October 13, 1972

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(McGovern Campaign) Mrs McGovern, wife of Dem Pres candidate, is admitted on Oct 13 to Georgetown University Hospital with abdominal pains after complaining of fatigue earlier in evening; some of her campaign activities noted

The Oakland As won the American League pennant yes terday before 50,276 by defeat ing the Tigers, 2‐1, in Detroit. It was the deciding game of the five‐game playoff series.

controversial racial balance busing bill dies in Sen on Oct 12 when bill supporters fail to achieve 2/3 majority needed to end filibuster for 3d time; bill supporters say they will try again next yr to pass strong antibusing measure but civil rights activists believe pressure for such legis will ease once elections are past; supporters of bill have insisted that there was nationwide opposition to use of busing and that bill was only immediate way to stop cts from ordering busing on wider scale; opponents to bill hold it would retard progress made toward desegregation over last 2 decades and that Cong does not have const power to limit, by law, remedies cts can order to be used to correct violations of educ equality; history of controversy over bill revd

Oct 13: Kisssinger returns to Washington, Oct 12; repts to Nixon on 4 days of private peace talks in Paris; details on talks not divulged; Le Duc Tho leaves Paris for Hanoi; Kissinger or Haig may fly to Saigon soon to inform Pres Thieu on developments; Thieu repeats opposition to a coalition govt that includes Vietcong; 163d session of regular peace talks held, Oct 12, Paris; each side voices sharp criticism of the other; pub statements show no change in negotiation positions; Amb Porter presses other side to give guarantees that in event of a settlement, all N Vietnamese troops would be withdrawn from S Vietnam and no more moved in