From the Gulf of Siam •....• From Was Iring ton . . .. . . Wed11esday, May 14, 1975 Mitchell Krauss From Detroit . . . . . comes today's 11ews. Good Bve•h•g E v erybody, tlais is Mitcllell Kra•ss, s11bsllt•ll11g for Loa,ell Tlao,,,as. For Ille first time I• tNJo years, A•erlca• ••r,,.,.. a,. tl,e attaclt i 11 So•tlleast Asia - a ••ift stril•• ht tie Q•lf of Slam tlaat destroyed tl,ree ca,,,bodia• /'atrol boat, a114 re/'orledly da•aged /011r otllers. TIits a11 att••l'I lo 1're11e•I I I, e tr a" sf er of I I, o s e t I, i r I y .,. i" e A "'er i ca" • • •"' e • fro• I I• captured u. s. •ercllafll vessel Mayag•ez OJI a •••rby isl••" to tire ca,,,bodian MaiJ1la11d. Tlae attaclt ordered by tlle Wliil• House after 110 a1'1'are11I progress ,,. Ille effort to sec•re the release of Ille slli/' or Ille me• peacefully. Ho•ever, JIO word to th is II our 011 Ille wliereabo•ls of Ille Am erica11s as a WAR - 2 u. s. Naval task force converges on the area. The Wlaite House and the Pe,stagon silent on what they plan ,eext. REACT Some eightee,a Congressional leaders ,oere advi••d of the t,lan to use force agai,ast ,he Cambodia,as ,,. adva•c• Ille Wit He House says they reacted witla wlaat it called a atro• conce,asa,s of sut,t>ort. Ho.,ever, otlaers criliciz•d tlie •011• o,a tlie gro11Nds it was eitlter t,remata,re or a,a esceaaiu• res t,011s e tlta t m iglt t Ila ve e11da11gered tlae lives of lie c•lll•r,ul me" . Dest, ite llie critic I• m, tlte Se11ale Foreig11 ltelallo•• Com ,n i tlee la le today .,,..,. i,n oa,s ly at,t,roved a reaohdlo• - of ••l>Port for tit• Presidefll's acllo•. UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Kurt Waldheim toJ1iglat at,t,ealed to both Cambodia and tlle United Slates to refrai11 froM"fwlA•r acts of force," aJ1d offered llis laelt, i . , aclaievi,ag a t,eacef•l settleme,st ;,. tlie crisis over Cambodia,. sei~ure of IA• U.S. sltit, Mayague•. THAILAND A nettJ t,rotest from Thailand, tlle cor,ntry from wlaicll tl1e U.S. t,laJtes flew o,e tlaeir attack mission -agai,est the Cam bod i a" Nava y • T la e TI, a i . Fore i g,a Mi ,a is t er c II II• ,a 6 I•• action from Tllai bases t,iracy and mad,aess 11Jill1 ,ao t•owlt of tl,e coJ1seque11ces to Thailand. Said a,e official - •lat If Cambodia decides to retaliate - it c,u,1101 st.-ite A••rlc••• - tley are too far attJay - buJ it ca,a retaliate agal,a1t f',,,,,,._, w#licla is rlgllt ,aext door. Earller tie Tltals l11d d••••ll•d tl1e immediate re•oval of about oae-tllo••a•d U.S. Marl••• /lo.,,, halo Tlaalla•d yesterday - tl,e deadli•e t1%t,iri,ag l•t•r to,algllt. LUA NG PRABANG-SA VANNAKHET FOLLOW THAILAND In neigltboring Laos - there toere a,ati-U. s. demonstrations today in Luang Prabang a,ad Sava1111aklaet. The demonstrators overrunning U. s. Aid a11d U.S. lflfor•allo Service buildings - i11 tl,e process, seizi11g tl,-ree A•erlca• officials. Tl,is in tlae midst of a "tltiflfli11g out" of tlae U.S. diplomatic cort,s 111 Laos. AUTOS From Detroit, auto sales are down agai11 - Iii• big four auto makers reporli11g a co111i11uatio11 of tleeir d••t>••t sl11mt, in seve,atee11 years toitlt a tw,e,ety-011e t,erce11I drot, I• sale• dNriag tlte firs I ,.,. days of May co•t,ared lo Iii• •a•e t,eriod la• t year. Tlie car sales •ere off bee a••• of Ila• e,eer gy • I, ortage. l11d•s try a11al yi• I• • o• • ay i11g 11,e la o,efl- f or St,ri11g •t>lur11 is ,,,.111,ely Ills year. Tia• reaso,e - ••lo sales for lie start of May •ere eve,e slo•er tlaa,e al 1•• begi,e,e i11g of At,ril. STANS Former Commerce Secretary Maurice Sta111, Clelef f1H1dralser for tlae Nixon campaigns of slxty-elglet a,ul ••v••l1 ttDo - fined five tlroa,sa,sd today 011 a five co••'• c••P•I•• five years I• t,rlso11 - P••l•ited for fail11r• lo /II• re~orle 011 caMt,alg,a do,.allo,a•, •o•e of •lalcl l•r,aed o•I lo •• illegal. PABUf'E MESA ,,. Nevada , today, Ille btgges t U. s. .,.,1 ... , .. 0••• nuclear e%/)losiot1 - ,,. t1ea .. ly ta,o yea .. •; a t•o •••• .. •• kilo to,a 6 last Illa t s •ay ed 6• ildiJtgs a,ad .. alll•II •l•llo•• ••4 doo .. • ,,. L•• Ve1a• - ,,, .. •o .. •• ,,.,,,. aa•••l, •h•I l•lf••· "''"•'•. f'lli• ,,. .,ue of Ille f•ct tl•t Ille t••I •II• ••• llalf-agai,a a• ,,, .. aa,ay - •• ,,. "'o•t .. •c••I 6111•1•. MIDEAST Ne., gurafire ,,. tlte Middle East - arHU•ry fir• traded bet.,eera Israeli arad Leba,aese troot,• - B•lr•I ••Yl•6 tlae laraelis cros•ed tl,e border b•I •ere drlr,e,a 6aet. 'I'll• •llelle4 Israeli vlll•1•• he Ille border area. LISBON Tlte government of Portugal today ordered t•e nalio11alizatlon of t,c,e,ety major firms - deall,eg ,,. ce•••I, cellulose a,ed tobacco. Tle Lisbo,e regime alao order•tl a T•e•ly Per Ce•t ir;crease - ,,. Ile ,aatlo,aal ,,.,,.,,,..,,. ••we: but froae •iddle clasa a,ages - ,,. ••at tla•y call • letlg• agal,aa t i,a/latlo•. MUc•ell Kra11ss for C BS N•••.