IV,.\ SIi/NG TON For Prcside11I Nixou - a surprise 1 isil I o d a ) ' I o c, W a s hi "J! I o 11 m e e I i ,, g of I I, c fa m i l i e s of I\ m e r i c a 11 P O W ' s • T I, c Pr e s i d c 11 I , I, c r e s a y i n I t:lnJ::I "ego I i a Ii o 11 s aim e d a I c n di nK I I, e war - I, a v e bee 11 "very i,i . / e,isivc," ouer the past year. R ef1,s ing, Ito w c er , I o g f. v e n ")' spec i /i cs - on I h e grounds Iha/ ii might jeopardize future progress. "f would 110/ wa,it lo raise false hopes" - said he. A,id llle,i - an indirect swipe at George McGovern's peace plan - the President saying: "We shall under no circumstances abandon our P O W's to /he good will of the e,zemy." And he sl - ressed "when I use /he word abandon - I speak quile deliheralely i11 Ille same vei11, /he President saying: "It would be /he mos/ immoral thing I coidd /.hink of - lo give amnesty lo drnfl dodxers and deserters. " WASHINGT O N - 2 T It e Pr c s i d e II I f 10 · I h e r I e ll i 11 K I h e pr i .~ on e r fa m i I i e s : "I k 11 o " i I ' s b e c ,, a l o II K I o 11 K t i g i l - I k11ow how m11clt .v o11 srcff e r - I k11ow how much _v our c l1il<l1· e 11 s uff e r." Addi11g, ) ' Ou '1 1 e n eve r been awa, , from Ill )' llto11Jllil s - you! v e n eve r bec1 z away from my prayer s - /her e 's 110/lziPlg I wan/ more than lo bri,i g your loi•ed ot1es home." Fi,ially pledging : "I will never let you down." The President's remarks - i11lerrupted frequently by loud applause and al /lie e nd - a standing o a/ion. LOS ANGELES On lite llemocratic side - Senator McGovern was camfu1igniug in Los Angeles; tl1e1·e attempting to assure a g-YoufJ of aerospace workers - that they would not lo e their jobs ,uider a Mc Go, e ' rn Adniin ish·ation. The Democratic nominee also accusing the Ret,ublica,is of hiring "at least. fifty people - at substantial salaries - to sabotage and c . orrupt" the Democratic Party. V TETNAM In Viet11am - ll . eav3, fighting sottthwest of Hue. Farther S0 . 11 . th - go , er11me11t troops - retopk the village of .Xuan Loe; .the reby reopening - vit al Highway One into Saigo,i. In . the air war - America,i jets blasting a Commr,nist airfield - far to the North of Hanoi. PENT11.GON H e r e a l 11 o m e - a I I h e P e ,i I ago n - G e ,, e r a l A bra m s was sworn i11 today as the army's twenty-sixth Chief of Staff. Also, 1·ecei vi ng /he Distinguished Ser vice Medal - for "exceptionally me1·itorio11s ser v ice" while serving as U S Commander;,, Vietnam. His first assignment no · w to return to Vietnam - for a,i on the spot appraisal of the current situation. DALL,t\S Lo,•cl touis Mountbatten, Earl of Burma, Dasi Vic e r o Y of I 11 cl i a • A d Ill i 1· a l of l h c FI e e l , on e of th e a b l es t • most tldt entu,·011s. a11d glllmorous (Jerso11alities of our time, is on a brief lour of America. Al p , rese11I Ile is de, oti11 . g his talents a11d enthusiasm to creating a stri,ig of inter,iational colleges. I heard him tell about this at a banquet in Dallas . He was i11 Texas as the guest of Ross Perot and his wife - Perot the EI e c tr on i c D a ta - c om fntl er genius . Yes , th e s am e man who has been heading the one-man project lo get our Vietnam prisoneYs released. The plan announced by Mountbatten is to establislt two year colleges, for boys and girls in their late teens. 