and . Maintenance Agency -- transferred from Verdun in France to Zwe1bruecken in Germany . UNITED NATIONS FOLLOW FRANCE ~ ~ J) t i , ~ 3pea.k,111g 0 f iJTatJcr4 a Gallic voic8;. heard today at the United Nations. Jt'rench Ambassador Roger Seydoux -- flatly rejecting the ide a of a year's study of the so-called "Two China " proposal. Declaring that Peking is entitled to a U.N. seat -- as of right now. Adding that, anyway, both Peking and Tatpe.1 -- have already rejected the "Two China" policy. Seydoux concluding: 11 It is China's riglit to sit among us." "And our sole duty 11 - - he went on -- "is to insure that China is enabled to exercise that right." MOSCOW Amid a bocl<ground of mounting crisis in the Middle East a high-level Egyptian delegation arrived today in the Soviet Union. The visitors led by Field M a rshal Abdel-Hakim Amer -- chief l ieutennnt . to Egypt's President Nasser. The lr announced With purpose -- to conduct 11 milltary and pollt:tcal negotiations " 'alltY the Kremlin. Such negotiations expected to include a request for still more Soviet arms; in light of recent clashes -- along the Arab-Israeli border. Kremlinologists recalling, what's more, that Amer h eaded an Egyptian delegation to Moscow twlce before in recent years. Returning home each time to be followed by m· ss1ve Soviet arms shipments to Cairo. JaREMLIN FOLLOW MOSCOW On another front -- the Kremlin refused today to back off from its request for a world Communist summit lleet1ng. Purpose: To ban Red China -- from the world Communist movement. Lack or support for the proposed conference -- all too .. ~ apparent at that Communist last week 1n Bulgaria. A Nevertheless, the Soviet Connun1st Party newspaper Pravda -- t o d a ~ that such a meeting -- "is becoming a vital necessity." a should be held now more than ever -- said ) .. Pravda -- to bolster Co•un1st solidarity in the face of tense d II and varied struggle in the worl arena. VIET NAM 1'811 Adj 1111 --.:Iri Viet Nam -- another pair of sk1rm1shes today 1n ~ jungle near the C mbod1an border . ) . ..ff6t far from the spot -- where a U.S . Arm y platoon was all but wlped out tn fight lng yesterday . Today's results, however -- considerably better. In the first clash -- American troops intercepting a band of Viet Cong stragglers; _,)"{lling at least Eleven -- and putting thereat to rout. In the second engagement -- American O.I.'a killing t'l'hree or the enemy -- before they faded into the jungle. A U.S. military spokesman later asserting that the Viet Cong -- are apparently attempting to mass sufficient troops for a major ground offensive. Trying -- almost desperately, said he -- to score a big victory -- if only for propaganda purposes. The building tempo of war on the ground -- fllrther reflected 1n increased air activity as well . U . S . Air Force Pilots today flying a single-day record of nearly Three Hundred sorties -- in suppo . rt of Allied ground forces . SAIGON From Saigon -- a flaal entr ., today -- 1n tne case of former U.S. Ald official Robert Kimball who was convicted last as well as year of killing his American supervisor · -- ; . i ~ a pretty Vietnamese co-worker. Kimball sentenced to Five years in a Vietnamese prison you may recall. ~ But now, we hear, he's en route home -- a free man. Kimball released along with several Hundred Vietnamese -- under teru of a government amnesty : on the occasion of South Viet Nam's annual National Day -- November One. ASS ASS IMATION In Washington -- in D n llas, Texas -- in a long list of cities at home and a b r o a ~ - - : : ! , ~ ~ ~ ~ & f l , / f connemorat1ng the Third Anniversary -- of the assassinatio • n of President Kennedy. Senator Robert Kennedy of llew York and his wife, Ethel -- visiting the Kennedy Nemo~,dh. at Arlington National Ce•tery early this morning. A little later -- President Johnson's chief Naval aide placing a P~sidential wreath on the Kennedy grave. The late Presldenf.':'.'