NIXON Pre idenl Nixon called newsmen to tlae White House today for an unscheduled news conference - then made an important statement concef'nhag his administf'alion's economic · policy. The Pf'esident said he would consider cf'eating a wage and Pf'lce co•trol f'e vie,o b oaf'd - If it co11 l d be opef'a t ed wlt II out w llal •• termed, "coef'cive powef's" to enfof'ce wage and Pf'lce contf'ol. He said he a,ould be open-ml,eded to a•y suggestio• · " ff'om Cortgf'ess concef'nlng sucll a board. Ho,oever, the President said he would reject a,ey "••• b111'ea•c1'acy will, ma•datof'y cf'lmi•al powera faste•l•g Itself on tlae Amerlca11 economy." He made tlaese comments soon aflef' a gf'oup of RepubUca• Senatof's proposed legislation that would di,ect Ille Pf'eslde11t to cf'eate a a,age p,ice boa,d to co · mbat inflatlo,e. CHINA Dt1rl,zg that impromptr, news conference at the White House, lh e President also discussed his forthcoming visit to Peking - saying he would take uJ> a wide range of issues when he goes there. Though l&e cau_.!joned against the hope ii would lead to 1111&at he called, "instant detente"4. bet111een the u. s. aRd Communist China. With him on the Peki,ag tril>, he said, "'i ll be "a s m all working par I y " including Secretary of State Rogers and sJ>ecial foreign J>oUcy advisor Dr. Kissinger. ~ A date for the visit , . be decided U/>Ofl ,. •itlaifl the next t1110 or tlaree ,nonths, accordiag to tlae President. 'fi:co,n,nunist Cliina reacted bitterly today lo Secretary Roger's announce,nent that the U11ited States 111ould vote in favor of Peking's admission to the U. N. - 111hile at the same time opposing the ouster of Nationalist China. The official new China news age,acy attacked the American decision - calling it "a clumsy t1110-Chi11as trick played by u. S. imperialism." INDO CHINA Cambodian officials report :t:1RJ:t" thousands of villagers ~ abandoning their homes - fleeing in the path of a South Viet,iamese army offensive moving through East e rn Cambodia. Many refugees are reported to be complaining about the looting - and atrocities allegedly inflicted upon them by the South Vietnamese. Farther east in South Vietnam, American helicopter gun ships went into action again - strafing and bombing Communist /)ositions in Jungles and coastal lowlands. u. S. the norther,e bombe.-s also ~ two missions below the demilitarized zone, striJl,eg at enemy troop concentrations and supply lines. DRUGS The White House consultant on narcotics - Dr. Jerome Jaffe - says that many drug addicted veterans of the Vietnam war were addicted to drugs even befo-re they left home to go overseas. 01'hey did not, said he, acquire the habit in uniform. Dr. Jaffe made this asse-rtion in testimony before the Se•te Alcoholism and Narcotics Subcommittee - and its chai-rma,r, Ha-rold Hughes of Iowa, replied - "That's wlaat 111e've been saying but nobody was listening." ~~~~~~ SUDAN The Sudan's new foreign minister - Mansuor Khalid - held the door open today for closer economic ties with the United States - saying also that the Sudan is prepared for the worst in its relations with ...u Moscow. However, Khalid - who! a non-Communist a,ed a former delegate to the U. N·. - sees little hope of resuming diplomatic relations with Washi,egton unless there's a change in U.S. policy on Israel. The relations were broken off during the Sixty-Seven war. CONGRESS ~ 9 n Capitol Hill, the House approved ~ a f w o ~ ext ens ion of t he n a ti on 's mi lit a r y j,,adt.< draft la wj but fin a l con gr es s ion a l a ct ion on the m ea sure is extremely doubtful until after labor day because of tactics by anti-war senators. The Senate armed services committee cut one hundred sixty-one million dollars from tle President's request for Safe Guard anti-ballistic mi s s Ile funds • 0 - .,,,,,,,,.The Justice Departme•I s a ~ t - duri•g thefirst six months of this year - half a billion dollars In federal and private stocks and bonds havf ee• stolen from brokerage houses, airporl, and other places. STOCKS The New York Stock Exchange was down - then up - taen down again in the second straight day of declining prices. The market went into reverse gear at the close - wiping out gains that were registered at noon,. APOLLO As sclieduled, the Apol>lo Fifteen astronauts are on their way home tonight - headed for a point in the Pacific some lhree hundred miles of Hawaii where they're due to land on Saturday afternoo ■ • The final leg of their four hundred fifty millio11 ( ., ,..,. dollar voyage began late tkis afternoon "" 1ft /\ Scott Irwin and Worden fired their main •--•~x rocket engine blasting their good ship £~~!!£!r out of lunar orbit and into the long path toward earth. NIXON VISIT The President and Mrs. Nixon flew to New York tonight for a visit with their dau . ghter Tricia and her husband Edward Cox, in their new Manhattan apartment. Said Mrs. Nixon: "We just want to c1ieck up on Trish - and sample her cooking". Also, tonight, the President and his wife will see the reviva J/>f the BroadtfJay Musical Hit - "No No Nanette." VATICAN Sister Fiorella - the first woman to receive a Vatican security assignment - was removed from her post today - suffering from nervous exhaustion. ~ ~ - ~ Sister Fiorella did/'have a demanding job '~arring t:J1-. entry to St. Peter's Basi'lica by thousands of women w ho wore mini s k i rt s - low c ,, t s we at er s - s e e t II r o u g la ' blouses - hot pants - or any other clotliing slle believe/ too immodest for the occasion. She also barred me• wearing shorts - and anyone barefoot-'. --i-0~- On a busy day, A Sister Fiorella - with a wag of lier fh1ger or a sl,alle of lier 1,ead - would turn away as many as two tliousaaa tourists - wl,o refused to wrap jackets arou,e . d their shoulders or legs. RIFLE-WOMAN Miss Seonaid Legge is a one-hundred-five pound University of Houston history major with shoulder length hair and dark eyes - and she also has an aim in life. To J,Mt it another way, Miss ~egge is ~ al home on the 1"ange - a shootl,ag range, that is. A modern Annie Oakley, she's an expert with a rifle - the only female member of Houston U,aiversity's rifle t ea m "'hi ch - recently - s et a n e w inter coll e gl ate firing record - with Miss Legge hltting tll.e btells-eye two hundred eighty- five shots out of three hundred. "You ca• shoot as well as a boy and still lleep your femininity," says Miss Legge as she oJ,e!/-he'I" 'l"ifle case which is gaily decorated with orange, pink a,ad yellow flowers.