VIETNAM In Vietnam -- ground action continue• to mount. With today'• bi11e•t cl&•h -• e battle lse-.ce a■ ttruf,...Ur&. Amo•i,;nl 1)6,tabu am• fan• ef ¥Mt.Ca......,.._ ,.,r "Tam Ky, about forty mile• •outb of Da Nana. The enemy lo1in1 thirty-nlne.lllal -- • ••=-•••••••••••"'•• · American lo••e• ~t.t five. ~ J PENTAGON Ts& •I •s I -=- at the Pentagon -- Defense Secretary Melvin Laird held a d ' .I f.u:.i._ · f-:, M preu confe . rence t o d a y ~ ltre••~ t . he importance of health, I\. . - J... I. educatio and welfare paaoW••ta-,-- in U.S. domestic affairs. Melvin Laird a•certing: "It i• ,, most important that we 1e t defense expenditure• -- in tune with other priorities. 11 Adding that be ~ drasticailr reduced defense spending -- since taking office last year; and intend•~.....,._~ to reduce defense spending -- still further in the month• ahead. However, the Secretary streHed -- there!!,!_ limits. Further ob•ervin1 that like it or not -- we mi1ht be compelled to develop new offen•ive weapon• ay•tems. This -- said he -- in the event that arms limitation talk• prove fruttle•• - or to meet . perhaps an incrjase in the So , viet military t hreat. CLARKSVILLE From Clarksville. Pennaylvan:ia - - a trickle of information today in the Yablonaki · triple murder case. State police diecloeing that the death bullet• came from at leaat two different guna; b.<1w eugge ■ting that the ptt.- likewl■e numbered " at leaat two -- or maybe even more. Meanwhile, in Wa ■hin1ton , -- United Mlne worker■ chiebln Tony Boyle denied emphatically •••y-.- any union involvment in the ca■ e. Noting that Jeck Yablonaki had ju■t challenged the preaent union leader ■ hip -- and lo■ t -- ■o what . point could there be. A• for charge• emanating £rom Yablon■ki' • two ■on■ - - ~ B o y l e : ~ "They are obviou•ly emotionally up■et - - and I can well und.-r■ tand why. 11 EDGARTOWN Edgartown, Ma••· -- another day of secret testimony.......,__ in the Mary Jo ~ ~ f { ; Kopechne inque ■ t • .lc1W-~here it will all lead -- ~ nobodY. know•. Di■ trict .,.. Attorney Edmund Einie -- in hie one ■ peculation -- ■ugge ■tin1 that the inque ■t mi1ht be ended "around mid-day" tomorrow. • ■111tt:::t1il•=-■1.11!f:::itCEtCEDini■ _.,. late~chattin1 with newe men; •1adlw ... wa■ a■ked what he thought about Teddy Kennedy'• chance• -- in nexl November ■enatorial . election. Said the DA: "U Senator Kennedy le the Democratic nominee -- I expect I wW vote for him. " -· ..... -· - .. MIDDLE EAST 1n the Middle Eaet •• Ieraeli jeh today bl&eted Egyptian military tar1et• -- a acant eighteen miles from Cairo. Clo•e•t they have yet come to the Egyptian capital -- eince that brief war of June, 1967. The raider ■ taking advanta1e of a aerie ■ of earlier ■ trike ■ -- that have all but deetroyed E1ypt'• early warning eyetem alon1 the Suez Canal. KUALA LUMPUR Vice Preaident Agnew •pent today at Kuala Lumpur in Malayaia; one o( the moat beautiful citf.e• in the exitic Ea•t• The crowd• out to welcome him included the city'• two thouaand regular police -- aa well aa three thou•and .--,-. ~ ~ . -'-~j field troup• who were brou1hl in by P~ime Minlater Ten1ku Abdul Rahman. /\ After eight month• of racial atrife in thi• tropical Garden of Eden -- the government of Malay•ia wa• taking no chance. A• it turned out though - - the tight aecu . .-tty seemed unneceaaary. The ~~ -4 } '..-l~"~ <7 f 1 : ~ , 7-?