Ttt da y , April 3, 1973 SENATE Pre ·ide11I Nixon · cores his fi1 ' t major ictory in the c u r re n t e ion of C on g 1· es . Th is in c o 11 n e c ti on 1 i th h is ea,•/ier 1 elo - of a Two-/)oi11l-Six Billion-Dollar Vocational Rehabilitation Bill. The Senate oti11g sixt11:to-thirty-six too erride the Pre ident's veto: thus failing to attain Ille necessar two-thirds majority. The President's ictory - spearheaded by Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott; who warned his colleagues tllal passage of the bill - would "bust the budget a,id bump laxes up." The P ' resident's win looming e en more important - ,,. that he has also pledged to veto set era/ additional spendheg measures, should they pass. Democrali reaction was perhaps best expressed by Senator Mondale of Minnesota i ho said: "Jf l e taJ't J • o erride this t eto I don't see hou we 're going to o erride an of the others." AN CLEMENTE At Sa11 Clemente - ,.., w~'t(- It o days of talks tela:aaN Pre ident Nixon and South Viet,iam 's President T h i e " , ! . . . ~ ~ a joint communique. Presid nl Ni .· on once again 1 arning Ha,roi - to stop infilitrating men and stt(JfJlies.into Sor,th Vietnam. Adding that the U.S. "t iews iolations of any (Jrovision of the cease-fire agreement - with great and continuing concern." President Nixon also pledging to co11tinue to supply to South Vietnam - Ille "material means for its defense, consistent with the agreement ending the war." At tl,e •a•e time, reaffirming his " · wholehearted support - for tlte post- war rehabilitation, reconstr11ction and development of the Republic of Vietnam." HANOI .t I a•y ta I&, d broadcast today from Radio Hanoi ~ c c u s ing returned American POW's o f l ing about the way the y were treated . Further expressing shock that the returned prisoNers - would, quote, "actually tttrn against their benefactors." ~ ~ . ' Radio Hanoi also defending the conduct of U.S. aflti-aoar leaders - s•ch as Jane Fo,.da, Tom Hayden, Cor• Weiss and Ramsey Cla/k~~~* sayi1111: "II'• almost impossible to find in the world today - aNother place wltere POW's are ac · corded better living co,editlo11• than in Vieheam." RICHARDSON Here at home - De f ense Secretary Elliot Richardson - ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ was testifying before a House s u b c o m m i t t e e ~ · l l a t U.S. bombing in Cambodia - was absolutely necessary to "encourage compliance" with the Vietnam cease-fire agreement; adding that President Nixon also llas the "resid•ol authority" - to resume the bombing in Vietnam, if he dee,,.• it ,eecessary. "We have to keep open tl1e possibility" - said Richardson - "that in case of f l a g ~ violations - •e mig•t have to provide significant help." HOUSE Capitol Hill again - a meeting of the House Public ~d~ Works Committee,,( e..J;.w ■I> a proposal to alloau the use of Higlaway Trust funds - for 11rban mass transit systems. I••••• ~ 11a1f turn~ it down flat. .A A The com•ittee voUr,g twenty-nine to eight - to keep tlae Biglaway Tr11•t i,avlolate. AUTO CLUB Fro m th e A m e r i c an A u t o m o b ii e As s o c i a ti on - a n ad isory toda to motorists planning a11to trips this sp.,-;11g and summer; an ad isory telling same - they need not repeat, ,aeed not - worry about reports of a gasoline shortage. The AAA sayiNg: "Altho14gl, occasional pi11cl,e• may occur - most company deale.,-s will llave fuel ••Pt,lie• somewhat la.,-ger titan ,ta, •••••••" last yea.,-." WASHINGTON - - - - . --£.-1'\ El ewhere in Washington - convicted Watergate ••xis> G. Gordon Liddy,,( - was additionally cited today for contempt of court. Judge John Sirica ordering Liddy to jail for up to eighteen months - for refusing to testify before a grand jury. This - in spite of a grant of full immi,,aity. MOSCOW On the space front - the Russians launched today their second orbital space station. Salyut-Two - 41 >*'• unmanned. --tA::9. But a team of Russian cosmo,aauts ~ expected to join it shortly. You may recall, Russia's Saly11t-O,ce - enteri,ag orbit more tlaa,s ,.,,o years ago. Tlt.e three cosmo,rauts wlao later ma,rned it - st>e.:t.. a record ,.,,e,aty-four daya i,a sflac•; ~ only to die in a depresaurization accide,st - Oft tlaeir retur,a to earth. Today's Russian la•nch ~ "Y more t•a• a montll - tlte scheduled 1 