iJ SENATE After s e ven months of tu■ 1 ■ Nd urdms: struggle ~ Hf. Pres Ide" I N Ir o,'!:t:t,, ~fro"' I • • Senate today - a IIDo year extension of Ille draft ; a ••• to deferments fo , r college stNdents; also avtllori•h•g - a record high military pay increase. TIiis follo111l,cg a Senate vote - cutti,cg off an attempted fiUbust•r; •Hit the draft exte11slo,c fl•ally passl,cg fifty-five to thirty. VIETNAM In Vietnam - the stayt of a new pyogYam foY detecting dYttg users - disclosed foY the first lime today. This calling foY a , . surJ,rise test of eveYy G I at leasl'<._once eveYy thYee moflths. Officials sayiflg tlte new J,rogYam lras bee" ,,. effect - siftce late AugMsl; addiftg that it's already had - a1t i,,.J,ressive deterreflt effect," Oft the use of II•• herol,a. Meanwhile, tlae flglati,ag goes Oft - wltla air acUoa today i,acludlflg more tlaaft t•o h,u,dred U S strikes - against ama • e,aemy targets ift the Comm••l•I Nort'I,. Tlae U S comma,ad sayiag these were carried out - beca•se of rece•t attacks Ofl ••armed U S reco•,aaissance J,lafles; also, attacks o,a U S •ar J,laftes - operating over Laos ifl e.a..-«61M Cambodia said to J,ose a serious "tlareat to Ille safety of U S foYces." PRESIDENT For President Nixon - a meeting tcJEJ with the leaders of a nu,nber of consumer groups. These including al least two who charged that the President's new economic program - contains "unfair billion ., dollar tax advantages lo business : wlr.o also ciarged tlr.at ,,,,e Presidefll's pro1>osals - would do little to ...a ease llr.e nation's economic pUglet. A Nd Ito• did 1/te Preside.I take ,.,A? w.,:~ lr.e listened and took notes . - ~-r<J'o+lf,-- - b•t made no commitments. WHITE HOUSE The White House again - another special message to Congress. President Nixon urging speedy approval .JL - of tltfl:f- proposed treaty returning Oki11a111a to Japar,. A Co,atendh1g that such a move - would clearly meet u. S. security needs; ar,d also place "or, a more so11r,d ar,d ertdMriJtg basis - oNr relatlo11sltip "1!11 •itlt 011r Ally. •aJor Asia,a "ilJI r The President's message - comir,g less tltaft five days from lais sclteduled meeth1g 10itlt B•J,eror Hirolaito of Japa,a. TU• - as yo11 ••o• - ~~• Alas•a 1 <At-~, JEDDAH At Jeddah in Saudi Arabia - a meeting today bet,ueen Jordaniat1 officials and Palestinian guerrilla feutl leaders; aimed at ending their o w n ~ - in order to present a United fro"t against Israel. l~Wlaile o.d at Amman - Jordan's King Hussein addressing an a,-my gradNalion ,c,e.-.x,~~ ceremonl!I .I■ - ~ urgi,ag tl1e rest oj tlae Aral- world - to stat, t,lc/ll11g 011 Jarda11 aver Its guerrilla t,ollcles; "'f,,, 1 ~~ /tld:, tlae 6,aly nation profiling therefrom - is Israel. - " ~ WASHINGTON From a court appoi11ted panel of top scientists - ~ a repo , rt led&} recommending a "rapid and contt1111ous 1, decrease" in the use of D D T; except - in public lleallh emergencies. TIils o,a the grou,ids that D D T a ,. d lt s tt«t de r i v a Ii v e s - - a r e "s e r lo u s e" v l r o ,am en t a l pollutants;" a,ed al:iO constitute - "a substantial threat to the quality of tlae human e,avi.ro,eme,at." Ho111ever, the pa,ael stoppl,eg short - of recomme,adi,ag a total ba,e 011 the use of DDT. Noting tlaat ti's still needed - o,e crops sue la as colt o,e a,ed ( ~~~~; I• pea,euts. ~ l , a g th;;-P ent useage .,,A "does 11ot . / ,. ~ a,s im tq Auman healtll - in rms of individual bodily f••ction• a,ad safety." UNITED NATIONS At tlie United Nations - New York - another opening today. The world body formally convening its twenty-sixth annual session - which could be the most important of all. The question of Red China's admission - and who will succeed U Thant - posing a double dilemma. IJal tie ■suij..,._ _!!!Tes/ling •ith ~::come., ~ later; T today .-, it was all pomp and circ,o,astance. ~ The installation ~ new President of the Get1eral A A ssem bly 1 - foreign !!!.inisteT Adam Malik of - - - ~ Indonesia; the admission of three new members - -!b."llie~~~·~ . Bhutan Bahrain at1d Qatar,:;, For one /ay, at least - ~ ~ · ~~ a unanimit y of agreement, ••II a;, •f good will JP~ -tital -u1t- ~ oa,U..-ra,.+-.-; · - b -- BICYCLES - 2 to the gay Nineties - when the bicycle first came to popularity_, in a way~erving as part of the transition - from horses to motor cars. All of wllich raises one thing more: ltemlines. The bicycle - we are now told - o,ae of lite drivi11g forces - to bri11ging about shorter skirts ,oay back the•; for safety's sake - if t1othing else. B•t -- ,.-J:: . ~ ½·lw-t-t.',4 -·· now, of courae ' i the modern skirt like the modern , da, bike - o•t of sigllt. HOUSE Elsewhere on Capitol Hill - another far reaching development - with a majority of house members -- over-riding their o•n Judiciary committee - thereby assuring a,r eventual vote - on t1,lf stalled A Constitutional amendment to put the prayer back in sclrool. Backers of the amertdment furtller predicting - it •ill now almost certainly receive the required two thirds vote in the House - also, the Sertate. Addi - it coa,ld -ell become Ille ne• "law of the "61 ......... - laJ1d" perhaps as early as •ext ) { a r r - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I N \ ~ ~ - ~ , ~ Al _f - t -+- It\