PENTAGON Secruary au k.J}i Washi,rg/o,i rl,,, c P e ,i/ago,~ f Defe,rse Mtl&I• Laird ~■alar,104111,, rapcs41■1;: ,, that a Russian task force normally stationed north of Finland - is currently headi,rg toward the Cari!._bean . .... _.--vC. The Soviet flolillaA.said to inclr,de five surface vessels - including two missile-firing slzips; also, a Soviet landing s hip - t he fir s t of i I s k ind e v e,. t o en t e r t he car i b be a,. . .S.ec.. - -". Laird going on to sa) , ,'- "m, , point in making /1,is infor,,.allo• public is to add /11rther evidence that the Soviet U,aio,e \ 7- ~ s gping forward with a world-wide all-ocean Naval force." - Mtrl! • ■ tzld G ■ U$-i.. - I ►.< 1· ~ 1, , ,0,: , ,, ~~ ' '-" ' ' ; t,, , tra,rs ;,• r ~ t ~ l t he · ... ,1ttl: ,·;,-,,,,1,ttc·~• · .\',tt • , • tt1,i , ,n . I\. . . ~ - IIVM' Tt"Sfl::>11siftilit _ , . _r, ,,. c r •,1:-t,11 fat,· c JI." . fl,,·sc·l("'t"t"ff "~ ,..,., , ,_,. tt-1r - PORTLAND Vic:e President Spyro loday al that Ame ricon Legion The Vice President sa), . ing his 2222 recent Asian tour ~ h i m ~ S troop withdrawals from Vietnam "ca11 go forward" safely. , f i t , h ~ • ~ • r , ••ue America,. people" - if ' · 'coNfro,eted witlt a choice - NJONld cltoose the policemaN's truNcheon over the a,earclliats . : _ _ - - - - bomb." MIDDLE EAST In the Middle Easl llie le11sio11 lJ11ilds - again. ' DiplxJmatic sources i11 J e , · u s a l e , ~ that Israel " ~ ~ views alleged Egyptian lroop violations as " ery very s e r i o tt s • " A d d i n g I II a l I s r a e l i s con stl. er i ,r g t h e p o s s i b il it y of taking actiot1 on its own - 11nlcss President Nixon steps ••• ii IJ;no,:· IL:¥» evidence - conftrmlNg the alleged Egyptia,e violation. TIits - • • ari fild - in the form of data.obtained b) U-2 spy pla11es, sp . ace satellites, a11d electronic surveillance equipme"nt, •• said to show tl1e t·ecent installation of a number of guided missile sites well witllin tlae srcpposed truce zone. 0 Meanwhile Jordan was having its ••:ii S:I 8AMS,,t ... URIR'1••~t it:m ~•&--•• wit/, - ~ wf Pa I e s I in i an g • err 111 a B • This leading lo a demand from Iraq - 11,at Jordan ease up on the guerrillas or else. llm ■ •••r, Jordan prompt/) ' SPACE -- 5 I.Ci Ii - 8 • e i • Wu .- I, i'il g-.tma.s / I, e U S Sp a c: e Age n c y p11lled i,i ils belt a Iii/cl, today. /ancelling for reasons ) of economy - lt v o of /he six mo1·e /!.l_anned Apollo Moon landings: the las/ of rvlricli i s - - now sched11led for late Nineteen Seventy-Two . Oulgoi,ag space chief Dr . Thomas Pai"e addh1g that the U S Sky lab program - aimed al buildi11g a,r ••·•-embryo,ri c spa c e slatio" -- will co11ti,r11e ■■ wtetec through Ju11e of Nineteen Seve11ty Three. Beyo,ad that, though - said lte - "our operatio,r, , will be at a sta11dslill - u11til we come to tlte space shutlle,1,-111-st,ace slalion-programs ;If:,,~ ~r~d~ Nineteen Sevenl.\l Six." MANILA A record rainfall of more than IH·enty-ll o .... ~ inches in thirty lto,crs - reported t o d a y ~ tl1e Philippines. The storm flooding an • r a area the size of Flor · tdu - ~ including the city of Manila; where the w a t e rs we re s a id I o be s II rg in g, a t one p o i,, t - f o" r I o ,=,.... leaving al least fourteen dead - homeless. Philippine Preside,,, Marcos ji:smUJ declaring - a state of "calamit) 1 aNd emergeJtc)'." LAGOS FOLLOW MANILA r ) 0 - ,..M-41~~~""".......-,i~..,_..-:,,,,_....,~~ Q(/4o-....~) ~Sou t her: Nigeria ; • , • • he a v y r a in s • r • • a i • , • :I• i,i e , inundat~ that country's major food-producing area, Nigerian offic ia ls in L a g o s ~ I least twenty dead - 1, hundreds homeless. DETROIT r£-/~~1,=.