Monday, October 4, l97I SAIGON hi response to President Thieu's landslide re-election in Sollth Vietnam - a series of enemy shelling attacks today. They say - the heaviest in eighteen mont,.s; n,ainl}' targets along the D M Z, as well as in tlte vtci,r.ity of Saigon. Preside,et Thieu ,oas pointing out today 1,ow Sa,,ulay'• voter tur11 -out - was the greatest since the day• of tl,e late He called it : A11 achieveme,et - for our f1latio11 aflld our r,eot,le - in the building and l•l>le••"""' o/ democracy. " TIie U.S. Command in Saigon;,. talti,eg ,iote of r•I•,.•• victory, ordered a st,eed-ut, in troot, will,drawals. TIil• 11•,I bee,a slowed down because of ex1'ected electio,e Jighti,ag. T•• new f)ull-out will start witla more than thirty-two hu,rdred men; the third largest single withdrawal to date. Pres tde,rt Nix oft so far has said nothiflg about Tlliea, '• re-eleclio11 . However, the Florida White Ho11se was 1>oi,ati1tg SAIGON - 2 out tltal "there •as a large t11rn oi,I despite tlee intensified effort o,r tire part of the enemy to disrupt tl,e election. SUPREME COURT In Washington when the U.S. Supreme Cor,rl, reconvened, Cllief Justice WaYren Burger paid trll111le lo Ille late Justice Black as a ma,a wlto "never walvered ,,. •1• "" bou,aded fa illt in Ille pol i Ii cal t, roe es s es of a free t, eople ""der tlae co,aslitutioJt." The Cltief Justice also t,raised. Ye tired .Tus lice Harla,a - for "la is flrollfic a red er•tllle corelrib•tlore lo Ille court." As lo wllo will Jill Ille 11110 vactu,t seals - ,ao Jtews. 1. KEY BISCAY NE From lhe Florida White House -- agah, a warning that "time is running out" on I hat West Coast dock strike. Press Secretary Ron Ziegler sayiJtg: After three months of waithag for a volu,atary settle•e•t - •e are going to lrave to reach some decisio,a very slro.,.tly. A11d i11dicatio,a tlaat Ille PresideJtl liad ,,. ml•d Msi•g tl,e Taft-Hartley Act, a,ad already Ila• talte• Ille first step by aJ)J)ointi,ag a five ma,a fact fiadl•g board. It •as also a,aao!'•ced today - tlaat Ille Preside•t •ill fly to Elkhas, West Vl.,.ghda - tlai• Friday to take part ht Ille a,a,a,.al Mo11Jttai,a Stale Forest Festival; tlae first Preside,at to do so si,ace F D R ••• tlaere tlairty-five year• ago. CAIRO AMMAN Egy(Jtian President Anwar Sadat, Syrian President Hafe~ Assad, and Libyan Premier Moammar El-Kltadafy met today in Cairo to discuss - one, the present military and political situation in the Middle East - and, two, Ille statMB of t"e Palestinian guerrilla movement, v is a vis Jorda,a. ,,, Jorda11 today tllree more members of Ille Pot,•l•r Fro11t for t"e Llberatio,s of Palestl,se, we · re ltu,sg - co,avlcl•II of k ld,aat,t, l•g a,sd k Ill in g Jive Jorda,s ian c I tlz•• • . A" eye for a,a eye . ALGIERS Meanwltile So v iet Premier Kosygin a v isitor ! ,e Algiers, met wltll Algerian leaders In an attemt,t to s•ootlt over past policy differences on the Middle East. Tllis pa,-t of a worldwide flurry - of Soviet dir,lomatic activity; apr,are,etly i,ete,eded to sltore up R11ssia 's global relatio11• - J•• I ;,. c•• • Ill• U S a,ed Red CI, i,ea really do be, ry tit• llalcl•I UNITED NAT . IONS FOLLOW ALGIERS In a major polic y address toda y - at the U. N. U . S. Secretary of State Rogers urged accer,tance of America'• new two China r,ror,osal; on the grounds that tlals K101dd not further divide Cltilaa - br,t only give UN represenlalio ■ to all tl,e peoples of Clrina . Rogers also prese,rted a new sl% point f>lart fo-r -••c• ln lite Middle East - -reot,en Ille Sue~ Canal, a,ad , •• ,. build towaYd a full settlement,· do it all under Ille auat,ice• of U N t, ea c e e,. , , o y G 11 ,a" a r Jar r i "g . Sec re tar y Rog e -r • • a, I•• "T•I• efJo-rl Is lmt,erative - becauae t••re i• 110 •ore realistic artd l,opef11l alternatives to t,ura11e . " BELFAST At Belfast, another bomb blast at a British army post ; killing at least one soldier - and iJtjuriJtg several more. This follorc,hig a six hour battle - behoee,e BrUisli troops and I R A s,eipers; a clasll tl1at left •least o,e• ••lt>•r - ,erio•sly wo•,eded. Elsewhere in Belfast - a 1>ollc•m•• ,oas s1,ot ;,. lite back ; apr,areJttly by a,e IR A s,eit>er. MAIL It the ne w U S postal ser v ice has its way the cost of mailing a I a h letter will be going up again, come spring; with a new scale of at least ,si,se cents for first class mail - and twelve cents for air mail. This - accordirig to a postal service I• s/Jolles"'"" who said today the rate hikes are absolutely necessary - to kell' pay for scheduled pay raises for postal workers- ':;;" all of wltich would mean a I I J fifty percent lailre ia postal rates in less tia• a year. DALLAS Dallas, Texas - a call today for a U S boycott - on all French made products - this in a speech by Postmaster General Winton Blount -- apparently 1CJith White House approval. Blou,at asserU•g: "There is no reason for tlae American people to b•y Fre,acl, goods - 111hen a,a estimated eigltty perce,at of the laeroi,a wltich finds its way i,ato /1,ls co•,atry a,ad into tl,e blood steams of our you,ag - sUU coJPtes fro• ..,, Fra,ace. And he added tit.at tlais is o,ae •ay tl,at America• citlze•• - ca• • ..1 direcl role "II, Ile ••r agal••t tl,e l,eter,aatlo,aal drug traffic." HARRISON Harrison, Ollio - at the farm of Edwin Barth - a ftew litter of p i gs, T•• 1 C--- includ~ - one - wit II I w o heads ; a l so f o" ,. e J ' es , t w o n o s e s and t w o m o u I II s , both of which were nursing merrily at last report. - S:.Q()~ - ,..._i_ou can be ~~ sure - 1 this is one little Piggie that won't be going to market. BOIS DE BOULOGNE On a visit to Japan nearl} ' f i fteen years ago - the then.,,. ful11re K , ing of England played golf once w ii l1 t he th e n f II t II re Em p e r or of J a pa n • Tod a y - i" France - they renewed old acquaintances. Emperor Hirohito of Japan - '"ho is currently touring Europe- paying a call on llie Dttke of Windsor; al the latter's villa -- in the Bois de Boulog•e,.j111t v a s ~ :PID #•,. T,.e two men - sippi,ag tea; and tlle,r - ,ol,Ue their wives chatted strolling together i,r tire park; ~~ it, ■ t ■• :Z • s a no doubt/~/ long ago - mtd: .,1,at ••1111 Ira v e be e " • VATICAN At the Vatican - Pope Paul with a cold was absent today from the World's synod of Bishops. He missed a speecll - by Archbishop Gregoire of Montreal urging full discussion of priestly celibacy - also, the role Priests should play in social and political movements. Archbishop Gregoire charging that anything less 10011/d be to "risk losing toucll wUI, reality."