Al Bangkok in Tl1ailand - another big boost today for U S Policy in Southeast Asia. With Thai officiaio - agreeing lo commit a full division ~ m y t, 11,:s to /\ S011t II Vie h1a m; Perllap s as many as t ,c,e,aty t ho11saJ1d •• me,a -- .,, ten times tlle number of Thai mefl flONI ,,. contbal. Tlaailafld thus becomi"g tlle lllird America" ally tlais weell - to iflcrease its troop contmitme,al agaiflst tlte Viet Co,ag. '-4)-t ~~ '1., g1aaf so: a).. fro"' Tliai Foreig" Mi"i•ter Tlaa,aat Klao,,,a,a; o" lais ret•r• to Ba,agllolt, - follo"'i"g ta lies"'"" U S officials last 1Deelt. Kollma,a sayi,ag tlte ,ae,c, Tlaai Division - 1Dill be fornted from antoftg JOJO some fort, llao•sa,ul met1; tllose 111lao first vola,,cteered for duly last Ja,ca,ary - at tl1e time of Tlaailat1d's origi,cal co"'"'""'e"t to Viet,aa•? In retur,a - llae U"ited Stalls is pledgi,ag massive aid to Tllailafld. Muc · h of this aid - expected to take tlae form of military eq•ifJmeflt; for use against Communist i u u r g ~ t ~ ~ I• Northeast T/aalland. CANBERRA FOLLOW BANGKOK -------------------- - ------ In a related development al Canberra - Australiafl Prime Miff is ter Mu, •Iii Holt •f •• reaffirmed today tl1e A us s ie comm ii m ent to Viet,aa m. ,11,cl,.di,ag tlee 11se of ,I AMstralian planes against North Vietnam - if ,aeed be. Said Harold Holt : "We are not looking for a sheltered role for A11straliaJ1 forces - they •Ill play tlleir part N1Ule olller forces." late November - or early Decentb er. P11rt,ose - said lie : "TIie pooliflg of lu10N1ledge of .,,.,,t is goiflg o,a - a11d .,,.,,t seem to be Ille prost,ects." VIETNAM FOLLOW CAl/_B_~~~-~ Meanwltule, from tire figlttir,g fror,t - •ews today of a seco•d major ambusl, in as many days) .xitlt e•e•y infiltrators clobbering a f,latoon of U S Mari,ces - near lllat so-called demilitarized zo,re. TIie Viet Cong 11sir,g pellet-spray la•d mi•e• - to c,,t off tlle America,a o"lfit; in lite er,d - ltillir,g te,e of tlae Leatlter,eecks aftd .,o.,,.dhag The air ,c,ar - also laeatir,g .,p agairt. J,ecl•dir,g a fl•rry of dogfiglet• - ir, lleated combat over Nortlt Viet•am. Witlt a Comm.,,.iat • • Mig-Sever,lee• - goi•g dowft ,,. flames • ..4'lile e•e•y gro••" fire - was claimi•tl • U.S. I Navy bomber. Dow• belo111 - Beaoi today br~11di11g as "••eer deceptio•" - tlaal latest U S offer of a bombi•g pa11seY , Predicated on some reciprocal aclior, - tltat miglal lead to peace ta lits. Bar,oi declari•g tl,ere ca• be ,ro pea•e - ••til tire U•iled Slates willedra,c,s "all of its troops from So•tla Viet,aam . " PROTEST FOLLOW _VIETNAM --------- Here at ltome - a continuing storm of anti-war protest demonstrations . In Chicago - the demonstrators tryif1g to storm an Armed Forces I,1duction Center. l,c Portla,ed, Oregon - tlte t,rotestors cltaining tlte,,.selves -t:,t, t• to ti, e door of Ase lee ti ve Service Headq•arters. I,1 Oakland - seven ltrcndred ,,ickets J>aradi,cg in front of tllat embattled California ind•ctio,c cet1ter. At Ille U,civersity of Wiscot1si,c - - sce,ae of earlier viole,cce - - st•de,ct de•o,ast,a tio,a leaders today call hag for a total boycott of classes. All tlais - /lart of an orga,aiaed, ,catio,c,uide ca•#laig• of protest - agait1sl Ille war - agai••t tlie draft. ;lflaell11led .) to cNlmi,aate ;,. a massive •arcla oa tlae Pertta . got1 , tlais l•t.