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4 &K +* ' 1 iirTmuÎ McCLORY REPORTS From ^ Washington B The recent disclosure by the President of an eight-point program for settlement of the conflict in Indochina has produced a number of reactions both in and out of the United States Congress. The President's report included the first public acknowledgment of the twelve secret talks which began some thirty months ago between presidential advisor, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and the top political leaders of North Vietnam, and which ended abruptly about two months ago. This public announcement by the President seems to have received general support for two principal reasons: (a) to correct false and misleading statements made by the representatives of Hanoi and (b) to put at rest charges that the Adminstration was failing to include a definite date for American troop withdrawal among the settlement terms which our Government was willing to accept. It was interesting for this member to learn that at almost the precise moment that a 6- month withdrawal date for American troops was being proposed, a virtually identical proposal was set forth in this member's Joint Resolution 321 introduced May 25, 1971. Other parts of the President's eight- point program -- including (a) the release and exchange of all prisoners, (b) self- determination by the people of South Vietnam without outside interference, and (c) a general cease-fire at the time of signing a settlement agreement, and other items, have had general support in various proposals pending in the Congress. It seems clear now that a general consensus has existed in this country throughout the last year and that both supporters and critics of the President should be capable of joining in support of a program sub­ stantially as outlined in the President's recent report to the American people. In line with this view, this member has proposed a con­ current resolution (H. Con. Res. 509) which would express the "sense of the Congress", commending the President for his diligent efforts to achieve peace in Indochina. The resolution also would support the President's continued ef­ forts to find peaceful solutions to the war throughout In­ dochina, negotiate a cease-fire, secure the release and return of all prisoners, and endeavor to obtain the cooperation of the government of the Peoples' Republic of China in arriving at a final peaceful solution to the Indochina war. In addition to the proposed terms for settlement, the President added an item of substantial controversy when he proposed that the United States would provide economic aid to North Vietnam - totaling $2.5 billion. It has been charged by some that his in effect represents reparations for war damages which our nation inflicted through air strikes. Indeed, some would go so far as to charge that this is the type of payment which only a defeated country should pay. In viewing these criticisms, it may be well to acknowledge that this proposed economic aid spurgeons 4400 W. Rte. 120 Mc Henry Machine Wash, Tumble Dry, No Iron-and Savings Too! FABRIC SUE coincides wuh a return to an era of peace, and that the drain of military expenditures in fighting the Vietnam war - totaling an estimated $1 billion per month - would be ended and the net cost to our nation would be small in comparison with that which a continuation of war would impose. Some additional criticism persists, particularly among the Presidential aspirants who have chosen to make the war a political issue. However, most reactions in the Congress have been favorable. Whether a formal resolution expressing a "sense of the Congress" is adopted or not, there is widespread bi-partisan support SPACE "ml** AERONAUTIC ̂ SUN BURST WASHINGTON -- Clouds of hot, energized gas some 20 to 40 times the size of the Earth have been ob­ served blasting away from the surface of the Sun. Scientists estimate that the energy released in this solar eruption represents the equivalent power required to for what President Nixon and his advisor, Dr. Kissinger, have done - and are doing. supply the total electrical needs of the entire United States, at the( current rate of consumption, for more than a million years. The historic observation was made by a white light co- ronagraph developed by the Naval Research Laboratory and flown aboard the Na­ tional Aeronautics and Space Administration's Orbiting So­ lar Observatory (OSO-7). Even though the solar event dissipated in outer space, some effects of it were recorded on Earth. Radio noise burst signals were heard in the Philippines, Australia, and the USSR. PAGE 15-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1972 Although radio telescope observations of the Sun have det ected such explosive events before, the actual plasma ejection through the corona had never been seen optically. The OSO-based co- ronagraph has given science an immensely improved ca­ pability to observe directly the size, density, speed, and paths of these clouds, en­ abling project investigators to predict quite accurately the intensity, timing and character of the effects to be expected on Earth when­ ever these emissions are on an Earth-bound course. These solar eruptions are important because, among other things, they result in disruption to long-range communications and naviga­ tions systems. They are also believed to produce hazard­ ous conditions not Oi.ly for astronauts but also for trav­ elers in high altitude air­ craft transports. A LOT OF EVAPORATION. The level of the Dead Sea remains constant from day to day and year to year, although some 7 million tons of water is emptied into it each day by the Jordon River and other tributaries. 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