Presldeflt Jollnso" today ordered a crasll t,rogra• of~• federal research - to fifld aft effective and eco•o•lcal me ans of des al ling sea tDater. Tit is follot11l•g a re1'ort fro• Dr. Doaalti Hornig - tlte Wlaite Ho•se science adviser, .I. fa the disastro•s effects of tltfllt co•ll•11•i•'6 fo•r-y•ar t- d ro •gll t - alo11g Ille 11alioJ1's easl coast. effort - ai•etl at solvi11g llte •a•J J,roble•• co•••cled •Ill tlae J,roject. Told lo do it, •lt•I'• •ore - "a• If•• •••• •• t11er~ gol•g to r•• o•t of tlri•t••~ ••fer i• tie •••I •I• 7 UNemplo1meNt h1 the U11ited States - lo111er last month tha" at aNy time in •early eigltt years. Tise;«~,.__ jobless rate for July - as reported today by Ilse Labor De/)artmeNt - o•ly four poi11t five /)erce'ltt. Total 11•e,n/Jloymeat - •/J by •o r' ·e ,,.,,,. a •Ullo• lo receftt ltlglt scltool a•d college gradNales = 11110 I••• llad ••r1'rl•i•g ••ccess ;,. fh,di;,g Jobs, ,,nisteatl of Jro•••• a gl•t on tl,e marl,el - as lltey lrave so ofte" I• tlae i'••I. Just out - the annual yearbook of churches.,, -trlth a soberi11g report - o,e Ille growi11g shortage of clergy me11. At last count - some seventy thousa•d More claurclees ,,. this cou,etry - ..,. tha,a there are pastors •• to fill tlaem. The ma,epower crisis blamed ,,. J,art - 011 tl,e rece,et proliferalio• of cl,urcl,es. But More so o• t•e steady decli,ee of dedicated yo,n,g •e• - a,illi11g to devote tlaeir lives to tlae ,,.,,.,stry. Accordi•g to at leas I 011e 11oted tlaeologl•• - tl,e crea• of tlae crop ,eow goes - to tlae Peace Cor/lB. House Ref>ublica,c leader Gerald Ford - today asked for a faae to face meeting with Preside,st Jolt11so11,, To straighte11 011t 011ce a,sd for all - tllelr feud over •Ito said wltat to whom . ....Affd wlletller Ford really did violate ~ a Preside,stlal co,sfide,cce - following a ~st White Ho••• briefi11g 011 Viet Nam. The request co11tai11ed ;,, a ,aote to tlte Preaitler,t - alo,r,., t0itll a copy of a letter from a Waslal•gtor, •••••••· TIie letter a••erti11g tltat Ford w,as !!JLl. tAe so•rce of•• article - that started the co,atrover•y last t0eelt. Atltll•g tltat Mr. Joll11•0• t0as appare,atly - "erro,aeo11sly l•for••'' ' . that tlae Preside11t 'llas •o pla••' at -.-.•a pre•e•t - "to see Co,agressma• Ford". VIET NAM --------- ~ e t )... a,s America,a storage deJ,ot - credited today ,c,itl, tl••lroyi,ag forty J,ercent of our fuel suJ,J,lies) ,,,,.,,,- t11e big US •••• air base -at ,aearby Da Na,ag. America,a officials emJ,laasizi11g, l,o,c,ever - tltat t11e loss • i l l ,aot c•rlail tlae Afflerica,a air 0//111,sive ,,. Viet Na,,.. ~ To J,rove l:W' /Jolrat - U S Air Force a,a,t N•.,, / , Jets today blaaled ta,o sets of Ar•y barraclls ,,. t•• Co••••I 11ort~ / • e o,a eillaer side - •I••••* of Ba11oi. Mea•a,1,ile, scattered gro••tl aclio11 •o•t••••t of Saigo11. ___.wr-1, tlae Viet Co11g said to 1,ave la•11cl,e,t •• / offe11slve - agai11st tl,ree gover11me,at otllJ,osts. Gov•r••••I cas•alties reJ,orted 1,eavy ,,. o•e e11gage111e•t - b•I ea a Jly 1,oa, ma•y - 1101 disclosed. HIROSHIMA ---------- More than thirty tlaousa,ad ,,erso,es fro• tlie world over - met today,,. Hiroshl•a.,,,ror a ,ae,,.orlal ~ service commemorati11g the hoe,etieth a,aniver•ary - of the 1Dorld's first atomic attaclt. TIie cerem o,ey toill1i11 s i gllt of a si,agle b•r•ed out b•lldlng - ,,. Hiroslaima's ,,eace ,,arl,. The b•lldl,ag - - as a ,er•a•e•t re,ai,ader of tlle o,ae bo•b tliat ltlll•d •••rl1 elgllty tlao••a•d ,eople. At Palermo, licily - a crusadir,g llaUar, J•d1e today aslted for 11,e exlradilior, - of /oNr A"'erica11 clli•••• of Sicili1111 desce11I. Said lo