KREMLIN-WHITE HOUSE -- At se v e11 this morning, Easter _ +ime - d1tsk ill Vietnam - the beginning of the end, we hope. Tlte U.S. activating its newly-pla,ated mine fields - in the water• leading to North VietNam 's se v en main 1>orta; tlaeFeby ' lau,aclling ~ ~ . r , t t e m p t - to foFce a negotiat•tl aettleme,st to the 1e1ar i11 Viet11am. And the11 - will, tlae world still lioldiNg its breatla - tlae Kremlin voici,ag at laat Its first official reactio,a to II• ...JJ.us s ia _. U. S. blockade. ~ c • s ing ti, e U.S. of foll o•i11g "a da11gero■ • a"d s li/1/1 er y ro · ad - tlaa t ca,e lead only to a•o Iller aggravalio• of internatio•al te,esio11 . s." Tie Soviet, f■ rt,,•r - - ~ ~ : - dema11di"6 "" e,rd to Ille blockade - "•itllo•t delay." A The Kremlin me,sage failed, llowever - lo -••Uo• Ille possibility of any direct retaliatioN. It alao failed to mention tlte President's pla1111ed mission to Moscow - or even leis name. It came, wltat's more, at a time wlae• Ille President was actually meeting at tlte Wltite Bo•se - witll two tot> Soviet officials; Soviet Ambas•ador Dobry,ai11 - a . ,atl KREMLIN-WHITE HOUSE - 2 Soviet Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Patolich~v. According to all at,1>earances - completi,ag final arra,,gemnla for ltis de1>arture to Moscow. lffdeed, the White House issuir1g a statement - saying: "We are /lroceediffg a,itll 1>lar1s for tlle ••mmit." A,sd Patolichev, as he left, 1C1as heard to remart: "Was titer• ever any doubt?" PEKING FOLLOW KREMLIN-WHITE HOUSE As for tile Red Clii,aese - tlaey were also co,adem,ai,sg today the U.S. blockade. Colli,ag it a "gro,," violatio,a of freedom of ,aavigatio,s - a "111at1to,a" tra•Pll•• of tlJe U. N. clearter a,ad i,ater,aafto,aal la 111. Lille tie R•••'""' t•ougla - tlaey failed to mentio,r any direct AN LOC Meanwhile, the fighting goes on. With the enemy's main target today - the city of An Loe aboa,t sixty miles nof'th of Saigon. U. s. int · e · llige,ace addiJSg tlaat a major attack on tlae aJScient imt,erial cat,ital of B11e will t,robably come a week from tomorrow . f'•e:i- - •• ••• , 1111 : tlae bif'tlrday of tli e! late Ho Clai Mi11II. SAIGON Back in Saigon - another weekly caaualty ret,oYt. Tile ,uunbeT of Ameri c an combat deaths - ; ■ sPl•I Iv nineteen ; IA hlg'ltest 111••• =- in aeven monllls. A U.S. st,olresma11 noti11g - tl1ese were viTt11ally all U.S. air•••· aclio•• tlaese days." D"ri•g Ille ~ame J,eriod - Ille So11tla Vietfl••••• lo•l•g eome sis /taadred,;-,-. ■iff-•■emy lo••••~:t,. WASHINGTON Here at laome aga"n tLe U S Cla"•f of N I • - n . . ... ava -- Ot,eration~ ••• •••• discuss Ing casa,alty figure~ CV4ua;: ~ Admiral Elmo Zumwal~ noting tlaat 11 Nortla Vleh,amese -- invaders - llave s•ffered terrible losses. -..,: tlae co•t / f( "to tlleir country" - said lae - ..,_ sometltl,ag tla•y •ill not recover from for geJteratio,as. " Admiral Za,m••lt also predicted tlaat tlae U.S. &locllade of Nortlt VietJtam - • i l l c•t tlte /lo• of i•co•l•6 s•t,t,lies to, quote, "a trlctle or aero." It •Ill ti•• ••o• tlte e,aemy • i l l ,ao• strive for a f•icll victory - or "a series of smaller efforts" - tltat, said lte, ■ 1 1; ••'II /iL,,,. ltave