Februar y 19, 1970 Dallas Townsend For the second da y, the South was v ictorious on Capitol Hill. Both the House and the Senate voting to prohibit Feder a ll y- ordered bussing o f school children. The v otes came on separate amendemnts and the proposals were worded differ en t l y • Bu t th e n e t ef f e c t of each is to ·b.a t" the Det,artmen · t of Health, Education and Welfa . re from requiring bussing as a means of achieving racial bala11ce. The Hous e also voted to legali% e "freedom of choice" school I ass i gn m e n t p la n s • As for th e Sen ate am end men t, Re t, qlict111 Jacob Javits of New York said what it me ans, in the abseue of a Federal court order, - "If it's all black it stays all black - if riJ laite ii stays all w•ite." Having passed tl,e ame11dment, the Senate t•en went 011 to approve tlae basic measure - the thi'rty-fi ve Billion dolla'r aid to educatio,a bill. TIie final vote - eighty to not,.ing. Tl,e Rouse also passed ti, e basic meas u're it · was co,uide'rhig _ the money bill for 11,e l . abo'r and Health - , CHICAGO -------- Groups of yotlng people protesting tlae v erdict in tlae Cllicago trial demonstrated late tlais afternoon outside tlae Watergate apartment complex on the Potomac river in Washington. Watergate is tlae home of Attorney General Jolln Mitcllell and many otlaer higl, government officials. The de"' o,as tra ters clashed IV itla police - a,ad do• ens 111ere arrested. A similar demonstration c-ccurrefl tn Boston. Botll tooll place durt,eg Ille after,aoon rush llour. NBW YORK ---------- Here i ,i New York - Detroit Tiger pitc 1- ing star Denny Mc Lain today was s us Pended indef i nitely from base ball. TIits by order of baseball commissioner Bowie Kulln - fol lowing a meeting be tween the two men. Kuhn c iti11g McLai,a 's alleged involvement "in Nineteen-Sixty-Seven bookmaki . ng activities" - and also "his associations at tltal time." ti f? Tltese - said Kuhn - leaving llim no alternative but to suspend McLain from all organized baseball" - t,e,adhag a complete review of the situation. l,a a brief statement of ltis ow,a - McLain lllat lee didn't llave "mucll to say." But lte did promise lo #told a ,aew:1 co,cferer,ce - eitlaeY tomorrow or Saturday at tit e Detro it trair, ing base i,a Lakeland, Florida. ( SUGGESTED LE "ELEPHANTS") For Lowell Thom.as - a brief stopover today in Jerusalem.; en route to his date with "high adventure" - in the Kingdom. of Nepal up near "the roof of the world." About which - we'll be hearing more in future broadcasts. Me~n tim E, another s pee t al report - s ta . rting out w itla a question - well, novel, to say tlae least. Lowell ..• ELEPHANTS ---------- Good evening, A/>t,. air time - 1130 ~ ); o/'- .~ -...... .e:c. 4') everybody."Can elet,leants swim?" That's one of the queries that are asked in - and also the t it le o I - a fas c in a ting n e w book from au t le o -r Rober t M • Jo,,e& "C an E l e fl h an ts S w i m ? " - a c o mp il a ti on of u n l i k e l y ans we-rs to imt,-robable questions; in effect, an encyclopedia of t-rivla - coveri11g eve-rythi"g f-rom aa-rdvarks to yoga. Did you know, fo-r example, tleat S/lt,lht got its name from a -rabbit? That go-rrillas a-re really gentle crelltures? Did yor, k11ow that fish a-re 11oisy - and also leave a slxtla s e,ase? That buffalo were o,ace ,eative to New Yof'R? "A,ed lie re's one, that Eskimo, ofte,e buy 'ref'rige-rato-rs? A,ad ,oaltt about bea-rs - do tleey really llibe-rnate? A-re a11ts really i11dustrious? Af'e larks f'eally all tlaat llaf>IJY? TIie a,eswe-rs to tltese and more are all lee-re - i,ecludi,ag tlte one tleat oove-rs tlle questio,e I aslled back thei-r at tlle begin,eing. ~Ca,e Elef>llartts Swim?" You bette-r believe it. (SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "E . LEPHANTS") Thank you, Lowell. Back to the news •.. PARIS ------ At the Peace table in Paris - an attempt at a new approach. America's Philip Habib - laying aside · his prepaYed s t>e ec h. Foy a cha,rge, atte mpti,rg to 11,rgage tit e Communist side - in a free discussion of Vietnam war Issues. O,aly tYouble - ioas it didn't woYII. f,rstead of acc~/lti,rg tlae claalle,cge - Ha,ioi's Ng•ye,c Mi11la Vy lau,.claing anotlaeY a,rti-AmeYican tirade. Acc•si11g PYesifent Nlxo11 of attemf)ti,rg to extersd tlae war. Also, dema,11H11g tl,e release of th.e "Claicago Seve,i" - wlrom he called victims of U.S . "fascist repyesslo,r," SAIGON ------- From Saigon - another weekly casulaty report. Se tt in g t Ir e l a t e s I n ,, m b e r of A m e r i c a n c o m b a t de a t II• a t ,. ha~ty-six - tl,e seco11d lliglaest for any week tlai• year. Da,ri,rg Ille same period - t/te S011tll Viet,rameae losing two l oases - set a nearly twenty-two 1111,adred. lNFLA TlON ---------- T lie U.S. cost of Living index - up again last montll;. but this time- just slightly; rising only four-tentla• of a t,er cent - according to government figures made P•blic today. An i,oltica ti on tll at tlae wor• t in/la tion • i,ac • ti,• Korea• War - may be ,aeari,ag an euul. - MIDDLE EAST ------------ In tlae Middle East - Egypt's air force continued to display its new-found muscle today. Egyptia'II warplanes attacki,ag Israeli poattons along the Sue~ Canal - fo-r t11e tltird straight day . Some time late-r - Israeli t,la,ces po11,adi,ag Egyptia,e ta-rgets in tltei:-r ca'ltal area. Etsewlrere i,e tlae Middle East - Arab broadcaste-r• today denounced Preside,at Nixo,e's "State of tlte World" ,.. ,ssage. Calli,eg Ha sell-out - to lsraelt i,atere•ts. Rever•e side - Israeli officials llaili,eg tit, Presitle,at's ,..,ssage. Calli,ag U a clear a,ar,ai,ag to tit, Soviet Ureio,a - to keep "lia,ads off" ,,. the Middle Ea• t Now a a,ord from Warr,,. Mora,e. • WHITE HOUSE -------------- At the W!iite Hollse - it was "hats off" today for the President's new ceremonial guard unit. On orders from the Chief Executive himself - the White House policemen·stowing away their new Prussian-style 1,ats; tlie ones that helped to cause such a commotion - when tl,ey w,u·e visit first worn during a recent slui• ~ by Britain's Harold Wilson. The Wl,ite House explaiuing tl,at the new hats - were "too tigltt" and uncomfortable; thus ignoring - officially, al least - a ger,eral opinion that the r,ew ur,iform• looked like sometl,ir,g out of a comic opera. Indeed, the White House emt,lta•i~ed that tlae rest of tlle r,ew uniform - t•e •hite tunic with fancy gold braid - •ill 8 tay. The "new look" at the White House - remair,irtg 1aalf-new anyway - for the time being.