August 3, 1972 Thursda y SENA TE Ratificatio11 i,i Washingto,i. Tl,e Senate finally ap(Jror ing tonight - by an o v erwhelming vote - the first half of that Salt agreement that President Nixon hammered o" t in Mos c ow l as t May ; a pa c t l i m i Ii n g the de p lo y m e nt of both Russian and American anti-ballistic missiles. Still to come - a companion (Jact; providing for a five year freeze on the deployment of both Rus . ~ian a11d America11 offensive missiles. Because of a last minute hassle though - the Senate putting that off at least IHI Monday. PARIS Paris again - another re gu lar Thursday peace session today; following by t.,o days - secret talks bet.,een Henry Klssi.•ger and Hanoi's Le D11c T1io. To all,,,_ appearances though - no c1iange. William Porter for the U S - agaha 11rgl•g acceptances of President Nlxo• 's May elglltll peace proposal. ,,,,,,. 1i.e Communist side calll•g Ille Preslde,at 's offer - ant"easo•able afld A,ad l'llerefore "anacceptabl e." Ut"gl•g Instead th, fot"matlo,a of a coalllfo• gover,ame,al ha Salgo• - to pave t'lle •ay for a cea•• fire. W'llere11/)o• Pot"ter obset"vh1g lllal Ille Co••••l•I /)oaltloft, 'q11ote "seems ,,,,ore remote t1ia,a ever fro• /) o U If ca I a,. d m I II t a r y r e al It y • " QUANG TRI Two columns of South Vietnamese marines today attempted lo by-pass that last remaining Communist stronghold at Quang Tri City. The marines circling Quang Tri - in an effort to drive enemy s11pport troops back across the River: the western boundar.v of Quang Tri and up to now - the cut off point for U S air support. However, a U S advisor is quoted as sayhag: "Tit• battle is far from over." Adding that the enemy's real objective is still the ancient Imperial capital of H11e some tlairty miles to the south. Despite heavy losses - lte co,aUnued - "the e,aemy still has tlt.e capability of lau11cllh•6 an attack against Hue." r PPER MARLBOROUGH In the trial of Arthur Bremer at UfJfJer Marlborough, Maryland - excerpts from the defendant's diary were read into tlae record today ; excerpts telling of an attempt to assassinate . President Nixon - during a state visit to Ca11ad, last April. Bremer 's efforts though were tla.,arted - time a,ad again. At one point Bremer writing : "I ltad a good view as he we,at past me, fJast me for tlle sixtla time - a,ad still alive . " At anotlaer point Bre•er writi11g: "I dld,e 't wa11t to get killed or imprisoned in a" unsuccess/1,I attempt - couldJt't afford tlaat." BIG SUR In the rugged Big s,,r country in California diminished winds and higher humidity toda_y; witft an army of fire fighters augmented by local hippies - finally gaining some in their battle against a raging forest fire. A spokesman for the US Forest Service sayir,g: The fire loolts better today. Better or r,o though - tle blaae has already consumed more tla11 tit ir ty -s e v e11 ltundred acres; aftd flO end - yet i,a sigltt. ISLAY As of Midnight tonight, London time - a state of national emergency in Britain. TIie result - of a nation.,lde dock tie up. So ordered by Quee,r h,.~ J Elizabeth who signed Ille necessary papers,;~,,■u,-, aboard tl&e Royal l'acht Brltlanla, off tie lsla,ad of Islay/ At .,estern Scotland. The Queen interruptl11g briefly a family sea-going vacation. Tlte British governmenJ later J,ledg,11g nevertlleless, to go slo.,. Home Secretary Rotert Carr ass•ri,ig parliament "u,ieqtdvocally" - tllat 110 special po.,ers .,,,, lie used ,u1less really 11ecessary. ' A11d - tlat applies part•c•larly to tl,e •se of troojs" - said 1,e. NORTHERN IRELAND In .,._ Northern Ireland - three more deaths by violence today: with a young I R A terrorist - felled by British troopers In Belfast;~ a British army explosives expert - falling victim to a booby=trapped bomb near Claudy; and a Cloudy house•lfe, CullvUi ••• tlw mother of eight succumbing to l,rJurles suffered 1,,. a 1>revloas bomb blast. Back h1 Londo,r - tlae Brltlsla gover••••t •lletlaer tl1e reslde,ats of ,rortlaer,r lrela•d •Isl, to remal,a a /lart of tle Uftltetl Kh,gdom - or Joi• tlae lrlsla R e1>abUc. Nortlter,a lrela,ad's secretary - William Wlaltela• atltll,ag tlat Ills •Ill be tlor,e - "as soon as H reaso,rably ca,a be I · do,ae." - TOKYO From the tiew Foreign Minister of Japan - in office less than. a month - a major policy speech today. Mas'a,'oshi Oshiro pledging that Japan 111lll take "bold fra n.k" steps - In. order to estab Usl, normal _,.,_ diplomatic re lation - s 111it h Red C ldaa' 111111 do so - said he - even If It means a 6reak 111111, ,satloJ1aUst C1,l,sa. The Japar, broadcastl,eg comJ)aay ~ 111as also t,redlcti,eg 111111w, • the possibility of a s,,,,.,,.,, meetlr,g soon bet111eeJ1 Jap•r,•afld Red Chl,ea; sayl•g tlat .rapa• 's Prime Minister' Taflaka 111111 probably go to Pekl,eg some time ,,. late September or early October - ait•o•g1a or, t1,at as yet - no official coflflrmatioa. DETROIT At Detroit - the two young children of Mr . and Mrs. Thomas Hardawa} ' - in the ,·are of a baby sitter, their aunt, when suddenly a trio of men . - breaking down the Hardaways front door ; removing the children from tlreir bed - and carrying the bed away. Yes - a repossession. One of the men - a court bailiff . Tltey made one mistake though. They Picked Ille wron . g house. The compan . v responsible - finally admitting its error two weeks later. Apologizing to o,ee and all. But too late. The Hardaways noNJ sui,eg for damages in the amount of one million br,cks. Warre11, how's that for a bedtime story? OKLAHOMA CITY From Oklahoma City - the slory of a sixty year old ex-rodeo star - one Gene Phillips ; through injury and illness, blind for nearly sixtee11 y ears ; also, suffering a fractured hi/) a few months ago - which meant he had to give up his guide dog - while con v alescing at home this week - accidentally stumbling and falling off his fro•t porch; landing on a stick that punctured his back - and slamming his head against the ground; whereupo,. - back to the hospital . That's the bad news. Now the good news . On waki•I up ;,. the laospttal - Lo and bellold! Gene Phillips discovered lie could see again. Bis doctors sayi•g tl,s fall llad apparently jarred a membrane - previously bloclti•g the optic nerve in one eye. In tlae words of Ge•e said l,e: It was a miracle. And "it lrad to come from lite lord."