direct Ille U S er,d of a tr••••do• 11arcotics Ira/fie - bel111ee11 tlae Mafia ,,, Sicily a11d ti,• Co•• Nostra leere ,,. A"'erica. JNdge Aldo Vig11eri - asltl•• tll• ret•r• of Jo••III ( 1- ~ ~ ) Cerri to, Gae ta110 RMB so, • - to Sorge ar,d Ga•t,ar• Ma11•II••· f. To •ta11d trial •lo11g •itle te,a alleged co11/ederate• - •rr••l•I Mo11day 111 Italy. MASSACRE /11 Londo" - a Roma11 Catholic ne"'s/JaJ,er today lteadliNed the star:, - of aN alleged Africa,. n,assacre of aJ>JlalliNg J>roJ>orttoNs. )l'atd to have o c c u r r e ~ : 4 , - ~ ,~ • ..,,.__ in tl,e S11dan. TIie deatll toll - J,11t at some /011rtee• lt11•dretl blac/t AfricaNs - Uvi,.g ,,. tlte soutlt~Suda,.. Tlu,se ••1•11 cltristia•s anti anl•lsts - said to llave bee,. cut do•• by - : s - ~ Masi•• Arabs fro• Ille •ortltl Art llte •orst 011t611r•t •I to 1, / date - of tlte reli~ious terroris111 tltat llas •••JJI tie S11tl•• - ever sl11ce It first gal•ed Its htdeJ,e,ede,ece. Accordl•g to o,ee S11tla,eese J,riest - ,.,,.,.oc••t or tied i• saclls - •ltlclt •ere tlten set afire." Tie atlacll•r• llte••elt,es - escaJ,i•g vlrt•ally •••catlled. COBR . A grim t 1 today rom the In lan village o f Ha z aribagh -- 1n Ben ·al -- near Calcutta. Slx members of the same family -- sa1 to h ve been k illed by a cobra, that apparently slippe into their hut during the night -- when all were asleep. Their bodies found by fellow villagers -- who also found the cobra -- and promptly killed it. All o which reminds me that some 50,000 people die yearly 1n India from snake bite and man-eating tigers, so we were told several years ago when we were on the trail ot a man eater tn Assam -- northern India. HE LTH. Four al o n i onal . elth were al o set today by the Pre 1 nt n remarks t he White H o use ignlng -- of a new communtt healt bill. T he Presl ent calling for an increase ln the avera e 11 e expectancy -- ~rom eventy years to sev e nty- ive. A lo a reduction in infant mortality -- from the present rate o f twenty- f ive per thousand -- to Just sixteen per thousand. Plus virtual elimination of polio tptherta and typhoid fever -- as well as tuberculosis, measles and whooping cough . And finally a twenty percent reduction -- in deaths resulting from heart trouble, cancer and stroke. So-called "killer diseases" that now account for one-third of all Amerlcan deaths. These goals -- certainly ambitious -- said the President. But nevertheless realistic -- and clearly attainable -- in light of recent me 1cal progress. I only wish. Warren, he had a ed that as nation we also need more p . y !cal exercise to Offset all the buttons we push! ._ NK. From a Ne· Yor B - n -- of 1 placJ report today o n t e 1 · hi 11v1ng. Detailing penny by penny -- cost of a night on the town in ach o the our pleasure apttals -- oft e worl . In Rio De Janel o, or example, a gay night of revelr.y -- said to con 1st ~ a lavish inner or two -- a round of at least four night clubs -- then a trip to Sugarloa Mountain -- an maybe brea ast later at C pocabana Beach . all for about -- th1rt -eight . merican dollars. u1te a night too. '!'he cost of a compa:-able even1n 1n H o ng Kong -- dinner at !he Man artn night club at Kow Loon and so on all for about forty-four dollars. In Paris . ax1ms, the Lido and so on about a hundred ollars. But in New York -- the same ;c1n of night out 1nclu 1n • 2 1 " . Hello Do.Lly The Lat!n uarter from bab -s tter o bl ar nate is now said s ro C .un bu~ . e r _ a e .e n · n ~ · e~~ o r -- ' no B NK-- - ma.tter where you roam -- t e cost o 11v1ng it up -- far, far exceeds the cost o" Just plain living. " So -- let's ust stay home tonight!