> POLITICS J , u l y l 1, l 9 12 Charles K , uralt For Democratic : nominee George McGovern - a trlt, back home today; to the Black Bills of Dakota - w11ere lte plans to spend the next two weeks girding for , an all- · out campaign for President. While back i.n Washington - the Nlxo11 Admi . 11istralio11 is already wheeling out its big guns. Defense Secretary Melvi,a Laird - cllallenged th · e "credibility" af McGover•'• plan to free American POW's: sayh1g there is 11atlal1t6 to indicate tltat Immediate U. s. witladra1t1al - wa,lld lave""' s11ch effect. A11d later on, Senate Mh,ority Leader Bug• Scatl took dead aim at Ille new Democratic P , arty t,latform. Virt · ually daring the Democratic-con trolled Congre . s s - to follow "the Truman Doctrt.ne," aohich specifies : "Now tlaat yo11 have adopted a platform - pa . ss it ." Indeed, the McGovern-Eagleton team was getting slaorl shrift today - even from Senat e Ma j orit y Lead t1 r Mike Mansfield; who observed that the President's foreign POLITICS - 2 policy reco'rd - laas been "exceptionally good :" est,ecially 1111111 regard to Russia and Cltina - AND Vietnam . Maas/ieltl addiag : ''II'• going lo be a tougla 'race. " CHICAGO Meanwllile, Cllicago's Mayor Daley - retur11ed to Cllicago for Ille first time in •early hvo •eeks ; stoutly defended Ille make-up o f a Daley slate of delegates - tllat was barred f-rom Ille Democratic National Co11ve,.Uo11. He ,i.tlged, nevertlteless, tltal lie "wills upport every ca•tlltlate 011 . tile Democratic Ucllel - Fede-ral, Slate a ■ d Co1111ty." Daley never 111e,atio11ed George McGover11 " ' ,.,,,. ••••• 6ut lie tlld say "I • • a Den1ocrat ,_ I • • cllairn1,,,, of Ille De•oerall,: Part, of Cook Cou•ly - a,ad I llatJe ahoa,s au1>1>orted t•• 11o•l•ee of ,,.e De'"ocratic Party. QUANG TRI CITY In VietNam - house-to-house figltting raged today through the ruins of Quang Tri City. South VietNamese 1'aralroo1'ers attem1'ting to close in on a st0Ne-111alletl citadel - 111here CommuNist troot,s are believed dug In. At least o•• ~/Soullt Viehaamese officer admitted lllougla: "f'lley 're goiNg lo tal,e a lot more softening ut,." To I It e Sou I II - a I S , a lg o,. - I he U. S . Com ma,. ti di•closhag llte .,illtdra111al ot tltree lltou•a11d America• •ailor•; t,.e first decline ;,. U. s. Nav · al strengll, - siNCB PresitleNI Ni~o• ordered ,,.a, blocade of Nortl, Viehaam. REYKJAVIK For Bobby Fischer - at Reykjavill, lcelan . d - a brU U.an . t vie tory . Tlte American cliallenger talli•g Ga•• Tltree today - in lais 111orld cllamf>lonsltit> cltess · ,nalcl •UI Ruasia'• Boris St,asslly ; fi11ally forchcg Ille tlefe,ulht6 cla•I) lo co•cetle tie/eat - o,a ltis fort,-••co,ul •ave. Fiscler •a• traila - oni, t•o games to 011e. comt,lete rout Just a fe• days ago is 11oao - 011ce agai• a r••l battle. INCOME U.S. f a'fflily income was up again last year; abo•I f our-t,oint-t11Jo per cent - according to governme11t fig•res a1111ouJ1ced to11lglll . The study also disclosed - a la11tl•art acllieveme11t . For tl,e first li'ffle ;,. history, •ore Ilia• llalf of all U.S. l,ous ell olds - II ave • a,r,rual i11co111e of 7'•• FBI FOLLOW INDME Speaking o f f irsts - the FBI toda y accepted its first f emale age n ts ; two o f the m Sus an Lynn Role y • age t • e,. t y -f Ive of Lo,ag Beach, California - a f ormer Marine officer ,· a11d Joanne Pierce , age thirty-one . o f Niagara Falls, Ne• Yori - a former nun . Both immediately started a fourtee•- • •eell tralnh1g course - lhe same as given men . No favors asked - ,eane given . YlbT -- James Stahlman - Ba,iuer L. T. Tap e J'nsert Stahlman ha~ long bee11 a ucmc i11 A meri c a,i \I a j o r ,J a III c s SI a h l m a " , f o 1· s i x I y y ea r s ~ uilh /he Nashville Ba1111er;,._repor/er, editor, ow,zer, publish e, ·. Stahlman 110/ e s Iha! ~ he's see,1 some changes i,z /he world. As h e puts ii -- "from /11e horse car to Americans on /he moon; fro11i /lie early filament bulb to llie devas/alin . g laser beam; from Marconi lo Tels t ar; from Ki/1') 1 -Hawk to /he SST ; from a r eve rent pulpit to a ,. distressing era of agnosticism. This has been the most excititig period of ad v auce i,z the world's history - culturally, scientifically, indus/1·ially, sociologically, economically, politically."' 1 1 ~ ., ... ~1. - ~ u_; ~ O11r progress~ ,orottghl mu c h havoc. It has played liob willt s t able homelife, produced a dis · dain ...,. for the fundamentals, destroyed respect for law"- fir &' t ') ..... order, Ille courts a11d conslilu.led a11/ltority. JI llas brought !he niled Sia/es lo a dangerous divisiveness a 11, d I h e w o 'I' l d I o I h e b r i ,i k of s e l f - d e s I r u c I i o ,i . .. , ~ '\1,eJblC;U,,sCI,_, -,, ~ ~ J • . C., ~-.&le.:• Thro u g 1l a ll I hes e y ears , I ha v e c lung sleadfastl)' lo Ille belief that this blessed cottntry of ours is still worth saving; that the freedoms of our p eople can be preserved; that there is more good than ba d in mankind and that a forgiving, omnipotent Father can and will save those men and nations willing t o defend that faith implicit i n our national motto: "In Go d We Trust." SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE "STAHLMAN" As you may ha e guessed by now - Lowell Thomas is off 011 another jaunt for a few da),s . In the meantime a special ,-eporl l,e left us. Subject tonight : One of America's great nei spaperme'1 . Lowell .. . ---- 0 (/ SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "STAHLMAN" Thank y ou, Lo wel l. A final story - iu a moment. JACKSON Jacl.'s011, Mississipp; - James Me,·editl1 hows out. The 1 oled ciril rights let4der - first black ma11 ever to al/end /1,e U11i1 , ersil_\ 1 of Mississipp; - withdrew today from partisan politics. This followed a losing campaign - for electio11 to the U.S. Senate. Meredith said: "It has become ob 1,i o II s l )' cl ea 1• - that I am no t in t II n e or in s t e fJ w it h e it h er the black bollrgeoisie o,· the black masses." And Ire added: "There is perhaps ,iot1'ing more f11lile - than trying to pro.4ect an idea whose time is not at hand." This is Charles Kuralt, CBS News, Goo , dnight.