VDT IAN From the Jungles or Viet Nam -- the story today or a gallant American stand -- in the face of overwhel■ing odds. A U.S. Array platoon or Twenty-One •n -- on routine patrol near the Caabodian border, Vb■• ,11,, were auddenly attacked and aurreunded ~ by a tull battallion ot Viet cons -- about four Hundred Mn. Deaplte the•• ot Twenty-to-one -- the AMl'lcana ~ 011t tor Pour holll'II -- exacting t. £011 ot the - - , , /;,,, P1nally calling 1n artillery fire on their own poaltion -- ~ ' : L llhen they collld no longer witha~and the,1 h\lllan •Ye aaaalllt. In the end -- there •re only Three Allericana -- who survived the battle; and these -- wounded ■an who played poaaua. The Vlet Cong, neverthele11, paying dearly -- leaving . ✓l'k~ behind aore than a H ~ Mad. ,, At tbe United lat1ona--Italy wae Joined bJ.-,(" otblr nation• today--1n pre ■ent1ng a tonaal r11olut1on; calling tor a tull etuclJ or the "ho China" qu11tion--to bl coapleted next ,ear. '1'111 goa1--1aid Italian l■baeeador P1ero V1nc1--to tlncl a "n1• approach" to tbl q1.111t10I') or who ■ball repre1ent Cllina 1n tlll unltld lat lonl. And tb\ll • bopltullJ. to end tbl ~ n - . ,~Jr'... ~ 4 , . eeRf par-old 411P"t•"1-tbat i.~~d~"un1"r1altt1• 1n tbl world u.s. Aaba11a~or lrtbur Goldberg--qu1cklJ announotna tbat A•rlca will 1upport tbl 1tu4J propoaal; llbicb vlrtuallJ suarant•••·•lt1 appronl. DORADO BEACH Governor Romney of Michigan and Oovemor Rockefeller ot lew York -- tn a top-secret policy meeting today at Dorado Beach, Puerto Rlco. Romney later telling reporters -- he • has not yet •de up his ■ind -- whether to seek the Republican Prealdentlal no■lnatlon 1n Slxt.y-11.ght. The governor adding that he won't •ke up hla alnd 11ntll -- aa he put lt -- "until I think lt ls tl■e . .. Roaney waa or course aaked about the •••k•nd atat•ent -- by Govel'l'IOr-elect Reagan or Cal1tomla; to the errect that the lepl.lb1tcan Party aho\lld not endorse _.,,one tor PNaldent -- who dld not endorae the party tlcket ln Sixty-Pour, unless he acknowledges hls error. Sald Governor R011ney to that: "I think we nHd to alt down and talk things through -- and~ he went on, " I tnlnk we can come to an understadlng . " Still anotblr atte■pted coup toc:lay--on tbl troubled continent ot Atrica. A ■■all band or di11iclent Ar■J ort1oer1-- 1n,acl1nl otticlal Radio u.( in the tinJ Republic ot Toeo. fblreupon announc1111 that tbl ~r•1 bad 1e l1•d po111r•-and ~ 411■111ecl Pr•eident Grunitzlcy. Al lt turned out•-tbl broadcaet •• ■oetlJ Willltlal tblnldftl. Ara, l • ~ ~ 1 n 1 1 1 1 lopl to ti. Pr~•1dant••llnll qu1ekl1 puttlftl dOIIII tba Nbelllo:~~1,.f f.;',~ 1111 entlN J\ I\ CUlnlt--and plaelns h1I •lee pr11lclilnt ln obar .. ot all U lt bad been 1uoea1t\ll.-•tbl coup •ow.cl•• ••• t.lil ~tb 1n u,1ca--11n• tbl t1r1t ot tlll ,ear. PITTSBURGH veteran p o lltlclan David L. Lawrence--a power in the Democratic Party ln P9nn~ylvan1a for Fifty yeare--dead today in a Pittsburgh hospital. Victim of a heart attack he suffered early thle month--while campaigning for the state Democratic t 1cket. )l-~ t£ ~ ) U . - 4 ~ ~ l \?_~✓-,147- David L. Lawrence--the only man ever elected to Four A consecutive terms as mayor of · Pittsburgh. The man who led the fight to clear the city of emoke--and rostered development of the famed "Golden Triangle." .,,Bffore he left to become Governor > . of Plnn . eyl van1a--1n Nineteen-Fifty-Eight. l - v'¢Lf~ i ~ ~ ... ~ - Lawrence's last w o r ~ t a party rally November Fourth-- when he said: "I was never more proud or the Democratic party-- than with the unity we now have." Whereupon he keeled over-- never to , regain coneciousnees. He was Seventy-Seven. LBJ Rft , NCH For l'resldent Johnson -- a " strlctly routine day at the LBJ Ranch. ~ccor ing to Press Secretary Bill Moyers -- the President confining himself largely to a study of official reports. Also conferring briefly b y telephone -- with Cabinet officials in Washington . D SAN FHA . NCI CO More th · n