Monday. November 8, l97l NEW YORK Good E ve ning E very bod y: And a bow to Allan Jackson who was here at tlais microphone while I was off on a quick trip to England, Italy, Switzerland and France. At New Y<Fk's Kenned y Airt, · ort - a blanket of security precautions today when we flew in from Eurot,e. Oue of the tightest ever . It all llad to do wit" tire a1trival of a six-man advance team, a t,art of Red China's new UN delegation. The Peking men - quickly wllisked to Manllaltan,· taking up residence in a mid- • town hotel tllat will serr,e as China's temporary New Yor · k headquarters . . IN DO-CHINA In the fighting in Indo-China U.S. war planes struck deep into North Vietnam today; hitting two enemy airfields - about a hundred and fifty miles nortl, C'f the DMZ. This marking the second straight day for U.S. jets to invade tlae Communist North, following a warning from Admiral : McCain - the U.S. Pacific Commander - a warning of a Communist air build-up . LAIRD Toda)' 's raids ca me alon g tvith a rising clamor" fr ' o ' m U.S. war cl"ilics: challe11.gi, 1g 11,c size and range - of recent U.S. air strikes. Defence Sec re ta r.v Lair d defends the contin.11ed use of U.S. air power, saying: "We will be able to make reductions" in time . Pledging, , nevertlae ' less . to "use air power - as long as it's needed and necessary to protect America,r t,erso,rnel." This - following his return fro• a five day trit, to Vietnam . Defense Secretary La · i11d says Vietnamizatio11 of th e w a r - is fJ r o c e e ding , . , on s c he du l e or ahead of schedule in all rtl!/fJecls." Be says the South Vi ' et,ramese "can now !iandle the military ; situation" - · to an extent he "didn't thi11 . k possible when the program began. " All of which could mean another -~let, c,;{J in U.S. troo/J withd1 l awals. MANILA The bloodiest election campaign In Philippi•• his tor, , - /Ina lly en4ed I oda y: 1DII h the death toll, at last ..-eports - about ltoo hundred: more than double that of the previous tDorst campaign - baci I• . Vinet••• Slsty-Seven. NotD - the tabwlation. Early retwr•• glvf.., t11e Philippine• opposition Liberal Party - a swrprlsl•g , lead over President Marcos,:- Naclonallsta Party. WOMEN FOLLOW MANIL . A Regardless of party affiliation though - this year! elecllo,r scorl,rg up anotl1er advance In the number of women candidates: among them, the lady goverr,ors of three 1'rovh1ces In Northern Lu•on - who were r•••l•g strong t,, their bids for re- e lee ti on. M- "lhat m•n are men - _.,. women are governors." ,. SANT IA GO From Santiago, Chile comes a report that Cuban Premter Fidel Castro will arrtve there on Wednesday, to be wtth Chile's Marxist President - Salvatore Allende wllen he celebrates his first anniversary in office. For Castro, this wtll be his first trif, abroad since Nineteen-Sixty-Four when Ire made a brief visit to Russta . ~ a t ~ l H l t a " ' ~ Capitol Hill - the Senate Fi,aa,ace Commlttee today approved a ne10 tax bill: along l'he lines origl,aally proposed b)' President Nixon - •••••11'4 ti•• same as It cleared tire Jlouse. This calU,ag for cuts In personal and business t•xes - expected to run about sixteen billion over the next three years. SENATE For Supreme Court nominee Lewis Powell another appea ranee to day before the Senate Judiciary Committee; where he estimated his major financial h . oldings - at a m . illfon -and-a -half in stocks and bonds; adding that he could not dispose of these holdings - without taking a substantial tax loss. Tlris abviously "a troublesome problem", - s i,,ce a switch to a so-called "blind trust" - would be "of little assistance." If confirmed Powell - said he would, of course, disqualify lrimself · from any case - involving companies in which he has a financial interest. ATLANTA Atla,ita, Geo,•gia - the Thirt.v-Seve,ith Annual Southern GC' ve rnor's Conference ; with Governor Carter of Georgi a and Gove r n o r W i l l i" ,, s of Mis s is s i pp i - a c cu s es Washingto,i of attempting to undermine state governments; especially in the south. A number of governors also contending that Governor Wallace of Alabama might "dilute" th.e soutlaer,a cause - lf lie we re to run for President in Nineteen -Seventy- Two. However Governor Wallace, at a news co,ajerence, a1111ou11ced tleat Ire may enter five Presidential r,rimaries next year. These - said he - offer "a wonderful claance lo send some shock wav1:s - and shake some eye-teetlt." Adding : "As the Gallop Poll goes ,,p - my interest in running goes up. " HARTFORD From Hartford, Connecticut - the case for African witchdoctor~ : /)resented b_v an American medical missionary - just back from twel v e years in Rhodesia. Dr . J. Franklin Donaldson citing, tn f>articular, the work cJJ a so-called "Christirn witch doctor" b_v the ,aame of Mundeta. ••••••..,. 11 ,t He tells how witch doctor Mu,adeta concerns himself - "with the inter-r,ersonal dimension a,ed tlte sr,irit11al Ufe" - of Iris r,atie11.ts ; often bri,egi,ag abo•I "drama tic drops in blood r,re ss ure >n r,a ti e,a ts wllo had come ha with vef'y high blood r,ressure . Dr. Do11aldson adding: "WIien we i,a the hosr,ital gave Western medications - we helf)ed our r,atients get toell ; " but Witch Doctor Mun de ta as he r,u t it Warren - the Witch Doc helr,ed them "rejoin the human race . " HOUSE 011 Capitol Hill agai11, a House dirided 01·er the merit of a fJ r o fJ o s e d C on s I i I u Ii o 11 a I A mend m e ,, l t o fJ e ,.-,,, it fJ ,,- a y e rs ;,, p11blic schools . T Ii i s - I ea <i i 11 g t o a b i ti e 1· d e b a I c : 111ith ua,·11i11!fS - against alleged go ernme,zt "meddling'' in ,·c 1; g; on . In the end, a majorit-~, of the House - fi,ially forcinK the issi,e lo a v ole will, a -majority of the House v oting for its t,assa!(e. TI, e 1 1 o t e in favor two - fort _v Io one - s ix t y . So failiPlg by troent_veight v otes to attai11 the necessary two- thirds majority. And in God 1111k Tr11sl is our National motto. And so long until tomorrow.