UNITED NA T/06 ------------·-- Witlt lille . . , _ 11=-, Cltristmas W e ~ e a o ltope t\ today for peace ON •• earth. The UNHed States officially asltiflg U,a . ited Natio"s Secretary Ge,aeral u. TltaNt - to "ta•e whatever steps Necessary" to get the ball TolliNg - to.,ard a lasti,ag ceasefire i,a Viet Nam . Tlae AmericaN appeal - delivered by US Ambassador Artlu,r GoldbergM011010i"g aoeelteNd coNstdtatioN - •Ith ,,..,,.,,,.t Pre sideN t Jo•Ns ON a Nd U S Ambassador to Saigo• HeNry Cabot Lodge. ~"'"'--- Goldberg pyo,n i siJtg tlaa t tla e U,aite d States .,, ll "cooperate J•lly ;,. getti,ig' · peace ta lits started - "a•d 1"> ;,. bri . flgiff.g tl,e• to a s11ccessf•l coJtcla,sioJt. " Oa,r oJtly objective - said lae - "remai,as tlae e,ad of all figltti,ag - of all laostilities - aJtd of all viole,ace i,a Viel Jtam; a,ad a,a lao,eo,,-able aJtd lastiJtg aettleme,et tltere"' - based, laopef•lly, o,e "llte Ge,aeva agreemeJtts of N 1 ·•etee,e Fifty-foa,r a,ad Ni,eetee,a Sixty Two." V ,.,_T_.l!..~¥_.!'_D_f.f.f)_Vf._lJll[_lJ_N IT ED NA T 10 NS --------------- In the mearttime - busi,aess as usual today irt Viet Na"' ; ~ 7 i ~ e bu•l•es• - of war . U S jet bomb er s re I u rrt i,. g to th e Ha,. o i are a - for the first liffle sirtce those •••r corttroversial air raids of last week. Blasti,ag a,a oil dump al Ha Gia - less tlta,a fiflee,a miles from the Red capital. A me ric a,a mi li lary spolre sme,a la le-r re po rli,ag all tlae bombs - "o,a la-rget". A,s at,pare,at attempt to couJ1ter i,a atlvartce a,ay CoMm•,eist claims - of a,aollae-r alleged altaclr o,a irtflOCefll civiliaras ifl Baraoi proper. VIBT NAM FOLLOW UNITED NATIONS- 2 ---------------------------------- Far to the south - fourteeft lulftdred f'Wl,¥1, America" ~ tf'OO/>B arrived today at Yung Tau;/\ ti, e vaftguard of flfteefl tlaousaftd •e•,- of tlie Ninth lflfantry Division. Willa -=s- MlltltrrJ €11 •••••'*..,.General :W:llll•• Westmorela•d- oft la a ,e d to g ,. e e I II is o l d o fl If it . TIie Ni,etll lflfa,etry re1>ortedly destifted for duty - i,e Ille Mell oftg Delta. The o,e ly rem aiflhtg region ifl Vie I Na"' - t111lere Ille Viet Co,eg are co,,.1>aratively safe from Afflericafl grou,ed attack. - Y<IUC In lew York -- atlll another round todaJ -- 1n the ··•ttle or the book. " With the chall'llan or the p.abllahlng houe ot Harper and ROIi, vowing to brlng oat " lh• Death ot • Prealdent .. what••er Ira. Jacq.aellna lennedJ'• ujeotlon1. "111 deteNlned •t•t-nt -- troa Ca11 Cutleld -- • long-ti• ti-lend or t~ toNer Plr1t LadJ -- and rather- in-law to her 111ter -- Prlno••• IM llaclalwlll -- d.arlnl the - rear• ot her tlrat •rrlap. Ca11 Canfield deolarlag that the ltoolt 11118t be pullahec.1 -- .. lD the llltereat ot hlatorloal aocm-ao, and or the people'• right to know." IIDIAIAPOLIS A spectacular accident today -- at Indianapolis, as you uy have heard by now. A truck tilled with eight thouand gallons or gasoline -- Jackknifing, overturning and bursting into r1 ... in rush-hour traffic. The re1ultlng . tnremo engultlng not only the truck -- but alao a nllllber ot nearby cars; trapping drivers and paaaengera in thelr aeata -- before they could do anything aboRt it. At least tolll' dead and three critically inJured. Three or the dead -- a young couple and their tiny dallghter -- who were trapped lnaide their atatlon wagon -- when lt akldded into the t l u ~ wreck. Today irt Moscow - a day of Mrtiversal acclaim for Comm11rttsl party chief Leo,,td Brezhrtev, tlte mart •ho tool, over from Khrushchev =-JIZR two years ago.las• 8chlt1 The occasiort - Brezhrtev's stxtietla birtlulay. Art a,a,aiversary proclaimed ,,. fro,tt-page headlirtes by Soviet ,ae•st,apers - whicla ,rormall · y do ,tOI publish 011 Mo,aday. Also marlled by a Kremli,r ceremony - irt wlaich Brezla,aev received tire order of Lerti,a a,td Ille Medal of Hero-of-llae~oviet-Urtior, - tlf1O of R11ssta's lligltest awards. TIie S11prem e Savi et -Parliam e11 t - later capt,i11g tlae trtb11te; willt a 11r,a11imo11s resol111iort - laatli11g Brealu1ev '• "efficte,acy, co,astderate attilutlt, tlao11glitful at,t,roaclt, modesty l a,rd great exacti,ag,aess." All tl,is - ,,. keept,ag willa past Soviet traditio11. {t;~~~ l ,._ 'I4.. ~ Jlrez1t 11 ev 's rest,O11se to the lao11orsA i11 marked co,etrast - :!