~IOBILE I t, 71 Pr ~ id t1/ Nixon mad a quick trip to Mobile, Alabama toda) lo be on hand for the dedicaliot1 of a major 11ew waterway Lil.al will link Middle America willz ti, Gu l I of Mex i co • ~ ~~ l , t ~ () ~ ~&-o,1{M()~_ The Pr e sidentAr e ,rH,;d~lhat said project - • r was first it ggeste d i11 Eighteen Oh Eight and then added: "Aft er a lnuz d red and s ix t y y ears of Ir yin g t o I a l k it t o death - Congress finally acted lo lite credit of both partles - and several administrations; proving - that where progress is concerned - "we are not Republicans, Democrats sou t her n , nor t Ii er n , ea s t em or Wes t er n - w e don 'I kn o ,o race or religion - br,t we are Americans." The President also calling for this same dedication - in solving the many national problems /hat s Ii l l 1l#+ ,r w rem a in • F O r, "toe can no I be s tr on g in a l " · d he "if spiritt1al, moral and ideologica sense, sai - d 'ff ces- by regional toe are lorn apart by racial • eren MOBILE - 2 differences, b y differences between state governments and the federal government: We mu.st work together - in a"peaceful, constructive way." Next - a short hop fo Birmingham - for another big ••I• welcome follo.,ed by a briefiffg session with editors and publishers - from t., elve southern and border states. INDO CHINA In Viel n am. - a close call today ; with the shooting down of a U S helicopter - bearing the two top commanders in the Mekong .8:m' River Delta . ; na, Major General Jolin Cushman for l he U S - and Major General Ngo Quang Trufuong for South Vietnam. Luckily tho · ugh - _ . both men escaping unscatl,ed; and ,,.,, •••& quickly picked up - by a second chopper. Meanwhile, allied forces 1:0ere • mounting a major effort - in the so-called "Hobo Woods" northwest . of Saigon; using tanks, armored vehicles, and even giant plows - in an effort to clean out, once and for all, this long-time enemy sanctuary. SAIGON FOLL OW V 1 ETNA M On th e Political front - the wind-up of a two day visit b~ , Senator Javils of New York who said ,,a, the U S wottld have to spend in Vietnam about two and a half billion , s a year - for at least three years after the end o f • • • hostilities - to keep that country solvent and stable. The Senator - who is generally considered a "dove" - addingjthat he had come to this conclusion - partly by means of "tennis diplomacy;" meaning a tennis match - with Soviet Vietnam's Vice President Ky - a "hawk;'' ~~,-,.-,v, al so ■ ,,...,. with South Vietnam's general A ~ - ::=:::-• ~. . Duong Van Minh. Javits later observing: ,A "They are both better than I am •j' at -"1-~(~"~ tennis, ••J ■ Ii)'::.. A SENA TE FOLL OW SAIGON J ~ Her e 8;l' our ••w sltor&s ~ .. the Senate-1 turned doi n flat AJdu3, e.an effort to exempt . . draftees froni the f i ghting in i::ar Indochina. Willi the final tally coming out - fifty-two to twenty-one. a.J•i••I Tliis following charges that such a move - would "absolutely kill" the concept of an all-voluntar)' army. CAIRO JERUSALEM In the Middle East - Cairo - a vi sit from So v iet President Podgorn .; who conferred briefl y tonight - with Eg pt 's President Anwar Sadat. The two men - then schedt,ling another session tomorrow. While at Jerusalem - a meeting of Israel's top defense Planning body. Israeli sources later contending that Podgorny 's visit - can only cause a "further lull" in efforts aimed at reopening the Suez Ca,aal. NEW HAVEN t1B1:::11e~r~e~w._,,~"~""''lfl"Pr1e~•ag~a~t::ii~•~7'~ New Ha v e-::- Connecticut - / a final denouement in lhe case of Black Panlher cha i rm an B ob b Y Se a l e - - al so , Iii s co - defendant , Mr s • Ericka Huggins; both of whom were clear d of all charges today - in connection toith the death of an alleged police informer. Judge Harold Mulvey, - who ordered the dismissal - ' , I' noting that one jur3, had already failed to reach a verdict. Adding that he now found it "impossible to believe - that an unbiased jury could be selected without super human efforts." And so ends the lo,agest, most expensive murder case - in Con,aecticut history. NEW YORK F r om .INRI E v ang e l i t Bill) Graham i n N et York - a plea toda y lo " c h ri stians e er y wher e " to j oin i n pra ye r on b e half of all So vi et J e ws; and especially - sa i d he - thos e w ho are currentl y facing treason charges - at Riga, Lat v ia. Bill y Graham observing that the Jewish defe,idants "only crime - apparently - is that they are Jewish." Adding that he was "deeply concer,aed and disturbed" at this - as a Christian - as a huma,a being. UNITED NATIONS S o.J'_ - --..J..Q.c , ~ , At th.e United Nations -,,..u Thant lays it on the line. Saying today he has no intention of serving beyond the end a. :Us of this year - as 8 ~ c , ,,,<- GitNerlJ of the World body. U Thant adding "my decision is final." No ifs - ands or bttts. And so apparentl, 1 killing a combined U S and Russian campaign aimed at persi,ading him to stay on still another term. MUNICH ~unich, Wesl Germany - an international banking conferenceKearing today - from Patti Volcker, an 1tnder secretary of the U S Treasury; who said that the free nat i ons of western Europe and Asia - have an obligation to help defend the so stability of the U S Dollar; that they can best do this - by assuming a larger share of their own defense costs - also, by easing restrictive trade policies; and thus help the U S to regain - said he - "it's rightful position as an island of stability in the world." PRAGUE Behind the Iron Curtain - at Prague - the Czech .5 Commun.is t party op en~ d I oll■ , its first official congress in six •••*" years. Lead off speaker - Czech Communist party leader Gustav Husak; who formally thanked the Soviets for their "brotherly help" in intervening in C z ec hos l ovak ia in Nineteen '' (Br. iJR,,,_() ~ .. ~ Sixty Eig~;:~:1ak saying: This act of international A. solidarity - saved the lives of thousands of people. i6t:ff And he - might have added A dashbJ the hopes of millions. WASHINGTON Else w h er i n Washington - the u s space agenc y ,., veiled toda) 1 - its o ffici al emblem for tltat up-coming Apollo Fifteen moon landing mission; an emblem - created b y Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci; .:u--~ {J,.iginally ~/avendar, green and p blue; but now - _ : a_ at the cret · 1 , / A red white and bltte. Mission c J ,Hu nd r Al Worden explaining: "It's just pure ar:d simple boy scoutism." "But we kinda J felt" - said he - "if you're going to live here, you ~~~ _ , ~ v , ought to be proud of i t . " ~ ~ ~ A: ·y-, 0 QQw~~ .. t<Q#:~ 'li>nt - ;'. PARIS Ru i a's big new supersonic airliner - the T U-144 f'xv,-~1'1' - on display toda, , for the first time in the West. ~ J t . , w - - Fl) i ng from l i enna to Paris h1 takes its place as one A of the prime exhibits at this year's Paris air show. DAKAR FOLL OW PARIS ,ta:; @ut France's new supersonic Concorde - ~ ~ i 1 1 g the t h u ~ ~ y . Flying from Toulouse in France to Dakar in Senegal - a distance of two thousand seven hundred and ninety four miles - in two and a half liours; which avera11es out - to better than eleven hundred miles an hour. For speed and endurance - c ~ d $ performance . 1 A