pa LONDON In London - Britain's new Conser v ative government today cancelled a scheduled militar3 , pull-back -- from Britisl, bases "east of Suez". British Prime Minister Edward Heath also proposing a new southeast Asian defense pact -- linking i«iltbla Britain with Australia - New A• Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. Al Ille same ~~~- time, A. H ea I h Pledging that Brita in will ,eow assume a greater burden in the defense of Europe; - as lo,eg sought by Washington. BIG FOUR FOLLOW UNITED NATIONS Meanwhile, tlie Big Four Ambassadors to the U N - were ho l ding h, da j an o t her s es s ion of s e c re t talks on the i« Arab -Israeli impas~efore they broke up - A \ I agreeing to meet again November l!_i ne, • 'Jt:M=>i:1 fou , r 1'2 days after the scheduled termination - of the current .M. ninety day mid-East cease fire. This/\.taken as an indication - that the Big Four powers are 6•a , s confident the cease fire will be extended. Indeed, a State Department spokesman in Washington - say hag tlae U S for one, is convinced tlae tr•ft will remah, i• effect; ~ if not by formal agreement - then at least on a defacto basis. '1 ST PETERSBURG St. Petersburg, Florida - the first stop today for Presideent Nixon - on his current cross country campaign t o u r ~ e Presi,jm ~ i n e d by Florida's governor lurk - a l s o, R e Pub li ca ,a Se n a tori a l ca n did a t e William- Cra , mer -ftn ~ ~ b u l l ~ ~ . - ~ a motorcade t h r o u g ~ ~ In a later speech - the President urging voters to cast aside party labels - to support, instead, those ca11didates - who will back administration policy on Vietnam) iaflation, , def e n s e , c r i m e , a,. d ,, i o l e n c e • -----~ r' ~ .' -- r:1e PVLahlenl goh:g=ew 4c w~ "These are ,aot partisan ~ld,e,,u matters" - but matters of parawiount concern to all Americatts. A•d he added: "Wlloever is President of the United States - ~ the r most powet;~an in the world; but he can't do it alone - he i s n 't t hat s Ir o ng • " T he Pr es id en t t II e • I e II i •g h • s audience. "I need your helt,." TALLAHASSEE FOLLOW ST PETE Next stop - Tallahassee; where the President argued that bussing "solely lo achieve racial balance - is not required by law and is not conducive to quality edi,calio , n." The President also urging , an end to tlae "hypocrisy" - as he p , ut it -- that the problems of our schools are .-cnr only in the South. "The lime has ·- co me" said he "to realize that this is one t:ountry - with one standard - in tlae east, west and soutla." . . _ ~- , .. - • - - r •~ on to Texas - for more of Ille same. LONG VIEW FOLLOW TALLAHASSEE/ At Long View - the President paying tribute to his pre de c e s s or L B J - saying that - ''he , too, w a s devoted to peace. " -Air T lie President adding: '' We in the Re pub I ican party are showing I he form er •• r • • • • - • the respect he de:;erve, - far more than ; • • • a his own party." NEIV YORK Ef 1•111ill1, e In New York ~ a meeting of the American importers !!_Ssociation; hearing today some straigltt talk - on th e subject of marijuana. This from a"'ssistant treasury Secretary Gen · e Rossides - who lteads itp a new anti-drug program. Rossides assertit1g that current studies by J.he !!.alional institute of ~et1tal !.ealtli - will soon te · ll us more about marijauna. B 11i t " w e ,,,,,,. ,, already know sufficient about i~ _, r said he - "to reject it and to attempt to guard our young people from it;" if only for the fact that "a heavy marijuat1a user - is more l i kely to become a multiple drug user." Rossides adding, "in short, we know there is t10 good to be derived from marijuana - nnd danger is ever present." MOl!NT MENTOZA From~~J,r'ii-~~;.