IVATER ------ Water - or rather tAe lack of It - agai,a ,,. tlte ,ae11 , s today. Tlte Preside•t sendl11g Co,egress a special req11 . esl - ~ ,~~ for e111e 1J&41rl-lne• billlo11 dollars 1 fa pla,s /\ I\._ a,ed b11ild reservoirs for future water storage -- ,,. tl,e drou . gl,I strickeN 11ortl1easl. The money 11eeded - said tlte Preside,at - to speed e,p co,es t ru ctlo,e of tlae Tocks Is la11d Res ervolr - to serve Ne"' Jersey, New Yori a11d Pe11•sylva11ia. Also Ille Beltiville, Bl11e Marslt, Pro•Pto,e a11d Trexler reservoirs m all ,,. Pe1111sylva,aia. RULES ----- - - President Johnson today notified the International Red Cross - that the United States a,ill abide by the "humanitarian Principles" of the Ge,.eva Conventio~ ~ its treatme,at of a,ar priso,aers, civili••• a,ad • • hospitals - ;,. South Viet Nam. The U S pledge - followi,ag a similar guara,atee fro,n So•tli Viet Nam. E:xf,ressi,ag the ltope tltat "o · parties in tlae conflict" - "'ill do as a,ell. T1a•s, calll,ag atte,ation, by i11fere,ace - to the fact that no s• sa,cl, ass•ra11ces l,ave yet co•e from tlie Communists. In Paris - Preside,it Ro Clti Mi,il, of Co,,.,,..,,,;st Nor l lt Viet Nam - is quoted today as sayhag tlaere ca,e be no peace talks o• Viet Nam . .Ahrless a,id u,atil tl,e U,eited / States meets all of his • • deffta,ids - includhtg .,itltdra.,al of A me ri ca• troops. Tia e s ta te,,.e,e t - ;,. a,e ,,. tervi •• pt,b lisl, ed by ,,.e Paris ,iea,sJ>aJ>er - Le Mo,ede. VIET NAM --------- In the battle zone itself - another U S Nav, jet was shot down today over Comm11nist Nortlt Viet Nam. Its pilot presumed lost. Altho•gh surface-to air missiles - 11sed to dotDn a Navy jet yesterday ~ ,oere not i,a evlde,ace today. Mea•~• gover•me•t trooJ>s today la■•c•ed a drive agah,s t Com m1111is t guerillas - e" tre,.cl, ed ,,. tle Mello fig Delta • .Markiflg the first heavy gro11r,d actior, ir, that area .. / Elsewlaere, U.S. fightir,g mer, fa11r,ed 011t fro• Pleilt11 today - ,,. search of a t,oo tlto11sar,d man gMerllla force. The sa•e g•erillas .,ho besieged Dae Co - ,oho last ,aigltt trapped afld battered a gover,.,,,e,.t coJtvoy ftear PleikM . .,B1(i" ,oho JIOIO seem to have va11ished - .I into thl• air. Tl,e gover11me11t of Korea today gave fi,eal aJ>J>roval - to a J>la,a to se,ed fiftee,a tl,ouaa11d figl,ti,eg •e11 to Viet Nam. Tl,ey'll joi,e some tt,,o tl,o•sa,ed Korea,a military e,agi,aeers - already tltere. Raisi,eg Kor••• trooJ> s tre11gtl, - to tit e Ila i rd largest co,e tit1ge,a t of allied fore es ;,. Viet Na"' . Bell i,ed o,ely tlte U11i led State• - a,ed So•tll Viet Na•. SINGAPORE -------- · --- From Kuala LumJ>r,r - a 11Jarni,1g today to Si11gapore. Prime Mi,etster Ralama,a of Malaysia - asserting tlaat his cou,etry 11Jo11ld regard tlae new isla11d State - as a11 e11emy/ If it establislaes either rade or dtJ,lo,,.atic relatio11s - 111ith I11donesia. Promisi11g, 111hat's more, to "late actio11" i f ,aecessary - to ;reve11t •11cla ties. B11t .,,,.,,, tlaat aclio,a Miglat be - lee didt1't •• say. STATE ------- The Slate Departme,it today ordered the immedtate withdrawal - of all U S diplomatic perso,.,rel ,.Pfom Bra&&aville - capital of the former FreJtch Co,ago. Tlae withdraa,al - based 011 three cases of "sertous mistreatme11t" of Amertca,r perso,r,.el - ;,. tlae last ,rifle mo•tlas. Willa America• requests for a• expla•alio• - ••ti