BETHESDA ---------- Former President Eisenliomer - a surprise v isitor today to Bethesda naval hospital . A t p ' Cb J O ay ~ his respects to fast-recoveri,ig Prcside,rt Joluaso,a. A,ad as a result - he may fifld himself w;t11 a new federal assignmR11t - •• come spring . \ • : l"J,,, L B J s ugges ti ,ag u,h at a ,oo" der fr, l tla i,ag it . ,oor,ld be - if lite co11ld fi,ad it possible to malte a good.,ill to11r of Asia a,ad the rest of Ila e .,orl d - ,,. bel,alf of America" iJtterests abroad. Tl,e PresideJtt Asserliflg that ,ao o,ae - .,ill, tire possible excet>tlo,a of for•er Pre•id••t Tr11ma,a - has as ,nr,cla ext,erie,ace - or is a, •11cla eslee•ed ti, ro 11gllo11 t the w,orld - as lite. Noll,i,ag defi,aite as yet. B11t lite is said lo loolt favorably o,r tlae idea - a,ad Ille Prelide,at is expected to 1 preseflt him ,oitl, a specific proposal - a• •••• soo• a• lite re tur• from la is an,,ual wl• te r vaca lion. WASHINGTON ------------ Starting II ith the Nineteen Sixty-Eigh . t model ,,ear - all new cars sold in the United States must be equipped tf ith anti-pollutant exhaust systems. Tltis by government decree - announced today by Secretary Jol,,a Gardner of the Department of Health, Educatio,a a,ad Welfare. Wille a11tomakers subject to a fiNe of a tl&o••a"d dollars a car - for a,ay velticles offered for sale tl&at fail to co,aform .,,tit tlte ,re.,, sta,rdards. f,a maki,ag tlte a,a,aou,rceme,at - Gard,aer t,oiNli,ag out tlea t abo11t It al/ of all air t,o llu ta,a ts co me from car,. Addi,rg tlaat t,,e ••f ,ae111 req11ireme,at N1ill ,aot at,t,reciably i•t,rove tire •lt.,atio• immediately - because of older car• still o,a the road. But aaying - ;,. effect - "yo.,'ve got to start somewltere." The next big job - - said he - der elopt,,g effective co,atrols for two other major sources of exllaust poll.,tio,a; diesel trucks a,ad bfses . VIET NAM __ , ______ _ On tlte other side of the globe - in Viet Nam - a steadily mountiflg campaign of Viet Cong terrorism . With today's most flagrant example - a brazen attempt to assassinate Major Ge,seral Nguyen D11c Tha11g - S011tlt Viet Nam's hard • - mor king commissiorter for rural recor,str•ctior,. A ba,ad o.f guerrillas waiti,rg for tl,e ge,aeral'• pla,ae · - at tl,e e,sd of a,a airport ru,away ;,. ftortl,er,a Q•a• Ti• Provi,ace . . O/>efliflg 11p with a hail of fflachi•e K"" b•llets - as ll,e pla,ae came ;,. for a la,adi,ag. Woru1di,ag flftee11 officer• aboard the ai-rcraft - - leavir,g at leaat Bavi,ag swilclted to a•otller pl , a,ae - at tire last "''""' e. IT fl.LY More ra · ln -- more flooding -- more tragedy today -- in the Po Delta of Northern Italy. A twenty-four hour downpour - · - accompanied by gale winds -- and crumbling dikes on the Adriatic, releasing tons of water in a deadly cascade -- on the delta towns of Scardovarl and Bonelli. Army troops quickly evacuating some five thousand residents -- from the flood stricken area. Many of whoa had just returned to their homes -- following the flood disaster of two weeks ago. VATICAN At the Vatican in Rome -- Pope Paul today accepted the resignation of his three Senior Cardinals -- from administrative duties in their various dioceses. Cardinal Ttsserant eighty-two : -- Cardinal P i . zz ardo -- seventy-nine -- Card lnal Masella -- seventy-seven. The Vatican prats1ng the three Cardinals -- for their " noble and exemplary decisions;" in keeping with the Pope's recent recomme . ndat1on -- that Bishops over seventy-five should gi•e way to younger men. COLUMBUS-CLEMSON ----~---~----------- Here's