Thurs. Jan. 27th, 1972 PARIS At tire fJeacc table in Paris - co11ld it b , e a new beginning? At any rate, the U S and South Vietnam today did off er a new t wo-t,has ed t,eace t,la,a; o,re that calls for a basic agreement now - with the terms of a fi,ral treaty to come later. Th is to perm It a total U S wUhdratoal - collt,led witlt the retu.r,r of Americ · a,r P O W's . All of tolticla led today to discussio,rs - lastiJtg Jive aJtd a laalf llo11rs. U S Ambassador William Por:er later saying: "We had an interesti11g meetiflg." Tia• Commu,aists "asked q11eslions toltich we a,aswered" - said he. Addi,ag "We 1,ad q., it e a J e"' q II es ti o,. s /or t IJ em - ,o II i c II t II e y a,. s were d. '' So wllat will tire next stet, be? ROGERS Meanwhile, here at home, Secretary of Stale William Rogers - was briefing Jive hu,adred edilof's a,ad broadcas lers 0 ,. u. s. policy; saying he was "sometoleat encouraged" - by develot,menls today in Paris; especially a,a appare,at commu,aisl htteresl "about how tlae Jaine••" of /Nlure cleclio,as i,a Soutla Viel,aam "can be assNred." "A good sig,a" - said Secretary Rogers. WHITE HOUSE Over al /he White House - Presi,f " "' Nixon today announced /h e f'esignation of ,... Commef'ce Secf'elaf'y Mau,-lce Stans; .,ho .,ill ,.o., head a f•"d ,-aising campaign - - to laelp finar,ce tlae Pf'esideftt 's bid for re-eleclio,r. Staas addl"g o• lais o.,,. - lae .,as rel11cta,st to leave Ille Prwo,Jc:s"a • J 1 I Cabl,.et. '' B " t I ca• s er v e "' y co ,uat r y b e s I " - s a Id 11 e - "by •orki,eg for W. f'e-electloa." t:s:e. Peter Petef'son '? -'dMcaft d ft $ n&g .aAF;iFlf!ii:t'r SlaflB SUCCl!S SOf' , i(.-•-•• • • • •• a fornaef' Chicago b11sh1ess naalf. - la naore f'ece,ally the Prelllde,sl's tot> advisor 011 t,aterflationl eco11onaics. LABOR FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE r•••l•g to ,ce ■ nwl-1 do ■ c1Uc ,,,,,,, 7 :::::. e~~~ ~• la''\. a sign of better days ahead? The U S Labor ..s Department repor';...,_. lmlv:j - for the montlt of Dece,,.ber - a sltarp drop in unemployment insuraftce claims. Also, a sharp increase ifl tlte average work week - from j'orty-point-oJte to forty-poiJtt-t'l,ree ltoa,rs. 'l. r GoverJtmefll expe'l'tB sa}'l-■1 llsl t•ese figr,res l.t "May well be sigJtalliflg a sigfli/ica•t red•ctio• ,,. r,,aemployme•I ,,, NiJteteefl Seve,aty-T1110. VATICAN From /he headqua,rters of tlte Jesuit Order ~ al the Vat ' ican A a report lad■ ; conunertdh1g religious freedom in Communist Poland. The Jesuits sayi11g: "Priests can freely preach CatlaoUc doctrine 111ithout government interfe-rer,ce; they can - afl.d do - dertou,ace i•J•stices; they ca11 also ftt c-riticiae - obJectl'!,!lY - goveYt1met1I activities." ~ ~ This said to c:e ■ ,t" ■ ls. tlte ,oar•est praise J, ~ <lf'f a major church order ltas ever afforded a Co•m••lst , - goverrt•e•I - or,e that could 1>ave Ille ar,d Cotholism - 111 Polafl.d, al least. CAPE KENNEDY At Cat,e KeNrted y - Ille U . S . At,ollo Sixteere Moore s II f p ao as re tu r,. e d today to its as s em bl y b" fl d ht g for repair• t O t11e f u e l s y s t e m . SP a c e off i c i a l s la t • r s a y i" g: " Will b e baclr on schedule - by tlae first aoeelr of Morell ; aoitle target loa,,acla date still set for April Slxtee,atlt . LONDONDERRY In Northern Ireland, Londonderry, terrorist ,naclthae gunners - killing two t,olice,,,an and •ounding a tltird JJI a later skirmish there - a Britisla soldier •as •ounded. At nearby Forklaill - adjacent to ll1e Jrisll Ret,ubllc _ a cross border anotlaer gun battle, behoeen IR A terrorlal• arad Scots Dragoo,a Guards. Tle terrorit/ s Ji,aally tali•g Jliglal - wllen troot,s of tlte IRA arrived or, tlae •ce,ae. TOPEKA Topeka, Kansas l - a ocal ga1 liberation front went lo federal court today allempth,g 10 gain official recognition frmr the University of Ka,asas. Counsel for the Plaintiff; ,tlorney William Kiotslle-r ~ ~ ~ ~~~ J•dge a,slgrted to the case.