RMY Octob r 3, l9 Dalla TOl ,is ,uJ o o d • t ' n in (( , , e r _v bod y . For a total of on hundred a11d I II lim ' toda y S r ' an/ Majo, 0 William lVooldrid e and old rm.\ b11ddi in I o k e d th e f i f t h a m n d m n t - d clining, o 11 1· o 1111 d of P o s i b I e e l f - inc r i m i 11 a lion , to t es ti f before the Senate subcommiilee in estigating alleged graft and corruption in the Army. Their action brought to an end three weeks of hearings on charges that they - and others - took part in a ast operation of kickbacks, embe~z.lement and gambling skim-offs at enlisted mens clubs. Repr,blican Senator Charles Percy of Illinois said "These criminal actions thnt ha ve been charged will ha e to be tried in court." Percy called Sergeant Major Wooldridge a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr . Hyde - a man u ho brou ght discredit on the u11iform he wears. And th e A r my s tr i pp e d Wooldridge of h is P o s iii on as a C o m m a n d Sergea,it Major. Noz he's just all ordinary Sergeant Majo1 · - and /ill, perhaps, in trouble. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lod ge had sharp I ord at todays session of the Paris peace talks• PAR/ , Re usin g ' ten lo nckno11/ e d g ~ an e n m conl e 11lion - that la · t we k' Vi e tnam Moratorium , a lite true oice of the American People . Instead, Lodge telling the Communists: "I have sat here all day .. listening lo the statement which you on the othe side have made. And I am constrained to say" - he went on - "that you have done nothing but ref)eal you . r demands for u , nilateral actions on our f)art" - you have done nothing but " ~ ngage in genuine negllltions." "Under these circums lances" he added - "I see no f)oint" in r,rolonging the session. AIG In a i go 11 - nn o llt er I e kl _ , a ualt r e p o 1 · l . With th n11mb ~ r of . balll d . atlt el at s e , e nt - ei hi ; m a > ' kin g lh e J o1t1 ' lh trai g hl 1 ee k - that Ameri an lo es ha e e nded up /es tlian a liundY e d. P e rhaps e quall y s i nificant - South V i etnamese a nd Viel Con g losses were also way down. All oft hich reflects that continu e d lull in the fighting. MIDDD E EA T 111 th Middle ·c1st - Arab , r us Arab. Arm d 11 rilla r m Y r i a - · r o ~ i n g i 11 t o L b a II o n a t f o u r f> o i n Is ; alla king L bane e bord Y outpo l - p n trating a murh a tu o miles - be fore the l ere finally dri en back b y tanks and border reinforcements. When the f led though - the guerillas took with them more-than ti enty captives. According to sources in Beirut - these to be held as hostages; now, reportedly released. From Cairo - the militant Palestine Liberation Organization warnir,g - the plans "to make any move necessary to protect itself;" in Lebanon - and anywhere else in the Middle East. (SUGG STE D LEA U -IN T O THOMAS T APE SLUGGED 11 CONNELLAN KANGAROO " ) Wlth that - another " time out 11 f or Lowell Thomas. Reporting again tonight - from the land 11 Down Under." Lowell ... 0 ELL ~ I( \ G\ROO G<Jod Ht e ui11 g Ht c r y l>ody : I n III rl C' e /> i u I h ' g )· a t A 1t I r n I i a 11 D e , e r t I o II i ~ /1 I o 11 a c n t I I , s / a I i o n ca I I d r, r " i / o o ,n n • M . \ /Jo , I Eddi , o n u CJ I l a 11 o u n · n b o II t a tn i l l i o n a c ,, e s of l Ii i s Eddi Conn llan is b ·L known for his airline 11/zich se1' le son1e s en hund · red thou and square miles of I he int r i or of A II s l r al i a . Toda J i ii h Eddie Connell an I' e b e11 chasing kangaroo, big fellows, clzasing them 1ttlit1.l e nl i onal ly. We i e · re looking fo1' po sible sites for bores - bores /hat's tile name for a d ep i ell out here. And the kangat·oo - they sleep during the da3 and then I h e ) ' J e e d a n d r o a m a t du s k w he n i l ' c o o l e · r or t It e e a r l y m or 1, ing. It's i11let·esling lo watch kangaroos on the ri,n because it's all don e on tho e powerful hind legs as )Ott CONNELLAN KANGAROO - 2 knot - 1 ith those great leaps. I had a sumed that Ill big kangaroo tail kept hilting the ground giving an extra Ptt Ii lo eaclt bounce b1't when Joey, r ell, those are the tittle ones ... but at any rate, i hen a kangaroo bounds along on the rttn his tail just doesn't touch the ground at all but it does give him balance. And if you shoot a kangaroo through the tail he can't run. I ' l l have to admit that it's fu,i chasing them in a car but they were not frightened because they had no reason to be. Among the few things that I wo11ldn't do one is I wouldn't shoot a kangaroo. Solong . . • . . . . (SUGGESTED POLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED " CONHILLAI UlfGAROO " ) Thank you, Lowell - , _ tlalt ,e1:e well 4ore ... Back to . the news .•. STOCJCHOLM Winner of this year's lobel Prize f or Lite~ure - a transplanted Irishman/ Parisien Sa■utl Beckett/Among other things,/ author of the avant-garde 11 Waiting for Godot 11 - which ushered 1n the so-called "theater of the absurd.•/ An official citation praising Beckett for "his writing 1n new ... forms / in which the destitution or lllOdern -.n acquires its elevation." ..,, Ironically, Beckett'~ began his literary career - aa a secretary to the great Irish writer Ja11es Joyce. But l!I.!:• ft~ never won a Robel - and now Becket haa. MUNICH A safety note reported today from Munich. The West German Transport Ministry - disclosing a drop of more than seven per cent in traffic deaths over the r,ast year. Transport Secretory Karl Wittrock - giving major credit to a gover,sme,st order of last year; an order banning from tlae natio,s's higlaway• - all long-distance truckin.g. More in a moment. VICE PRESIDENT It seems that fourteen- y ear-old Kim Agnew wanted to take (Jart in last Wednesday's Vietnam moratorium demonstration. She wanted to march in a parade and wear a black a1•mband. But her father wouldn't let her. This is worth noting because Kim's father is Vice President of the US - and he has had some sharply wo,-ded comments about tl,e demonstrators. According to the Long Island newspape,- Newsday, which reports, Kim Agnew was unhappy for a day or so about lite Vice-Presidential veto, but site got over it. Parental-type power must be exercised, her fatl,er is quoted as saying - and some parer,ts leave forgotten how. Peot,le h1 the Establishment don't want to say NO to young people even if they are u,rong. The latest on the Vice Preside11t and his daughter. Dallas Townsend saying Goodnight.