,.\t l<lst - 011 ""t horitatir·e, firs/ ha11d report from slrifc-tor11 Bia f ra . l fi-Hrfro11r memb ers of a foreign ohscr er team " ret11r11i11g todny 1 to L a g o s ~ - tiw A. of a bri ef tour of the formet· war zo,ies -1\al the telling i ,,, it a ti on of /he Ni>reria'1 Federal government. The group including '-1-~ .,.. N * , ~ a r my off i cc rs .A.- from Br it a in, Can a d a , Sweden and Pola11d~greei1tg 1 1!!7..a7/2:, ~~.;:,~ ltJr r ~ o r » - heard an) air evidence of genocide or st«-•trbd.JO:n star, a/ion. Brigadier General John Drewry - Lv~ of Canada adding •• •i• vA•N -/\~there's plenty of food" a,rd 11 the onl) ' ones going ••••x hungry.,,- said lie - are 11,ose who "are sfr, , pid enough to rtoi away." 8j • - • •••D). U If Secr..etary General U Thant - is expected to make a pe-rsonal visit to Niger · ia this ?G:f-to~ Stoiday. Jfu•iwg ' " the last stop - on his current ten nation African tour. .4 UCK LA ND Gt - . A II c I..• I a . ,, d , N c II Z e a ½ 1 1 1 i <' c I' r c s i de ,, I Sl'i• o Ag11e11 tfrfl:S s11h;cclcd t'c,duy lo lite wo>·s/ heckling of 1,;.., c11rrc11I i\sian ~• l011r. ~ - A crowd of a61at five A l11111 d r e d a w a i I i II g I I, c V i•c e Pr e s i de 11 I - w I, e II II e r e t II r n e d to his hotel alo11g I ilh Ne, Zeala,id's Prime Minister Ke ii II Ho I)' oak c. Tile pro/esters llissi,ag and booing both ~••*«• choicest barbs for Holyoake himself; calling him o er and over again - a "bloody traitor." In the end - eigltl arrested. And later on - wlte11 lite demonstrators attempted to regroi,p - three more were take,i into cr,stody. This in addition to an o t h c r ma n who w a s a r r c st e d earl i er - for t/.r ea I e n in g the Vice President's life. The latter - since committed for a psycliia lric examination. CA .\I P DA l' l D F O L L O n' A C: CK L A N D H e r a I h o m e - P 1· e s i de II I N ix o II u a s s I i l I s c c· I 1t d c d I o d a y a I s II o , J C a m p D a 1 : i d , .\I a ,, y I a n d • T I, e P r e s i d c 11 I '" o r k i ,r g o ,, /, i s SI a I e of I ll e · " i o " m e s s a g c - tf Ir i c It It e u · i I I de I i ,. e r I o C o t1 g r e s s n ex I T Ii II r s day . Also, clrecki,rg fresh figu1'es -. on planned cuts in f e cl e r a l s p e n di n g ; f, g u r e s I, e 1d 11 i ,, c o r p o r a I e i n h i s a n n II a I b" d g e I m e s sage - idii c J, i s II o ,c • exp e c I e d "a r o" n d Janr,ar)' 30tli." IV H 11' E Tl <> 1 SE F O L L O W CA U P DA \'ID Speal.'i"g of fex fisc al a ffairs - tile While H o II s e (' x /> ,. e s s e d c o ".f i de 11 c c I o ,J a J / h a I I h e A ,, m i 11 ; s t r a t i o ,r ' s e ff o 1· I s I o c tt r h i 11 fl a I i o " - a r e b e g i t1 n i 11 g l o w ork . "llilc Huusc press sec ' retary Rot1 Zi egler - basi,ig this opi'1ion 011 a number of l.·ey ec onomi c i,idicators. First, t It e g r o s s 11 a Ii o n a I pr o d tt c t u 11 i c .,, . - a c c o r di n g I o a r· e p o · r I 3 , eslerda.v - sllow no actual · gaitt in the lasJ quarter of last y ear ; and seco11d - personal income; which registered lasl month - according to figttres an . nou.nced today - the ~ smallest increase for all of n i ,relee11 sixt y --nine. Z i egler fu.rtl, . e,· noted that Ila wholesale prices and consumer prices - have also bcg11n lo lev e l off. Mounting evidence = said lie - Ill.at Adm in is trot ion policies have i,tx b eg11.n "to co·ol the i nflntionar) ' lre11d." PARLIAMENT Or· c ,·sca s agai11 - a sil1·e,· lwi,· e d member of the B1·itish J>"rliom e 11/ ua s held uilho11/ hail loday in Loudrnr. S ix t y - e i g h t J e a r o I d ~• i ll i a m O HHI e - a 1 a b o r delegate from northeasl E11gland for the past sixteen years. Fo1· the lost eixhl of /hose years - allegedly passing secret informalio11 i,r/o e11emy hands. Titus ' becomi,rg the first member of parliament ever accused of espio,rage. rl ... l R With ,:ro1111,I aclio11 Ke11c1'al/y liKlll ill l iel11a111 - the foc11s of alle11/io11 /11r11ed agai11 /oda) ' - lo Iha/ so- called "secret war" i11 neighboring Laos. Allied sources rec or cl i 11 g I I, a I Com m II n isl g u 11 tt e 1· s I here - a,, e s Ii o o ling dou11 American plat1es at /1,e rate of abo11I five a week. The e11cmy said lo be 11sing ,1ew s11 , rface-:?