LEWISTON Here's lo Lewiston, Jdalro/ I mea+o our CBS affiliate, KRLC, today celebrath1g its tlrtrt) 1 - fifth aJtniversary on tire air. PEKING From Red Chi,aa Chairma,r Mao Tse T,o,g - a rare public statement today - his first i,r five years. As broadcast by Radio Peking - a rJicious attack on the US in general and Preside,rt Nixo,r in parttcular. Mao ~ , . acc11sh1g the US - ofA"slaNgltteri,ag black a,ad ,ol, tte people in tts ou,n cou . ,atry." Calli,ag these alleged acts, t q•ole - Nixo,a's Fascisttc atrocities . Mao addi,ag tlaal 11,e US is a ,aatio,a beset by revolNtionary ·'1oveme,at - isolated by 111orld opi,aio,s - fo•,ederi,ag ;,. hado Clll,ea; ~~~~·- ,,, •• comi,ag lo Ille coMcl••lo,a lllat "US lm,erialism - /4., tDlaicll looks like a la•ge mo,asler - is l,a esser,ce a ,aper tiger - r,0111 ;,. the tllroes of its dealla bed slr•ggle.J) Tire Cllinese leader tl,e,a tDe,al or, to observe - tllat "tire danger · of a r,ew world war sttll exists - ar,d the people of all co•r,trles -- must get pre,ared," a-a said he. 0,s the plus side tl,ouglt - Chir,a walcliers ,roti,ag PEKING tAe CAalrmaN made NO direct threats agalN•r,.e u . s . ,ror did he indicate in any 1C1ay - that China was co,asiderhag -q the pas sibility of se11di11g troops into Southeast Asia. INDOCHINA FOLLOW PEKING Mea,uvhile, three tho11sa11d S011th VietNamese troops - were openiNg a11other front ,wJc; i,s nortltern Cambodia. Drivi,cg across the border from their ow,. base in the Central Higlrla,.ds of VietNam - attemptlNg to cut off an enemy escape roNte through lteretofore .,,.,,privileged" territory. Tlais marltiNg tlte tlalrtee,etle major tllr•st halo Cambodia - artd, lro1>ef11lly, t1,e last. Observers calli11g tire Allied missioN ,,. tllat co11Nlry - ,eow practically a •:,,r{tt accompli." r SENA TE FOLLOW INDO CHINA ~ . \ ~ e6se · an attempt today A. to soften that proposed Se,rate measure '(aimed al ham-stringing US operations in Cambodia. This leading to an apparent meeting o , f the minds - betwee,a Se,aate Majorit}' Leader Mille Ma,as/ield, who favors tl,e proposal, a,ad Senate Mi,aority leader Hugh Scott, wlto opposes it. ••-•-••;;:;:::1■••.,·•r.••Se,aator Griffi,a of Micl,iga,a, for o,ae - ref11s i,ag to accept tlae compromise - sayi,ag lie coa,ld 1101 support Ille measure i,a a,ay form - as . . lo,eg as it ___ _.,. seeks to abridge Ille Pres ide,at 's pow,er• as Commarader ,,. C1tief. A,ed so - Ille "great debate•~ OM, 111-t ■ 104; ► Jg ZS .,.,. MOSCOW Moscow - tire Kremlin today confirmed the occurrence of a serious earthquuke last week - in the caucusus MDs:u••Jna between the Black Sea and the •••t•d Ca s p ia n.-S::.:::C. Sovie I lea de rs call i,ag tlte quake - "a ,aatural cala,nity which caused casualties a,ad destructio,a -- presumably heavy. As usual tlao•gla ,,, cases of this sort - the RNssia,as refusi,ag to give a,ry VIENNA FOLLOW MOSCOW Reports reaching Vienna were also telling today of disastrous spring floods - i11 the Soviet Ukraine, in Communist Hungary a,ed especially in Commu11ist ' Roma11ia . Unofficial estimates - placi,ag the Number of dead at more than two hu,adred. The great majority C coming from Romania where tire flood was called the - ( Y ' , A - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - worst i,a tllat cou,itry's a 11 htstory~ Officials blami,eg ~ _:;:t(; T~a.,t;;._~ ~ - the deluge - on a late thaw;•· 7ei7,;;-s~.5combi11i11g ~ ~ ~ p _ ' . - ~ ~ ~ . ,oith heavy spring rai11A- ta ffirr III srut l 'SJ ••• • •"'· ...... - PRESIDENT The White House - another special message to CoNgress. The PresideJtt urging approval of two international treaties - also, a series of new legislative proposals. This in an attempt to check oil pollution on the high seas - as well as the nation's coastal water- ways. The President further a re volv l11g fu11d if: th IT(Y fltJe seeking establishment of millio,i bucks, IN ■ It to fi,iance clean-up operatio,is when oil-spills do occur. The President's message noti,ag that "the threat of oil pollutio,a from ships - both. at sea aJtd i,a our ltarbors - ••,a aa a Tep res e,, ts a grow i,ag da11ge r to our mari11e e,aviro11me,at." MAJOR ESAU I wonder if yo" feel as I do about this? When I hear an 1'nknown P"blic speaker who is not just good but great, I'm thrilled. To some degree this electroNic era hasn't exactly improved public speaking. Today nearly every speaker reads his stuff. President Nixon being ,,,, one of the striking exceptions. The other day I heard Al Capp tell how he gets three thousand bucks or more every time Ire speaks at a college or u,eiversity . Al is quite somethi,ag ON tl1e platform. 1t••1u•• And I've just heard someone who perhaps caps Al Capp. A Marhte Corps Major, a vetera,a of Vietnam. His name, Ricltard Esau. If yoa,'d like to hear someone who k,eows 111hat it's all about i,a South- east Asia, and also what's bee,a l,appe,eing amo,ag young .' I, Americans here at home, do11't miss Major Dick Esa11. Every platform ma11ager in America should be on his trail, offering him an opportunity equal or MAJOR ESAU - 2 better than Al Cat>P has had. Any college or ,o,ivers ity not booking Major Dick Esau i.s unfortunate i,rdeed. As a speaker he's t..{ ' IIELGRADE From Belgrade Jugosla v ia, a report today that A merica,r chess champion Bobby Fischer -- has fallen at last. The you,rg Californian said to have met a Jugoslav birl - wltile competi,rg in a,r i,rter,ratio,ral chess Jd11 tour,rey, recently at Zagreb - wliich he wo,a} <E:!f.,.,t; /ii• story goes o• I~~ was love ~ --..tf'-- ..J ,. • ··, c. ! a --1' - • - · at first sigltt; with the couple l ■ llr headi,rg f o r ~ ~ f l ~ r4driatic. 8c ■ al t#ie o a '" ts wea'. For Bobby Fischer - the erstwhile "boy wo11der" /4.t.,,_1f- Jf/lU . .. u , 1:111P . . R~,, cLeck - a,ad mate ,_._, Z.t.!"\ i , , , of A m e r i c a " ch e s s 1 ; - · • I> I ;; t u a n _ . \ '.l- / " HOUSE Bl11aiJ'h •• in 11'2••-•1ttt1W>--s House Speaker John McCormick decides to call ii a career. Announcing today - he will not be a candidate for re-elec'tio,a next year. The seventy-eight year old speaker giving as his main reason - a w . ish to spend more time with his wife, who has l:ieen ill of late. w-~ stoutly rejected II Ji any suggestiont that h e ~ "too old", for the job. "I k,aow how old " Jam" - said he. "I do,a't apologize for ii - in fact, / hope to live to be a lot older." McCormick addi,ag: "Why, J'm still tryi,ag to see - ten years ;,, the f•t ■ re."