~ ~ British Defense Mnm,Q Ministry,"t comes news today of a mountaineering first. Two members of a British Armed Forces expedition - becoming Ille first men ever to scale Mount Mentoza i11 the high Himalayas; altitude - twenty-one thousand, one-llundred-arad-forty feel. Tlte Britisli pair identified as Captain Rory Cape arad ffetn{!ie~ Lieutcr.ant Stewart Rae - both of ~ Roya . I Mari11es. JUAREZ This flext - pe,·l,aps the beginning of the e•d for M exi ca" divorces. The legislative assembly of Mexico's ~ ~ £hihuahua slalw - in session at Juarez - repeali•g its so-called "quickie divorce law" orginall)' passed in ,i i n e t e e n -T hi ,. t JL- T hr e e ; ~ :t:de s i n c e u s e d b "' t e,. s of - ~ _., thousands of Americans - ._ in sheddi,zg their mates. bo r. t i ■ t •• • , . • 1, ~ A new substitul e law~ specify,-. :l• tl,at both Parties to the divorce - •• must ,eow be prese•!J further GCIO extending the waiting period - from twe•ty- . t;; four l1011rs lo at least a week; and an some cases~ two weeks. ~...e...w~ This~ expected to cost c•ihua1aua i,e ge•eral aNd Ju a r e z ; ,, pa rt i cul a r - an est i mate d t w o •Jl klx Jl •• "' i l l i o,. a year in lost revenue. Chihuahua Governor Flores insisting it was necessary though - Oft th grounds that tile old law "was being abused by indiscriminate aftd 11nscr11p11lous attorneys" and olliers. BOOM ALLEY llwrt O H ~ , . oa;" at'or~ -- - ~ .,., .Jtill debating 0"W1 the pros and cons of de v eloping J new super•onic l p t • . U1 ~~ rans o r , ) - • • • • • • 11::sa; the British proceed'-1, ~tt..w, ~ Jul l speed ahea~ aat4U •~ Concorde ,r-•• 1uwu=wni;-- ~ Ii ■ •• = 1eUiNg today 1' a new speed record for comMercial aircraft. ,. a t e s ~ ~ \ \ - ~ D I N Alley" '" IAe aw. ~ ~ ~ { : t - West of England,,{ •• . . . . . . x• • .. ••••ss,< a top speed of one~housantl-two-hundred-ar1d-fifty-..five miles a,a lloNr; ~ --Q;- tt:IA betterhag its old mark by/\..•• • :, .. •••·•• wll•• Britain's Co,acorde fast approaclti,ag the speed MOSCOW Ot , er in Russia - a big jump in traffic deaths over tile Past few years; lea ding today to the adoption of a tot1gl1 new •la•tntlJc crimi,aal code - dealing with traffic offenses. For driving while i,atoxicated - w It e t Ii er i n v o I v e d i n a n a c c id en I or n o t - t he • • I> e "a lt y ~ llw...-,0-. • now A o,ie year in jail. Fo • r driviNg a defective motor v e h i cl e - - a c c i de n I or n o - - f ~ y e_!!!' s • For "reckless jay-walking" leading to a fatal accident - fi!L! years} And for driving violations le~ding to fa)!!l accidents - --l,Q~- l fifte · en years. 1IR same - as for murder. - / l.. - LOS ANGELES From Los Angeles - the st:ory of a man with an amazing memory. One David Roth -who can give the telephone numbers of any of the six hundred members of Iii s I o ca I R o ta r y Cl u b - who ca n n a m e t he day of t I, e week for any dale from the years , (:evenleen Fifty-Two to Three tho"sand -- who can recite verbaturN TliorNas Gray's immortal "Elegy In A Cou,atry Clturch Yard". All of which would be pretty tame stuff • in as ..:ud«• ' nt.ucli as David Roth was a memory expert for forty years - till his retirement a decade ago. Pretty tame - except tltal David Roth is celebrati,ag tltis week his r.inety-seve,atlt birthday; and slHI an expert.,~ ~ (M) -J- - ~ 'ft • ' 1 ~ ; 1 c:vu .hlla~ Perhaps provi11g Slialtespeare's cfJnlention _ that "as , , ou are old and reverent - - 0 ~-P--J.o_ so should you be wise." - """"" ~ -