to ••it a,ad see. INTERIOR From Interior Secretary Rogers Morion - a "greet1 ligltt" today for tltal proposed Alaska,s oil f>it>ellrte. Morto,s saying he toill issue Ille necessary cor1strMctlo,a perntit - as soon as feasible; w,,laiclr ntea,as, appare,ally, be•,a as soo,a as all f>e,sdi1'g co11rt cases - have allydl•tJo••II of. l,a Iii• stateMe,at today, Morto,a al•o co,ac•dl•I - tlal• oil ~ delivered to o•r We•I Coa•t as /)rOM#Jlly ••II safely as t,o•sil1l•." Artd la• added: "I a"' co,avlac•d U C U is ,,. oMr best natio,aal i , ,ate_res I - to avoid all f•rlla•r delays a,ad Mrtcertai,eUes." CHICAGO Chicago - a Federal Court of Appeals today reversed contempt of court convictio,es '9'against l'lae so-called "Claicago Eiglet" anti tleeir hoo attor,eey•. O,e a tecluaicality - so to speall. TIie U. s. supreme Court rece,ally ruU•g tlaat a cont•ml)t v•rdict at ti•• ••" of• J•dge. Wit lcla mea,es, ,,. • laort, tlaat all t•• - o• lie• co,el•ml)I claarg••• al l•a•t - • i l l •o• 6e trl•d agai,a. BELFAST At Bel/as t i,a Nor Iller• Ire la ,ad - •,eotleer Brltl•la soldier 111as slaot and killed today; ,-11111• vicU• ~ • s11i#)er '• bullet.- ••H• fJl•lr•H••I' • Ito••• 6allolfe •r•-C, Private .Tola• Ba llartl - o,aly eiglal••• - tla• tlar•• 11•,edred 01111 elglatee,atl, LI , 1 • 1 to die •o f•r ,, •• vlol••c• GROSSE POINTE "From out of the t,ass come Ille tllu11deri11g lloofb•ta of Ille great horse Silver. Tl,e Lo11e Ranger rides agai,a." _ / Al,, wllat memories tltat recalls.• "TIie Lone RaNger" - "Silver" - "To,ato" - "Scoat" ~ - all a t,roduct of Ille hnagi,aa Uo,e of II 55(1 s sail George Treadle?-;ilto also created "Serg•••I Pr••lo,a of lie r•toa" - anti "T"e Gr••• Bor,a~I;" radio •Ito•• lllal -,tj.,J.Jttl.J ... ~!.. ".P••ci,eated "'Ulio,e• - dr,ri,ag '"• 'Tlairtl•• a,ul 'ForUe•. Geor•• Tre•dl• ••t>l•l,eir,6 ••• ••cc••• - ••1•••: Addi,ag: "Yoa do,a'I •••ti a lot of bloodslaed to gel f••• c•lldre■ or •d•lt•. " l■deed, t•• Lo•• R••11•r ••11•¥-• ' •t .. · Mllra A,sd ,,o., - lie fi,aal e,afry. George f'r•,adle t>•••I• away - ,,. a suburba11 Detroit laoat,ltal. Or,11 of tlae fore•o•I co,alribr,tors to tle Goltle,a Age of Radio - age eiglaly-••v••· ~ J ~ ' , . H . A " ! i _ ~ - ,,..."so long, Kemosave.•) NEW YORK Here in New York - Willie Mays is back •• totD,e again. After twenty-one years as a Gia11t - i,s Ne• York a,u:I Safi Franc is co - Ille "Say Bey" kid traded today to fl• New York Mets. Tl,e GiaJtts getli•g ,,. ret11r" - a t,roffl i• i•g you •6 fl itcl,er t,lus c as II. A •d • o for Willi• M•1• at age I orty-o•e - fl I f J - , a "'" a · l • ,. • .,, car••r; ,,. II• city 11111.ere II all started oe,t - a f•ll 1•••r•llo• •10. IVlllo ••Y• yo• c•■ 't go lllo••I :::f"'~ 6)~ 1M-ild-.~ ~ 1ld- l(.tQ.Q.:, ~ eat(. Fri. May 12, 1912 PENTAGON As fr,r lire U S blockade of Nortlt Viet,eam - tAe Pe,atago,a says tliat for tire first hoe11ty four 1,ours at lea•I, it ltas been o,ae llu,adred t,erce11t effect . Ive. No ml,aea llave exploded - a11d no attempt llas bee,a made to •••et> tllem cl•• Also, a Soviet freigllter eJ1roi,te to Baif>llottg ell•"•• Its coi,rae, a,ul a Pe,.tago,a st,ollesma" add• tllat "several more slllt>•" - may also "llave diverted."