lrednc~dm • , August 2, 1972 BESGHAZI H e ,. ,. ' s b i g 11 e u 1 s , a m a .i o r m e ,. g e ,. i 11 I h e M i d d I e Ea s t . E g y fJ I ' s P ,. c s i de n I A 11 "' a 1· S a d a I a n d L i by a ' s C o I on e I Mo a m m a Y K Ii a d a f .,· 11 fJ o 11 c o m fJ I e Ii n g th Yee days of ta I ks at TobYuk a,rd Benghazi a11no11nced pla,is lo foYm a "full 11nio,a" between their two cou11l1•ies - as soon as possible; uith a ,,,,,,, b e ,. of j o i ,1 t c o m m i It e e s - I o b e g i ,r w o Y k in g o u t t II e de ta ii s i m m c di a t e I)' . Th is an a It e mp t to c re ate the big g es t and mos t populace state · - in all tire Middle East: also one of tl,e Yiches t - with Libya now 1·at1ki,rg fo141•th-in-the-100Yld in oil fJYod11clio11 . Libya's Khadaf_,. is f11Yther q11oted as saying the merger is esse11tial - if the Arabs are ever to Yecoi•ey the occupied lands from Israel. This t1e1 nation - i f it does become one, will' be the largest i,z Africa. SENA TE This next - perhaps best filed under the lieadi,ig: "Beller Late Tlian Never." at ••J ••••; n.e Senate Democratic leader and the Senate Republican leade~r,,':::;;",,raising h I ;y ex-Vice Presidertlial hopeful Thomas Eagllo_n. Said Mike Mansfield: "He •as a dedicated and able Senator - when he enterred this press•re ~ aJ,J,:;..~.' - ,, " chamber a •eek ago~ he emerged from It ., as a Senator •lio to•ers In courage, stre,egtle, se,asltlvlly a,ed •It. " ~,:~;.s-. Said J...R•1h Scott: "His co,o·age a,ad l,alegrlty - •Ill do him * vast credit." MC GOVERN FOLLOW SENATE Meanwhile, George McGovern was taking his ~••'4 ••• time --t about picking a new runni•g male. The Democt"alic Presidential nominee saying today - he is still "giving careful thought to a number of /} 1>0s slblUlles. " ~ as yet 'f "1 have11 'I offered It _,,,,,,,.. to anybody." DOLE FOLLOW MC GOVERN Reverse side - Senator Dole was discussing pla,is today - for tlie coming Republica . n Conoentlon. Notin . g the Republican nominees A' ha1,e already been ~~ chosenk A.,41 ■ ~ chyl)t"-4At he hopes the Democrats - will leave picked their slate by then. ... .,N. The Rep11blican National Chairma,eAalso pledgi,eg an interesting Coftve,etion ~ despite tlae laci of s u spens . e. "I guess you could say" - said lae - "011r s ,, • i l l be a prime time co,ive,etlofl." Completely -n:.;f-~, ope",, - la e ,o e "I o" : A• It It •" y dis p II t es - to be la as la e d o II I o" the floor of the Co,,venUo,a. A,ed ,..._ - said lae - "at a time tohe,e eve · ry TV vle,oer ca,e co,ave,ele•tly a,atch It, if he wants - ,sot Just the l,esomnlacs." WHITE HOUSE From the White House - again "no comment" today on that attempt to bug Democratic National "4~1 Headquarters. Bui a spokesma1X add"'1f= that Presideat Nixon has instructed members of his staff - to cooperate ... - ' - \ fully in any official investigation. And tlalsA. said to I apply equally - to the Preslde,al 's re-electlo,a committee. President's vie.," rc,e are told - "is that an those are asked to cooperate should cooperate." AGING FOLLOW WHITE HOUSE Tile While House agai,z - President Nixon met • today llJilh Arlht1r Flemming, l=IRt, chairman of - lite While H 0 use conference on aging. T ' he President later announcing fire start of a program: to contact tlae laungry among the aged N who may not realize tlaey are eligible for Federal food programs. Said tlae President: ;,The thought tlaat any older cltl•en - after a lifetime of service to his community artd cour1try - may s•ffer from hunger or malnutrition - Is l•tolerabl•!" NADER Elsewhe1·e in Washingto,z Ralph Nader was off o · n a,zother tack today. The consumer crusader addressing a meeti,ig of the League of Women Vote · rs urged that voti,ig in national el'ections be made ma,adatory. Said Nader: Voting is alread_v mandator.v in Austmlla; with voting percentages there running around ninety-two percent. UPPER MARLBORO J,z the conlinlling trial of Arthllr Bremer at Upper Marlboro, Maryland • Ille defe,rdent was called today a classtc "slllll·in personality". This according ---- to /lie first defs11se witness • Dr. Eugene Brody, the chairman of the psychiatry department at the University of Maryland medical school; wlro added tlrat Bremer decided about Ma.rch 1 - to assassinate eitlaer President Nixon or Governor Wallace; and tlren spent the next two and a half months criss-crossl•g tlae country in Jl•rs · ult of his goa I. Bremer 10as also quoted as fant6slalng - aboat "being a blg-slaot." ExJ,lal,li•g: "perltaJ,s It's because I'm so s ma 11. '' Dr. Brody saying he then asked tlae defend••t - if he aoas r · eferrh1g to his stature. . . . Bremer replyi•g - ■■ Id IR "No - my future Is small; and my J,asl - an Insult to any human being." BANGUI From Bangui in Ike Central African Republic - wllic/1 used to be Frrncli Eqttatorial Africa - a lesson today in law and order, =black African style. President Jean Bokassa sending a detachment of arm . , troops - inlo th . e local Bangui priso,i. Tlte troops there beating t11itl1 wooden convicted lhleves; three of whom slaves - some forty ■art';fuuUJ llllled. - - ' ' • Tiieir corpses and all the ill# injured theft placed on public dlst,lay i.n Ce•tral Bangui - under a bla•f"g sun - for five ltours. Tl,e Presfdeftl also sayh,g he t,laRs to ,,.ate -s:-~ ~ "JJ,,.,"4 sa,cl, beatlRgs a reg,dar weekly eve Rt. JJectew-C ■a: -:Pn,1•~:- ~'tltieves ma,sl all die." Addiwg: "There •ill be NO more . theft - in the Central African Ret,ublic." BIG SUR In the rugged Big Sur cottntry of California - a raging forest fire today: blazing its ,oay through three thousand acres of woodland - h1cludh1g a ,cumber of ancient red11Joods; with an army of mo,-e tl,a,c a thousa,ad men - attempting to stem the fire's advaflce; but getting virtually no11Jhere - at last report. A spokesman for the U. s. Forest Ser11lce saylJtg: "It's goh1g to get quite a bit larger before vAt\Ntl It's co,atained." And it all started - 11Je hear j fro• a" Illegal ca •Pflre. BOSTON Sad bu/ /rue - a slor}' reporled today from Boston; where thre e /e e n-agers - ap,eared al the rectory of St. Mary's-of-the-Angels Church; telling the Rev. Fatll.er William Mullin - /hey wanted to talk ab out f'e Uglon; so he said - Okay. Wl,at happened next - well, let Fatlaer Mullin tell ii: "We talked for about ten mirtutes" - said lie - "they seemed really sincere - orte of tlae• especially seemed to knoa, a,laat he was taltl,ag aboMt - a,ad tlae,a lie pulled out a pistol." T lie trio of yo.,,ag ba,adi Is - es capi,ag •It la a llu,adred a,ad ta,enty bucks. Willa Fatlaer MMlU,a later laeard to remark: "I really feel sorta betrayed."