LOWELL THOM.AS October 1:5, 1966 WHITE HOUSE Arter a day of rather intensive campa1gnlng--Pres1dent Johnson dropped a bombshell today at the White House by a announcing for the first time--that he has Just invited the new leaders of the Soviet Union to come to the United States. The Presidential invitation through Soviet Foreign Minister Andrey Gromyko when they met early this week. The President conceding that relations between Washington and Moscow have cooled of late--because of Viet Nam. Adding, however, that Russian "leadership"--would be more than welcome ' in this country. As for the future of American and Soviet relations--the Pres1ent asserting: "I'm an optimist. I see bo reason for the American people--to fear the Russian people." The Prestent's remarks were following his return from New York by way of Delaware, where he warned the voters of impending danger--if the Republicans should regain control of Congre r J tn the coming elections. "We eould falter--and fall back--and fa11"--sa1d the President. WHITE HOUSE-- 2 Incidentally, his re : ceptlon so enthusiastlc--that his car was mobbed as he tried to leave ror the Wilmington airport. The tres1dent at last pleading with the crowd --"pleas•, let me go , ." Wh1ch--they finally did. VIET NAN In Viet lam--big American B-F . lfty-Twos and aullei, Jet fighters struck repea . tedly today at that pseudo de1111itar1zed sone--between North and South. The Q.S. heavy cruiser St. Paul--adding to the barrage fro■ its position ortahore. For a time--U.S. Defense Secretuy Ncla•ra hovered nearby in a helicopter; so close he could see the flash or fire and the craters left by the bombs. Beyond the no •n's land--add1tional American Jets were poun411ng the Communist North, along a two hundred-mile front, from Haiphong to Dien Bien Phu. The U.S. warplanes destroying 1 four missile s1tes--blow1ng up a number of oil storage unite-- and demolishing a vast underground storage area. a Later, Sec. McNamara returning to stigon--en route home . -- told newsmen that the war is going well--even better than expe : cted. In addition, assuring A merican troops that the standard tour of duty in Viet Nam-- · wlll remain at twelve months and no longer - -despite ramors to the contt-ary . ••t•Ptal ,a VDT 1111 leN at holll -- tbe INa• todaJ puaed a controwenlal ltlll; •ld.ng 1t a cr1M -- tor Aller1oana to and a1cl to lortll Ylet ... ; or to att ... t ill aDJ ny -- to atop troop tralnl ta the United St.tu. , . . _ -- after beat.I cleltate -- 1t1 a IIU'llil at '1W llallNcl IIIMI . . . . ,,-,1n to a1n,-..... .... .... * ltlll - . - to Ult S1■1'Ge -- ...._ lt taoea allloat eetalll dNt:11. I I , ~ • ' 1 ~ ' ~~ two-torilr Allerlcan Al'IQ ottlcera i(' held tonleht la a 11111lan J a i l ~ theJ'•• lanplahed DOif tor two lfHka -- on auaplclon or "aggra•ated tbett." - - '!be two •n -- IMl Vor.tblll, ~ t , ~ • - , ot lortb Llttl• lock, Arlcanau -- and Craddock llllloar, ~ , , ~ , ot Salt Lake CltJ. Celebntlal tbelr dlacbal'ge troll the Al'IQ -- bJ •1111 or an a11to tour througb tbe So•l•t Vnl°'!J m ■'theJ allepdlJ tUcbecl an antlq• NU tl'GII a Lenlllpad hotel -- attellptlDI to carr, lt hoae. !be U.S. IMUaJ Ul'llnl R1111lan ottlclala -- that •1a • l • ot the relatl••lr ■lnor nature or the caae -- lt abollld N, qulcklJ concluded and the JOUDI - aent on their war boa.• lllt a, r•t -- no NtlJ. CONGRF.SS In the Senate ltself--speedy approval today or a so-called "Chr1st•s Tree" package .. A bill that started out--as a measure to benefit foreign investors; but ended up--w1t~ ■ore ttum for · ty riders, such as one to provide elctlon-,ear benlfita-- for doctors, lawyers, the elderly, and a host ot others, including even needy Presidential candidates. One •Jor amend•nt providing that taxpayers--•y elect to allocate a dollar apiece froa their inco■e tax returns, to be applied as a Pederally-controlled-Presldent1al-elect1on-caapaign•rtnd . .. T,_e bill as presently wr1tten--perm1tting maJor parties to draw on the fund, up to a Mxi■um of thirty-five million each --that 1s 1n the nineteen-sixty-eight Presidential cupalgn. Just one catch. The bill now goes to a House-Senate Conference Co•ittee--where many of its provisions are ex . pected to end up on the cutting room floor. uap w-e'1f aerlcan ind Sowlet apace 1clent11ta ~ 1a cont110,1111 ~ ort.lt '°4aJ; pel'hape/\• a colll1lon covae ~ at that contlnalllg Altroaaatlcal Coagrea1 1D llldrld. !lie ·••tau -- tor tlletr part -- wltlldra•lill flN taport_, ,... ... ; ortclaallJ lobedllled tor PNl•Ytlon -- to the Coapeaa. At tae - tlal(lu11m acoualJil Alllrlom(\ ,... . . •· of tl'Jtill to ca rrolallH outer apace. 