a su,itch. Farmers and cattlemen alike - up in arms today over rising food prices. Particularly the fact that so many of the price increases - seems to end up in somebody else's pocket. First up - in Columbus, Ohio - - Jerry VoorA Is, a top official of one , of the natio , n 's biggest farmers cooperatives;~giNg that-• farmers themselves - ,nt,sl gel into the supermarket busi•ess. Voorhis observh,g tllat a farmer's i,acome - is only abo•t sixty percent of tl,e rtational •• average. Cith1g ti, i , s as clear e vi de,e ce that tll P. fa rm er ''m11s t I, ave a mea,e s .$ of malli,eg s11re - .,,,,,,, l,e receiveJ a fair and Just rel•r" - for Ills ab : ••da11t '#Jroduclio• and i,ecreased efficie•cy." spoltesma,a for Ille caltleme,e - C. W. McMillat1 of the A merica,e cattlenteN 's as social io,e - - ix a c0Nt1ettlio11 speech al Clemson, South Caroli,,a. McMilla,e assertiflg that stocltmen "by the thousands" - are cutting baclt u,eir COLUMBUS-CLEMSON - 2 -~---------------~-- operations; because of rock-bottom meal prices -- now threatened still further by supermarket boycotts. McMillan warning that the "future supply of beef - is thus seriously e · ndangered." To the point - said he -- where "every penny saved" by tl,e protesti•g llouse•lfe of today .:. "may m , ean another dime spe . nt next year - a ■ d the next. " HAVANA -------- Cuban Dictutor Fidel Castro - at,t,arentlJ the victim of something akin to "rabbit fever" -- off the evidence of this latest - from Radio Havana. Fidel is said to have launched a giant rabbit- breeding program - - as the answer to Cuba's cllro,eic food and •••11r:11111J •erJJC-'•• money problems. Plans calli,eg for constructio · n of breeding pens - for two millio . ,e female rabbits; e%pected to produce for market - anotller tlilrly million rabbits per year. Predicted J•tttk yield from sucl, a "crop" - aaid Radio llava•a: "Some seve,ely-five millio,e po••ds of meal per year - a•d t•enly-eiglat million po• • •ds of rabbit sllh,s." From tlte little to111t1 of Jaat,er, Mi••o•ri - Ille alory today of a mat1 1111,o ,,..,., ••rely ra 11 1r - 08 o,ae of Ille mea,resl n s,vi,adlers '" all America. Tlte • lory beglt1• •Ult a t,•blic ca•t,aig,a - lo gel a doctor lo lalte 11t, realde•ce it1 Ja•t,er. Tlte "'a" 1111,o •••111ered 11,e call - lde•llfyi•g lll••elf a• Dr. M. L. La•gford - a grlld11ole of Ille U11lveraUy of T••••••ee Medicol Scltool; o,ad, ll,e 10111• 111elco••d "'"' - 1111111 o,e• Palle•t• flocltir,g to Ai• door - lo Ille poi,al 1111tere lie ltatl Mayo,. s,e,.llr,g Be•i• t,111 II - tlle ,ae111 doctor "loot 111ell" - eve,.ybotly lilted lliffl. T11ey did, tltat is, u,atil I• laat 111eelr - 111Aet1 tlae b•bble sutlde,aly ,,.,,..,. T•e ,,..,. ,vlto called "'••elf JASPE• - 2 ------- Dr. La,egford - dl•al'l'earhig ,,. Ille middle of Ille •16111. Leavl•g belai,ed a b11•dle of debt• - - a"d a lot of red face•. No NJ It t11r"• lie wa•11 't eue" a doctor. ------ ,._ _ _ ----,____,·- -·--- ----T"~-- • : 4 W a I • •• · - a y s I Ii e A '"er i ca" Me ti I cal A • • o c • • t • / M U•• /WP ,111•• le f•t• 8Dif. LONDON From London, news of a move ln the House of Comaons to ban or regulate the sale of highly flannable hair sprays. Labor M.P., Tony Gardiner -- the man behind this; because• number or women have been bumed or late -- froa spraying their hair while s110k1ng cigarettes. Aleo says 'l'ony Gardiner, M.P. -- beca11se halr sprays have becoae lethal weapons 1n the hands of ,eenaged London toughs. With a little ingenuity -- hair sprays ■ake excellent tlae- throwers -- said he.