Tues. December l9, 1972 ABIOARD THE U.S. S. TICONDEROGA Back from space they came toda)•. The men of Ar,ollo-SE v c,rteen splashing down in the South Pacific - as no doubt you've heard by now. On target - all Ill• way. With Mission Commander Gen . e Cernan exclaiming en Yo11te: "II 's a beau ti f u l d a .'V I " He and h is c o II ea gu es - J a c It Sclrmitt and Ron Evans - quickly transfeYYed to Ille waUi,eg aiYcYaft carYier Ticonderoga. A (>erfect finish - to a /)eY/ect flight. A,rd Ille last - in tire f>Yesent U. s. lu,rar ex1>l0Yatio11 seYies - Jot- 110,0. A beautif11l day I said Astt-011a11I CeY11a11 I A11y day ltas to be • beau ti.Jul - if .v ou 've made it back safely /Yom Ille Moo11. PRESIDENT Indeed, the White Bouse was noting just that today . --- President Nixon observin . g that the safe return of Apollo- SeveJtteeJt - "marks th.e end of one of the most sigJtifica,at chapters in tlle llistory of liuma" endeavor." B11t stressi"g .._,,.,J_'-\J'\..e O ~ tllat tl,e U.S . .,/if~o,ati,aue to play - a major role ,,, space 'A - exploration. Tlte Preside,at also said ll1at America's moo,a exploratio,a program - had "dealt in sctentiftc realltle• a,ed tecltNological t,rogress." "For all tlll•" - lee coratlNued - "caN we loolt at Ille record of hoeNly-foMr ,,..,, BeNt to tl,e moo11 - a,ad twe11t~-f~~ ~~ c.:_Tl{~(-- , ~-t,, ,P ret11rrted to eartl, alive a11d .,:,; _ A.. a,,;J "ot see God'• lea11d in it?" TIie Preside,at addi11g : "Perltaps, i11 spite of oursel v es - we do still live;,, a,a age of mtracles." WHITE HOUSE The resumption of all-out U . S. bombing against North Vietnam - was condemned today in Communist capitals. U. N . Secretary General Kurt Waldlieim - also voicing "an expression of concern." Tise White Rouse insisted, however - tlrat tlll• •as necessary to t,reve,et fif'a Com . iu,eist build-up. Pre•• Secretary Ro11 Ziegler sayi,eg: "We cannot allow tlae l'••c• tallts to be filibustered or delayed - for the t,urf>o•e of co11th1uing tl,e war i,e the South . " Ziegler addi,rg, i,a a11y event : "We stand -ready to ,aegoliate - i,a good faitlt. " THUY FOLLOW VIETNAM Meanwlrile, the Communist side at Paris ~ tlr , reatening to boycott a peace session set for tomorrow. Ha,aoi's Xuan Thuy telling reporters : "We will lttaJe to let you know . " Adding: "If the America,a party conti,aue• bombi,ag and escalating tlae war - it will ltave lo bear f•ll respo,asibility." SAIGON FOLLOW THUY At the same tim e - another series of strikes aga;nst the Comm11nist North ; NJith Hanoi and Haiphong again the main targets . The U . S . Command i,r Saigon - also coflfirmiflg tl,e strength and f erocity of renewed bombing. Reporti,ag tlaat more tlta,s a laundred B-Fi/ty-Twos and about five ltuJ1dred Jiglt.ter-bombers - leave taken part in lite latest raids. Wl,-4_ W It il e Ra di o Ha" o i , / o r its par t ',A. s a y i "g : "Tltere laave Never been auclt i,slense strites agaiflal Nortlt Viet11a• ;,, tit e It is tory of Hae war . " KANSAS CITY At Kansas City - Harry Truman continues tlle figllt., ~ Doctors reporting today - his condition is still "very serious." A . dding, llowever, l&is "kid,aey outpa,t has increased" - "he contiNues to receive ade'faate nutrition" - and he "seems more alert." A11 old /rie11d observi,ag : "Tltat's Harry Truman for you - lie does11't k•o"' ho"' to quit. " Mr. Tr11ma11's daugllter, Margaret - also co,etributi11g to tlte ge,eeral ot,timiam; leaving lier fatlter'• for bed• ide ~ ,,.e fir• t time i• hoo 111eek• - to •1>e11d CI, ris tmas "'"" lte,. fa m ii y i11 Ne111 York . M•rgare t "" vi•g earlier said •lie would ,eol leave - aa lo,eg as tltere 111as aNy immediate da11ger. FORD The Ford Motor Company toda y presented to tlie Federal go ve rnment - a brand new experime,stal safety car . Token cost - One Buck. Said car to be ••bJectetl to tests next year - including a fifty-mile-an-1,our crasll into a fixed barrier . And it comes, apparently - none to SOOII, _A J-7 ) ' F '-, /-Nallo11al _J Safety Council reportift-ll-"lotlay tl,a I traffic deatlls tllis year - will probably total aro11,atl fifty- six lllousa,1.d, seven 1111,adred . Tl,is - "" all-time record; about two tl,011sa11d more - tl,an la•t year. Cou,acll Pre•itlent Hnward Pyle - blami"6 tlae i11crease mai,aly 011 al cola ol. "TII e dr ,,. t i11g tlri v er is i11 vol ved '' - • 11 itl It• "'" abo11t llalf of all fatal accide,als." HOLY LAND Christmas in the Holy Land normally brings will, it - a flood of vis i tors. This year - an expected twenty thousand tourists and Pilgrims. ~ t Christmas this year also brings with it the threat of Arab terrorist attacks . The gover,.meflt of Israel, therefore, announcing today - tl1e imposition of strictest security precautio,as . In the words of a,s offlcl•l st,olles man - "as strong a,ad as good as we are able. " - . MARIJUANA In the f i rst test of i t s kind - just a fe"' weeks ago _ the v oters of Cal i fornia said no to a call for the legalization of ma rij11aP1a . Now th.e 1>ublicatioP1 of a,. important new book - full y endorsiP1g that California decision . "Marijuar,a - Dccet,tive Weed" by Dr . Gabriel Nahas of Columbia U,aiversity - t,erltat,s tlae first comt, re lten• i ve study of marijuana; tell i,eg of its use ;,. Clli,ea ,aearly four tltousa,ad years ago - a,ed tl,e d••dly toll It exacted; traciHg it• ravage• across Asia - a,ad 011 i,ato Ille Middle East, A,frica, Burot,e a,ad firtally Ille Ne., World. But Dr. Nallas' bool, - is more tltart Just an historical treatise. Be also tells of studies aror,,ed tlle .,or - 011 Ille effects of marijuana as it relates to me,atal artd t,ltysical laealth . Documertti11g case by case - tl,e liarm ii ltas done and is doirtg ; as ,.o., f1,lly recog11ized - lte reports _ in virtually every courttry of tile w or l d, excet>t MARIJUANA - 2 Summing ""• Dr . Nahas comes to the following conclusions : One - that "regular usage of marijuana" inevitably leads to "multiple drug Ilse . " Two - that "chronic llsers of marijuana - suffer a sig,rifica,at decrease in tlreir productivity. effi cie,acy and det,e,adabilit,-" Tlr re e - tlia t any use of marijuana - "can only iftc reas e the 1>resent major cleavage" in U.S. society. And four t1rat tlaose wlao still urge tlte legalization of marijua,aa "igNore the lesso,es of liistory. of preventive medicifte a,ad of plai,a comm l, " sense." PARIS FOLLOW MARIJUANA In the same vein, a meeting today at Paris sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientitic artd Cult11ral Orga,aization; bri,r.gi,ag togetleer drug exflerts - from hve,ety couatries around Ille globe . Tlae Paris flarley q11icltly at,flrovi,ag a resol11tlot1 call i,ag for at1 ,,. ter,aa tio,aal ca mt,aig,a agai•• t dr11g aba,s e. Tia is to it1c l11tle, first and fore mo• t - a,a all-ou I •ar agait1• I marijua,aa, oflia tes a,ad llalla,c i,aoget1•; al• o, at1 •fftWI to int(lose strict co,atrols - Ofl tlae use of trat1q11iliaers, la eadaclle tablets a,ad energy t,ill•. SAN JU . AN San Juan , Puerto Rico - tlie t1De,a ty -fif tli a,a,aua l meeting . of the .U.S. Gerontolc>gical Society; Ilea Yi Ng today - fro,n a Harvard 1Jealtlt ext,ert . Dr . Carl Seltzer telli,ag of a ,.,elve-year stu , dy - on tlie smokirtg l,abits of so-called senior citizens. Obse-rvb1g that "redNctiort of smollirtg after age si,cty-five - does rtc.>t at,t,eaY to r,rolo11g lo11gevity." Dr . Seltzer quickly added, lao.,ever - tliis is 11ot to be conside-red a11 endorseme11t of smolli11g. It simply m•a11s - said lie - if a smoker lias made it to si,cty-Jive - .,.11, lte must be immune. WASHINGTON Wash h1gton again - a report to,,igllt fron, a special st11dy co,nmittee - comf>osed of U.S. Roma,a Catllolic Bis II ops . Subject: The possible ordi,aatio,e of aoon,e,a into ll1e Priesthood . TIie Bisllops co,acl•di,eg tlaat ,eeitller scripture ,sor tlieology - "ca,a give a clear a,aaaoer to t•i• q•eatio,a." Addi,eg, lro111ever, tlaat "co,asta . 11t practice a,etl traditio,a" - ,ooultl seen, to dictate a,e all-male t>ri••t•ootl; .,o.,ld seem to do ao - 111e are told - at leaat "••Ill a co,etrary tlevelopn,e,at talle• place."