011e is already in existence, in a spectacular castle in Wales. There is anothe1' at Singapore. A third is soon to be launched in Ve rmo11t; with more to follow in Germany and Italy; also they 1,ope in Asia . TIie youngsters to attend are from all DALLAS - 2 over the world. Tile idea is lo break-down international I differe,rces, and hopefully 1> · reve11t a Third World War. STATE Rt!aclion to Isra e li air strikes - against Palestinian guerrilla bases in S y ria and Lebanon. A State Department spokesma11 sa · ying : "We i11tend to sr,eak to the Is1·aeli go ve rnment about it ; " and after that - to "the Lebanese." JER ll SALEM FOLLOW STATE T~ \1. t~.l-" wrlut-T"l! 1 Is ra e li prem ier Golda M e ir wa s c alli11g /lie wee k e "d raids # the s tart of a 11 e w poli cy of p r e v e " I i ,. e , . a /11 e , , t II a n 1• e p r i s a l s 11 • i k e s • T-lfl :g: - i,i a s p e e c h to Ill e Isra e li parliament . Madame J .. . . - ' ~ ~ .... ~ M e ir IUUlw -=fi' •a,t Israel's ultimate goal - i s si,. ly ,, , "lo s tamp out t1RI terrorist organizations," whene v er and wherever possible." OTT A WA J:mz_ ffl..ll.y. not - have notice tl· - -wb-t- u, f H, a.a~ll:I ~.e.ttll~. •~f!f :ialJ:-1~~t=cot$f!~~:c 1:J}, ~~~ an ad a tr a ls o id. engaged i,i a nationwide political campaign! A h,NR - - t.")J. u..= ... ay:; - Prime Minister Trudea, 'A lashing out at bums. " so-called "corporate wel f are ht I ,.,JJ "1Tnemployment ,.-<. ~ i,isura11ce bums - and now "medicare l r bums." Tlie loller - said he - those who "have chose . n lo be sports spectators rather than participants - to drive instead of walk - to use our increasing leisure time in passive acl'ivities - rat her than m~~·-'~7 active ones;" with lhe result - said/:" - 11iaf Canadian health care costs - are as high - or higher - than in any other western nation. Trudeau adding : "The implication' i:, obvious. Hard working Archie Bunker who · would never go on welfare b : ut who wouldn 'I Jogg aror,nd tl,e block either is a bum Ji,st like the others." '' ,,, NEW YORK tm:.a--tre rt a nt t--tr:rn t--c-tt s e- ™ a g1H1tz.Ql1ttrnt-=c a ll httl:11 ~ l,\-\{f'1'e,,p ~ CJ ~ : B. vii -: Jo, t6 ~, b r e a k - "p o f ,J...~-f:IJ;t:e~Jl:a. "116.x:$ nncr:1ctwn . _., A KOt1er 11 m enl brief sa y AF/f I his is necessary - lo dissipate /h e e 11ormous market power u f I he curre11t I B M compflter manufacturing a11d marketing str ucture ." Government attorneys adding that, ideally -- I B M shotlld be split "into several discreet, separate, independent and competitively balanced entitles;" each -- "capable of competing sr,ccessfully in domestic and international markets I.J with one another and with ~ competitiors." other domestic and foreign HENRY J. TAYLOR Tllis is a salute lo one of ll1e mos/ d y n a m i c a "d prolific " e w spa per col u m n is Is of o" r 'ime. I 11ndersfa,id He11ry J. Taylor has writ/en on e I ho" sand s et, e n h u n d red and e i g h I y - four co l um n s f or I h e Sc rip p s - Hou, a rd ch a in of papers • In a l l Iha t lime he never missed doh:,g a column, and never failed to meet a deadline. 'NH--s"'--'-s,. ~ i1/U () q,47:t,n;allJ/% record 1 ~ . '1 ASHEVILLE Let's conclude with a welcome to station IV K K E - Asheville, North Carolina - today becomiflg the newBst membe · r of the CBS radio network. Aslteville. North Carolina. one of the beauty spots of the South. Here's to WK K E. and so long until tomorrow.