,___ - "I J... . /11 Vietnam - "" (1//-out attemfJl tor/a _ , , - to stop t It a t enc m y off e 11 s i 1· e II o u· f o 11 r d a-" s o I d. Sou I h Vie t n am 's P re si d c II I T Ii i e u - s I r i fJ fJ in g l h c c i l i es of Sa i go n , Hue and D a Na n g of a / l b u t I I, e ; 1· g a r r is o n t r o o fJ s ; r u s It ; n g a 11 es ti ma t e d I e ,, th o u s a II d re info r c e m e n ts - i II to ha rd -Pres s e d Qua,rg Tri Pro, ince. At the same lime, the U.S. Command in Saigon warning Hanoi tliat it plans to take "precautionary actions" to protect American lives; and the,i it doubled tlte size of our fleet assigned to Vietnam - now to include four aircraft carriers; also, calling in the guided missile cndsw Oklahoma - flagsliip of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. This to comprise the greatest co11centration of U.S. naval night since the start of the bombing l1alt i11 Ni11eteen-Sixty-Eight. WASHINGTON FOLLOW QUANG TRI are 11.0 Mea,iuhile, the While 1/ouse was st1 · essing - ~ ,.,;:r. ft ~ plans to put A m e r i c a n , f ' ~ g, """ bo.tt:E:e--. there Adding that U.S. policy - renHlins that of winding down U.S. 1 I involveme,it i,z Viehzatn. The Pentagon further saying, a,iyway, there a1•e not enough Cl's left i11 Vietnam - "to liave a,ry significant effect on any major battle." -~ A State Department spokesman conced~ however the situation in Qua,ig Tri is now unde-r review. But "wltat sr,ecific action" might be taken - said he - "I am not in a position to say." MJLW,lUKEE 011 the U.S. political f>·o nt - the hom e str · etch of that Wi ." cons i II Presidential ca mpa ig11. /ront- ru.nner George ) .... . - ( ~ McGover'1 A attempting to nail down his first primary v tcto ! . ~ I harging tod $ The Nixon Adm i nis tratlon is owned bod y and soul by big business." While Hubert second in the polls was again stressi,.g his many I egls la Ii~ ~")/.•~"'PI is h m c"ts . blazer" - s a i,i~ - · "and I am pleased s o many have j-.. "I have bee11 a trail- now joined the caravan." The "so many" he refer,ed to - including Edmund Muskie, George Wallace, "Scoop" Jackso■ and John Lindsay; all of wbom we re also driving Ila rd right down to the wire. r:~u,tft.-f-j !:t.;-- I ~/ "- ' , u 'll ['llst=h1ltie tn J1Z11ft oad s e ~ £ I f ~ l WHITE HOUSE .,,.A(.\_ The Wh i te Hou se t1 - P 1 •esidenl N i xon signed into law toda y - a bill p, · o u iding for the fi rst f ormal devaluation of tile American dollar since Depression days . This by means of a,i increase in the official Price of gold from Thirty-Five to Thirty-Eight Dollars an ounce ; whiclt, incidentally, adds an, instant Eight Hundred Million - to tlae value of U.S . gold reser v es. In a written statement, the President calling today's action - "a significant step forward in our overall effort for a stronger and more competitive U.S. economy." Addi11g that the U.S. will now intensify its efforts - to achieve trade concessions from other nations. Said tlae President : "This will be J10I only in our own interest - but in tl,e interest of a prosperous world economy, a stable monetary system and an equitable trading order." DRUGS The s_yllthetic drug methadone - as } ' O" may know .,,,<, ~ oft en ll s e d ex I> e r i m e ,z ta l l y i 11 t h e c on t r o I of h e r ion add i c ti on . Now comes a report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati,,n - aimed at better controlling methadone. The FDA proposing to bar private doctors - from ,,.,,,,,,1,,g tlaetr ow" methadone programs; also, proposiftg tlae adof,tio,e of new standards - denying methadone to persons und111r eiglueen. T1,e FDA asserting tllat "diversion and medical misuse of metlladofte - are potential dangers." Addi,eg 11•1 "strong co,rtrol aver the distribution and use - muat be mai,elained." SUPREME COURT Elsewhere in lVashingto,i - the S11/)reme Cot1rt strikes a,iothe · r blow for eqllal