SPACE ------ On tlie space front- it's official at last. The planned flight of Apollo Eleven - formally approved today by the National Aeronautics aftd Space Administration. i / ,,e1eariftg the way for blast-off July si%tee,stla - to be - folloOJed by ~ a n d i n g four d a y ~ . ~ ~ ... A , ~ ~ ( I i■ MP i i • Clifi iliiii iiiU i i i iitil, • AJ,ollo Eleven astronauts USN iltmsuf I be ready 011 U111e; or ~ 11,e; 65Uli" 11eed ao111e exlra lrai11i11g • -IL .. + ~ '? ,=.,_._•r delay-.,: llae fligltt u11til A•gust. At la st reJ,ort U:aag l Fa11tastic! PARIS ----- P . . 4-- a r is again · - another session 74 of~ Vietnam -t6_ A peace talkj( /arttcipanls includ~ as usual - a delegation of Viel Cong. O n l y ~ ~ ~ ~ , ! ~ ,::!;!z .. ~ c i ~ representatives of the "Provisional revoli,tionary gover,hne11t of Soutl, Vietnam." Goi•g so far as to use the p e a c ¥ to appeal for "stro11ger s•PPort" from Comm•11istic bloc co1111tries; •"ich so far 1,ave been slow to recogniae tlie new rebel regime. -tr~ 111 aay event~ U S a11d .So•tli Vieh,amese ~ ••goUators A. acli11g as if notlli,ag llad c"anged. Saigo11 asserli11g tl,at "•••.Y more" American troops co11ld be wit ltdra ..,,. - if t lie Comm ••ist side would ,,. ere ly de•onstrate its good will for pettce. The U S • • st asserting - we are not tied to a"rigid diplomatic form•la." Adding: "Peace on paper is not as · · -importa11t - as Peace in fact." r VIETNi M FOLLOW PARI ------- -- -- ------- - - -- 111 the m anti,ie - mor fighting; /ncludin llnlay a Viet Cong assa ■ lt 0,1. a just-compl ted U.S. artillery b se -- on the edge of that war zone D for death. Abottt flt etit of the attackers - aclttally breaching the camp's ottter defenses: charging all the way to an inner ••1 fl, embankment - before they t ere JC NII u,- tttrned ba c · k by Howitzers firing at point • blank range. When the smoke had cleared - a check of the battlefield disclosing twenty-three enem31 dead; as compared with American losses - set at one. WHITE HOUSE --------- - - A t t/1 W hi t Hou, s e - a tax par l e y t o day bett een Pr id nt Nixon and top Hous e leaders. The President there 1 inning bi-partisan si,pport - for a,1 xtension of the pr e ent ten percent income tax surcharge. Promising in turn to support a companion measure - striking from the tax roles ~••* about five million pooY people. Congressman Hale Boggs - who is acting chairman of tlie House Ways and Means Committee - later setting a hearing for Monday on the .. new tax package. Predicting it will win speedy approval If in committee and also in th full House. - LONDON - ----- For th fir t lim in age , ii m . Br i ta i 11 i s b a k i n tit b la k . T It e go o d 11 1 oming to light iczJA3' in Londott ,t with tlie publication of monthly trade figures showing thal th e I orld bought more British goods in Ma - than r b-P-a be/ 01• , in history. While at the same time, the countr' so-called "in isible" ccw:i:,r earning - in services, shipping, insurance and banking - were also oaring to new heights. End restilt: A balance of payment ~urplus - amounting to more than fifty million. This enabling the Bank of England - to forstall another expected drive in British intere t rates. !Jant &'hectors aRH&aact,ago WASHINGTON ---------- - From the nit d Mine Worker of Am e rica - a Jina l tribute IGJ&y Io found r a ud Pre i dent Emeritus John L. Lei is. Union chief Ton Bo y l e ord e ring all coal mitiers to lay dot n th ei r tool .,.,.~,1.,6 #=, ..;a:,I - a S 0 ~ JI T t ft J b.W. Adding that the work stoppage will continttt. until the "fallen leader" is finally laid to his r es t. FMrther asserting: "It is altogether fitting that the coal mines be silent - while the men who work in them come together to do honor to John Lle'wellyn Lewis." Looking to the future - Boyle also urged - as a fitting memorial to the great John L. - speedy . congre~sional approval of "strong coal mine health and safety legislation." Thereby echoing tlie words of his illustriolls predecessor - who once proclaimed: "If we must grind . . up the human flesh and bones of men i n an industrial machin e then b ef ore God, I assert t ha t we ow c pr o t e ct i on t o t hos e m en firs t. And u; e WASHING TON - 2 --------- owe security to their families after,'' no matter "who in Hea en or Hell may oppose it". John L. Lewis - he was eighty-nine. ~ J-~~~-a<t ~ ~ . ~ 4 - ~ ~ ~ 0 W l ~ . PHILADELPHIA ------------- Something of a ocial note toda'j - from the Phil ad el Ph i a zoo w It ere lo ca l bird keep ers w er e I, H,. s ,e NK ,.;,11 , , idc 1 ~ ~ 1 1 , e birtl, of three rare New ~ Zealand mountain keas. First such blessed event in Philadelphia history and one of the few on record in any zoo, anywhere, any time. Bette, sli=i+ - consulting ornithologists claim - discovery of a new breeding technique that could result in a resurgence of the entire species. The key to successful procreation among the Keas - they say -/il~- complete privacy. '\f.qa@ LATINQ_UARTER FOLLOW NEW ORLEANS --------------- Mea,:a,ltil:e, a S6rt g/ cenvenlita• 1":idc 3J,;9w:s- ia tla3 · R NlifitJU:,, .Jn the Net Orl e ans Latin Quarter:) ,»'(Zega tes b th e ll1011sands atl e nding:::speci~e - along with strippers, prostitutes, dop e addicts and so on. Ser, ices conducted by lite Reverend Bob Harrington - t e so-called "Chaplain of Bourbon Street." Although a Baptist himself - the Reverend Bob quick to take advantage of the situation. Telling his new- found guests that "New Orleans has never had so many Baptists acting like Christians." He also called his present parish "a very ecumenical street." His main message - still the same tliottgh. The Reverend Bob lashing out at speed without direction - thrills without happiness - houses without homes - and religion without Christ.