C ~PITCL HILL January 22, 1970 .'•llen Jackson t the top o f the news tonight - President Nixon's first State o f the Union message - a s you no doubt know by now. A wide-ranging speech to a joint session of Congress - already winning the plaudits of many. To begin with - the President setting as our first priority - peace for meric.l'and the world. The task - said he - of bringing "an end to the war in Vietnam" with a "just peace;" one that "the next generation" - will be "able to keep." L\nd he added: "The prospects for peace arf.. far greater today - than they were a year ago." However, the President addressed the remainder ef his speech - mainly to domestic issues. Urging Congress to put politics aside~ to help end inflation, to combat crime, II t It to make our peace with na ure. These goals that 11 are j --, I all within our reach" - said he - if we can only work together ~ in a "new quest " for greatness. But "above all" - said the Pres1d ent - "let us recognize 8 fun4amental truth;" that "we can be the best I l C PITOL HILL - 2 clothed, best fed, best housed people in the world - but still the unhappiest people in the world - without the lift of a driving dream." And that dream - said he - "that America can fulfill its destiny of being the best hope - for liberty, for opportunity, for progress and peace for all peoples." --In- ttN em1, l\tiR tAe OecnnPB68 &ElMlbblng lt -was qa:t•• Vit11flulA'ffC -....£,1.~ ti .a epssefi,, Senator Jackson of Washington s.,..as he didn't see h o y ~ anyone could find fault" - with the Pres1ent 1 s list of "goals and objectives." The only question - said he: "How do we implement it?" The answer to which - President Nixon has pledged to spell out shortly. COMMERCE FOLLOW CAPI'!'OL HILL Even so - a footnote to this State of the Union message - that cannot be ignored. While the President was po11sh1~ /S , l(.. , _,._..._~ a... block from the White House grounds. With a trio of bandits - one armed with a shotgun / invading a credit union office at the headquarters of the Commerce Department. The three men escaping - with an estimated One Hundred Thousand 1n cold cash. L .. GOS-LO ~ IDON The government of Nigeria and the government of Britain both reacted strongly today - to press reports of deplorable "Onditio.ns in former Bia ran territory. At Lagos - an angry o f f1c1.al saying the situation was grossly ,, . exaggerated. Further telling newsmen: "We are doing all that we can - but you people will never think we are doing enough." ~ile at London - more of the sane • Prime Mini.Ser .I Harold Wilson - hearing a report from Lord Hunt, Just returned from Biafra; later telling Parliament - "that newspaper accounts and photographs inevitably tend to be episodic." reported" - "rt ts right that these things should be Af~ 1 said he - "but they are not going on on {scale." ' Be that as it may- Nigeria did ask for U.S. aid today 1n meeting the relie f pl'oblem. President Nixon promptly ordering the delivery of high protein foocl> - at the rate month. First shipment - set for of forty thousand tons tomorrow. PARIS On the peace front - Paris - there w a ~ l k of peace tod a y. Instead, the Communilt side taking advantage of today's session - to accuse Allied troops of committing another massacre in Vietnam. This• said to have occurred during Operation Sea Tiger , " last November. Madame Binh of the Viet Cong blaming the alleged crime on South Vietnamese and South ICorean troops - operating "under the direct command and support of U.S. torces." Saying they killed - without provocation - "more than seven hundred civilians - mostly old people, women and &iildren." VIETNAM FOLLOW t' AR ~ ' . .,._ _; , . \ .(le : ) I .._ \ 'w Half-a-world away - Viet Cong guerillas today shelled a South Vietnamese . Marine headquarters in the Mekong Delta. Later attacking the base - only to be thrown back with heavy losses. I ' - To the North ~ Allied commanders ,ordered a full alert today in the city of Da Naftg • .n.cting on the basis of intelligence reports - warning of a possible pre-Tet atilack. t ' · Nevertheless, the weekly casulty report today from Saigon - reflected again the oo mparative fighting lull of late. The number of American combat deaths - dropping to eighty-tour. South Vietnamese and North Vietnamer "' losses - were a l so down sharply. .... SHADW N In the Middle East - an Israeli "blitz" today in the Red Sea. With q force o f Israeli paratroopers / 1nvading the island fortress of Shadwan, which stands guard at the - southern entrance to the Gulf of Suez. The Israelis quickly . ,,. . routing a small band of Egyptian defenders - / ,tizing the I illand 1 s radar station; in the proceS:3 -also sinking a couple - of Egyptl~n torpedo boats. Meanwhile, at Baghdad - the government of Iraq today executed fourteen more -/accused of taking part in that abort 1 . ve coup. At the same time - Iraq and Iran were - · ---- breaking off diplomatic relations. The former charging that - - ~--- .. -_......_ Iranian officials - were deeply involved in the attempted overthrow • CLffiL ND At Cleveland - three Ohio men were officially charged with murder today - in the slaying of mine union official Joseph Yablonski - also, his wife and daughter. A federal judge promptly setting total bond at Seven Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars - pending extradition to Pennsylvania. It was also disclosed today that Yablonski himself - , may have provided t~ " information that led to the threee / - / arr e sts. C J . Before his death, the union leader i I ~~ repi,rtedly Jotting down the license numbers of "suspicious" cars - that he had seen ne c r his isolated home. One of these - traced to Cleveland. CAMDEN ,,.- • I ' , ~ , From Rut g ers University - comes news today of a novel study. uO ciologist John Becker - with the help of a handwriting expert and a psychologist - checking out some four hundred yo, ng coeds. A ttempting to correlate their handwriting - · with the length o f their skirts. Coming to the conclusion that girls who wear mini-skirts / are more "extroverted and out-going" then their longer-skirted sisters. But they also tend to have - a "negative self-image" - we are told; )nd thus attempt to emphasize their •~ - ~~~d - I through the wearing of daring clothes. I As for girls who wear culottes / t hey're out-and-out "imposters" - says sociologist Becker. And he explains: "They want people to think they are confident, enticing and a g gressive" - when, in fact, they're just the opposite. .. I ' ) • I I \ · ( ,_, , I - AGNEW In view of all the news during the past twenty-four hours - here 1 s one you may have missed • .:>piro Agnew filling 1n for Pr • es 1d · ent Nixon - at a Washington ball celebrating the first anniversary of the President's inauguration. For the Vice President - a real "ball. 11 As he entered the premises - a number of celebrants shouting: "Spiro is our hero." When the Vice President was later introduced officially - the master of ceremonies observing: "Nobody likes Spiro blit the people." ~piro Agnew himself telling thfowd: "President Nixon has given you - something to be more enthusiastic about this past year. But I\'\~ for - , part 11 - said he - 11 I try to be noncontroversial. " I ( 0 • 4 -, ~ I , " ' •• 1 { : ( r ( i ' '~("Vw~