-air missiles ;,, 011 all-Olli effort lo pre ent a complete closing of /hat Ho Clti Mi,ilt sr,ppt,, trail. In an) ' event - we are ~ told - lite stepped up battle in Laos A. claim'! at leasi a hundred-and-fifty American pilots over the past ) 1 ear or so. LOCK HAVEN W i 11 i a m T . P i p e r Se n i or - f o " 11 de r of t l1 e u· o r I d I a m o" s P i Per A i r c r a f I corpora t i o 11 - de a d t o day at M.trDtoli Lock Haven, Penns y lt~ania. Tl,e man tlie y called tile "He,iry Ford o f aviation" - passing away 9wi•tf-J after a brie f illness. ( ~ ~</ ,I ~ Bill Pipe'A_ f irst attracted lo at'iation ~ wl,e,i he H'as appointed ~ director o'J...fledgling • irs~ aircraft company back in Nineteen Twenty Eight. Nearly lwf:J J, fifty then, - he nevertheless quickly learned to fly ; event11ally taking Ot'er the entire company - scoring his first big success with the de,velopment of the legendary Piper Cub. / version ame Plane - t!J• ,.-&re powerful J C11b) Jasic for /./ / "),"'dreds of th~, ands of American"Pilots - during World L . H' a r T Ul o • / · IN d I ll d; an J bigger, aircraft ~ the Douglas D-9,A as one SKIING This should be one of the hig weekends of tile year i,i ma11y Parts of the U.S.A. for AIDA millio,is of American skiers. 111ivox · It fs,r-rr;Ws o cold as it wf/1. 7' has bee~•"' 1 ,oa s11ow reporls tR"f' fabulous from almost all areas. l myself spent several hor,rs today at what so far as I kn o w was t he first are a in the co "n try to ~ ' atlract special 1 trains, Bousquets at Pittsfield, Mass,slasztts. Witli the return to Pitt sfi el d of one ~ of the Bousquets, once again K has ~~~-u4-.-- _,,,, e, especially for yau . ngsters. CltlR~ /J' becomeJ g r e a t ~ LONDON For the y ou,ig man just slc,rling Olli in b11siness - a word lo the wise today from London. Tl,e &aiJd,a,s:I, Br i Ii sh m nga z in e ''Indus try Week" reporting a survey of top business execut ( ves. Coming l o the conclusion that candidates for top management Jobs are often rejected - becau•e they have a beard or wear a bow tie - or suede shoes. Once passed aver - tliese "bright hopes" inevitabl}' "sink into middle management mediocrit1" the magazine goes on. Adding, in effect, ii may not be right - but that's the way it!.~, ::se11:.\(J~ • NEW YORK Ne w Y o r k C i I _, , - t h e ca s e of t hi{"-h i pp i e millionaire. tfwenty-one year old Micl1el Brod) ' who / ~ ~ ~ recently inherited twent)'-five million bucks. ),..attempting now lo give it all awa,, 1 and so far we hear - doi,ag a pretlJ 1 good job of ii. Today's gifts incll4di,ag amo,rg others - lwent) 1 -five hrcndred lo a man witli mortgage trouble -- a lhousa.l!',iP to a taxi driver -- a t•ouso■d I\ dollars to a heroin addict -- and a hu,adred each to two ~ ~-'Pcu. 0 barbers, ...., two clrildre,i T ~ who happe,aed to passA o,r 11,e street. Young Mike asserting: "I wa,at t, make e,p for · some of tlle tro11bles -- tltat millio,aaires ltave caused." As for his ultimate goal lie says -- "wlae,r. everybody is as rich as I am - then I ' l l leave the world alone and go to a desert island -- a,ad make love r ) I ,{) 4--!- Lt-~ -- ~- to my wife." ~ • • ' i x ; , , - .,,a J /f '-'C7" r ~ '