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Because Lyndon Johnson has argued more persuasively than any of his predecessors that the U.S. is a Pacific as well as an Atlantic power, it seems appropriate that his 17-day, six-nation tour of Asia will be the most extensive ever undertaken by an American President. Departing next week, Johnson will cover 25,000 miles, enough to girdle the globe, with stops in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea. Though he said last week that "no consideration has been given" to a Viet Nam visit, he will probably make a quick side trip...
...focal point of the tour is the Oct. 24-25 Manila meeting that will bring together Johnson and six Asian heads of government for talks on the Viet Nam war. The objective, the President told his news conference last week, is to "give an opportunity for the leaders of the men who are committed to battle in Viet Nam to meet and explore ways of finding peace, and for bringing an end to the conflict and for making that area of the world prosperous and peaceful in the years to come...
Yorty may duck the whole question of endorsement this time around; he will leave this week on a tour of Japan with the Dodgers and will not return until after the November 8 election. He has applied for an absentee ballot...
...NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-10:30 p.m.). "A Birdseye Tour of Scotland," with Harry Reasoner from a whirlybird...
...more hokey than historical. When the tourist season in Italy quieted down this year, it seemed to Impresario Gino Land! that it would be a shame to waste all those horses, women and gladiators; so he packed them all up and sent them to the U.S. for a multicity tour. Last week Landi's Festa Italiana opened at Madison Square Garden, and much to everybody's surprise, the extravaganza turned out to be a kind of 1st century Hellzapoppin...