SKYJACK Se/)I . lo, 1970 Dallas Townsend Al the top of the news tonight - in Europe, Asia, Africa - indeed , right around the globe - the sust,,uue and drama of that "skyjacki,rg" crisis in tlte Middle East. A situation lltat is becoming - according to tl,e l,rter,ratio,ral Red Cross · - "more a,rd more precarious." Will, Arab guerillas 110,0 tltreate · ,ri,rg to blow uf) tlaeir tllree cat,l•retl t,la11es - as well a• aome two 1,,,,.,1,,.ed a,ad fifty 1>••••r1ger• ~ - •• of le,a o'clocll Sat•rtlay nigltt, Easler,a lime; •ill• 11eboliatlo11s lo meet Ille allyjacllers' dema,etl• - af>t,•re,elly are still bogged do•" i,a hrler•alio,ral complicalio,e• . lllat all of Ille lsr•eli ll•••••ger• be lteld for ••t,ar•I• tr•tll•I •Hit Ille gover11me•I of larael. WIier••• A11dray Racial, Ille c'I, ief R etl Cros • ••lega le ;,. tlae Mitldl e Bas I, ta• ,,. a,atla le s to 11egoli•te for Ille t release of Ille f>la,aes a,rd passe,agers o,r an All-or-no,re basis. Tltere are several llaouaand Arab g11,rillas now ;,, Israeli Jails. Prhfle Mi•lsle SKYJACK - 2 Golda Meir leas af>f>arently ruled out tire f>ossiMlity of releasi,ag any of them i,a exclra,age for t1ae Israeli f>aaae,agera. Anotller complicatio11 - a youJtg America11 .,0,,.011, 011e of tlae 110• tage•, llas give11 birtla to a baty. Na"'• •ol give11. Tli• Red Cros• says ,notlaer a11d clliltl are ••ll. MOSCOW FOL LOW SKYJACK Was lrington will soon anno,,nc e plans to assign armed security guards to all U.S . overseas commerical airlines flights. This - we are told - as a first emerger,cy stet, - in combattlng Ille ne,o wave of inter,ratioftal air t,froc,. Pre•itler,I Nixo,c may make tlte aft,cou,rce,,.e,rl a• early a• tomorro• - a,etl may also call for more wide•t,re•d ••• of o,e board co,,.,,.erical fligllt•. Al tAe United Naliofls - llere ;,. Ne• Yori - ,.--- .... S~cretary Gefteral U Tlla,st tjJ f lleld Ill• r•g11lar aN•••l ,ee•• co11/ereJ1ce - on tlle eve of a11olle r Ge,eeral A••••6ly. Ila• U. N. ,- ~ 'I'll••' al•o ••Ill 11• do•• 1101 f•l••II to "o//•r lai•••lf" for re-elecllo• - •II•• Iii• Secretary G•••r•l ••II• - Dece•6er JIUSKIB FOLLOW SPRINGFIELD ----~~~~ - - Reverae ••ii""'- Se,cator Musleie of Mai,c• setlifll , , - 2'- o II t Ofl" camt>aig,r toMr of lats o•,e - startl,cg- ffiw••tt ,,. P••"• yl """'". Tia f • to be foil o••tl by " cro• • -co,.,. try J •I SPRINGFIELD Vice Presldefll Sf>lro Ag,eoac, today 6ega,a a 6•r•• tor•lrtg lo•r - ;,. bellalf of Ret>•blicaJt ca•tlld•I•• I• clo•e r•c••· Fir•t •tot, - Sf>rhegfield, lllir,oia; •ll•r• tit• Vice Pre•ide,at •lro,agly urged Ill• reelecUo,e of S•••lor S•Ult of lll,•oi• - or,er Iii• D••ocrotic a,,a•••'• Adi•' St•o•••o• IA• TA,rd. ,,. 