VIETNAM In Vietnam - the battle for Quang Tri City was said to be entering its decisive stage today. Government radio tell in . g of an all otll attack - on the city •s Communist-lleld s tone - w a l l :. ,. • ,. · • c it y . Th is an a tie m fJ t to en d, on c e and for all tlle communist occupation that has now lasted since May CUSTER FOLLOII VIETNAM H ere at home - al Custer South Dakota - George '1 c G o " e nz u a s "c I a r if.\' i "g " a , , e c e n t c o n tr o v e rs i a I s ta t e m e n t ; The one whe-re he Pledged as President , to keep a residz,al force i11 Thaila11d - if North Vietnam refi,ses to release A me - rican P O W's. McGover11 conceding today that said pledge - was " m o re of a g es tu re I ha ,z a n:y th in g e ls e . " A d d in g t ha t th e effect of suclz a force in co11vi,icing Hanoi to release the prisoners, would be quote "probably 11ot mz,ch . " But he also argued that h is I or y s h o w s th a t pr is on e rs are n o t rel ea s e d II n ti l a w a r is completed. And once the bombing has been stopped, said he, "IVe wollldn't begin it again . " Priso11ers, or no . " FAIRB NKS FOLLOU CUSTER 011 /he RefJublic<ln side - Spiro Agnet1 w<ls 011 ltonorC'd guest today al Fairbanks Al k as . a. There declaring co11slr11ctio11 of /hat fJ1•oposed trans-Alaskan oil fJ · ifJe line will be "011ly a beginning." The Vice-President .. telling his Alaskan a,cdie,rce: "Alaska is rich in reso11rces - that our nation will one day 11eed desperately." Adding : "We intend to develop intelligently these reso11rces - to tire benefit of our nation and your state; but ue intend to do it in a manner so that A l a s k a 's b r ea th - ta k in g n a t" r a I b ea u t y w i l l n o t b e des tr o y e d . "I I Spiro Agnew also addressing himself to what he called a c11rrent "Anti-Progress campaign;" a campaign - said he "that seems to be predicated on the philosophy - that all technological change is bad, that all ind,cstrial growth ts bad, that all mechanical devices are . bad, "when, in fact - said he - nrJthing could be further from the truth . WASHINGTON At the Pentago11 - B · rigadier General James Hamlet , , ,, s one of tllir1. : v-fo11r men today nominated to the rank of Major Ge11e,· <1l . He thus becomes 071ly the second Negro i,i Ille Army l1istory - ever to achieve two-star statlls. General Hamlet, - a native of Alliance, Ohio; at age fifly - a11 a . ccom(Jlished helico(Jter pilot and a v eteran of two 1011 rs i,1 Vietnam . . None of that "To be or not to be" - for General Hamlet . , for he's always been "right in" there. WHITE HOUSE From the While House - a fJ ' rogress 1•epo1·t on the battle against dr11g ab11se. President Nixo11 conferring with Myles .-tmbrose - Director of the Office of Dr 11 g Abuse L a w E n f o r c e m e n l , u h o s a id tit a I drug a r 1· es ts an d h e r o in e 11 s e · 1· s h a e b o th do u b I e d o v e r th e p a s I th re e y ea rs . A .,,, b r o s . e f II rt h e r n o t in g t h a t th e fJ r o b l e m ; s , "No t , of course, comf1letel) ' sol v ed - it's so enormous." But adding that progress is being made - "in "reducing the availability and easing the distrib11tton" of hard drugs. Next question - from the President : "Do you . need a,iy more Money?" To which Ambrose replied, in effect: "No, not more mo11ey - jllSt more public support." - summing President Nixo11 later r,n { ZU:J it all 11p sayi11g: we,·e on the te11- y clrd-line before - and they had the ball; ,, ow we are on the fifty yard-line - and we have the ball." BELFAST-LONDONDERRY At Belfas I and London derr) , in Nortlte r n Ir e land c.., three more shooting deaths toda) , . The v ictims including a Bdtish lroo • per - as Hell as two civilians. While a milila11I Prolesla11t gro11p was threatenin . g to tak e the law into it's ow11 hands . A spokesman sayi:,tg the Ar · my now has just one week to clean up the IRA . . And t11en - said he "We will send teams into the Roman Catholic Area's - and kill ever)' IRA man we find. BLACKSl'ILLE Sadly, 1'e l11cla11tl y - all hope was abandoned today .f o1· those nin e miners entombed a t Blacks v ille, West Virginia . A "minor explosion" deep underground - forcing an end to two days of rescue efforts. Mine President, John Cocoran .finally conceding : "There is no possibility of continr,ing the rescue ope,·ation." Adding "We are sealin . g the mines." LA GUAIRA Fol' Christopl1e1· Columbus, finally - the end of llis longest journey. The"Great Naviagator's" remains were formally enshrined today al the Ve11ezuelen Naval Academy at the Port of La Guaira; this the final slop of a long trek with ma,iy way-stops - a journey that began more than four- and-a-half centuries ago. Christopher Col1'mbus - Admiral of the Oceans - at peace at last, in his beloved Netu World; the world he discovered. HAMBURG From Hamb111·g , Ne,, York - the story of a no vel softball game; If he1·e Jim Smith f)ilched th e ball _ Jim Srnith hit ii - Jim Smith caught ii - Jim Smith called it an 011r - a11d Jim Smith marked it all down . Indeed, the twenty-two pla_\ 1 er s on both sides, and the two umpires and the score keeper loo - all named Jim Smith . The ganie itself serving as the highli g ht of the annual picnic of the Jim Smith Society; with some two hund-red members coming from as far away as Visalia, Califo-rnia to help share in the fi,n . The final score, by the way - ten to three. And aolio k ? Wh fL J' s ·th 's Who else? And noao won, you as . y ne _ tm m, . let's hear from Jim Smtih! Beg your pardon - I mean from you Warren - I mean from you Don! PARIS Over in Paris, it's the start f or the f all and winter f ashio,i shows: with f amed high f ashion designed Jacques Estereo takin g an immediate swipe at the burgeoning ready-to- wea r .,.. market ; obser vi ng that Venus De Milo, Sot,hia Loren I t1nd Brigitte Bardo - "Why, the y could never wear factory made clothes ." And the same is true, said he - • Of nearly half of all women. w h y ? Be ca" s e - s aid Jacques Es t er o, "If a woman is too fat, too thin, too tall, too short - all hope must be abandoned. " Poor Venus De Milo - Poor Sot,hia - Poor Brigi.tle. Poor Jacques I