1ll1a 1uppoaedl7 tbrough an llldl••· IIIPPlJ -- of tree drlnkl, ldffl'tlat.ag , - ~ cipret llabten, pbotapoapba Uld PNH rel•••••"-' Alllrtoan coapanle1 are ott•rlnl delepte1 ad J0Ul'llallat1 -- attendlng the conteNDCe. the U.S. -- 1n turn•- wltbdn•llll thrH acbedllled papen, by order of the orttce ot llmltloaa Control -- at the Pelltqon. At the • - tlM, telllag the Rualana thefre tree to launch their own 1ntoraatlon cupalgn -- an,t1• they do deaiN. ..... 11111 JOLLOI IWllID ■•re•• a later report. !be V .s. Air Poro• tod11 oancellJal a paper -- on the Paloaarea ■llalng maclear bollb lnoldent; 1ebedulel tor preaentatlon to an lnternatloaal llldlcal•111r11oa1 OOllfereno• -- curreatlJ 1n ••••lon at lelaNd•. 191'11111J. !M paper •tltltd -- •11141cal Aapecta ot the PalWNI Incld•t. • lltalralm -- aald tale Alr Jore• -- beCUH •oeralil NOtl- ot lt ..-. olu■ltled llltoratl•.• two Aaerlcan cancer expert• -- 1lho ha•• de•oted tbelr u,-enf' 11••• to tightlllg the dread dl••••• ~ todaJ •••d ~olnt .,,.... or the l1Det•n-Sut1-su lobel Prlse tor lledlclae. Dr. lnllola Rou -- ot tbe locateller Inatltate 1n ■- tork CltJ; and Dr. Charle• 111111118 -- ot the 1flllYera1tJ or Chlcqo. Dr. lou -- at ltpt1-S.•en -- OM or Ille oldeat ••er lo reoe1H a lollel ~ an 1IIIO 41aooffNCI u aarlJ u llDetNll•lle•• -- tbat canoer collld be lndaoed bJ a Ylra. l d11c0Ye17 -- tbat led to todaJ'• allU'd. Dr. llalnl -- a Slzt1-•t•e-,-r-old apeclallat 1n OJNl~e-. chwt.tmw j JI'- dlacoYered tbat treatamt with oiii.1oa1a~~ caue regre11lon ln certain tne• ot tuaora. MOl'l'REAL The movie--"How to Steal a Nlll1on"--playlng at a theater not far away; a band or thieves in Nontreal--today showed exactly how lt's done 1n real-life. The thert--rrom a postal bulldlng at Montreal's Dorval International Airport. 'Ille gang cutting through a heavy ■eah screen--selzing fifteen mall bag8--and driving ott in a waiting tauck. The whole operation 80 allent, 80 s110oth--that nobody discovered the crime until an hour later. The take--accord.1ng to Quebec Provlaclal Police: Juat about a cool 1111110n. COLUMBUS-DAYTON ~ giant "un-beauty" cont e at is cur . rently underway in Ohio. Medical researchers from Ohlo State Un1versity--scow-lng the cities of Columbus and Dayton; in hopes or rinding exactly a thousand--or the worst physical specimens or American unhood. Chief talent scout--Ohlo State physiology apeciallat Dr. Donald Matthews, who says that potential applicants ■wst be rat, paunDpy, listless, middle-aged men--who smoke at least twenty cigarrettes a day--who are generally dissipated and run- down. In other worda--each a top candidate ror a heart attack. Purpoae--aa1 . d Dr. Natthewa--to study the men over a period or from P1ve-to-F1fteen pears. Along the way--lf poss1ble-- 1nduc1ng half of them to reform; by losing welght--by exerc1a1ng --by cutl1ng out those cigarettes: to see what effaet, if any~- 1t will have on their overall mortality rate. Dr. Matthews callUaa · the proJect--"onE- of the greatest ever undertaken" 1n the field of heart res~arch. The cost, a Halr-Mi111on Bucks--provided by the National Institute of Health. SAi JIUICDCO JOJU# COLUIBD-DA1'l'OI A 1111111 •••• -- tNII San l'Nnclaco:~ heart•--- Dr. llchael De lakeJ ot louton -- principal apeaker todaJ at t /,V"#... , ._..1 con••ntlon ot the Aalrlcan College ot s ~ ~111111 or the - - Pl'OIN•• ln d••elop■1nt ot artltlclal an,lerl•-- tor •lctta ot olroulator, 41•-· •terW -- ,et uecl tor artltlclal arterlea. • •1t alllllatN ••• de•elopa atberoaa.• !bl• a •JIIPton -- ctcr Dlllr.uaoclated wlUl harclealill ot the arterle•. Or ln tbla cue -- bardmlag ot the Daoroa. C LOTUDO ':'RING. , Frl m ColoraJ. .ipr-1 ng~, Colora-jo--a Jtory toriay tllat p~rhaps b~sL ~11 uni~- th"? h arl1np- of -- "Judtclal backlash . '' Ju3tlce Otto Moore uf the Colorado ~ upr-~me Court--blasting certntn of t,t~ colleagu8s on t e bench, for alleged over-exuberance--ln hte ~ppltcat1on of recer~ rulings of the U. S. Supreme Court. Justice Moore taking particular exception--to an incident that occurred in Cleveland early this week; when a news photographer was threatened with contempt--if he refused to surrender a picture he had taken of two other newsmen. This in connection--with the upcoming Sheppard trial. Justic Moor saying he didn't see how the picture--"could have anything at all to do" with prejudicing a Jury. Further asserting the photographer should have kept the film--and fought the case in court. Justice Moore adding--"there are ten thousand judges in this country." P . nd unfortunately--said he-- "some of them are blanket y -blank fools." LTP.1966.10.13.pdf LTP.1966.10.13ii.pdf