Fri . \11).[11 l 9, /96 '.11AMI BE H Dal li11 agai11 Miami Beach . Richard Ni · on - um1no11 d lo th e Phone - n call fro m T xa . An unmistakable l oic e al th oth r e nd o I in dralf ling: " Dick, _ \ 011 ha e my congratu la lion - and, m . , m P a t It -' . " S o b e gin a n o t h e r surprising hapter - in this n10 t amazing of election Jears. Nixon t e lling o f hi talk 1 ill, Pre ident John on d11rit1g his fir I press conference as 1,he duly-nominated Republican tandartl-bearer. Reporting hoto the President thanked him for his a cef)lance pee h and prom· e lo do n n t h in g th a t m i g It t u fJ t t h e P a 1~ i . s p ,, c: c t a l k s . Nix o ,, a l s o disclosing a pre idential in itation to Li it the L B J ranch tomorrot - for a full bri fi,zg 011 the ielnam ituation. Needless to ay - in itatio,i accept d. As for 1,; fut11re role in ·amt,aign ixty-eight - the Pre ident i.t; quoted a saying: ''I'm going to t,la.\ it · traight dot n the middl . H i aid Io It at' add ~ d : "/l ' 1 1 i I a I l . , MIA WI BEA H - · importanl /Ital I hi/ lh 11 otiation ar oing 011 - 1 play it ,,;git/ /1•aight do, n the middl at home." LBJ RANCH Mea111 hile, the President liim elf - 1 as indeed, pla ing ii " lraiglzl doL 11 the ,niddl . " co11ferri,zg toda at the L BJ R anch - L ith his Vice P1 'e ident, discussing foreig11 poliC) ' and "other matters" - with the DemocYatic front-runner; in ad ance of Vice President Humphrey's scheduled two- day ca mf,aign swing - through the Lone Star State. .. CORPUS CHRISTI FOLLOW L BJ RANCH - ------ -- --------------- -- - -- - -- ----- Hub YI /lumphrey' fir I lop lonighl - a C o r p u s C II r i s I i C o n 1.. • ,i I i o n of th A n-1 ,, r i c a n G I Forum. In hi pr pnr d le ' l - th \ i e I r ide,z/ t,alli telling M xi an American that their in reasin ly militant oi - r, 1,a been heard in Wa liingto,i." Adding that if h i el · ted Pr e idenl the federal go ernment will become the model em ploy er of Latin - "from the White House on down." HOUSTON FOLLOW CORP S CHRISTI - ------ --- --- El uh e1 y , in T a thou h - H11b r/ Humphr y' hi f democ ,,·a tic Joe was al o ra king up a f u point /oda . During a brief i it lo Hou Ion - S ,ia/or McCarthy wi,inin a urpri e ,idor em ,it from T xa S e,i ator Yarborou h;, ho added /hat Got ernor onnallJ ought lo relea e /he T x a de l e g a t i o n - Io s e e if lit er a re , . a f e i fr e m en i,i there." McCarthy, for his part - appearing sl inned by the a,inouncenient. "I did not x pe t /h i " said he - ~ ~ b u t I would 1,a e come all the way to Texo ju I lo gel it. " VIETNAM In l i lnam - n/li d hara ing /a( · /ics a II OY Hu are b gi11ning lo f>aJ bi1.; dit id nds. Cullin , off en m\ infillra/01' - / > ' Om 4'm'd•.o th , ir ,zormal our e of uppl . T o th point "It r e /It ~ Viel Cong - ore not Jae d 1 ilh a ,zeu foe: I /lung r. ~Tliis - 1 e .,,ul.. are /old today - the ba i for the la/ st U.S. ictory ;,, that embatlled la11d. Two band ~ of llttngry Vie I Cong ~- invading th e i l l age of Na m Hog a o" • l h e Pe r f" m e R i e r. ju t se en ml les dot n tream from Hue. /eizing whatever ~ Jood they co,cld find - al o taking I ,, ho tages to help them forage for more. A,id ii might ha c t orked -- ex c e p t f o r a f o II rt ,, J ear old Vi e t n a m e e b o w Ii o s, am to free do l e r / 4 U.S . troops - lo the ,<. enem presence. As soon a lh hostages t er clear - U.S. air and arlill r ~ - slrik zero in ~ in on Ill Viel Cong. VIETNAM - 2 -- ---- - - . Air Caralr ) m II in h licopter and Ho e r c raft - c ompl e lill th rout. )(illin g m o r e lllan " 1 , u : . i r H , ~ ,) 0 a p t u r i ,, g m o r e I h a n ttt1--11h~f4M~il-,, li-ll-'T-Y'flB~d.l.