~x Saturday. hadeed, tlle gover,a"' e,at eve• ,aow - gatleeri,ag 1, 11 ,cdreds of U S •arsllal• afld ar•y /laratroo/ler• ;,. t11e Waslliflgto,a area; i,c case tlaey are Needed 6y ca/lilal police - to control the expected cro,uds. PROTEST FOLLOW VIETNAM= 2 -------------------------- Be that as ii may - a series of wllolesa le defecHons today from tlte anti-war rally. These mah1ly amoflg religious leaders - up lo now in the forefront of the peace movement. Amo,eg them - Rabbi Richard Hirscla - Director of tlae Social Action Ceflter of Refo , r• Judais•. Said Rabbi Hirscla: "Tltis demo,astra tio,a 111as orga•i•ed ~ a,ad is bei,ag r1111 - by tlte radical left;f'.people 111110 tlli11lt tlu,t eE,.£rytJ!jJJ.g tl,e U,aited States does is 111ro,ag - a•d everytlai,ag Ha11oi does is rigltt." A•d tlaat's 111lay - reHgio11s -~~~- gro•t>• "are laavi,ag 1101111,ag to do"'"" it" - said"•· VENUS ------ ~ ,~ _ '5: ~ ~ Fa,..,q-..af ~ ►~A Russia's Venus-Four "soft" la•tli,cg is ■ rr ■ IJ I s•wx a tougli ar acl to Jollo"1. Eve• so -- the show must go o,a - and go o,e it did today. America's Mari,aer-Five spacecraft - completing perfectly its 0111,c scheduled "fly-by" of,_. clo11tl-sllro ■ ded l'laast Ve•••· a bit of a,a 11,eti-cli,,.ax. As for llae R ■ s• ia• Ve••• Jtrobe - a tot, Soviet laot 1>l••et;" Us laostlle e•viro••e•t - #)ractically r■ li,ag ..... ~--- out f•tt,re tlevelol),,.e•I by Ma•. I,a otlter 111ortl"J • . . . . t>l•c• lo visit • ••le• 1•-~•~01>e lo do •• _ . . , ear I y a s Ni• e t e e ,. E i g la I y - 6 • t y o • 111 011 I ti• 't 111 ••I I o Ii v e lleere. STOCKHOLM ------------ For Gualentala,a Diplontat~ writer MigNel A•gel Asturias - a ntost rewardhag present today o,a his sixty- eiglllh birthday. From tire Swedish Acaden,y of Letters ;,, Stocltllolm - Asl•rias receiving Ille Ni,aeteen Sixty-Seve• Nobel prize for Literatwre. Tire win,ae,- - o•e of Lali• Antef'ica's best-t•o•• /'0els, •ovelists a•d /'lay.,,.igllls. Ma•y of lais N1orts - deali•g N1itla tlae /'roblents of M•ltlllo a•d l•dia• 1'easat1ls ;,. G•alentala. His style ofte• called - tlae "/'rose of fire." Per••P• e,rplal■etl by ••• f • c ~ e •• P•Tl•l■tlia■ •••••If, Asl•rias N1as also N1it1t1er of Soviet R•••i• '• - Le•i• /'eace /'rize last yea,.. Bis /'rese•t di/'lo•atic TOKl'O ------- From Tok, , o, of all Places, comes the latest chaplet" iN the ad v entut"es of T"'iggy . Tu iggy - as yoa, kNotu - that tootliJ,ick-slim girl- model from BritaiN - - wlro llas ca11sed s11cll a stir i• Ille fasltio• woYld. Appeat"itlg today - al a Tollyo •e.,• cot1feret1ce; as part of aN attempt to po/ndariae Ille mit1i- sltit"t - afftot1g JaJ,a•ese .,o,,.et1. Sofftello., tlro11glr - Ille cot1versatio,a t11rt1ed ht at1otlter directio,a - to ,,,e t'ot,less. Wlleret,o• Twiggy said)latly - site •o•III ,cever - b•t •ever - .,,,,,. tot>less f••llio,cs. So 111110 asted lier to? Was ii yo11, Warre,c? CRAKAPADAPHIRKA_ JUNGLE -------- "Rogi,e elephantl Roglle elephant!" from village to village - tlae f 5 cry was so,ueded today; clear across L : . ~ - ~ - ~ tlae Gl,el,.;A..d',thta jungle - i,a Easter,a Hi,ada,sla,a. Tl,e eleplea,at gone mad - a giant bull; wlto llas already claimed llae lives of al least lwe,aty perso,as ---;t\, ••• -••• two weeks. Not lo me•tion - scores "'ore i,ajured . His latest ,aear-victi• - a local po1'ce ••J,erlate,ade•t; at i•e •ead of a posse - se,at lo lraclt doa,,. tlae eleJ,laa•I 111as ail a,aiti,ag i,a a•b11sla; tlae ••Peri•te•de•t - barely escat,i•g a,itla lats life. for Tlae I,1dia• gover••enl fi,aally posti•g a bo••IY - a11you ~.ti till , . , ~ • Th &0•11ly aM0•11ll1t6 A I to a b lau,adred-a,ed tllirly b ■ cl,s - a 1,i,ag '• ra•• o• for tllat part of tlae .,o,-ld . . . . it last f'et,of't - tlte rogue eleplaa•t still Oft tlae loose..;~ .-ft4- e kaA- ~ - ~~ J . ~