Th r, rs day , A fJ r i l 2 0, l972 SPACE ONE Firs/ - salute to CBS radio station WE L M Elmira, New York toda)' celebrating its twenty fifth a'1niversary on the air. And nou, - the latest on tlae fligh . t of Apollo Sixteen from CBS sfJace headquarters in New York - my colleag11e Reid Collins. This to be followed by a sfJace insert of af,f,roximately one minute • . . • . . AN LOC FOLLOW SPACE A d . ~ll..vv • n s o ii goes in space. Now - the rest .... o f Ill e ,iews : ~~~ In lhe fighting in Vietnam -A.another all-out attack on lhe ci/ 3 1 of An L o c ; ~ ~ • 1 •ilh ,A / \ an enem3 1 shelling barrage - said lo have been the 1,eaviesl of lite entiFe N>aF; ~ f a tank-led .I'- human wave assault. The Viet Cong - apparently attempting to keep pace with a self-proclaimed deadline; attempting to make ... An Loe their first provisional capital - - :!J.,:!!;lf!':::t; z • ~ ¥1 las/ ,-epo,-1 tlasgl = the city ttUl holding. US air support - includl•g eight strikes by big U S B-52's helping~ stem the tide. i Back in Saigon - another casualty report. The number of Amet"ican combat deaths over the past week ,e:emfng=Nt twelve; the same as the •eek before. ~ t i f W ~ ~ But, South VletJ1am ese losses > ~ more thafl A ~ enemy losse, /;!!:,t!..'1/ a thousand, a new record• ' ···~ AN LOC FOLLOW SPA:rE - 2 more 11,an seven thousand - tlie liigh . esl since the TE T off ens i r , e of Nine I e en S l x t y - E i g h I • HOUSE FOLLOW AN LOC Here at home - with elections coming - co,rgressional reaction to U S war policy ,,,, continues to split along party lines. A liouse ,,._ Democratic caucus v oting two to one today - lo condemfl tlr.e latest U S bombing attacks , lgainst North Vietna,n. The Democrats also called on 1Jie House - to take up within thirty days - a bill demanding an end to U S in v olvment "In and over Indo China." fl mlg"I be well lo note t•ougt'l'"bot• measures were opposed by House 9eaker Carl Albert - afld House Majority leader Hale B o g g ' / ¢ ~~- u The ,.d;g:::ti,, also pass- later on - by an eve,a /.. " _,. bigger margin~ resolution condemning Nortll I\ Vietnam for invading South Vietnam. WHIT,.. HOUSE FOLLOW HOUSE Reaction to all this - from the White House - a charge today that the Democrats are "frying to have ii both NJays." Press Secretary Ron Ziegler ld:sa saying: "Words and resolutions are very inadequate NJeapons 6 in stopping a brutal armed aggression." And he added dryl,,: "I am referring, of course, to the North Vietnam aggression. " P~RTS FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE Meanwhile, the suspension of peace talks /1.!lU- in Paris · t{ lea v ing Ike Communist side with nothing teltcr lo do 4. so Hanoi's Xttan Thuy a r ~ x again -t6 condemning!\ u · S bombing attacks in terms #urll,it:. al ln•I - strikingly stmUar lo tho;;:..;.~ House . . _ Democrats. ~ ~ ' f c ~ But that done A an Indication tlaat Hanoi's resolutlo~l;tr'.,., o,avering. ~ a~ X1<an - - A Thuy droppf:£ an earlier demand for a U S bombing 6_;f- A hall,/( prior to the H■■HI resumption of peace talks. He now says the Communist side is ready to retM.-rfl to the b 1111' bargaining table - without any p-re- condition. HELSINKI For the second time this ttJeek - a cancellation of scheduled Salt talks at Helsinki. Today's session falling by the wayside ttJith the explanation that Russia's chief negoHator ttJas still in Musco,v for consultations. Conference sources also said - same as before - this has nothing to do with Vietnam: ,vhich means if there is any hidden J J - ~ "'~G -:-J-- significance - " ' ~ 'fl ,';ii ~ • a■4 SENATE Flannigan :fudiciar}' As Promised - While House aide PETER a p p ~ loday - before the Senale ;... to On -' Commill e1/' Knswer.AII'- a number of queslion . s If "1ith r eg ard to his _....,. role in th,:_ co■lh■i■g" 1 T and T canlravers'f.::tFlannigan Insisting ~ A al one poinl ,,< h e was "merely assisting another o ve r-worked public servant : meaning - Richard McLaren -- the l b /hen head of the Justice Department Anti-Trust Division. Next question : "Did you have any ln.terest, personal or political - in 1111,at kind of conclusio,a" A 10as re ached? Flannigan replying: "I did not." There was more to come though. A number of Democratic Senators - attempt,! ta launcl, ;:w-e)~ a_ ~ -z you might call ,I:_ ~ expedition." Where11pon, Flannigan - refusilw to answer, <t'iting an agreement A worked oul bet10een the commillee and the White House - SENATE .. 2 lhntllng the scope of his testimony. ~ ~ n , . t g a , . • s WlU. sta,rd ,( promptly upheld by committee chairman James Eastland. SUPREME COURT FOLLOW SENATE The U S system of checks and balances - was also at issue today before the U S Supreme Cot,rl. Case in point - dealing with publication of those secret "Pentagon papers" - by S e n a t o r ~ Gravel of Alaska. Solicitor General Ir111ln Grls111old - - attemptlr,g lo Pierce the traditional cloak of Senatorial 1,,.,,.,,,,,ty; seeking permission to summon before a grand jMry - one of the Senator's key aides. Gravel's attorrt•y- refusing, ho•ever, to yleld) ■ 55 J.ucl:. ~rg•l•g tlae Se,ia tor's Imm ur,it y from qu estlortlng 111ould be useless - If those 111ho •orked for a,ad .,1,11, lllm could be asted the same quesUons. ~wd b d •o• -It's up to Ille court A' a rMUflg -= expected shortly. tEEDS Another progress report in the battle against air pollution - comes today from Leeds, England: where a neNJ fleet of experimental buss es - was recently put into service. These - battery powered vehicles virtually noise-less -- "11 indeed a hundred percent success except for one thi•g. ~ r. Pedestria,u complahtlng tlJeyJte !_!!! quiet; ofte• sneaki11g up on the u•..'ary - leadi•g to a ,.1: d fe• •ear misses. All of ••le/, •o■ld s e e " " : ! ' 1 a # 4 f:lfF Installation/-, of laor••• bells, fW - • • • • • • , - cl11J1gers,,1 t,>, a. ➔ ~~.~ J 0(2'4.) ' A I;:••~ local bus ,,.anager To,,. Lord --.a. ~ a foe of noise polla,tion as well as air J.. IF ft n pollutio,a d:.«--f.::..:;_ Instruct"' Hs uglneers - to come •t> .,111, .v 1 - some new type of warniflg device. "What we need" - said he - "is something subtle but audible." A lute, t,erhat,s ? C = ~ ~ ? ' a .larJ,. NEW DELHI By order of India's wild life board - r•••~ "Project Tiger" was officially launched today al New Delhi. "Project Tiger" aimed at savh,g from extinction - the fabled Indian tiger. TIiis by means of a strict Ucensin . g for hunters - also, a ban on the I• export of tiger skins. Officials ~ noting lhat · India's Tiger population - totalled , • sJ ~ ~ L A /orly-thousand --.. Just a fetlJ yea1's ago;; ••••• ■ ii ■ - ~ 1::o tho11sand. _ . . . , S o , ~ & , or,u:f . ~ ,,