PARIS ---- Breakthrough in Paris, maybe of a sort. As yoN may have heard by flOIO - the mo,.tlt-lo,ag "battle of the table" was finally resolved today. The U.S. SoMtll Vieh1am, North Viehaam a,ad the Viet Coftg -- all agreei,ag to o,ae big coftfere,.ce tal,le; flafllled by two recta,ag,dar worlliflg tables - o : e for each side. As sucla - tlte tal,le formMla givi,ag tlae Viet C o,ag J UBI IIJlaa' I laey IIJaitled - parity wit,. Sa igo,a. At ,,.. •ame time - preservi,ag tle U.S. "o•r side yo•r •id•" co,acept. ollaer r •so11s for all tlae slalli,cg? Ho may ltave bee,c co,cvi11ced Time tflas o,c tlteir side - beca•se of tlae llelp lie a,ad IP.is people llave bee,a gelti,cg from 110,a-war groMP• ha this co•,alry. Al a11y rate now - I lte real job begi11s, or so is tlee hope; HJitlt expanded peace talks - set to start PARIS - 2 ---- SatMrday n,o,-,ai,ag. Tlie /i1"sl meeting - exJ,ecled lo forntaliae p,-ocedu,-es Jo,- ll1e wllole 1"est of ll1e J,11rl•y. As o,ace agai,a - i,a tlte words of a,a A•erica,a diJ,lo••I - Ille sllo11J is "baclt o,a tlte road." VIBITB BOUSE FOLLOW PAR.IS Here at lao,ne - reactiora to tlae Paris agree•erat - JollrtBON raoth1g Ille figlttirag t11ill go 011 ~ · - i ; ~ ateady. Nevertllele•• A visably t>leaaed al tlte Parl• 11••~ ,,k'BsertiNg t11e are •o• - "a stet> 11earer tot11ard t>••c•. " KEY BISCAYNE FOLLOW WHITE BOUSE At Key Biscay•e Florltla - Rtcl,ard Ni~o" talks ca,e 11oao begi• '' - said lae. A ddt11g: "My ad•l•i• tra- CAPITAL HILL Washi,egton agai,a - Capitol Hill _ it .,a 8 to•gll sleddi,eg today for three Ntro,a cabi,eet appoir,tees. Gover,aor Hickel of Alaska, Secretary of Jr,tertor- desig11ate - getti,ag a,aotller goir,g over from Ille Se11ate /,alerior Committee. While Se,aator Gore of Ille Flr,a11ce Committee • .,as cllalle,agir,g tf.e crede11tials of TreaBttT) Secretary desig,aate David Ke1111edy. ,,.. - - ,,-- - - ' A Gore call hag Ke1111edy - "a,a estimable ge11tel••• of ability a11d l,etegrtty." Adtll11g, 110.,ever, lllat Ills ba11i laoldl,ags - create ''a clear c•t co11fllcl of l•lerest." Gore also threater,ed to claalle•«e DeJ,•IY Defe11•• Secr•l•r Reverse side - foMr Niror& G/1/loir,tees cleared .,ttltoa,t co,ctest today. Gover11or Rom,eey - for Secretary of Ho•sl11g · and Urba,a.,.. Develo/lme,at; Go v er11or Vol/le • Tra11sportatio,a; Clifford Hardi,s - Agriculture; Ma•rtce Sia•• - Commerce. SENA TE FOLLOW CAPITOL HILL Later, the full Se11ate - taki11g up this year's attempt lo cripple the filibuster . .,,:r61th1g it 11p - a 11 d .J dropt,i11g it flat, as 11sr,al. By a vote of 53 to 45 - tl,e Se,eafe rejectt,ag a rult,ag by Vice Presld~•t H11bert H11"ft,hrey; o,ae that 11Jould laave sh11t off debate - 011 tlae ~ latest a,att-filib11ster motto•. End result - •~~ filib11ste, ~ A.stays. -----' Amo11g tl,e leaders of tl,e a,ati-a,etl-filib11ster •oveme11t - mi,aority leader Everett Dlrtse,e 111110 arg11ed tlaat ••P/lorters of RlcAard Ni%0M ,niglat ,eeed Ille filib•ster to defe11d II,,,. agall• st