.,, VIETNAM -------- If 11,c,·e remained any doubt about the capabilities of properly-trained South VietnaMese fightir,g Men _ it should have bee• dispelled once afld for all today; 0 ,. 0 battlefield - near Phuoc Qa,a; where so,,.e t•o 1, 11 ,.d,,-ed South I ietnamese troops and the;,,- foMr Americar, adviaeYa - successfully hurled bac" three suicidal attacks; 6eali,eg off a force of about hte Ive l,11,adred - Nortla Viet,ea,..ese RegNlars. Whe• the last slaot ••• fired - tl,e battle over - Ille ~ f ield of combat lay littered wit la al I at t•o llu•dred ••e•y A A dead. The Soa,tlt Viett1aMese losi•g five...- - Ille AMerica,as JIOrte. Pro,,.pti,eg a flyi•g visit fron, Lie11teraarat Gerter•l •• a1hs •• ► Weya•d - to give tire victors Iris 1>erso,eal co,agrat11latio•s. TIie Ge ■eral ,eoti11K..-zflef rs ••r• ;;; tlaat tlai• •l>l>•re,elly . 6 t" for tlte erteMy irtfillrato,s. •as "lite first MOJOY co• • "as den,orali1ir,g as 1,ell" - ••id At1d it m11st have beer, - POTOMAC ---------- The war in Vietnam - also muclt tin Ille miNd of President Jollnson toda~,; at the dedication of a memorial to Presidc,rt Tl,eodore Roosevelt - on aN isla,atl in the Potomac River. DuriNg a brief speech - tire . Presitler,.t re•arlthag 11,at responsibilities of citizer,.s ,,..,,, altoa,s be •••f•IIJ met; and most especially - "in tltis hoNr of greale•t trials . " Or as Teddy Roosevelt put it : "Woe to tlae cou,r try w he,, a genera ti o,r . , , •• arises - tha I • llirlr• fro• doiNg the roNgh work of the 1C1orld." MIDDLE EAST --------------- Far fr om i,rflami · ng letision, as expecled - the arrival of Sovie/ warships in Egyptian ,,,aters has had 0 s Ir a 11 g e I)' ca 1 m i "g e ff e c I o " /11 e M i d d l e Ea st . T 1, i s I he burde" o f rep or Is I odaJ' - from I l1at Ara b-1 srael i truce li,ie. Al least o,ie explanation - from diplomatic sources y in L o,ido,i. W~ slf.Y the R ' ussian fleet ..- is intended; one - lo disco11rage the Israelis from any I• ft1rlher truce viola/ions in /he Suez Canal area; and lwo - to prevent Cairo a11d Damascus, like,vise, from selling off a · new war. Perhaps most im,,orlant though - U1e R . ussia11s are s a i d I o ha v e I e t ii be It" ow 11 - t II e, are "m o s t a · n % i , ,u, s " Io avoid a military coflfrofltalion willa the United States. wilh the res11lt Jhat lheir anno , unced "goodwill visit" - - is /urning 0111 to be jusl that, , oddly e • nough. DENVER -,_--~-- - Tile making of a Preside~§jxty-_!jght -- still m ore ti, a n a y ea 'r , a w a)' . Bu I al re a d y - t he r a c e i s he a 11, Ng • "". Governo'r Romney of Michigan, for ORe - stokiRg llae coals today at Denve'r, wHh a bli~teriRg attack o , n PresideRI Jahns on - a t J_ he .!!_e s tern .§ta t es R e pub Ii ca" Co , n f e re11 c e . "The />'resent leade'rship ltas lost the capacity to lead" - s . aid Romney. Furtlaer chargi•g that PresideNI Jolanson has 'rigged figu'res Oft fede'ral speRdf•,g - at a casl to taxpayers of f'ro · ,n fo'rly-to-flfly-t"1o billion. The P'resident "las misled us 011 tlae budget - fro• ~ 11,e mom e . nt he t ooll office" - said~Bo•ney. Addi•g: "Wlla t a plao,ay/" Who? TIie Presi deRt - lae was late'r asted? .. ,, " ,, No - said Romney - the butlgel. . Bui by tlae,a - the reve'rse ll•d been b'roadcast cleo'r aro101d t,., •arid. fllJ2_A_q_g_ 'OJ. ls O • _J!a 1110# -------- Nul h,Nf •!lwr::. Gover,aor Reagan and former Vice President Richard Nixon were ltoldi,eg simulta,eeo•• news co,eferences today; a few blocks apart - in••• en, llf Chicago ; ~ r e they both den.ied earlier reports - of a,e a I I e g e d "de a l " o,. ho "' t o p •rs " e ti• e R e p • b li ca ,a pr e • id e ,. Ha l ftOminalio,r.. Th.e original story - tlaat Reaia,a .,o•ld ••,Port Nixo,e hr the first few pri•aries; ire re t•r,. for Nixo,a '• sr,pport - should the latter fail to.,,,.. However, bolla "'e" commc,eti,r.g : "No deal." "Reaga,a BJyi,eg agai,e - Ire would "not raise a fi,ager" to gel tlae ,.o,..i,aaUo,a, Nixon say i ,eg h.e lead•' t e v e,a decided to ,...,,. - - a,ad •o■I tire' I