launclt of A,nerica 's firat Skylab space station. SAN FRANCISCO In the case of Russell Magee - who was once a co-defendant of Angela Da v is - a hung jury today at Sa,a Francisco. This in connection with murder and kidnat,t,i,ag charges ~ filed in the wake of that San Rafael Courtlao11s• gun battle of two years ago. Magee 's victory-if such it can be called - was o,ily short-lived though. Officials s • wiftly returning laim to S•,a Que,atin Priso,a - where he was already serving a life sentence. MONTZ The rain-swollen Mississippi River waa st,read out today - over seven million acres of choice botto•la,ed in seven states. Officials calling tlais t,erlaapa Ille woral flood ,,. a ge,aeration. It also so1H1ded tlae de,itl, 11,eell today - for Mo,at%, Louisiana, t•e11ty-five mile• •Priver fro• Ne• Orlea,as. TIie toa,n 's twenty-five families ••ll•ot• to move 011f{ J1,eir /tomes i1" to be raaed ~ lo malle way for a ,ae"' levee. TRIPOLI Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was conferri•g in Tripoli today - with Libya's Colonel Moammar Kltadafy. Tire purpose of Sadat's visit. - ~ - ~ ~ " A COlltiHGIIH of efforts /t towards preparation for the battle" witlt Israel; - "a•d at Ille same time, a stepping 11p of efforts - tolDGrd• union" bet11Jeen Egypt and Libya. LONDON Here's one - an odd case reported from London. Mr. and Mrs. John Hawthorne filing a damage suit - ,,. connection with an auto accident in Nineteen-Sisty-Ni,ae. The couple charging that Mrs. Hawthorne's brain roas damag• - to tlae point 111laere she w41lked unsteadily, was i,acapable of maki,sg Judgemer1ts, and could Jtot stop eatiJtg. As proof - ~ r e thafl ,aotiJtg tlaat Mrs. Bawtlaorne llad gai,eedJi.one ll11J1dred /lo••d• si,ace tlle accideJtt; jum/li,eg from a svelte o,ae-tllirty-tlaree - to a busom two-tlairty-eiglat. And ,aoto tlle payoff: Tire BatotllorJtes 111i,ud•g tlaeir case. A Bigla Court j11dge today awardir,g tlae couple - 0•• HuJtdred ar,d Fifty Tl, 011sar1d i• damages. OMAN The Sultanate of Oman at the southern ti(J of the ~~~ a . ~ Arabian P e n i n s ~ ~ ~ a world trading center/\ ~ ~ 'ti!« II• • ':(_ th e A m er i c a n R e v o l ,tt ion "' s fJ e c i a l f z in g in frankincense, ;vor y and pearls . Then ca me a decline - and with it. a steady retreat into the Middle Ages . The late Sultan Said bin Taimur of Oman - all but isolati,ag his ti11y ~ state from the rest of tlte world. lades~ Ille wearing of ~ l a s s e 1 > • ■Urll4••• Jr■ 11 llo •••• I ,a was 1>11111s•abl• f•• ,•••• by f,ublic flogging. TIie Sultan actually spying 011 ~ his subjects - t, rsss1 ~ fl••flltoles ••Ut i n • leis palac• 1 wall. ~ $ u t ti mes c It a,., g e ! - a ,ad t It e d is cover y of o ii ht O ,n a '}...--f!::::;;!t" ~it■•~ .,. e I or m j 1"b /f n, ua p · ~ ..S&b.- l:w ■ d••t 'J the o erthrow o~a'ld bin Taimur in Ni,reteen - Se ent - b. v his British-educated son, Sheik Qabus bi,r Said bin Taimur. The loller /1:romf,tl_v instituting free medical care - fo11nding score of new schools - building new OMAN - 2 ltighways into the i,iterior. He also rebuilt the commercial center of his capital, Matrah - complete with office buildings. hotels and a deepwater pier. Observers noting Illa Oma11 - "was like a hermit emerging from a cave." ' A recent visit by a National Geograt>llic~ ~ , - sllo ' .,i°\ Just llow far Om,1n l t a s ~ - , ' ~ • "Tltere were shot,t,ers in t,lastic sa,111,.-ls - buying flasltligllls, a,atcll•• ,,,,~ cigarettes" - he ret,orts. Also, tlte blare of tra11alslor radios - a11d the ltonking of auto ltorns. A,.d lie adtla tllat "a movie t,rojection crew was setting ut, fo1 011e of Ille regular shows - tit at citiz•• s now 'i' 'r(, ~ t,alace wall", - ~ t,eet,ltoles !ao · •r•••• ~ e11joy witllo11t cllarge;" Ille ' _ _,. C - " • • · . . . . . 73 . . SALT LAKE CITY At Salt Lake City - negotiations are curre,atly u,aderway - betu,een Navajo and Hopi Indian leaders. Tl,e -- coming from tribal c It i eftains )f J ■ s I adjoin i,ag reservations ,,. Ari• o,aa; . 'feud ~ trying to settle a lo,ag-standingA }J I p r- i\ over tlte dlstn,ted o•,eerslrlP of nearly t•o million acre• of I•• 'X I••"· l,ecide,etally, botlr sides s tarti,eg OMI - by barri•6 tlrelr •ltite legal coa,nsels from a,ey part i,a tit• t•llts. Navajo leader Peter MacD011ald sayl11g: "I •o ■ ld t•llaer