OSLO LIME SPRINGS I Winner of the Nineteen Seventy Nobel Peace ' i,, ,,,,,. Prize, a real dark horse candidate - Dr. Norman Borlaug of Lime Springs, Iowa; a man virtually unknown here in his own country - yet a xf» saviour to starving millio , ns right around the globe. The fifty-Si% year old farmer-scientist - one of the developers of the new high yield "miracle rice" also, the principal developer - of a new high-yield type of wheat and corn. This earning him an accolade today from the Nobel committee -- as o,ae of t,he world's leaders in a so-called "green revolution". Obser1ers adding that Dr. Borlaug ltas done more tlaan any otlaer ma,a in all history - to help fighl iaunger. And yet he's called by frierds -- "a typical American, in the best sense." OSLO- Lime springs2 Dr. Norman Borlaug of Lime Springs. Iowa - now winner of the world's most prestigious lnonanitarian award. UNITED NATIONS A l l Ii e Uni led Na ti on s - N , e w York, Israeli Premier Golda Meir was holdi , ng center stage todaj. Madame Meif harienging the A r ~ general - and Egypt in pa,-ticular - to negotiate a new Mid-Ea . st pea c e s e tt l e m e n t no w ; t o do ·i t - s a i d s h e - llw it . ho , u t the hindrance o,. intervetation of a · ny o , utside power." Madame Meir the•f dded that Israel is willing to agree to a mid-East cease-fire - without a time lhnit. But she stressed that t,- . ue peace talks cann . ot begin - ru1Ul Egypt pulls back its missiles fro-fo.o-called Suez '' stand - s till z o n e : 1 ADD UNITED NATIONS Next up - Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko who said that neither Egypt tior Russia - had ever violated that cease-fire zone. Gromyko adding that "the fact of the matter is that Israel itself is •• blocking peace - in an effort to maintain occupied foreign territory." INDO CHINA 0 n t It e I" do C It hta war fr on l - a r e po , r I t o da y ll1al S011/lt Viel'1amese and Cambodian commanders - are laying the ground work for a . joint offensi v e against the Communists; a dri v e to be launched - we are told - some time duri11g the coming d1t"Y season. This following a repo11"t i. that t he U S commt1nd will soon declare a u,zilateral cease fiYe in Southeast Asia. Here at home though - / ; he White House issuiftg a quick denial. Press Secretary Ron Ziegler rtoting ~ Iha IA. President lia s already pul forward a Pe ' ace tkkX-fC bid - calling for a cease fire on all sides. Ziegler adding: "We do not plan an . y furtieY initiatives' ' ' - not at this time, anywa} 1 , " WASHINGTON A neu miracle drug called Tolbulartaide - currently used by •x• nearly a million diabetics -~der fire today from the U S Food aNdf"'rug Administration; which said it would advise doctors- to curb drastically their use of Tolbutamide. And the f'eason - we ar4told - because of indications the drug has little practical effect - and may, in fact, lead to heart disease. VATICAN Al the Vatican - in Rome - Pope Par,l delivered h,duy one of his angriest speeches ever. Bi/terl) ' attacking official torture and police brl4tality - s 11 ch as have • •• been practiced allegedly in Br a z i l. The Pontiff also speaking out - against kidnappings, airplane hi-jackings, armed robberies - and dr · ug peddling the world over. These criminal acts calling "for ot1r denunciation and ou ~ moral condemnation" said he- adding that they must be - "disowned and abolished." JRELAND (Dubli11) "ver seas again - in J'reland - the count-down begi11s. Ir is h bank employees who ha ve fin . ally ended a nationwide str · ike - returning lo work today J or the first lime since April J_hirlieth. And now the task of figuring out - who owes how much and to whom. A massi v e J ob of bookkeeping that will take at least three weeks - before lhe banks can even open their doors again. A l l of w h i c h ,,em••• r a i s e s t h e q u e s t i on : " How could a country st1rvive, · economically - over a pe,·iod of nearly sh long months without a banking system." Ah, but the Irish - truly resourc-f- if nothing else. They use,tl' checks. Everybody. Checks that were pas sed from hand to hand - till the .Y became i . n effect, a nei form of currertcy. About the onl) ' _ . . x place tl,ese che cks we re ever Cas ••ed - ,·n business es/.ablishm~,its stK••il"•• a c I 11al I y , . IRELAND (Dublin) 2 specializing i11 a steady casl, flow. Principally - Ir i sh pubs,. w here th e propr iet ors wer e fearful of accumulat i ng excess f11nds - for fear they might fall prey to bandits, wtcn, .l!._ub owners";"!~■d - ••• • ca sizing checks written on sc,·aps of paper, match covers, tissue paper, y ou name it. Dublin pub oNJner Pat Muldowney, for one, saying : "We were careful at first - the,a we had to cash checks as an act of faith - and business was ne v er better." But he adds : "I won't know till the banks open - whether I'm ricli or ruined." SEOUL In Ill e cil) 1 of Seoul ) RI South Korea - a mass • • wed di n g c er em on y t o ,, a ) ' - one D f l he b i g ge s t e v er . Uniting in holy matr i mony - seven hundred and ninety co11ples. Mos I of them - S 011 th Kor ea n s; of , .,. • • it but man y coming from as far awa.v - as the U S, ja France , German y, Italy, the Netherlands. Members all - of I he i n t er n a ti on al C II r is t i a n Un if i cation ch u r c hf/ which sponsored the mass wedding - as a sort of "l o : · e i n " t o e n d a l l " l o v e - i n s . " Just one catch though: Under the rules of their church - the coupl~maining ,nan and wife r in n~e onl y for a period of forty days and forty nights. For ~ most hone~ 1 moot1ers - quite a wait. CANBERRA This 11cxl - well 1•• would you call ii a,, '"' de r - c o t e r a s s i g n m e n I ? A t a n y r a t e , a c er l a i n Susan Peacock endorsing o certain brand of bed sheets - in a rece11t magazine ad dow,i in Australia. Tlris leading ' lo quite a stir in tlie Aus/,a lian Parliament = in as ,nucl, as Susan Peacock is rhe wife of Afldrew Peacock, Australia's Minist'#li of the Army. ~ In deed, Mi,,ister Peacock finally offering lo r e s i g n j ~ ' - said offer rejected, :. owever. Summing up - then, the Minister of War - ~ - a n y t h ; n g b u t p r o u d a s ~ 1 ea co c ll . H · i s w if e ' s ,-s la e et - V\J ~ - ••x•x•--•• endorsement - apparently leavirtg laim as ( -- w.JJ?~4t- '7 mad as a wet ;f •• hen. !Ji' LE_ IN_ 0 NE ,'\ccording lo Sports Illustrated the ageless ( Sam Snead shot another hole-in-one al Greenbriar 011e hundred sixl)•-fhree yards 11Jith a seven iron. But Ille fabulous part of ii is that it 's also the eighteenth hole-tr- one in Snead's lollg golfing c a r e e ~ ~ n y many golfers, includi,rg pros go through a lifetime/.. 11Jlthout a single hole-in-one. Which reminds me /hat a hole-in-one tournament N1as held in Reno, financed by Barralls, and the firs/ J,ri•e a l11Jenty thousand dollar Farrari automobile N1as 11Jon by my ski pal, sports editor Hack Miller of th.e Deserel Ne••·