VATICAN -------- - ~ J{; Po"e fl• J\ tff d r · · • " " un •ergo SMrgery toltlri,e ltoo toeelts • ,___ IIJ I ~ ( T" 1 , ,,,, ~ '. ... Ctr# Z C l . IN Cl) UN ** IVTjWd j p 01 f p fe .ti ■■ If, ~nno11ncement loday -- from Ille Vatica,s, • _/_ ,, a am 5 JOO irag 011 . to say that a special room n,ill be set 11 p i,eside Ille Pat>al apa · rtment - · - to accommodate ,,,e operalio,e. "Tire seve■ty-year-old Po■;~ ~ " I f • lace early September; wlle• he first s11Jf1tred a,e attaclt of fever -- bro . ughl on by atlwaa)\ I: sat Cr,feclio11. HoN1ever, lie 111111 seemed m11ch hnproved) •if ••••. -'resid'i11g over se1slo,e1 of Ue current Sy,eod of B.f sllot,s - - also cor,ferriJtg al le,eglll toda, , H 1 it . h visiti•g Patrlarcll AllteJtogoras of Ille B••terr, Orlho , do:x Ch"rch. As fo · r that co•li••iflg s,,,od - - it approved overwhelmingly loda:, a ,. • ., doc••"•"' - - 011 N1ays lo co•bal ,nan's '' • c ri s .; 5 of faitll ". Tl,e ,•1•r cal liJtg for creollo" of ,.,. i•ternational commissiort of llleologia,u - - to •dvl•e Ille Vatican oft churclt leaclti,ag . ; tr1itll Ille e•1>1ta•i 5 , l,e,acefortll, ral,, er Illar, sllo1,ltl r,ol -- believe. ] alholics sho•ld - - BRASILIA --------- From the jungles of Brazil comes a • I • cl I •• • a • ory today reminiscent of our OIVN early froretier daya. A story of wholesale corruption - afld .,orse _ ;,. Braail's s . prawli,rg Indian agency. According lo gover,rmefll ir,vesligalors fro• Brasilia - the Brazilian Indians have beer, cleealed o•I of aJltir •illio•• of dollars worth of r• crot>• a,ad la•·,1. T•o•e .,.o objecletl - ofle• sold into slavery. TIie report cithag 11>ecifically Ille case of an eleve,a-year-old girl - traded for a gas atove • . Wher, her father altaclted t•e age•I re,po••ible - •• •a• said Ille report. 80111 •a,cy ir,volvetl? Al leaal • •••tired age,al s - maybe more. Fiflee,c of i•e• - already ir,dicletl ar,d awaiting trial. \ . ~!)_!_Q_§.itrl.! §.!f Next up -- a startli,ag report Ofl a,. ... _ --- "tlll,ell ta""" -- ,erhaps tlte greatest ifltellect11al beellive ,·,. all Iii• lory. A ,ad ; I 's Io c a I e d i,. We s t e ,.,. s i b e r; a of all places. This a ,r e111 R11 s s ia,r "sci e•ce city" __ 0,. Ille o•l•lllrl• of Novositirsll. A commN•ity of ltlglt-rise b•lldl•g• __ s•rrou,rded by pl11slt llo•es •itlt •ell-•a,alcNred la•••; ,,. stark co,etrasl to Ille Virgi,e Forest -- from 1111,lclt i t . , •• J••I carved. Here live tl,e lop bral•• of Ille Soviet Urelore -- I• virtr,ally every field of scle,cce. A ,ce111 elite of tl,e U.S. S • .I. - - totally div~rc · ed fro"' tla e old straiglat-Jacllet of Jl•r•l•I ideology Academiciare• of ,,.e lalgllest order -- e•goged ht lo cyber,eation -- to coretrol of •0•11•iloes. As part of tire ex1>erl•eret -- Ille scie11tl•t• receive att,eual Income 8 ,. 0 ,. 6 ,,.6 .,,, to s ixly tlro•sared - Am e r l c • • ~ TIiey lrave tl1e best ,,. material goods tlrat Ille Soviet Urtlore Ila• • NOVOSIDIRSK . 2 ---- to offer - - including gia,at s11per•artets filled "'"" goo,a; "'ca,. y of I h e m l u x II r Y i I e m s # t la a I a re ,. e x I - Io - t ,,. , o a 8 t b le Io get a,ry.,here else i,e Russia. To top ii off -- lleey •r• also ~ free to criticiae the gover,a•e•l;,.._if tleey "'"" .-.:- • co••••l- cale u,acensored .,;11, lite West -- eve• f9 read Playboy Magazi,te -- just as lo,ag as tleey proda,ce. ala,ays tit.at - - olller Stberl•. From Milan' Italy - - tlte sad stor I d I y o ay o ta,o dNcks . No ordinary ducks tlteae -- b 11 t str,gt,ig tl•c••· U,ittl today -- slar f,erfornters ,,, a local ctrc 111 • Tlte ducks trair,ed by a clrc11s cloa,,i - - •Ito a,orte, .,;u them for six years; uHI ~ l ~ • • d lo f■act I• 1111ison of ctrct,s-goers -- yo101g a,ad old. O11ly trouble -- tlte d11ct• ••re ~ l • ~ "o•"· ~ ,ff'fu,cking 0111 ''TIie Bl11e D11r,11be" -- at tit• sllgltl••t 1rovoc•- lio,i -- nigl,I a11d day -- day ared relglll -- 011 ared or,; 1111111 fl ■ al ly Drive,a to tlle brl11t of lr,a,ir,lty by •ll 111111 911•ctl•1 - - II• •lrar,gled tl,em • .. 1 J S&9,Jd'U ?£ ra irF' J 4 - t:A••t P