tlle De•ocratic fflajority h1 Ct,,agress. SPACE For Russia - another breakthrough today ,,. the black t 1 oid of space. Witl, Soyuz -Four a11d Soyuz-Five - 1Jnai,eg together and docki,eg ,,. eartl, orbit. Before tl,ey separated agah• - two Soviet Cos,no,rauts tra,esferri,eg fro,n o•e ship to the other. Both feats - lilstoric flr•t• ;,. space flight•. TIie Kremll,e also calll,eg tlle li,ell-•J) beltoee,e tlte ta,o era/ t - "tlae •orld's fl1·st exJ)eriMe,atal sJ)ace statio,a." · · - -- APE KENNEDY FOLLOW SPACE Tit 01 i ' I spac e jo ,,1 n11d n ·compa11 i'1!( It 1/yho b I i O II I Y a n n I I e m p I I o 11 1 i n b a k l It ., p o I l i g It I YOIII Am ri ·c 1' • 111 0 11 gi rdli,, g Apollo /,id d, U . . p fl c c x P ' r L · a I lJ n • I h R II i an ma n II r - i n I re t t n g n II d . • i ~ " i i a " L : h II I 11 • i 1/1 ., r s u r p r i i n g n o r n ational - i " c ' l . S . SP a c m " '"" e h ad th e s a n, e a p a b i l i I y f o r enr 11ou. M anwhil , America's tlzree Apollo 10 astronauts - w r putting 11,eir ~ · ommand ship through final test today A at Cape Kennedy . .,81mulaling their expected flight to ) t.••• · p the moon this spring - a flight that will ser e as the final dr ss rehearsal for a planned maf111ed lunar laflding in July. MELBO RNE Th ar - ,iin le ,i _[ orl_ -luo. Larry Marlin f lark on, Wa ·hin rto,i -p~ 1 oung G / talion d ;,, Au. l>•alia; ·011rlit1K a11d later proposing lo Belly Thompso,r - a , , oung~irl from Melhourne. Except tllat Bell} ' - al e entee,i - felt slie was loo 3011ng to nrarry. As ii turned ou.t thou . gh - Larry r. as a tough man to discourage. And after twenty-seven years - some Jive thousand letters - and a recent hour long Ir an s - Paci f i c p h on e call vi a sate ll it e - Be tty has Ii,. ally said "yes." The wedding - is set for Saturday in c--lJ~- M el b o u r n e . W r It in g a fairy tale end i,1 g 1;: to on e o I th e longest lo,ag distance lo e affairs i,a history; as Larry Martin and Betty Thompson begi,a at last - lo live "happily ever after." MA DISON From Madi o,i, Wi co,i i,1. com a ad story of porl hou stu11lmnn Bob Waind. Iii pee 'alt - a "d alh pl11ng . " ) ewfflHg fo~ a /re fall from the raff rs of a b t1 il d in R I o tit f I o o r b e l o t - t o b b r o k e n a I th e l a t s e o ,i d b y m o 11 n ta i" l i m b in g rope s . O,, l tlli s ti m e - ha o In climbing up - he caught hi o tume on a nail: and presto I - his pants fell lo ll'is ankles. In trying to retrie e his pants - and his dig11ity - he then lost a glove. Finally deciding to continu . e his stunt - pants do,vn ' - on e glove an d a ll . Where" po n he s u ff e red a bad , ope b "~ on the way down - tost his grip Oil a guy li11e - swung madly aro,.,ad tile are,aa - aNd might be swingi11g yet except for a head to head collisioN with a spectator abo,,t ten rows up. Whe,a it t as all over - stuntma11 Bob Wairtd provi,ag his courage had not, a,aed. Said he: "II..., j11st LTP.1969.01.16i.pdf LTP.1969.01.16ii.pdf