PARIS 1/1A 1 , h{~ I ~ - ,~ Willt all C) s o,i Pari · - something of an a,iti- climax loda . The Ji Y I round of pr limi,zary p ~: ce talks between /h e United Slat e and North Vietnam HI- concentrating solely on technical details. ffi1ch as who will sit t her -- t Ital languag s will be 1tsed - and so on. 6ille~ Chief ,zegotiators ja for both sides - t,t,,'--e/U' skipping Iii e s e s s ion e ,z I ire l y . Be that as it may - they were !:...'!..lJlJ~g_. With a second procedural meeting - set for tomorrow morning. US officials predicting the conference will probably get down lo business - maybe Monday morning. U S Deputy Chief Cyrus Vance, for one - ca l l i ~ r s I day's results "very" satisfying. SAIGON FOLLOW PARIS ---------------- ----- Unoficially though - western observers were suggesting that Hanoi might be stalling deliberately; l,oping to ,e• give the Viet Cong in Saigon - additional time to improve their bargaining position. If sucli was the case - it was a wasted effort. Th e U S co m man d u n loading i ts he a vy guns today - on a Viet Co11g stronghold just inside the Saigo11 city limits. With US infantrymen later movi,sg in- to finish off the enemy die hards. A,. American officer explaining: "Th ere is just no place for them to go - it's just a dirty, messy job of house-to-house fighting." WARSAW-PRAGUE War jitters in Eastern Europe - somewhat eased today. Wilh Western diplomats and foreign reside,sts -- once again permilled to travel freely from Warsaw. ~ ~.,.. apparently nrz rks an end lo reported Soviet troop "' movements -- across Poland toward Czechoslovakia. As you have doubtless heard - these troop ~ movements 11 supposedly aimed at telling the mavericlr Czech govern me,e t - - enough i . s enough. And appare,e tl y --4 1110 rke d. Prague today sending a telegra"' to Ille Kr e m li n - o,. the t wen I y-t h i rd an,. iv er s a r y of C z e c Ir liberatio,a in World War Two; a telegram pledghag that - "friendship, alliance and all-round cooperation with th e U S S R an d tloei• o the r Soc i a li s t c o u n tries " - is still "the main line of Czechoslovak policy." EAST BERLIN ------------- Freedom in Ea I Berlin. For no apparent reason -- East German aulhorities today releasing Peter Feinauer~n Anl'!rican resident of West Berltn - originally from Providence, Rhode Island. Yo11 may recall - Feinauer sentenced to fifteen years last September -- as an alleged American spy. At the time - U S authorities calling the verdict - a travesty of Justice; and so it may have been - jMdgh1g from today's act iort. f 2]!_11.QJ! In Londo,i today - tliey're calling it "Wilson's Black Friday." Prime Minister Harold Wilson'~ Labor Party - having sr,ffered a :lt landslide defeat in municipal elections .~multaneo1ts with a demand from Labor Press Magnate Cecil King - that Wilson resign from office. Ki,sg's defection - perhaps the worse blolfl; ha that he also resigned -- as a director of tlle Ba,sk of England. ,,kfsertirag that Britai,s is now threate,aed - ) will, the greatest fi,aa,acial crisis" i,a its history. A statement that caused sharp drop3 -- in both tire Britts" pound and the London Stock Exchange. The perils of the pill - subject of an order today from llie U S Food and Drug Administration. Calling for relabeling of all birth control l>i pills sold i,1 tit is country - as of June thirty. Tlte new labels - required to reflect results of recent British studiesfshowing a seven to ten fold increase in blood-clotting deaths - among wome11 taking "the pill." The new labels will also point out - tltat degree of risk may va.ry in tl,is c°"'try,. Meanwllile, tlte F DA is proceedh1g will, its own study - of possible side-effects; results of which - will be reatly ,sext year. PENTAGON Som c two hundred thotlsan d army reservists - assigned to begin immediate riot control training. 3l> Announce~ today l'f from the I entagon. Marking the firs I time that army reservists - have ever beert earmarked for possible rise in civil disorder. The Reservists thus to join some three h,u,dred thousand aa.iimr rtatio,aal guardsmen -- who have already received such traiNlrtg. Which means the natiort will soon have more than half-a-million citizen-soldiers -- s1>ecially-trai,aed for riot duty. SUPREME COURT -- ---- - - - - --- --- A m e r ge r that wottld lta v e created the longest railroad in Ille nation - temporaril y side-tracked today by Chief Jr,stice h-rf Warren. ~ d i n g a sr,preme / court hearing on the case- set for a week from Mo11day. Justice Warren acting on a motion from tl,e Justice D e partment - claimi,ag a possible a,ati-trust violatio,arif tlte three lines concerned - the Great Northern; the Northern Pacific and the Chicago a,ad Burli,agton - tfJere allowed to merge, as plan,aed, i,ato one gia,at railroad. RYANN/SPORT Appropos of Mother's Day -- ~ - /\. -- a famous mother came to the defense of her equall~l famous son today. From Hyannisport - - Mrs. Rose Kennedy strongly refuting charges - that Senator Robert Kennedy is trying to "buy" the Presidency. As far as campaign spending is concerned - said Mrs. Kennedy - her oao,e family is much like tl,e Rocke f e ll e rs . "We both ha v e Io ts of money '' - - said s It e 1 ''j.f yo., ha v e mo" e y - yo., s p e,. d tt to ao in ; a,. d I It e more you ca,s afford -- the more you'll spefld." Mrs. KeflN edy adding: "It's no I regulated - therefore, it's not .,,.ethical." COLUMBUS ---------- Next up - birthday greetings lo Radio Station WR B L - in Colun,bus, Georgia. Today celebrati,rg forty years of service lo lhe south. WR B L -- a , i peach of a station - in a peacli of a state. ' I I ' 1 1 I , ' \ MARCH ------- Welcome news today -- from March Air Force base in California. Doctors reporti,.g that former President Eisenlioiuer - continues to make steady progress ~~AL ~ from tlrat r e c ~ a r t attack.70 the point where Mamie Eisenhower has been given a green light - to retur,e East by rail. ~-Ike himself expected to be transferred slaortly by plane - to Wal t er Ree d -If& a p II d I i,1 Wash ii• gt o,.. W Ire re v ~ - Mamie will be•• waili,eg -- to assist,,. his rec11peratioJ1. BRASILIA The go v ernme,it of Brazil - said to be plagued by s o m e s e v en IJ:mrthrtl h tin d re d thou s a" d us el es s bureaucrats. Which accounts for a story today from Brasilia - telling of a novel attempt to eliminate the "featherbedders ". The Brazilia,e go v erftment decidirtg, in effect - lo pay the useless bureaucrats to quit their jobs. 4s specified In a ,. • ., law - those who leave goverJtnienl service voluntarily - will receive as compe,esaliofl half pay for tlae J1ext six years. Pro•t>tiflg - - - - Braziliafls to call the new 11• law - "tlle law of Ille lazy.''