for remedial actio• - said to laave bee,a /•tile. TIie ba,a to co11ti•ue - satd the State Departme11t - ,u,ttl tlle Co•golese gover11me,et tar,es effective steps - to t,rotect U S official rtgltts. Exactly thirty years ago this weekend - a plane crash s haltered the A re tic s tilhres s of Nortllern A las ka. Two men - killed i,rstantly. The pilot - Wiley Post . .._.. His passenger - Will Rogers - beloved Prince of Wit aJ1d Wisdom. Will Rogers - ~~ the most famo11s m~,. of A lais generation. Bis legacy - a treas11re of ltomespa ll11•or competition lae said: "Only 1111,en Congress is i,a sessio,a". Anotl,er time - lie was 11rged to fire a slliftless rancla ha11d. "I will - said Will "as soo11 as I fi•tl out .,,1,at 1,e does. " Tlae,e tlaere's tl,at classic depressio,. story - •Js« of how Will was i11vited to di,e,eer by a frie11d - and remarlled that he had "already et". Said the frie11d: "You slto11ld ltave said yo11 'leave eaten'." WI. ere11pon Will replied: ROGERS-- "Well, I kno lot s o ellers who ay 'ha ve eaten' -- who ain't." It was Will Roer s who sai d he refused to get involved 1n politics -- 'because··-- said he -- " up to now tve always trte to live honest." Later he a d mitted h e was a Democrat -- "because · · as he put it "eve . n the best of us has got to let a little cussedness come out now and then." It was also Will Rogers -- who could say in one breath "I never met a man I didn't like" and in the next "there ain't but one word strong with everyone of us selfishness." And he was right, of course both times. The secret of Will Rogers -- that he hel d a mirror to the ace of the world and ma e us laugh at ourselves -- in spite o f ourselves . APES ----- Here's news of a buddi,tg roma,,ce - at t1,e "Honeymoo,r cottage" - of Cticago's Broollfield Zoo. Mlglaty Omega - a three year old gorilla - said to be gettl11g o,a famously with his two new wives - Alpha and Beta. How can they tell? Well, he's bee" ll,aocil11g their heads togetlaer - a,ad 6011,aci,ag them all over the cage. Accordl,ag to •oo-lleepers "j11st lille a little boy •Ito sees a girl he Illes - a11d ra,11s over a11d hits her o,a tl,e head. " B11t tl,e ladles - bless tltem • more tl,a,a a ma tell for Omega. .JP_d,, "iii W l l e ~ e r e d:t J>rese,ete~Aa •edtli,ag calle 011 a cardboard plate - tlae girls each grabbed Ital/ a11d gobl1led it do11111. - ~~--~ ~ t J ' i l f Omega? He got the plate. /.. TELEVISION ----------- This •ext - from Durban, South Africa. Wl,ere the ruling Natio•alist Party today pasaed by a• over•laelml•g vote - a resolutio• congratr,lati•g tlte gover•me•t for lteepi,ag television out of South 4frica. The Natio•alis t Party f•rtlter calli•g o• tlae gover•me•t - ta do everytl,ing i• its polfJer to preve•t -- ~ - lite f•t•re i•trod•ctian of televisio•. Because - said J, tlae re sol• tio• - it is "o•e of tlte gravest tla•ge rs - _,_~~~ tltat ever faced or,r ca••lry1;:.. SOLOMON -------- A novel decision worthy of a Salomo,. - today eJtded a family sf,at in Chicago. At least - tem,,orarlly. The/problem - that of a ho•se•ife) rio l'••t#ID com,,laiJted in divorce court - tllat lier ll11aba,ad 1101 OJtly deserted leer - b11t gave l,ls "e"' girl frle11tl a better car 11,a,. Ille oJte ..,. lee gave lier. Tl,e •ife'• car - a11 eco11omy model. Tl,e girl frleJtd's car - a• es,,e11alve Tl,e sol11tio11 - a,. o•t-of coa,rt settleme,et.