From Wash inglon . ... From Saigon . ..•.... Thursday, May 15, 19?5 Mitchell Krauss From Ille S/)a,aisll Saliara comes today's ,ae••. Good Eve,at,ag. Tlais is Mitclaell Krauss, CBS Ne••• •itll•I I• for Lo•ell Tlao'"as. Tl,e Wlaite Bo11se a,ad tl,e Pe,alago,a rev••'•" f•rll,•r detail• today of •laat really 1,at,t,e,aed l,a Illa•• dorlt l,o•r• o• Ko Ta,ag lsla,ad ,,. ll,e G1df of Tl,aila,ad. U.S. "•lfco,1er•, laarassed 6y a lorre,al of •-•ll ar'"• fire - t,lclt•d llro•1II safely of ll,e Carrier Coral S•• - tl,elr •i••lo• lo fr•• Ill• c re• of II,• ••rclaa•I •"'' May•g•e• a ••cce••. 11•,orl• •• tl,e cas11allies still ••clear - t,os•i6ly l•o dead U.S. service,,. e,a '"a ,ay a,011,aded a,a4 t,erliat,• • e ver•l •ore •I•••••. Tlte •011,aded la ave bee,a airlifted to several U.S. •"'"• ,,. '"• area. TIie "111ole ot,eralio,a largely 1,ailed as a success "'"" applause from most members of Co,agress a,ad will, favorable WASHINGTON - 2 editorial comme,et ,,. ,ee•11>ar,ers ,,. Brltd,e, Sf>al,e a,ul Israel. TIie actio,a 11Jas eve,. rer,orted ,,. ,,.e Sovl•t t,r••• 6•1 •llllo•I comme11t. As /of' ,,.e sea-men tollo ••re sel.ced 6:, tit• ca,,.bodla111, tlley're at,r,are11tly 6aclt 01111,eir ,,.,,, •••ll•II for , Sf,e1at,ore - Ill•:, 'll get a leave a,cd a /llgllt •o•• •••• 111•1 arr iv•. ASIA Elsewhere in lndoclaina - those tllree America,as seized by i,asurgeflt stude,ats i,r Laos yesterday are safe .. apparently u,ader orders to stay al tllelr laomes a,ad t,osalbly still in danger. Tlte Laotian gover,ame,at se,adh1g e,evoys to t•e city Sava,.akett a,ad exr,ressi,ag Us regrets over t•• dlst,leasa,re over tlte A•erica,a ••e of Tlal alr/lel,I• lo •'••• Marl•e forces for use ,,. Ca•bodla - t•e laat of ti• M•rl••• se,et to Tl,alla•d for Ille i,acldeflt 110., out of tl,e co••lry. A•,I I• So•t• Viet••• - tl,e 6egl,a11l•g of a tllr•• day t1lctory celebraUo,e .,,,,. tl,e a,e,eo ■ •c•••"' lllal Saigo,e •••I• ,liplo•atlc relatlo•• •Illa all gover••••I l•cl ■ ,li•g '"• U•fl•~ States - tlle Viet,ea,,.ese 11a•l•g Algeria to tale over II• E•bassy ,,. Waslll,eglo,a. Tl,ls as Ca,eada for•ally recog,ela•• the ne., Soull,er,. regl•e. More after 1111• ••• SHAH TIie Sltalt of lra,e arrived ha Was•l,egto,e today meeting witlt Preslde,et Ford. TIie t.,,o leaders ••yl,ag ll•Y expected• big increase ha U.S. lra,aia,a trade soo,a. Al•o u,ader discussio,a - U.S. parliclt>allo,a ,,. ll• co,a•lr•cllo,a of several "•clear po.,er t,la,els i11 lra,a. FOREIGN Preslde,et Sadat of Egyf>t a,ed tlle Presltle,et of Iraq said lltey reaclted a comt,lete 101dersta,edl,eg today 011 •la•I were called bilateral ac tio,es a,ed otller Arab •orld c 011c•r••. In Lebtu10,e tlaougle, tlae Prew,ter resig,eetl u,eable to r•co11cll• tl,e llffere,eces wttlli,e leis o.,,,. gover,a,,.e,al. Tlae co,alrot1•r•1 street flglali•g belwe•• Palestl,ala• G•erlll•• """ llt• Leba,aese army. And,,. Ille St,a,aislt Saltara - tlae11 s,,.,.,,. army officers a11d me,a 1,ave bee• ca,l•r•tl by g•erill•• ••II• • i.e•laere i11 tlae area, Alorocca11 troo,, fired rocltel• al l•o S~••I•• ••llco~ters. T•e lacldeat occ•rred •• a u f c t Jindl,eg ,,. iss ion arrived i,. lite ,,. i,eeral ricla St>a,alslt colo•y wlticlt is ctaimed by bollt Morocco a,ed Ala•rlla11ia. MILAN Tie Moder,a Art Gallery of Mlla11, Italy - agah, tlle sce,ae of a major art tlteft today. A lea• of •••l,etl guflm . efl - •akl,ag off wUII tllirty-tliree valuable 1>alali,ag1. Tllese i,a tl,e same collectiofl - from 1111llcll l111e,aly-elgltl pai11t111gs •ere ta/te11 earlier f • yeer. T/te t•e11fy-ellf/tt - i,aclutli,ag 111ort,s by Va,a Gogi, Re,aofr, C••• •"• .,.~ G••1•f•; si,ace recovered, allllougll so•e - ,,.,., ag•f,a 6• ••o•g t•• missl,ag. ECONOMIC Some possibly brigllt signs o,i Ille eco,aomlc fro,at today - Ille gover,sme,st said iNdNstrial prodNcUo,a aoaa doa,,a in April but the decli,se was tire smallest l,a seve,a mo,atll• and consumer goods production was actually •P· Perso,a•l i,acome levels ,oere also reported lllglcer l,a At,rll a,ad Ill• fore lg,a trade ba ro•• ter - Ille bal a,ac • of t,ay "'.,.,. • ••I • •• record for Ille fir• t lllree ,,. o,allas of 1111• year o,a Ill• -••• . , . - sometlli•6 tllal slao11ld stre,agllae• Ille dollar a&road. ftf• as Ille Federal reaerve •oves lo •••• credit •••fer. TII• Fetl.4-•P lo,oered Ill• 1Usco11 ■ I rate for •••ber b•••• lo •Is perce11t - Ille lotoest Us bec,a slt1ce May of Nlt1elee ■ -S•11••ly- Tliree. SPACE T la o s e So v i e t a II d A m e r i c a II s t, a c e m e" ., la o ., ill Of" 6 U tlle ,·at"tla this summer, today simulated the cet'eneo,ay llury will perform 1111te11 they re11devo•a in •#lace. Tlie •••• •lao will be tlae first from differe,al countries lo alte•l'I sue,. a linkup, exchanged sample gifts a,ad flags uslag lelel'l,o••• for com"'""icaUo•. Tlae eve,at cot,t,ed a •••• of t,racllc• al tl,e Joluaso,a space Ce,elet" ,,. llousloa, o,ae of, Iii• 11110 coalrol c en tet"s Jo-r the July fl igl, I.