February 2, 1971

NASA announces Shepard and Mitchell will attempt lunar landing despite earlier docking problems; Manned Spacecraft Center engineers rept they can find no evidence that docking system has been damaged; speculate some foreign particles may have contaminated docking apparatus sufficiently to prevent capture latches from springing shut during 1st 5 docking attempts; mission dir Lee says astronauts have examined and tested equipment and shown close-up TV pictures of it to engineers during long TV transmission, news conf; repts flight is proceeding smoothly; 10-second firing of spacecraft's main rocket sends spacecraft on more exact course toward moon; astronauts rept many key maneuvers are running 40 mins behind schedule; postpone navigation practice and debriefing session; Mitchell's 2 daughters illus

Washington officials rept major new allied operation involving thousands of S Vietnamese and Amer troops is under way in NW corner of S Vietnam; say thrust is aimed at concentrations of enemy troops and supplies in area W of Khesanh; indicate decision remains to be made on whether S Vietnamese units will cross Laotian border; Laotian mil spokesman repeats his country's opposition to any mil incursion but indicates Laotian troops are in no position to do anything if it should take place; news blackout noted; Premier Kosygin charges 'outrageous invasion' of Laos is under way; USSR press agency Tass repts Kosygin denounces US; N Vietnamese delegation in Paris charges US escalates war in Laos; describes Indochinese situation as 'extremely tense'; Nhan Dan, official Hanoi pub, says US and S Vietnam expand and escalate war in Laos; Sen Aiken says he was told by State Dept that allied troops are massing on Laotian border for 'large operation' that might be undertaken; says he was assured no US soldiers will cross border; S Vietnamese troops reptdly will carry thrust of assault; will be backed by US fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships; officials say principal role of Amer ground troops will be to provide internal security in S Vietnam; Pathet Lao, Communist-led group in Laos, in broadcast on Hanoi radio, accuses US and its allies of massing 'tens of thousands' of troops in northern part of S Vietnam; charges intelligence forays have already been conducted deep into southern Laos to prepare for invasion; State and Defense Dept spokesmen refuse to comment on any Communist charges or to discuss repts of new allied operation; State Dept spokesman says there has been no change in US policy since Rogers made his recent statements; Pentagon spokesman J Friedheim acknowledges mil command has imposed embargo on Saigon correspondents; Sen Scott says he expects Adm to make disclosure on Laotian situation fairly soon; says allied troops operating near border are largely S Vietnamese; map

Largest Fed survey of marijuana on Amer coll campuses, conducted by Natl Inst of Mental Health and made pub by Inst Dir Dr B Brown, shows' that almost 1/3 of students have tried marijuana and that 1/7 use it regularly; Brown says that while precise figures are not available, it is his impression that frequency of severe psychotic episodes from smoking marijuana is 1 in 300; says figure is based on observations in Los Angeles hosps; survey, entitled Marijuana and Health, submitted to Cong by HEW Dept; major points include: use of marijuana is on increase in US, but this increase has slowed in last yr or 2; in some areas of nation, such as West Coast, use of marijuana seems to have 'crested'; marijuana is being studied for use in clinical medicine, including its use as pain-reliever for persons with terminal cancer; other findings noted

city's temp drops to 7 degrees, 2d coldest day of winter; cold contributes to Consol Edison's elec power problems

Lockheed agrees to Defense Dept demand that it take $200-million loss on fleet of 81 C-5A transports it is bldg for USAF, as condition for financial rescue