VIET NAM American . troops today launched their first ma j or c O m b a t o If ens i v e - - of th e war i n Viet Na m . Some Two thousand U.S. Paratroopers __ joini,ag _ tire same number of Australian and South Vietnamese ••rr.t• i1t a giant Pincers movement) ..-flt"('med at wipi,ag out a eommunist stronghold -- ab.out Thirty miles nortll of Saigon. fil!!IPne same jungle area -- blasted by 01u• B-Fift1 , -Twos last week. ~ U.S. Marines als~i• action toda~~ Wlfll another massive search-and-destroy missio,a -- near tlae big U.S. Air Base at Da Nang. While in tlle air -- American jets struck today -- to witl,i,a Sixty-five miles of Red China. Blasti,ag a ••f>Ply def>ot at Thuan Chau __ in tl,eir deepest penetration of the war so far. BLISS Republican National Chalr · man R11 ; 1 Bliss -- today presented hie formula for a political come-back in Nineteen Sixty-Six; ~ye,d to a resurgence of the GOP -- in big cities and their suburbe. The Bliss plan calls for an immediate workshop -- ,.._.__,,........,..-- e ub can big city chairmen. To implement at last the recommendations of a 11 Big cttyu planning committee -- which Bliss headed four years ago. He also wants a school for Republican campaign managers -- a new program for . recruiting the most able candidates -- and a strengthening of GOP programs -- to win the support of minority groups, senior citizens and new voter~. IKE FOLLOW BLISS Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee today created a special study group; to report back on possible ways -- of " reforming and modernizing" presidential conventions. This 1n response to former President Eisenhower's recent suggestion of a thordgh overhaul of the convention system • yesterday before the Republican leaders. in his speech EXPLOSION Hearings continued today in Washington -- on the first Public legislative attempt to prevent a world population explosion. Senate hearings on a b i l l - that would set up special agencies in the federal government) ..-lf"'o _,, collect and distribute biyt · h control i ,if or mat ion to t 1ros e who request i t -- · bot k at home and abroad. Today's - & i l ~ w ~ ~ chief witness -i,Dr. George - Kistiakowsky -- White House . scien c e adviser in t1,e , , ~ Eis en h owe r Adm in i s t rat i o ~ I\ 1!1 • • • 1 • • 1 P I• II f' f w a r ~ that prevention of a world population I\ exf>los ion is entwined irrevocably with the prevention of war. Unless the population c risis can be solved -- said he -- "war is inevitable. " SPORTS A Senate Sub-committee today approved a major sports bill. One that would grant professional football, basketball and hockey -- virtually the same anti-trust exemptions -- as those now permi tt , ed base ball. The bill proposing official gove . rnment approval -- of the controversial player drart., ~ong with permission for the various leagues . -- to establish the terms and cond1ti . one of player contracts -- ae well as non-raiding agreements. The Sub-Committee also eent to the Senate -- a bill to establish a Federal czar over boxing. auyt.11 0110 •- "' ai■o■ti ■car• tc, tsa iR tbl i I, aw• eh. /1nce it was sent a:ong -..L -L.Jo C?-Ml:f~ ~ without recommendat1on.J...c.A' ~ ~ OOll In New Delhi -- the Indian government today voted officially to accept that British proposal -- for a formal cease-fire in the disputed Rann of Kutch. India and Pakistan next expected to sign the agreement -- 1n simultaneous ceremonies tomorrow in New Delhi and Karachi. Ending for now at least -- the border dispute that only last month -- threatene to engulf both nations in a major war. DUTCH Crown Princess Beatrix of Holland today won the plaudits of her Parliament -- and, more important, the plaudits of her people. tlH7lf The Princess and her West German fiance -;,.,..- cheered lustily in the Dutch parliament. The lawmakers labti joining in singing "long live the Princess." As for the people -- they nearly mobbed the happy couple -- on the 1r way both to and from the Parliamentary reception. Thousands upon thousands cheering the Princess and her fiance. Heaping flowers on their open car -- until ~ - it was virtually flooded with fsugzunu1. ,,< SKYDIVERS The nation's airlines today appealed to the Federal Aviation Agency -- to get skyd . ivers out of the nat1on•e airways. The ai.rlines noting that there has never been a collision between a skydiver and an airliner. At least -- not yet. Me-oltc, However, ~ the sport ie mushrooming eo fast -- ftlll: there have been a number of near-accidents. ,,.«ny one of which -- J could have had tragic results. At present -- a skydiver can Jump anywhere he wants-- Just ac long as he notifies the FAA of hie intentione. The airlines urging now that the sport be confined entirely to areas Gr~ 1 ~fl!BIE:11i■~e~e•1Eet~!3il•outs1de the commercial air routes. DUTY - Ju s t as t h e House had done earlier -- the S e nate toda y rejected th a t A ministration proposal to limit tourists returning from abroad -- to just fifty d ollars' worth of duty-free goods. Defeat of the me a sure -- leaves t h e exemption of a hundred dollars -- same as before; except that the exemption will be based henceforth -- on the retail value of such goods -- rather than wholesale. BIRDS Two giant preh 1stor1c birds -- were on the miss : ~1g 11st today here tn New York~~ V1ntshe -- without a clue. One -- probably the world's first bird; an Archaeopteryx about two feet tall. The other -- a sort of turkey-like bird six feet tall. Both were part of an outdoor exhibit -- at the World's Pait', an exhibit featuring replicas of nine prehistoric monsters -- so lifelike that they've apparently -- flown the coop. Dick: Any of you have a clue? SMOKING Governor Rockefeller today signed into law require all cigarette packages sold in New York a bill to to have the [ollowtng on them: ''Warning -- excessive use is dangerous to health. " Thts the ftrst state measure -- of its king. The Agriculture Department tells us that Americans are smoking more than ever. The increase blamed in part -- on those who quit smoking for reasons or t ealth, but are now back at tl ' eir coffin nails -- smoking 'em more than ever.