Th11rsday, August 10, 1912 Good Er,ening : The House of Representatives has lJoted on the proposal to set a deadline for a U-S pullout from South Viet Nam. The story from W'ashington and Leslie Stahl: (Tape) MANCHESTER George McGo uer n toda y ret11rned to Manchester, New Hampshire - to launch a two-da y campaign swing thro11gh New England ; a"listening tour" - he called it ; and as ii turned out, a "talking tour" as well. Senator McGo t1 ern urged President Nixon to - put aside politics as usual and Join him in a series of m . ajor tele vi sion debates this fall. Actually, in practice, Presidents in office do not debate challengers . lie said: '' If th ere had be en debates in Nine teen-Si%ty -Eight - perhaps we would have learned more about Nixon's secret plan to end the war; a plan that is still secret - · about a ,,, a r th a t s till goes on - f o u r ye a rs la t er . '' PE,.. TA Go.,· FOLL oa· _,., A .,·c HE s TE R From t6e Pefflagon · C'O,nes a report eJttitl~d 'Tire f> r o . · e s s ; " g to ' I a It e a p a r t po;,,, ,,, po;,., - Seffolor Al~Go er,i's C'all or a TairtJ-Billion-Dol · ar-e11t ;,, defe ■ se spe,.diJtg . t I, e Pe " I a go " b II t ,c it I, re a Ii I,. : a" ti re a Ii I, - is a orfflitlable opr,orreNI . " J,IAC G R EGOR FOLL oa· PE.,· r A GOX A _ tier attac om Pr , s,d,,at N xo• s camp"i6• tlirec-tor - Clar MacGregor: ,rot,osa.s to a Se11ate test . lais program •o•ld be re . ecled - ,,, a rote of ,,;,,ety-/ire-to- WhlTE HOUSE President Nixon backs the Senate-passed gun control bill; News Secretary Ron Ziegler - saying the President /11lly Sllf,t,orts the "elimination of Saturd . ay ,ught specials", but adding that the legislation "should be 111orded in such a way - so as not to penalize the many legitimate spo,-tsmen and ta,-get shoote'l"s." MEDIA FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE Tile White House also announced that it will not make the performance of the news media "a . n issue in the coming campaign." Ron Ziegler saying: "We expect the press to be factual in their reports" - although the reports may "not necessarily be written in a way which we would agree." And he added: "The President feels the free press should not be an issue - we have always felt this." When he was asked: How does Spiro Agnew feel about •ll this? M, . Ziegler replied - sph·o Agnew speaks for himself. P .4 R 1~ .4 : t I , 1 f, l 1: s i , , P n ,. 1 /!',. • f h f C f • m ,, , 11 , , ; s t f.. f o rJ n , < i t f i lo, t Q t C " ' C,, I 1-, f,' t : 1· i 1 1 ll I ' fl I (I A r I, . rs !-- ,7 f l , , ' F { I , , (. n - s ,, f l In,. Ro m s <' :" C lo 1 · I: - a "d T. . .\ . S r r , . , ta , . , C < n c , . n I Ku ,. t Jr II l <I h r i,,, Th e i ,. s t o t c n r r. t s , i t c r l I o b a c I;, u p Ra r, n i '~ r l a i m I h o I I '1 c r· . S . i s d c l i b e 1· D t c l :" ' h o n. h in~ d 1 k rs a n ti d n m ,_ ; ,z '!\" n 1· t h ri.etnom . Th c C o m n u n i. Is a ls o s a :" ' i nf, I ho I '' a s l n n g fl s ,. So 1ti It T ' ,; c t JJ a m ' s P ,. e r d d lJ n t T h i e u ,. r m o in s in of f i < " . q " o I l! ''f,rc 1t • ar go,s or, . . . and tbc n<'goliotions o,·e deadlorlu,11 . " W ,; 11 i a m P o ,. t e ,. f o ,. ti, t! U . S . a r r II s c d tJ, " C o m ,,, 11 • i t- t t- of 11" I ca s 'II,; n g " a f Io o d of r, ,. or, a ~and a " - in a" t'f.1 o ,. t Io o b s c II r c t h c ,. e a I ; s s u c s : o n <' of ,r II i c h - h r s n _ ,. s . is No ,. t n 1·;etnam 's ''obscssir · ~ .,, .,, , suit" o_f a -,,,;1;1a,·:" · r·ir to,· _ ,. - ,;,, "" a t t c m p t t o s e i z c p o u • c ,. i n S o u t Ir Pt e t n a m • QUANG TRI CITY FOLLOW PARIS On the battlefield, the strllggle for Quang Tri City; was marked by an attempt to bypass the cil)' 's enemy-held walled Citadel. Go v ernment troops seized a key bridgehead - a b o u t a m il e fa rt h er on ; the i r gr ea t es t adv an c e - in m ore than a week. For the first time at Q11ang Tri - U.S . air support is also playing an important role; with American Jets - ,sow free to hit ".lfjpecific targets," and the American f)ilots usi,ag tlle "smart bombs" - in an effort to minimize •1.1edless damage. SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOM.4S TA PE "LON DON SPORTSM E N'' And now - it's lime again for Lowell Thomas ; discussi,rg tonight - a 11ew slant on sports . Lou ell . . . ( L. T. tape i11sert - unedited) LONDON SPORTS MEN In the c11 · rrent issue of a London medical bulletin 011 article headlined : "The Unfitness of Leading Sportsmen . " Which could mem a lot of thi,igs - but really purports to show that a good athlete isn't aluays a healtliy athlete. To back ufJ its point, the bulletin citing - in Britain - inc re as e d s i g n s of ea r l y art h r it is a m o ng s o c c e r t, lay er s ; in Austria - a growing ni,mber of heart attacks among young skiers; and in the U.S. - a long history of professional athletes who were found unfit for the draft. The study also citing tests in Australia - on rugby players, tennis stars, body builders and even a couple of "Mr. Universes." Dr. James Sutton quoted as sayi,eg : "Big mus cl es a,ad fJ owerful body - ha v e ,aothing to do will, cardio-respiratory fitness." A ■d that - lie maintains - "tlae one essential f or staying (Jower." Dr. Sutton adding, i11 short : "In sports, as in all things - appearances ca11 be deceptive." SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "LONDON SPORTSMEN" Thank you, Lowell. A final story - in a monee · nt. SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO FYom San Juan Capistrano in California - the story o f Waller Bolls; back in the Nineteen Twenties and 'Thirties - a vocal is t and sax a Pho n is t w i I h Red Ni c I, o ls , Jack Teagarden and Harry James; also, an artist's model i,n llis spare time - and therein lies his greatest fame. W • alter Botts finally catching the eye - of famed artist James Montgomery Flagg; w , llo promptly painted him as Uncle Sam - in that classic "I Want You" poster of World War Two. Flag g's and Botts' U , nc . le Sam - becomi'ng tlle symbol of America's strength and determination u,r , ouglroul the world; s11rely, one of the greatest and most enduring portraits of its kind in all hist , ory. NoiD - the Jina l en try. Walter Botts passing a · way in his Capistra,io home - after a bri , ef illness . WIie . a 1,e posed as Uncle Sam - only thirty-eight. At tl,e end - only s e v e n t y - t tt' o . Good Night.