half t h e doctors in C al ifornia who speci a lize in pregnancy, child birth or gynecology -- h· ve, at one time or another, performed illegal abortions. This according to a poll by the magazine of the California Medical Association of which were published today in San Francisco. results Forty-Nine per cent of the doctors -- admitting they performed abortions when they felt the mother's health mlght be impaired. Fully Two-Thirds admitting they performed abortions -- when there was a probability the baby would be I defective. Whereas existing state law permits abortions ,w only in cases where the mother's life is tctually in danger. The point of the article: That California doctors are agreed overwhelmingly -- that abortions should be legally permitted for a number of good and valid reasons. LONDON Latest word on the escape 01' Soviet masterspy George Blake: A r eport today from London that Blake may have fled Britain-- within mlnutes after he scrambled over the wall or Wormwood Scrubs Prison; that he hae e t nce reached asylum--in Communist Eaet Berlin. The report--baeed on a reconstruction of Blake 1 1 ~ - £ 4 embarraseing escap-X ,,-8'iid to dieclose that he wae met outside ~ the pr1son--by a pair or Connunist agents { who reportedly supplied hill with new clothea--an ~1rl1ne ticket--and a false passport; later driving him to the London Alrport--where he allegedly boarded a regularly-scheduled 1'light for Germany. 11' true--Blake was sat'ely clear or recapt . ure--betore his escape was even dlacovered. PARIS The moet coveted lit erary prize in all of France--the Prix Goncourt--was awarded today to a woman for the first time in a dozen years. Mademoiee lle Char lea-Roux wlnning the honor--fo , r her novel, "To Forget Palermo." A book--etrangely enough--about Two American girls who work for a New York fashion Magaz . 1ne. Mademoiselle Charlee-Roux--a story in herself. Having been wounded twice--while serving ae an ambulance driver in World war Two~ ,.1;1fter becoming executive director of the French edition I of Vogue--the American fashion magazine. 'URI H T h is n ext -- f rom -urich , Swit·erlan~. where male voters on unda1 reJecLed a Constitutional amendment that woul d have given S wiss women the right to vote. Finst orrt ~ ial comment tod ay -- from Swiss Foreign Minister Willy Spuehler; who called the outcome -- "a black day in the hlst>ory of Swit z erland. " But the last word -- as you might expect from a woman; Mrs. Lotti Ruckstuhl -- president of the Swiss Association for Womens Suffrage. " We shall fight on · and on Jaid Madame Prest.dent, -- Lotti Ruckstuhl. ' It is a case " -- she added pointedly "of slowly overcoming ignorance. " So, Warren, she and Foreign Minister Spuehler agree. UPPER TEESDALE In London--a special committee of Parliament 1s scheduled to meet tomorrow--to dec : 1de the fate of a rar 6 community of plants. So rare " 1n fact, tha t scientists the world over--have expreesed a vital intere : st 1n saving them from extinction. The plants--a unique mixture of Alpine, Arctic and European vegetation. ,...Flora and fauna that have remained virtually I : m , chang , ed · --for the last Ten-to-Fifteen Thousand years . . This ln an area known as Upper Teaadale--1n Northeast England. The threat to their exietence--planned construction of a nearby dam; to provide the necessary water--for a new chemical plant.~ that would provide the local populat1on--w1tb l hundreds of badly-needed jobs) ,,-Vhile at the same time--flooding the rare plants. Lord R1tch1e-Calde · r--in the fore , front of the battle to eave - :..,.,,_ the vegetation t·compar!ftg it to the ftr,t folio--of William A Shakeepeare , 8 plays. His lordship asserting: "If somebody were freezing to death--l would gladly burn the first folio to save hlm · --tr there were no alterna · t1ve ." ".But let us chooee the - • II alternatives" --said be--"before we burn this first 1 ol io. LTP.1966.11.21.pdf LTP.1966.11.21ii.pdf