BOMBINGS ---------- March l2, l970 Allen Jackso,i The bi![ story toda3 , in New York - the big bomb scare. Starting out with a series of blasts early this morning - in the sk · yscra(Jer off i ces of three , major corporations. Co,itinuing on through the day with repeated bomb threats - forcing the evaa.ation of more tllan a dozen buildings. Luckily - there have been no injuries, as yet. However, property damage in the three actual bombings - is said to be heavy . Credit for which was later claimed by a group calling itself - the "Revoltltionary Force Nirae." /11 a letter to UPI - sahing it' had stru cl- at the tltree big corporations - because they were, quote, "tire enemies of all life." PARIS At the peace table in Paris - the Comm,utist side c II a r g e d t o day th a t l h e N i • x o n A d m i n is tr a t i o n - h a s "c re a t e ll another Vietnam" in Laos. America's Philip Habib responded with a charge - that Hanoi itself now has sixty- seven tllousand troops in tllat supposedly neutral kin . gdom. Saigon's Nguyen Xuan Phong added that he felt he was "witnessing a scene - wllere the thief was threatening to call the cops." (SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "WEDDING INTRO" ) And 1101 - it' s time agai,i f or Lowell Thomas ; reporting tonight from the Kingdom of Nepal - up near the "roof of the world." Lowell .. . .. WEDDING INTRO -------------- T Hello e v er Yb o d y .' Since _v o u las t heard from me 1 ha e been laking (Jart, as a guest ,, in one of the most colorful events of this or an_v other _vear, anywhere, also helping film . it. If 1 were to use all of the minutes alloted to this news - ' broadcast, and not for one even.Jng but for an entire week, even then it would be hopeless to attempt to describe in words the wedding of the ~own Prince and 0-own Princess of Nepal - the series of ceremonies that ran almost 7 without a break for days and finally ended with a glittering state bant;uet in a brand new·royal palace, here in Shungrila, in Katmandu. It 's hardly fa i r to c om pare th is Him a lay as Ro ya l ;Jedding with a coronation in Lundon, an inaugural uy in Washington, a Papal Pageant in Rome, or a grim anniversar: ora revolc4tion staged by the Kremlin, for the}' are all one day e v e n ts . A l m o s t a n y :, r. e day of t h i s u n i q u e , ex o I i c , o u t - 4{- the-r,ast seven da}' oriental wedding was as colorf11/ - or WEDDl ' NG INTRO - 2 more so - than any et ent ever witnessed in our lime in any other land. After all Katmandr, here in Nepal and Llia . sa in Tibet have been the two rivals for the honor of being the "Capitol of Shrangrila". And, since Tibet as a separate state has been overrun by Mao's Chinese Communist hordes, this much •••• smaller Himalayan kingdom has stoc1d alone as "The Land of Lost Horizon." (SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE SLUGGED "WEDDING INTRO") Thank you, Lowell. 7rNATE The Senate approved today a bill lowering the voting age to eighteen - in all national, state and local elections, starting January Firsfe[t's aimed at extending voting rights to young people, aged eighteen to twenty-one - who will probably number about ten million by the time of the next Presidential election. ~ WHITE HOUSE President Nixon ad,•ised Congress to<ia _,. - he plans to set up a f>ou erful new domestic council, as of July Firs l. Its as s i gn e d task - to ad v is e I he Pres id en t on the "total range of domestic policy." On another matter, the President announced the appointment of Curtis Tarr ' - as the new U.S. Selective Service Director. The forty-five-year-old Tarr -a former college /)resident now serving as an -4ssisbnt Air Force Secretary. Tarr himself tells reporters : ''I was drafted in Nin e t e en - Fo rt y - Three - and enjoyed th e ex fJ er i enc e . " PARIS FOLLOW NEW YORK And a fashion report from Paris deals today witJ, the clothes worn by France's First Lady - on her recent U. s. tour. Yo" nray recall - M:idame Claude Pom(Jidort sported the new "Midi-look" - with skirt-lengths about mid-calf. This ar,parently in deference to new French fashions. Her husband - the French President also obs er, ed that longer skirts "add mystery to love." At any rate, all of this has caused quite a furore in France - where the "mini-look" is still much in evidence. Indeed, a French public or,inion survey - polled the t,or,ulace to see where they stand . Rer,orting that nearly seventy /)er cent of French women - are saying they fully intend to keer, on weQring short skirts. As for the men, eiJ:hty-follr per cent - say they also much prefer the shorter skirts . . . Warren. r--- NEW DELHI For years and _vears - the Hindus of T,idia ha v e been trying to slop the slaughter of cows - wl,ich they consider the "sacred mothers" of their religion. Now - at last New Delhi is taking a firm stand . The go v ernm e nt of India ruled today - there is no legal means of imposing such a ban clear across the co,oztry. But added, it's a matter to be decided - by each of India's individual states. As might be expected - this set off a heated debate in the Indian Parliament. Along the way , Hindu members concentrated their fire on Communist-c o ntrolled Southern Kerala - where cattle-raising is big business. And Southern Kerala's Arangil Sreed Maran - insisted that his stale will never give i1z. And the reason said he - because "Prices of good meat have gon . e up - and beef is also very good for the brain." Now for Lo we ll Thomas . . . . NEW YORK First Lady Pat Nixon was a visitor today in Net York. First - to catch 11p on some "personal b11siness" - said the White House. And second - to join with daughters Tricia a,ad Julie - in picking out their new Easter outfits. MEKONG DELTA And th e w a r co n t in u es . · c; r o u n d a c ti on today - including another major test of the U.S. Vietnam ization program; with enemy forces taking on go v ernment troops - in two major battles in the Mekong Delta. In the first o f these - South Vietnamese units killed at least sixty-Ji . e Viet Cong. In the sec · ond though - the battle raged on deep into the night. At Phnom Penh in : \eighboring Cambodia - another riot today by anti-Commzuiist demonstrators ; the second in as man) ' days. This time - including beatings and lootings in the Vietuames • • section of the city. Cambodia's .?_ National Assembly fr,rther c o n ~ e m ~ e Com_munists - for using that country as a sanctuary frnm the war in Vietnam.