> some of his predecessors. Tire Russia" leader sayt11g first tllat he was MOSCOW - 2 ------- "e,c c vu r uged" - by tl,e fact tlaat o,ce-nra" r•le is ,co111 a tl,i,eg of Ille t,ast i,e tl1e Soviet U,cio,e. Addi,ag tllat Ille ma,cy awards i,c Iris be,.alf - ret,rese,at "a great t,ay,,,er,I i,a advar,ce . " Tltis - said lie - "a tolle,a of great r•f* - ~~~~.·- co,afide,ece for tlae f•t•re''- 'a cortfiderace wleicll I •leall •till ( llav e to J•• li/y. " CAIRO ------ From Cairo - a report today th.at Egypt has ,-... rtegotiated a new wheat deal - with the Soviet U,aiort. Tl,e agreement said to J,ledge shipme,at - of t,erllaps as mucl, as eigl, t 1,undred thou sand to,as of So vie t ' wheat. If true - e,aougl& to meet Egypt's food ,aeeds - for about fo"r mo,atl,s. Tlte Sovi'!t u,aio,a tltus filli,ag a gap - left by tle Uflited States; aoh.icla se,pplied Egypt aoitll seve,r ltMfldred afld fifty-five milliofl lo,as of wl,eat - de,ri,ag tlie first siK mo,atlas of tl,is year. Tl,e U S ref,,si,ag f"rtlaer aid - i,a tl,e face of Colo,ael Nasser's stepped •P a,ati-Ameriaa,a camt>aig,a. CBICAOO The site of a scheduled trlal ror alleged uas klller Richard Speck -- was transferred today tro■ Chlcago to Peoria, Illlnoia; (a distance of a hundred and alxty ■llea -- tro■ the scene of the actual crl■e. The ■ove -- ordered by a Chicago cri■lnal court Judge) on the grollftd that Speck ■1ght be unable to receive a tatr trial ln Chlcago -- beca11Se or sensational news coverage. Speck accused ot lllll'derlng thoae eight stwlent nurses -- laat July. Congress man A dam Clayton Powell - the subject of a House Subcommittee investigatio,a - that bega,a today behind closed doors. An investigation of 7>owell's co,aduct - as Chairman of the Rouse Labor and Educatio,a CoMmiltee. Tlte i,aquiry meet;,.g, ltowever - witlt a11 immediate Pow,ell roadblock. Tlte Harlem Co,igressma, notifyi,ig Ille sub-committee - that lae will ,iot appear to testify. as requested) ....mil ess certaifl co,a di ti o,is are met "ifl tl,e ht te re st of fair play" - as 1,e p,,t ii. Co,.dltio,a ,u,mber o,ae - said Pow,ell: That tlte House Group agree to i11vestigate tl,e activities of all otl,er committees - as well as Ills ow11. TIiis ,aecessary - said lie - to fight "tl«e co11spiratorial ta-r,alsltme,at of my ,aame." Be t It a t as it may - t It e s tu d y goes o,. . Re•" lt • - • to be a11,aou,aced . BAST NOSS PO I1l'l' The case or the preacher vera111 the n11diat -- finally settled today in Jackson, lliasiaa1ppi. A victory for ... here's the story: -- It aee■a that llra. Law-a Pendergrass ot East Noss Point, 111111aaippi --- was sunbathing in the altogetmer on her tara -- which la posted against trespassers; when the Reverend llr. DeMls McDonald a11ddenly appeared -- to invite llra. Pendergrass and her fully to attend services at a local church. Altbaqh she laterput on aoae clothe• -- Jira. Pendergrass was 111b1equently tined fitly dollars; and also sentenced to twenty days in Jail -- on a charge of indecent expos\l1'9; the co■plaint ~worn out -- by the Reverend Jlr. McDonald. B11t, the Nississippl State S11preae Court, ruled today that since the Reverend -- "dld not i.-dlately turn around and leave -- at first gll■pae " -- of Mrs . Pendergrasf:l; b11t, rather spent aore than half an hour -- talking with her suggeating, therefore, that his shock -- ■lllt have been extre•ly "short-lived " . Hence -- Warren -- caae dia■laaed. --------00-------- Okay, Warren -- there's Jll8t enough ti• tor• to aalute Dallas Townsend who took ■,y place while I was orr on another hurried trip abroad -- and aolong w1til toaorrow.