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THE PRESIDENT HAS WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW November 20, 1972 Brandt has won a decisive "surprisingly large" victory and increased his Coalition's Bundestag lead from 12 to over 40 in contest which was not as close as had been universally predicted. Until the news from Bonn, the major weekend story (Sun, Times, NBC/CBS leads Sat. and CBS Sun. as well) has been HAK's departure plans and his last-minute instructions from RN w/optimism widely expressed that this will be the last session w/Le Duc Tho and, as Kalb put it, US POWs will start coming home by Xmas. Gwertzman of Times reports HAK said 90% of accord has been settled SVN continues to voice doubts over merits of the agreement. Very light antiwar protests as movement seems virtually moribund. - Southern Univ. story gets new momentum w/disclosures by Gov. Edwards, later claimed to be off-the-record, that deputies did fire the fatal shots and that they were totally unprepared for such a confrontation. He fears the reaction to his candid comments The Pres. of the Univ. emotionally denied "plotting" the clash. In his remarks, Edwards said the official should resign. - - Argentina's concessions to Peron were featured on both nets and prominently played Sun. as the former dictator was "released" from a hotel miles from Buenos Aires and allowed to greet his admirers. Trib says the Gov't had proved its point about being in firm control. NBC, however, called him "the man of the hour" and gave credit to Peron, saying he'd made it clear he wanted more visibility before he'd agree to "bless" the upcoming elections. Some local stories lead on Sunday -- the Tribune w/County Gov't waste, the NY News w/a suicide/murder The Post leads w/secret DOD report that USO clubs in SVN were conduits for $5M in black market money. DOD wants the top USO man fired The Star leads w/report that "RN will bypass legislative route in reorganization" more than any other Pres. has ever done. The article gives the impression that RN has considerably more power to act than some pundits have led us to believe. The Post and Sun led Sat. w/the Brewster conviction -- HAK to CD, often w/p. 1 photos, was the lead elsewhere. Peron and Southern Univ. were the other main Sat. press stories w/lesser, tho still often p. 1 coverage to the economy's rise beyond expectations a boomlet if not a boom is underway, Times concludes the smashing of a key heroin ring run out of Latin America.