~ brother -- S e n a t o r ~ Kennedy of Massachusetts -- meanwhile, guest of honor at special memorial ceremonies 1n Algiers. As for the President's widow -- Jacqueline Kennedy -- she remained in seclusion in her New York apartment. Maintaining her silence -- as ever -- on the assassination itself; as well as 4,-, / '-1' growing demand for (new tnvest1gat1on of c1rc · mtstances 11 surrounding the President's death. y Friends saying that Mrs. Kennedy takes the atliltude that " the case is closed -- aY.,..east for her -- forever. WARREN FOLLOW ASSASSINATION Similar sentiments voiced today -- by several memh e rs of the Warren Commission. )'espite the recent flood of controversy J -- surround 1ng the Commission's report on the kennedy m assassination. Allen Dulles -- former director of the Central Intelligence t{t,f ' Agency -- ass . ert 1ng, for one, therei: no reason to reopen the '/.. "\ investigation. 1!:f:11e1 • •a"' no new evidence to consider" -- said he. J. Lee Rankin -- who was chief counsel to the Commission -- adding: "I am confident the Warren Report ts valid -- and its conclusions will be sustained." Chief Justice laR Warren -- who headed the govemment investigation -- not available for direct cormnent. But he was recently quoted has having made the following remark -- to a member of the Johnson Administration: "I was a district attorney in California for Twelve years -- and I tried a number of murder cases. And if I were still a district attorney and the case came into my Jurisdic\ 1 i~ --1n I . could have gotten a conv c on given the sam . e evidence, WARREN FOLLOW ASSASSINATION--2 Two days -- and never heard about the case again." That -- from Chief Justice iaP!. Warren. WASHINGTON Possibll safety defects in thousands of cars on the ~ nation I s h 1gh.ways - - dis closed today in Washington. 1 j(n the basis of official not1flcat1on -- from the Big Four of the U.S. auto industry; also -- three major foreign automakers. The cars 1n question -- mainly Nlnetee11-Slxty-Seven models -- from General Wletors , Ford, Chrysler, American Motors, Rolls Royce, Volkswagen and Renault. More then Two Hundred Thousand -- in all. The automkers sending def••• warnings to owners of the cars -- as required under the newly enacted Federa Traffic Safety Act. Industry sources emphasizing -- that not all the cars are 1 defective. But all must be checked -- to weed out the bad onea. In virtually every case -- the suspected difficulty involving possible throttle or brake defects. AUSTIN Now it can be told. The inside story of that first Tapioca Bowl football game yesterday at Austin, Texas -- in honor of President Johnson's favorlte dessert. Final score -- as you may have heard -- Twelve tC' Ei.ght. P. g&llant band of fat, balding White House aewsmen -- scoring a glorious victory over a hand-picked squad or White House aides -- bolstered by a couple of burly Secret Servicemen. The secret of the newsmen's success -- we're told today -- the fact that they called frequent time-outs. Utilizing the rest periods to replenish their energies -- from a heavy keg set up on the sidelines. _ k,~~;..,. IAf"L ~ ~ - aid mzw9,W What was in the k . eg?~~an . . . ~ ..... tqx,.1, ii8At, 7 ~ h'! - + -e.R....t ? re~reshing -- Tapioca.vvev'a t::hQ ._,. /., I ¥ UVALDE Former Vice President C ctus Jack -- Ninety-Eight John Nance G a rner -- .,;nod xJ.cl • ye a rs old today . ~ e occas1on for his annual get-together with well-wishers -- at his home in Uv a lde, Texas. Cactus Jack still alert • and chipper. Telling friends -- " I feel like kicking up my heels. " And to prove it -- tapping his feet together a couple of times. The former Vice President adding: " I hope to be a hundred -- and maybe one or two more." A later incident -- proving h~ Just might make it . Garner -- who has an aversion to having his picture taken-- spotting a group of photo~aphers among the crowd. Turning to his son, Tully, he demanded: "What's all this convocation about?" Tully replying: "It's Just some college girls -- here to wish you happy birthd.ay." t inkl i his eye "They don't Said Cactus J a ck -- a w e n . : - l II ook like girls to me . As ever -- a shrewd p111,.1:1ua1 observer.