rights; but this time - for ,ne,r. The S11preme Court today ruli,ig "'!?onstitutional - au Illinois law den_vi,ig unived fathers the same automatic custody rights as unwed mothers . Jllstice Byron Wllite obse-rving tllat such a law - "is inescapably cont-ra-,,.y" to legal guarantees of "eqrtal protection." Another case today - that of a Minneapolis ma,e; ·-- who claimed he was denied employment by the State of Minnesota - after taki,r.g oul a license to ma-r1"y anotlaer - man. T1ie High Court ruling, however - the state was right. Ag,,-eeing that a homos ezual may be denied employment - if he pursues "an activist role itt imt,l.,,.•""6 his unconventional ideas." NEW YORK FOLLOW SUPREME COURT Here in Ne w York - the battle of lite sexes, ...- •11•1 lla1w -JLO#; par · t three. A grou.p of Orthodox Rabbis joini,ig today i11 the fight agai1isl ratification of that proposed Women's Rights Constitutional Amendment. Rabbi Abraham Gross explaining: "A. central tenet of our faith - is the uniqueness of the respective role• of men and wornen." The Rabbi adding: "This amendme,at - in its present language - directly threatens our freedo• to practice our Jal h. " Therefore, urging the various Stat•• to return the measure to Congress - for rewordhag. NEW DELHI /3~,L .. ?L 4 - c.t ./r 1114,,( !;! Re,• '" o/J:f 8f•h,~ '"" NBld ' , cal ~ t "while lightning" - "mountain dew" - or just plai,i bootleg whiskey . The same stuff - in India tw,, 1,1.- killer. Tainted bootleg liquor clai . mi11g today another /if teen Ii ves - in and around New Dell, i; for a three-day toll - now set at fifty. In additioN - scores more hospitali~ed; many of whom - will never see agaiN. PUERTO RICO The death toll al that rock mtis ic f estival down in Puerto Rico - now set at fi v e. Three drowned - two murde · red . The latest identified as Robert Poland - age twenty-two - of Maine ; af,f,arently slashed to death - tlae same as a f,revious murder victim . BOSTON tl=II !!.;_l Boston - a recent charge that eld erly patients at four Massachusetts s t ate hospitals - ha v e been drinking abo ut ltoo thousa11d cans of bee r e v ery month . . Said charge now confirmed by Dr . Mil ton Greenblatt, the Massaclausetls Commissioner of Mental Health ; who further discl ' oses - tlae beer is dispensed from special hospital pub•. Dr . Greenblat explains that beer-drinki11g, i11 moderation - has a "remarkable effect on many elderly men and women; it cheers them up - it's ,aourislli,ag - it of>e,es ut, tlleir blood vessels," improvi,ag circulatio,e. Tia• doctor adds: "It's also a social lubrica,et - it laelt,s alty or wit11drawn t,eot,le start a co,eversation more easily." ~ - ~ - Jlual •••• •• I l e ~ from Bos to,e 1\ - •II ere a ca,e of beer is jKS t what tire doctor ordered. WEST LONDON The West Ba11k of the Tllam es in . the shadow of London's Bla . ckfriars Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral once the site of fable · d Bay,iard's Castle; the 1>erso11al tv-KvlP do ma in - of Hen ry - the-E igh th; IFWd ,Z•, • lived at least three of hi~ wives - Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Catheri,ae of Aragon. He · re, too, Mary was crowned Quee,a - a,ad ltere Riclaard-ihe-Third made his lair in summer and wiJ1ter • . . . •-- I, l." -- ¥ same site - today crawling with scores of amateur archaeologists; under the direction of LoJ1dOJ1'• Guildhall Mw •eum - attempting to pick apart a" area of crumbli,ag walls a,ad t11-rrets; making a last-dilclt atte•/)I to recover tlte remains of an era - all but forgotten. Indeed, the cas tie itself - ••• forgotten for year•. M11seum Director Max Bebditch explaining: "Tire site ••• alaeays known." Adding: "We just ltad a me11tal block ~ we can only blame ourselves." And now ! J ~• tllree •••"• -t.,iJ... to complete the jo~ r,,at's left of Baynard's Castle;t• •••• to be co • vered over by a new London freeway. Sic tnmstt gl.orlal