VIETNAM ------- Ceasefire in Vietnam k - a moc er _y today of all the term implies. Viel Cong terrorists txz•.x taking advantage of th e Phony truce - launching their biggest offensiv e of the wa'j ---Nicluding attacks on some forty South Vietnamese cities and villages.7-~maxed by an /\ enemy thrust deep into the heart of Saigon itself. The battle in the capital begin11i11g witla a mortar and ground attack - against the city's giant ta:a Tan Son Nhut airport. :#kll,af•kbaa Followed by shelling of Saigon's Independence Palace - which houses tile offices of South Vietnam's President and Vice President. Simultaneously - an all-out assault 011 the U S Embassy; with a number of shells - slammi11g i11to tlae Embassy building. Enemy terrorists actually battling tlielv e113 .,, I the way into the U S compound ~ ~.t;~t~~ A ~ - ~ l e ~ L Fragmentary reports also telling of 1 1 /1..--- terrorist attacks - against Radio Saigon - againS t th ree VIE TN_~¥- - 2 ---- u. s. military billets - against Vietnamese Navy headquarters - even the Philippine Emhassy. At last report - allied reaction forces '"\. mo v ing swiftly to the counterattack. SUEZ ----- A s e cond flar e -up of fighting today _ in the t e ns e 'Mi ddl e Ea s t ) .-wJz e n Egyptian survey craft attempted Lo chart a safe Passage - through the northern end of th e Su e z Canal. , / - 1' Th i s s o a tr a PP e d A m er i - c a n s hip - m i g ht l eave b y wa y of the Mediterranean. Only trouble- Israel has agreed to openf:ff:r - ~ - ~J- T o- -cf-T ~ southern!... end of the canal. As a result - Israeli forces immediately of the sur v ey craft. Brt ) open-ill. fire - damaging A : a .W.■11 ~ - setti■g an art ill er y duel for twenty - f iv e miles along t laa t shak y Suez truce line. oae off At the •• height of the battle - Egypt also charging Israel with an aerial attack on the city of I smailia _ at ,. 1, 9 ~ m i d ~ on the canal. "' ~ - I ~ ~A'-wo hours ;:: i• ull _ 1,/j;YJ( u N peacekeepers t o .coald usuiat arrange a ceasefire. ;<: SEOUL ------ Aft e r nine straight days of border skirmishes - comparati1 · qui e t today; otz that bloody line of demarcation - - be t u · e en Nor t h a n d Sou t h Ka.re a • Ba ck i n Se O u l - U S G en~ r a l Charle s Bone steel reporting - quote "intensified actions" - to block any new invasion attempt bJ 1 the North Korea,is, this apparently · in response to a warning from South Korea - that site w i l l go i t a l o n e u n l e s s t he U S m o v e s firm. l y to laa l t Communist infiltration. 0 As for the Pueblo crisis - that co•tinues to simmer. o• t It F= h viz b-tu11.t..n. The U•ite d States reportedly working b e hind the scenes - ; ti#~v ■ d,-..:%ll■ m11b.. - (;(___ trying to effect ~ r e turn of the ship and ~ crew. (ndee d, the White House voicing assurance today - that the men of the Pueblo are be i ng " ' properly treated.") (Beyond that though - the word is simply ) " t ~ ~ ~.., ~~ ~ Patience - patience. ff · - ·. ~ ~a'J ~ ~ ~~ ~ - 1 7 > ' \ ; . _ ' ~ I PENTAGON _ FOLLOM _VIETNAM -- -------- H e ,· e al home - another medal of hoNor cer e mo,iy today at the Pentago,e. Navy Secretary Palll Jg,ratius P>·ese,ifi,ig the nation's highest award - pos!l11onousl~ · - to the family of Seama,. David Ouellet; second Navy man - to be so honored for service i,r Vietnam.. Seaman Ouellet - originally of Wellesley, Massachusetts - assigned to a patrol boat in tlae Mello•g Delta. Absorbing the blast of an enemy ha,ad greaade - all by himself - to save the lives of his fellow cre111me•. COl!