~""1A Vice Preaident'• motorcade made"the fo u rteen milej...through the heart of Kuala Lumpur -- without incident. TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM ~ Tel Aviv •• an article was publiahed today in the authodtative newapaper Ma 'a riv; an article telling of a recorded U.S. war · ning to larael -- to avoid any action that might endanger the stability of Lebanon or Jordan. Now thie: The World Jewish Congreu --- in aeuion tonight: at Jer■aalem. It• preaid . ent -- Doctor Nahwn Goldmann -- wa■ning Jew• the world over that they muat aupport larael; whatever the "difficulty" -- whatever the coat. Dr. Goldmann decrying what he called a "proce•• of eroaion" -- eapecially in American •upport of larael.i VATICAN At the Vatican --R-om~ Pope Paul today criticized Roman Catholic church too far, too {a ■t -- and tho ■e who refu ■e to change at all. Next que ■tion "What i ■ the correct path? " to which the Pope replied ■imply that which ill ■ei by "re•ponaible authority;" mea . nlng the Pope himeelf -- along with "other paetor ■ of the church." NOORDWIJKERHOUT follow Vatican .. , 11 • r L A ~ ,; ~ J- ~ ~~ Noordwijkerhout in the Netherland■; wheM a joint meeting of Dutch prie ■ t1 and laymen voted overwhelmingly~ in favor of · aboli■ hing celebacy for prie1t ■ in Holland. ~ Cardinal ~ernardu1 Alfrink --the primate of Holland -- one of tbo■e)\but not voting) tia ,aid, however, he did regard the outcome - - a■ repre■en_!&t~ve oftbta feeling• of Dutch Catholic•. -Aali tbi ■ vefflo&a • rs1• Iha.& lie .,,,n ehorl&,, us·~ fwly oc1:k•ai11r •• new- NEW YORK New York City -- General David Sarnoff call■ it quite. At age ■eventy-nine -- resigning today as chairman of RCA -- the company .llliilt he helped to launch more half a century ago. Turning the job over to hi■ ■on , Robert -- '18°now be come■ pre ■ident and chairman. General David Sarnoff -- a giant 0£ the broadca ■ ting indu■ try; and a man who will, indeed -- be ■orely miued. RED BALL Orf of the fringe benefit■ of exploring the unknown -- ill the faot that brieOy ,::a t least. you can really "get away from it all; " as I did recently -- in one of the least known sections of still wild New Guinea. But when you ar e away you also miaa some opportunities. Thia time I miaaed an important . new book -- one I would have told you about at ' the time, "RED BALL IN THE SKY" la a colorf'ul, thrilling account of the experience• of one of America'• great pilot•: Charley Blair -- firat man to fly I J.z_,. aolo acrou the Arctic, over the North Pole; -- firat man to lead a flt1ht of jet fighters aero•• the top of the world -- winner of the Harmon International Trophy !or outatanding contribution to aviation -- winner of the Thurlow Award £or navigational achievement -- the Diatinguiahed Flying Cron -- I could 10 on His book "RED BA LL IN THE SKY" i• much more than an action atory. RED BALL -- 2 It contain• an analyd1 -- of the awe1ome problem• facing u1 in thia era of nuclear weapon,; written by a man who 1erved •• an Air Force General. I auggeat you read ''RED BALL IN T.HE SKY. " ~ U. -tt.:J,. 4-· ~ WA..,"I.,~ ~ --f~ )1.-d.' o.--J~~ ""~ l,\,~:, \ -i i(,., ~ ,.J < "=r __.k.,,.~ Yr1 (lM, ~ 0) :KeL~ . KOKOMO and weet. The mercury hitting 20 below at Kokomo, Indiana -- freesing a natural gae pipe line and leaving thousand• without beat. At nearby Chicago -- twelve below; freezing rail equipnent -- stranding thouaande more. Temperature• Outlook for tonight 7 - - ~ ~ Tt;, weather bureau predicti;. o"e.z•.-& tempe . raturee of zero or below -- in thirty-aix atatea,l II I