Mondll:), Februa,· 5, 1973 W JO Y - Burlington, Vermont AN TROC The battered city of An Troe in South Vietnam - ,oaa pegged toda ~ a the possible starting point for "Operatio" Ho necoming." U.S. officials sa ing it is here uhere Ille North Vietnamese may release their first co11tinge,tt of re t II r" in g A m e r i c an pr is one rs . Ro , s o on t 1, o u g II - a q ,,..,.,,,.. A Pentagon spokesman saying: "Our hot,e is th•t we would ha e some prisonef's freed by the middle of this week." B•I he added: "That is a hope - it is not a requif'eme"t of Ille agreement." Indeed, the Canadian Delegate on the Inter,aatio,aal Peace Keet,ing Mission lOas also discussing tlte t,riso,aer issue today. Michael Galtvin obser ing that t1re first release may not be for "a week or so." SINGAPORE Vice Pr e ident Agneu u a a we/ omc gue t today There conferring at length with Singat,ore P - rime Minister Lee Kuan Yez . Subject: the future CJ. S. role - ;,, Southeast Asia. Lee, for his part, ret,orted urgi,ag the continued maintenance of those U.S. bases in Thailand. This to serve as a t,ossible buffer againt the threat of posl Vietnam Communist ext,ansion. The Vice President is ret,orted as telling him he "does ~E!.. foresee a decline i11 American interest and r,resence in the region." A Singat,ore spokesman also quoted the Vice President as saying: "TIier• will be neu ar,r,roaches - but towards the same end." AR LING TON Here at home - the s01tnding of tar,s today for tl,e last American killed in Vietnam prior to the cease fire. Colonel William Molde of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan - take,e to Arlington National Cemetery where the graveside s ervlc e ,oas led by Chaplain Roy Peters, lrlmself a Viell,am velera•. "Colo11el Molde believed i,e a cause" - said Cl,at,lal,a Peters; he believed in life and freedom - a,ed 1,e gave l,I• life that others might find peace. The Cl,aplain addi,ag ll,al Colonel Molde "Now represents all of us who served i,a Vietnam." BELFAST At Belfast today - the deatll of an eighteen year old Roman Catholic has station attendant; the tenth victim of 011e of tile worst i eekend of violence - in the recent history of Northern Ireland. This leading lo Catholic demands - for the restoratio,e of so-called "No-go" areas. While from Lo,adon comes a report that Britain may impose direct rule over Nortlter11 Ireland "indefinitely." DUBLIN To the s011th - at Dublin in the Irish Republic Premier Jack L)nch today dissol ed his parliament; at tlle same time - calling a general election for three weeks he,ece. Lynch ext,laning how "The months and years immediately ahead will be of crucial importance; a,ed Ille decision to be taken - could irrevo""cab/.y c:hange Ille wltole v course of future history." "In these circumstances" he continued - "The Government must have a clear and unmistakable mandate to st,eak and act for the Irish t>eo,,le." INNS BRUCK At Lausanne in Switzerland - a meeting of the Jnternatio,ia/ Olympic Committee w as hearing last minute pr e sentations - from number of ski resort cities; includiNg 011-r own Lake Placid, New York; finall y , awarding the Nineteen-Se enty-Six Winter Olympics to Innsbruck ;,. Austria. But while all of this was goi11g on, ironically - a terrible tragedy was taking in the mountains a few •iles f'rom Innsbruck. A group of ski tourist from West Germany u ere attempting to cross from one slope to aNotller on the Kirschpitze, near Gerlos Pass. Suddenly - a tremendous avalance. Killing ten - injuring Gerlos ski instructor, Rola,id Wan,ier. Said one of those who witnessed the tragedy: "There was a tremendous roar and, ioithin seconds, they were gone." MOUNT ACONCAGCA Death has also claimed two America11 mountain climbers - on the slopes of Mt. Aconcagua, loftiest mountain in the Andes, tallest peak in either of the Americas. John Cooper, age thirty-five, and Jeanette Johnson, age thirty - both members of a Portland, Oregon Mountain climbing cl11 , b . They were completing their final ascent of the ttoenty-two thousand, eight-hundred-and-tltirty•four foot peak, while fellow club members waited below. TIiey dltl make it all the way to the tor,, and then starting back down suddenly disaster. Their bodies last seen lying immobile - at the base of a glacier. With Argentine Andes moi,ntain patrols - no• attempting to reach the remains and bring them back. ISLAND OF HEIMAEY O,z the exploding island off Iceland - a brief respite was ended today. Helga/jell v olcano sending fourth a frealt torrent of lava which even threatens to seal the strait at ,,,e entra,.ce to the island harbor. It's a strait that was twelve hundred yards ioide; now - less than half that; raising fear• that rescue workers may be forced t o • leave - before tl1ey are cut off from the mainland. The volcano also s111,ing forth - a firey cloud; burying the nearby touna of Vest,nannaeyjar under still another layer of volca11ic asi. SANTO DOMINGO Lat e la L 1 eek - you ma y recall - at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic - a French Yoga had himself nailed to a cross. Patrick Taniao - founder of a cult called "Tamaolism" - pled6 in g to remain there for three da y s. Calling his act - a gesture of "sacrifice for world peace." As it turned out though - there was a subsequent threat of infection. So Tamoa e,ided his self imposed crucifixion - after twenty-four hours; whereupon his tllirty year old wife - took his place. Mrs. Ta moa comt,le ti Ng tlze remaining fifty two hours - of her husbands planNed ordeal. When finally remo ed from the cross late yesterday - a bit pale and weak she was treated a t a host,ital - and Ill•• rel~ased. Toda y in Santo Domingo - reporters llre asking Mrs. Tamao the same questions tl,ey earlier asked her husband: Why? And t ~ got no cohere,it answer. BLUE SPRINGS Because of its giant underwater cave - Blue St,rhtgs State Park in Florida is a natural magnet for slli,a divers . For the inexf)erience(I, the careless, the unwary - its alao something of a deathtrap. Blue Springs claimhtg tlai• past weekend - its fifteenth and sixteenth victims over tlae P••t eight years. Chris Baarman, age twenty-one, and Richard Helder, age twenty, both of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 011e Jou11d al a depth of forty-five feel - the other at sixty-five feel. WA•I went wrong - we haven't heard. From the official Chee Neu s Agency in Prague - a story today tells of an industrial milestone. TIie Kolt-1-Noor Pencil Factory in Southern Chechoslovakia is tltis year celebrati,rg its one hundred twenty-Ji/tit a,u1iversary. TIie Checs braggiftg that Koh-I-Noor leas ftOW ~rod•c•d enough pencils - to pave a road all tlte way from llae earll, to the moon. WHITEHOUSE The Whitehouse - President Nixon meets today witlt 011tgoing members of his Ways and Price Commissio,e. Tl,e entire group - later posing for pllotograf)lters; amo11g tlaem, Donald Rumsfeld, who now becomes our Nato Ambassador - advising his colleagues to "Look laaf)t,y." Wllereut,011 Ille President addi,eg, in effect: Bill - "You ought to/ - Yo•'r• getting out of a tough job!" PUORTO ALEGRE From Pr,orto Alegre i,i Brazil - a report today tellin g of th e arrest of ten persons; for swimming in Ille"""• - at a local beach. A police inst,ector explaining 1,o., "II wasn't so much the nude bathing that caused tlle crack-do••·" It was just that "when they were not batlli•g in tlte nude" said he, - "generall3 , , tlr.ey u, ere doing otlaer tiling." No details I And so long until tomorrow.