_GRESS FOLLOH· ]»ENTAGON -- --------- t O C o ngr e ss t oday: +w - #n ~ 1ntff- - --r,.f A,,. f! ri cu..., fiK* ""•* ••• _ ~ - ln it - President Jolaxson urgi•g i•creased be,re fits o r r : eterans; also - expaJtded job opporl••ilies. J / 4 e d - said he - at helpir,g veterans functio• as "free. up s ta n di n g a n d s e 1 f - r el i a n t c i t i z en s " - w la en t la ey r • I ■r • to cirilian l if The President noting: "It is on America's fighting me,i - that this nation must depend." SENA TE ------- .'ll e anwl, _ ile, th e Se,cate toda) ' w as approvi,ag t 4 ~ '\ lt - ~l - Q . J ." , ; ~ 1~ , 7 ~ Tl'W~ - ~ th e nomination of,,( Clark Clifford - to be our 1tew Secr e ta, ~ y o f Defens e . Confirmation by voice vot~ - no o b j e c t i o n s . W i t h C l if ford no a · se t to s u cc e e d Ro I, e rt M cNamara - Oft' as of March 011e. At the same time - first Russia• reactio11 to the Clifford appointment; in the Soviet gover••e•t newspaper - Iz v estia. Calling Clark CliffoTd f s assig••••I - tantamount to putting "the hawks into tlae Peratago• chicken coop." Adding that "his views - like llis clotlae, - belo,ig to another era." ~ ~ ~ ~ " ' ° " - ; a m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~\ POLITICS --- · ---- - - Turning to Politics - a Preview Perhaps of tlae coming Presidential campaign - in a Washington speech toda) ' b y Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien __ o,ae of th e administration's top political strategists. "We will tell the unvarnished truth" said O'Brien. The truth - as he put it - "th«t Preside,at Johnson has given lead ersh,p - that he laas proposed imaginative, compassionate a,ad realistic solutio,as - a•d that he has the ability to get those solutio,ss i,ato la•." However, the President will refuse - "to attack - condemn or assail" his Republica• oppoae,ats - said O'Brien. f dding that L B J will demand instead - s-•I specific alternatives to present administration Df'v Policy; alternatives for solving hard-core problems - - l i k" Vietnam , c r · i m e , housing, u n em Pl o Y men t · " STAFFORDSHIRE_ TOWN ---- T h i s n ex t - fr om S ta ffo rd h · • E s iresa», ngland; where the local Anglicans - have just contmcted for the building of a new church. Seems the selected builder started the job as he always does - posting a "no trespassi,ag" sig• on the planned church site. protest - that the sign was perhaps i,aappropriate to the premises. Accordingly - a new sign Tposted today i,a - v J ~ - ~ ~ '- . front of the church site . L ~ , J "trespassers - ) ,/4 will be forgiven." PARIS ------ For wlzat it's worth - and ,·t mi ' gltt b e Pleraty - a sudden change of tune today in Paris. Wit k l'► ••••••t DeGaulle of Fr--d-n:e-e - voicing his warmest praise of t he Uni t e d S tat e s i n y ea rs • Declaring that France and America - are old comrades in arms; "wlto - on several occasions" - said he "have tipped the scales of ,:a:.: 11Jorltl destinies in so happy and importaJ1t a way." And, therefore, must always remain frie • J1ds - wlaatever brief "frictions" they may have over foreign policy. This at a farewell luncheon - for outgoiag U . S. A ,n b a s s a do r C ha r l e s "Chip " Bo Ill en ; w Ito re I> lied in return, that America remains committed; aow aad in the future - to preserving the traditio11al frie11dsliil> i&• 1 between our Noble two peoples. sentiments. ~ ~ - t r . . . _ ~