WHITE ll>USI . l l:, - '73 The White Hou •• -- Pres ldent Nixon called a 1pecial Cablnet meeting today. After a few brief reurka, tumlng over the proceeding• to Vice•Prealdent ~ Apaw -- who ha• ju1t retuned fr0111 Southeast Aala. The Vice-Pruldent briefing hla fellow Cabinet ••ber• -- on po1t-war dnelo,-nt1 in Southea1t Aila. •at -- Tru1ury Secretary George Sclult&, dllcua1ln1 the intenaatlallal monetary 1ltuatian -- following devaluatloa of the U.S. dollar. th• Pre1ldent al10 • t today -- with Slr Chrlatopher • • - • the lxtemal Affair• C01ala1loac of tb• lurope• Cowan Narkat. Later flylng to by li1ca,n• -- for aoae r • t and relautian, but only briefly. The Pre1ldellt scheduled to addra1 a -tin& of the IIFL• CIO - t l v e ~tt••,~• NDDde1_,f M1-1 leacb, And t .... ~ I to Wa1hlngton. Moacow -- the Kremlin recently published it• official econo • ic figures -- for nineteen seventy-two. Th••• • bowing the Soviet - - - economy c : ~ ~ failed to •et it • goals •· in all ujor.At>ll:tcuteN~ Now •· the tollow-up. The COlllllffll • t party n • • paper Pravda -- carrying toda, a , front• page editor1a1, 1 2 , curglng that the _.ager, of 1U11lan buelll•• and induetry -- are "lncoapetet, lnert, ualllaglllative" -- alao, "rude and arroa•t." Acklln1, la effect, they had better copy the capita ll1t 1y1t- -- by paying a , n at tent lon to • • 1 - t re1pon1 iblllty. • If they don• t -- 1aid Pravda •· they van' t uupe puntai...t "no utter how blah thelr po • itlon." IIIRUT ~~~ Fro • lelrut -- a rel)Ort today telling of~• allege~ "Black Sept•ber" Arab terrorl•t plot -- to seize control in Jordan. The guerilla• rel)Ortedly planning to take key government bulldlng• 1n A-n -- •nd then ••••••lnate King Hu•••ln vhan he retumecl froa hl• pre••t trlp to the U .s. lelrut c•lllng thl• •• "the ••t ur,-, . guerlll• operation aplnat an Ar•b capital to date." ~~ 11a a • , the plot va• mcovered •- - ee1 tohl •• juat a f • hoar• I before lt vaa 1chadulecl to begln. Beirut •ddlng that pollc• have arr•ted at l • • t •lxtem of the plotters -- vlth an lnt- • lve lait for the r • t at 111 under way. JlllUSALIM The subject of dlriatian miaaionairlea -- "lncluc:Ung their poaalble baniahant" from the Holy Land -- to be diacuaaed at an laraell r.ablnet Meeting on Sunday. Thia aald to arlae froa the fact that an eatlluted five to aix thouaand Iaraella -- have been converting to Cbriatianlty every year alnce tha nlnet . . abty-aev• a ix-day var. A FYerwnt apokea111111 aaylng: "W• don't have le ,.. take to • iaalonai-l• and proaelftl&lng -- we have to be rld of tbla probl- 1oaehow." PIKDG For Henry ICiaalnger in Peking -- he second day of talk • with lad China'• Pr•ler Chou En Lal. Today'• ••••ion -- laatlng foui: hour •• - China'• an ainuter Chi WASHINGTON ~ / f ' ~ t i o n of Lieutenant William Calley for his part ln that My Lai maa • acre ·- ••• upheld today by an Army court of revlaw. The three-judge panel -- also upholding hta twenty-year aentence. In ita written opinion obaerving;"no doubt Lieutenant Calley would never have directed or participated in a ma11 killing -- 1n t l • of pMce." Adding: "Nevertheless, he collllitted an atrocity ln ti118 of var -- and f!t la ln the context of var that we jud1• hill." ~ ~ t o calley'• attomey promptly • ervlng notlc~tl 1h e+ llii lat Ju ti• appeal the ca•• to a higher court. Pre • idant Nixon baa 1ald 4S1i111 he too, will review the ca•• -- when all other appeal• have been •xhau•ted. ' UIOI rro • Hanol -- by way of the Pentagon ·- n•• today that another tvmty Aaerlcan P.o.w.• • ·- will • oan be h•dlng home. Thla 1econd group to be 1et free ·- we are told •• aa of • tdnlght to•rrow nlaht, Wa • hlngton tlae. The Pentagon adding that • om of tbea • J be on their WJ back -- perbap1 a1 MrlJ aa "a day or t1ID later." • ftllONDS -- POLL<M HANOI Here at hoae •• aero•• the nat lon -- the big 1tory contlau• to be the pri • oner • already • et free; a>re than a lundred and forty, ln r ll\. - ~ all -- nav return to the •••• af t 1 et• loved on• tt .... •-- t --~a ---r--. 