~uto ~ :{ Workers 1 . ~icked ils primar}' str · ike target in O contract talks lh i .. ~ year . . U A W chieftain Leonard Woodcock saying: "We are going lo go with Ge11eral Motors a,ed Ch rys le r . . " Woodcock explaining the U A W wa,ets at l , east o,ie ma_jor a,do firm to remain in productio11 to l11r,i 0111 a mini-car in competition with foreigrt imports. Tlu,s the break f or Fod - wJ,ich introduces its 11e111 Pi11to later this mo11th. CASTEL GA NDA LFO .For Pope Paul - a regular wee kly audience t o day a t Ca s I e l Ga n d a l f o - lli s s u m m e r res id e n c e : pro c e e di" g as normal w It en I w o s tones ca me hurl in g th rough the a i r - hitting a wall behind the Pontiff. Polic e quickly seizing a s th e c " l p r i I - a t h i r I y-f iv e ye a r o l d II a l i a n - a pp a re " tl y distraught who explained that he threw the stones - because "the Sp i r it S " I O l d I, i tn I O • /iN::a•~•CIIWJ=l#~ltl.lJlrrtif •~ ■:Jis;;,:::i,:a,~,:1•~-lll·et!•~•~-- .. ~-=- ~ ~ second attempt in less than six •IIIIID•-•t•t11n . . ••t•+• months to ·,a stone the Pope. The last tim1~1••m:::s1asr11 •• ■ II • during his v isit to Sardi,sia in April. - HE LS.INK/ ' U S Secretarr of the l,iterior IVnlly Hickel.._ ~ F ~ - - ~ ~ . • 1 i1Uur to.lu:,, ~ Helsinki - where lie exte,ided greetings from Pre s i de " I Nix o,, t o F i" n i s h Pr e s i de,, I Ur 11 o Ke k k one n -- wlio is . . celebrating U,io w1wlr- his Setc · ntieth &irtllday. ~ e l S als~ch ed uled lo vis ii SN eden and Norway t:i ,..a, /'-f.:-- * ~ : f study of Scandinavian en ,,1 ron m e11/al problems. PRAGUE The Bo )' S c out motto - "be prepared". Bui, w lzetlzcr scouting was prepared for this next - well, it's hard to say. In any.,. event the go v ern · ment of Czechoalovakia - ordering an end to the Czec#,slovak boy scout mo v ement within two weeks. Czech deputy chairman IP II Vaclav Marllo11s - sayl11g the Boy Scouts had bee11 subjected to "critical analysis;" 1 1,,J#tereupon it MJas decided to replace scouting - said he - with a new Communist-,1•·••Pto11eer youth orga11izalion. ESSEN A novel suggestion for im/n·o in . g attlo safet1 1 - comes toda3, from Essen, West Germany. Doctor He l m 1,t Sc Ir el sky - a prom in en t Soc i o l o g i s I _ .,_ a s s er t i ng tliat the anonymity of drivers - is - tl,e main cause of their aggressi v e and hostile behavior on the roads. Suggesting therefore , that "all motor ve hicles should be marked with not onl)' number plates - but also tire ,aames of their ow,aers." He adds that this would give da,agero•s drivers in effect, no Place to hide. JACK HOWARD - 0 - ' 7 ~ <£JJ- . f ; I ~ ...,...._ . Q11 the worl~~ike!:bs a par~ly l h l -1- d.:. J'v"~ ~- \ s ~ ~ 8t. J }ll◄4J} rnclt,des me, le,, and Jbu ,.,. • as a , . , - e f ' - llf._,.ar~;:::;: ;:r~ ,,,.,. ■1 e.., a celebrallo• marki•g r.- ,,,, /11 e s ix I i e th b i rt h d a y of one of A m e r i ca 's ~ r s 1 , ¥ Newspapermen - Jack R. Howard, Preside11I of tlte I a Scripps-Howard newspapers. •••• •Ula Cle fl• 1'11e, le II me ,._.,,.. llt• ~• ,,,, tlr•• •• • • ~e:;~49:t!ik.;~1 ~~:::;~. ~ ..I c■ !!Rf as mas le r of c ere m 011ies ,- • • e•rl•ll' ••• ••II eU, SH El LA One of lhe world's I I ~ women pilots A off again today into tlie toild blue yonder. Sheila Scott p;£ ,h-m: Y-rf.tht •••• d, Britain's ~\A~OA,••P on the final leg of • du: d 21 solo fhglat aro11,ad tlie world. ~ ; £ . . - f v t ~ k / ' ~ ~ , , . , . , to a d ti st ill a ,a other mark - to tit e ,a ht e I y~" e 111orltl records h1 aviation she al ' reatly laoltls. TIie lovely ~~ Adl2a,, SlaeHa flyi,ag a ,.,,,. e•gine Pip,r Coma•clle ~ JH,•11••• 0, "I tlai,alt tlle,· 're p11slah1g too 1,artl" - saJ'-- Slteila. - partic•larly -tfuJr Addi,ag: "Wome,a already laave ~ llber•lio• 111 aviali~~lleila Scali: u ; f •• "I J••I