--4~a-.. t ... uJ,.4 • ~1i-.1ti.-HI , , ; • l 1 1 "'8 w Ii o kn . oi ,iou, at least, w her :! th ir ,z x t m e al is oming from - a pr1 o,ier-o f -u ar camp . LANGENBRUCK ------------- A British Ea g le Airlin s turboprop - bound from Londo,z lo Innsbruck today. Soari,i, hi h o er the rolling coun/r side - near the Ba arian 1 illage of L an g e n b r II ck . lt'A e-w .!.f' d de 11 l - di a t e r . A c c or din -i, o airpo,•t on/rollers - the captain of th craft reporting a fire on board. Th e11 - a dealhl sile,,ce. E•ye wit,iesses on th-e g,yound - filling i,i the us t "' ' Th e Ea . g l e A i r l in e r dropping , . ! i k e a s Ione " - ~ those who saw it. liml: Finally, smashing into fiery bits on tile Ba aritui autobahn - where the pilot was apparentl trying to make an emergency landing. Of the forty-eight ~ aboard ~ - no sur i ors. SA LISB R -- ------- ·· A I Sali bu Y _ \ , Rhode ia - a lo/al of lhirt - -,_ ~~ / 1 o hla k Afri a11s wc,a found guilt as ·har edJ:&ci~ Co11 i I d of carr) ing arm and endangering lat and order - - i,z. t iolalio11 of Rhode ia 's n 1 emergenc ,, gulalions. All of them - prompll ) se,itenced lo death. Thi d spit a rece,it ruling from the British Pri y Council - b,~anding Rhodesia's emergency regulation illegal. Thus raising the threat of a final irre, ocable split - between the mother country and its breakaway colon . .. Indeed, the mass sentence of death - also~ expected lo et off a crisis within the Rhodesian -•••kboposstbl ) e eral others - expected to resign ra er than join in defying the Pri y Cowncil. CHI AGO Pop Paul' 11I ban on bi1 ' lh ontrol d , ice the target of bill 1· crilici m Loda , from a leadin ecumenical , - • F I I ( • ',t e k 1 _\ . Th Ch; a . o-ha ed Chri Lian Ce,itur calling the Pope' 1 erdict - a prime example of "rhetoric in le a d of re as on . " 0 ,i e t II a l "h as c o 11 t r i bu t e d ," - i t go e s on, "to the decline - perhaps to the demise - of the Pafxry." PRAGUE ------ - - In the Czech capital of Prague - a hero's \ v , elcom today for isiting President Tito of Yugoslavia. Czech leaders turning out enmasse - along toith thousands of cheering Czech citizens. Heralding Tito's arrival with a twenty-gun salute - also a musical ~ ~ : - rendition of an old Yugoslav# folk song: "All we A,. - - slaves unite.'' The Czechs l>flYing homage to a ma,a wlto accomplished some twenty years ago - rohat the Czechs lhe;se~ves.'a:e G{;Q}l: a l ~ l~T-14 '4-;y,w7-~ }\I~? WALTER REED The news from Walter Reed - continues good. Doc tors ref)orting form er President Eisenhower is "feeling stronger" - also "in excellent spirits." Adding tllal they are still pleased with his progress - from his sixlll heart attack. Wllat about Dick Nixon saying "let's win tllis one for fl,e?" No comment - and so long 11ntil Monday.