0 pick up the piec• • llitl _!bat' • lt r•lly lU.? Air Poree colonel lonald 1,ne of Peru, Indiana, •• glvlng a pretty good lncllcatlon. On arrival at Wrlpt Pattenon Alr Poree la•• •· aay1D1: "I fell llke a drlecl•out • pang• •• I' 11 Ju1t aoaklng up werJthlna -- tryln1 to • • up •av• yeara all at onee." At San Antonio •· the vlfe of Alr Poree Captain Joh•l• L,nn lay • telling of their flr1t turful eabrace. Said ahe: "R• vaa lllaulaa md klaalng • •· and he tolclea he had n••r felt anythln& ao • oft and beautlful In bi • life." Mr • ... , addlng: "R• aqueaed • ao hard -- he ripped -, dr•• an both ald• ." At Wichita Palla, T•ua •· th• vlfe of Air Poree Major lobert Jaffray -- rualing lnto bl • araa. Thay __.aced v•ndy •• they turned to leave; whereupon a ••11 boy atandlng on a nearby flatbed truck•· catching the major'• eya. It va1 hi• • on lilly -- ••• ~ - •laht -- vho • he had not • een • lnce he ••• • f • veeka old • Th• yompter • a luted hl1 father. Th• tether hHitated an lllatant -- CaM 1t1ttly to attmtlon -- returning the aalute. And then he pthered hll 10ft up in hi• 81'111 -- hil hoaec•bla at lut coaplete. 'lhe "llttl•t 1oldler" at Vlchlta Pall1 -- once apln Juat a little boy. TIAYII -- POU.OW PaISOllla Finally at Travl1 Air Poree la1e -- the return of Lleut••t ca111111der Everett Alvares; vho va1 held prlaoner for •ta~ and a half ,-r, -- longer than •1 other. "Por 1•r• and 1•r1,'' -- 11-t he -- we drea •• d af thla date aild we kept 01r faith; falth Iii God •• and faith ln our Pruld•t •· faith In our cauntry. "C• rd• Alvares adding: "It • • thla falth that •illtalaed our _ , . that • - - • , aur d r - would coae true -- and today they have." OAIJ,.AII) A tinal note on the returning P.o.w. •• -- cc:ae1 today troa a Naval hoapital at Oakland, California. I One ot the pre•planad dinner aenu• there -- offering a choice betvNn baud .,._. and fluffy rice. Returned prlaoner John Mcla•J ot I.won, r.alltomta, •kin& bl.a aelectlon vltbout a ao • 1nt •• bealtatlon • He circled the bean•. Aad after the rice, be wrote: ' 1 Are ,ou ld.dd lag?" COSIIJRAUI' Mo • caw agaln -- • llttle vignette of Soviet life -- •• reported today 1n the new1paper Sovletakla au.ala. a,,..(> A lua • ian mther and her • on ,_,. •et.., 1-. rldlag alna• ID a ,A - - crollded bu •• The boy vearlag a heavy wool acarf around hS. h•d -- repeatedly aaklng hla mt~er: "Malla• tell • • do I look llke a co • ---t?" Rl• •ther flnally • napplag back: "t.ne • aloae, you little fool." At that -- a lady 1lttln1 n•rby pttina Into the act. "Wby do JOU 1puk to the child llke tliat?" ... uid aba •• "look at bla, be ha•• t dcn1a •Jthlq." Vbereupan the aother -- wblppl.Da off h• - - - Iv-.. a. 1-~a1 ~ •- • 1 acarf; and there flnd.y flud • bl.a bud A ~ abala\a ,auc.,.... Th• •thar 1ay1D1: ''V•'r• • our way to the !bird Cllalc ~ -- the flr • t two couldn't - if off." .,.. KATMANDU Starting tonight fr o m ICatmandu in Nepal -- another att...,t to ~~ • cal• one of the Himalaya'• a,st buutUul, ,.,.~ ~ • • , ,-ka. A t e • of alxteen U.S. aountaineer • -- setting out on a trek that will ' < - ~ f l a- carry them eventually to the "roof of the world{'• froa whence they ,A pl• to launch an ••cant -- on the tvmty-alx thouNlld, • • • lalclred and nlnllty•flve toot a c • bi Nll J Dhaulagiri~ J ~~ -~~~ - One of the clllllber• -- t.,..ty•elgbt y•r old Del ..,, . . . . . of Ta.._. Waahlngton r· ..._ holder of a Ph .D ln Oriental pblloeophy J j-fore he left l"M lndula" ln a little phlloaophy of hi.a Gllfll. w< "Statlatlcally 11 - - aal.d he •· "one lb t•"•on•t • • lt INlck;" which • • • -- be coatlaued -- "w ahould lo•• one-point-ab ,-,le." tr=" ~ w-.... - ~ :::.:t-~ J.r.<it r ~ ) ...f...t ~ ", 94, J I • •• • • .:: ~ l 11 • _ , I• • • - ! I fl , . . . h t - ~~~~~-