- ---·. -- =. ~ : ~ - - - · - .. . Judge George TemJ>lar tellh1g Ku,astler "yoNr fa,,. e is "otorl ou s a•d yo• Ila ve e zJ>loHed it act"o ss Ille coufllt"y?" /eJ>eati•g ove, a•d ove, - "tllat lllese ,o•rl.i are ,rot Ille J>lace to get Justice". Tlaereby sllo•h•g "disdal• a•d co•lemJ>I" - Jot" Ille U S J11dicial />t"ocess. TIie Judge J Ml« f11rt1'et" lellhag Ku•sllet",'- "111ithout the courts, tltese J>oor J>eople yo11 've mlsg11lded ~ 111ould be in a deJ>lorable co,adilioN." EDUCATION Dom Id Barr - headmaster of New Yorll's Dalton Scllool - says "education in this country is in bad sllape." ANd Ille main r · eason? Tlae permissive attitude of botll ,,arents and educators - wlao fail to say "no" ,olle11 Ille situation demands. Donald Barr add hag: "On tlae day t,aren ts s tot> pay i,ag t•ition for non -educa tio11, 011 Ille day t•e y • tot> •a11,llr1g o•t all o,oa,ac es for s tr i lie f•nds a1td 1ta re otic •, a11d reelli11g a,,artme,ats - 011 tl,at day - t•e st•de11t revol•tio11 will 1111tlaer a111ay a,ad the real lear1ting 111ill begi,a . " NEW YORK We ha v e a report of an increase i11 ella11ic joke& especially on college campuses . Accordi•g to Jae/, Sable, New York State Commissioner of Buma11 riglata, suclt jolles are either witless Of' i11sensitive ; always motivated by bigotry or racism . " He says he Is "t,Yet,ared to p-roceed agalrt•t o . "fendeYs under teYms of the New Yori, a11tl- dl•c-rlmlr1atio11 laws. TOKYO Soviet Foreign Ministe,- A,ed,-ei GYomyko - in Tokyo ,n ,t today w itlr Prime Mh1 ts ler Sa t · o; a,ed tie,,. it ., 118 ar1r10NJ1ced llral Russia a,ed Jat,a,e - ltav, fi,eally agYe•d to ,tart regotiations on a World War T.,o t,eace treaty. Ora, of tlle ••JoY t,roblems to solve - .,,,,,. - If ever, will .Tat>•• 6•1 6 •ct t It o • e ,. or t It e r n Is l a ,a d • l o ,a g la• l d 6, R "• • i a . ~ - Sa• It a li ,a arad ,,_ Ku riles? GUAM Fro m Gu a m we ha v e a r, o s ts c r i r, t t O t 1, ,: s t O ry of Slioichi Yokoi; the Jat,anese soldier who finally gave ur, after twen.ty-eight years in hiding? .Shoichi Yokoi told ret,orters. He was able to sa,rvive because of "faith in God and the Emperor. " TIie fifty-• ix ex-soldier when slrown a receflt r,lloto of Emperor Hirol,ito failed to recog,,iz.e his Millado a,ad llatl to be told 1111,o it •••· Slloic II i Yoko i obs e rv i,eg i "Tlte Emperor Ila• certai•ly agetl, leas,a't lie." As llas Sl,oiclli Yolloi, bMt ,aot yoa,, Warr••· JNYAKUTSK In parts of the U . S. - winter aryt v ed tl,is week . I/ you think it's cold though - listen to tlais. Tire ...... te•mfJerature today at the city of lnyaltutalt hr . Soviet Siberia - seventy-s i . "': "P-grees below ~era . Nor 11111 8 it "" 1 11 yat•t•lt rec of"d . TIie all time low at l,t.yakutalt - a cllilllag eigldy belo., bac ll in Nine lee,. Twe,aty Se ve,r . Sever,.ly • i% bel o• I•• 't exactly balmy; but TASS says it's a teneperat•re at •li-:h tlte city co,atinues to fu,actio,r r,armall) ,. ,, , For Siberia. •II ere tire re are ever, colder s t,ols. 1111d so lo•g••lll ton,orroto •