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WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW January 24, 1972 THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN The major weekend stories: - The 6 becomes a powerful 10 as the EEC expands. - More indications that something is very fishy about the Hughes "autobiography. 11 Deception and hoax are terms turning up. - Mansfield urges Laos and Cambodia join the Peace Talks as VN has "become 3 wars sealed into 1. 11 - Soviets and Poles issue sharp attacks on PRC on eve of RN trip; Hanoi lays into RN and Gromyko goes to Tokyo for highest level talks between those countries in 5 years - all developments seen related to RN trip. - P. 1 in both Star and Post is Admin. plan to ask absolute ceiling on budget concern over deficit is cited. - Neither labor nor the Hill responds enthusiastically to RN's call for quick action on dock strike; Mansfield virtually rules it out for passage this week. RN's call for action was p. 1 in 60% of Sat. papers. NY News edit says step was taken because Cong. has piddled around for 2 years on RN's transport bill. - British charged with "appalling savagry" following a protest against internment in N. Ireland. - CLC, continuing to show its power in control setup, sues 70 retailers for price posting violations. Friday stories receiving major attention in Sat. papers include: - "Economy Gains While Inflation Slows. 11 Other heads over this 1 of 3 generally p. 1 stories: "Price Increase Sharply After End of Freeze;" Economy Rallied at End of '71;" "Inflation, Growth Both Eased in '71;" "Costs Spurt in Dec, Slow in '71." Stein's optimistic comments usually played well in stories. Prime rate decline received some prominent coverage. And there were a number of edits and features on VAT, including a not-very-positive look at it