PEI\/ Frida_\, J11n ~, B B M I , 1973 hi cago Pr sid 11/ i x 11 />aid a bri ~ f 1·i ii toda ) top kin, lllinoi , out h er in th h e artland of America; 1 her e he d d i a I e d a n It ' I i b r a r y i n Ii on o r of a 11 a I i e o 11 , t h e l a t e , r e a t Se ,z a L o r E v r e t l D i r k s e 11 of I l l i n o i . Th Presid 11/ sa ing: "We lite in a time whe11 many peopl are cynical about politics and politician ,, Then Ires ing, houe er that "in this profession - as in any - lher i much to be impro ed - but there is al o milch to admire." And "ii t 011ld be a real traged " - he co11tinued - "if 11e allot d the mi tak of a f e u t o o b c 11 ,. e the i rt II e s of m o t · o ,. if n I et our d ts a pp o i 11 t me ,z ts II it h om e asp e c ts o f t Ii e ) s I e m - I II r n in t o des p a i r w i th t h e s t e m a s a w h o l e ." Th Pre ident further ins is tin : "The y lem is 1 orking." And ''the way to make it u 01•k better - i to bring mor good people i1ito it" aid he. Adding that "E erett PEK/ 1 - 2 Dirk en "011/d I II the ) nic of llze da - not lo hun the ) t III hut lo hare in it· lo enter into the politi al arena - and lo fight for theiY ideal · ." The President also calling for a renet al of "reasonable partn r hip" - belt e 11 the White Bouse and the Congress during the current period of strain;"recognizing that neither partner can ha e his way all the time" - that "both sides must gi e and take." 10 £} 11 lh onomi r o 11 l - a II u III I, • r o {> r I c · • r o I I ba k i11 th · t , f indu tr y , in ·I, 111icals fllld oil, in lfrr : i11 making, and I n i11 nen pap • r {Jubli .· hin x. Tilt . LI, Jae of p,, ide11t i o n ' n u ixt da prir · r 'Z . For , hat it t orlh though the />ri · e o l(Old was tJKain jumpin on the big London bullion market ; ltil the IJ. S. do'lar 1 a · l11mping in Frankfurt and Amst,rda,n. H HITE HO E Ba ll at the Whit Hou - a bri f dis/urban toda If ilh four t ee na ge m mber of th e J u i h D fen e League lagin a 11rpri it-in; al o, houtin appeal - addre ed lo Pr e id nt Nixon: urging the Presid e nt to /)re for free immi ratio11 o f So iet Jews in hi talk n ex t week I ith o iet lead 1' L onid Brezhne · . Thi apparently the first in a erie of demonstrations - fJlan,i d b) Je1 ish group ac1·oss the nation . Il ended quickly though - 1 ith the four protestors taken into custody b y Secret er ice agents. They u ere then turned over to Di trict of Columbia police on charge of unla1ful assembly. OPE HAGE Copenhage,z - the final ses ion of a t o da meeting o f iVA TO foreign mini fer . The full NA TO alliance adopting a 1' olutiou - earlier appro ed in secret talk between the . and France. The Western Allies noting th.at "profound ha11 s" ha e occwrred since NATO i as first formed twenty- f our year ago. Adding that "the time has come for the rv A TO got r n m en ts to l o o k at the i r relationships - in th. e 11//1,t o th e changes. In horl - a clear cul ictor for the U.S. The NATO p o u · e r a g re e in g to a s I u d J - a i m e d at reform in g and ret · italiz.ing the NATO alliance· a stud ~· the . S. has loJtg u r d in hope oj achie ing a greater haring of defense C O I . (.,'. . cretar • of State Roger a ing: "We ill 11oao xamin our prin c iple in the light of current realitie ,, S N Noi that their job in space is nea,·ly done - the three Sk lab · a tronaufs t ere beginnuzg to crank up for the return trip. Missio,z Comma,zder Pete Conrad spending four hours toda checking the Apollo command shit, that will ferry them back to earth. Houston later saying: "It's looking good." And then - another space first. The Skylab a tronauts - Picking up a spectacu . lar solar flare; the first ever viewed from space-born telescopes; a twisting, flaming erruptio11 of super hot gases - stretching an estimated twenty-Ji e thousand miles across the face ofthe sun; witlr the full t,ict11,re relayed back to enrth. Dr. E. H. Reeves of the Harvard College Observatory saying: "The really significant thing here - is that it was observed by the best instruments ever built; and all s i m . tl ta " e o u s l y . " AIR Under Federal lat , twenty three states were required to submit Pla,zs la t April on how the y propos e to clean up the a ir in their urban areas. Two of these were finally approved toda y b the U.S. En ironmental Protection Agency. One - for Alabama ; the other - for New York. The latter including a number of measures aimed mainly at New York City; includin an attempt by v arious means to discourage auto traffic into Manhattan. The acting E. P.A. Administrator says future Plans for Los Angeles - "coitld result in banning all automobiles from the streets in L.A. there by Nineteen-Seventy-Seveft." Tltis - said he - because the air in Los Angeles is already so foul it may require more to clea1i it up than just a mere reditc tion in tra ffic . DRUGS From the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs - an order today restricting the use of six drugs normally used as appetite supressants. These including - didlex, voranil, podamin, t,legine, pre-sate and phendimetrazime; all of which have come into widespread use - since the "t1' of amphetamines u·as severely limited two years ago. Government experts claiming that sd6d drugs may be an aid in weight reduction - but they can also be habit-forming. MIAMI BEACH FOLLOW DRUGS J,i the same vein, a weight reduction horror story rep , 1rted today from Miami Beach. Three persons weighing upwards o f • three hundred pounds each - undergoing so-called "bowel bypass'' surgery; a technique whereby their digestive tracts were shorted - in order to help them lose weight. The same doctor - performing all three operations; whereupon the patients - promptly died. All of this coming to light - with the fili,ag of malpractice suit. The families of the three patients demanding a Million Bucks in damages. LAKE RUDOLF The late Dr. Lou is Leakey, Sou th African ant hr o fJ o lo gi s t - as you fJ rob a bl y know - the discoverer of fos il fragme12ts about two (Joint eight million years old; said to represent "the oldest skull of early man - yet disco ered." "Skull Fourteen Seventy" - as it was later dubbed from Kenya's Lake Rudolf area of the Rift. Now a closer examination of "Skull Fourteen Seventy" - by Dr. Leakey's son. Richard Leakey has just come u(J witlt a remarkable analysis which he tells about in the latest National Geograp hie. Richard Leakey saying that exhau~tive studies show conclusitsy that the oldest early ma yet discovered was probably a woman. Yoll might even say - a typical woman, Bill. I mean, after all this time - she's still getting the last word, is,z 't she? PORTLAND At Portland, Oregon - a meeting of the Southern Baptist Con ention has been taking up a resolution from o,ae of its committees; a resolution urging that woman be given greater leadership roles in chz,rch f>olicy. Instead of approving the recommendation though the Baptist Conventio,a turning it down flat; but did pass a sz,bstitute resolution reconfirming male superiority in church affairs. The news resolution saying, in fJart: "Christ is tlae head of every man - man the head of the woman; man was ,eat made for the woman - but the woman for the ma,a." A,ad it adds: "The woman was tlle glory of man." That - from the Southern Baptist Convention. And so long until Monday.