6 • •r•l, • HA - "• •Al•t,•ri,ag is ol•Uo,a I•,,. ,,. forei1• #'olicy, a ••li•A o6alr■ cliortl•• ,,. do•••Uc #lolle y, ••d • t,••ill••i• 011• t,••• y /ooU,ag or, tit• cri Uc•I ••• •• of I · • • ••d ~ ,e,a tr.I u.S. 1a66rjtc:ua- Detroit - t•e Cltr1•l•r • •••• l•IH'ot1•fl co11tracl offer. / TIii• co•i•6 l••• II•• flv• 4•1• - fro• a ••lo•-••t •trite "••ffU11•. / ••••t1er, ., a':: ( :::.,t.: L•o••r• Waa•cact l•l•r ~ 6 •I It• • • • •• •44•4: "IV• 'r• • llll • l0111 ••1 fro• lo••." PAltlS l•••I - ••ollaer •~•t·c,•• I• /■ tfUly; •Ula bolla •Ill•• t••••• INDOCHINA FOLLOW PARIS Tlae war goes 011 iii l11doclai11a; clai•h•g artotlter 1ixty-fiu• American lives d•rir,g tlae f>ast 111eel, - accortM•6 to caa11alty /ig11re• a,ar,011r,ced i,a Saigo11. HURRICANE ELLA A big new storm is de : velopi,ag irt ,,.e Gill/ of Mex,co - Hurrica,ae Ella. TIie toeat,.•r bureau i,a Neto Orlea,aa ••Y• Ella - """' tlte,a jNBI a tropical depressio11 - ntoved fro• Mexico'• Y•cata,a pe,al11sNla i11to ,,.e GNI/ jllal before ,aoo,a - i,ate,ea i/yirtg rapidly over ope,a waler - a,ad expected to gel •ore t,o••rf•l d•ri,ag t•e ,.,,.. . Ella ia •ovi,ag ,eort••••I - to•ard t•e coaat• of Lo•l•ia,aa a,ed 'l'exa•. Still too early We'll ••v• to,elg•t '• report fro• Lo••" 7'1o••• after Ill• •••••••. SUGGESTBD INTRO TO THOMAS TAPE "PE,T,R roWNSBND" +-- CY /.f'k V) 1, ;.,{ JI !,\,, .{ , uJi, Aha• •.,C - Lowell Tlr.omas: al•• :euaa IHI' tartib,., v some r••i,aisceftce• from a battle - tllo•gllt by ,,..,., lo •• tll• t•r,aiwg poi,at ifl World War Two. Lo•ell .•• PETER TOWNSEND He II o Everybody'! Do you remember rather glamorous Pete·r To,,utse'ltd,~ aJ••• Brilislt aviator, ot1e of tlteir air lteroes of World War Two, well, R A F GroNp Captai11 Peter TowMae11d I• . . the aNlllor of a 11ew boo~••t p11blislted ,,. LoMdo•. 11 'll be over l,ere • It ortly, I'm I old. Cap ta,,. Tow,.• eMd~ D••l series of of tl1e Eagles. It's a ■ Ir ; rt stories baaed OM poal-N1ar I\ " "'",, i11terviewa ~ tllo•saMd• of Britisl, a,.d Germatt air•ett, a,.d II'• att atte,npt to tell ii "lilre ii was, tltat la, fro• boll, •Ides - d•rh1g tl1at fabled "Batlle For Brltaitt." ,,. wlticla Gro•P Caplf'itt Peter ToN1t1Bet1d played a vital role. A moMg tlaoae tltat TON1t1se•d tallred will, - attd lallr• abo•t are tlte pilot of tlte first Ger••• platte lo fall Ott Ger••• soil. 1'1deed, it was lie - wl,o act•ally slaot it dowtt. Be also tall,ed willa Ille Ger,,,att pilot wlao later sltol lai• dowM. Germa,i ace werMer BorMer tellittg tlae Brilot1 n,at "ii felt great wlte,a / slaot you do,v,. - at b ■ t tt's better still to aee PETER TOWNSENlJ - 2 yo11 #lere today." So said the Germa,a flier. l,act,e,atally, Peter Tow,ase,ad ir,cla,des a footr,ole - lellirag of a•-~ war-time ameradme11t to tl,e r•le• - at St. Mello,a's golf cla,b. Ar, a,ner,d'"e,at sayirag!' "A b•II "'oved by eraemy actior, may be ret>laced - a ball ly,rag 41119 ;,. a crater '"•Y be drof>f>ed - a f>layer .,1,ose slrolle I• affected by tl,e •''"•ltaraeo•• e~f>loslora of a boMb or by ,,,ac1t,rae 6•• fire May f>lay araollaer ball; f>e•alty - o,ae •Int•." How'• tlaal for soMetlal,ag fro"' dear old Brll•I•? Solo,ag . . . . . . .