L.T. OLDS• WEDNESDAY' NOVEMBER 21, 19 2 (L.T. at South Sea Islands, and then Antarctica Be. given by Doug Edwards of CBS.) • GOOD EVENING : Shipe of the U.S. Navy's Cuban blockade headed for their home ports today and the Caribbean crisis dwindled to a mere shadow of ite former self as the nation prepared to observe Thanksgivin1. President Kennedy, his wife, and daughter Caroline flew to Hyannis Port for the traditional Kennedy clan Thanksgiving celebration. John, Junior - who'll be two years old on Sunday - rema1 . ned behind at the White Houee as he did last year. He remains tn the caieof a nurse because of a cold the same reaeon he missed the family Thanksgiving gathering last fall. Before leaving waehington, the President expressed the gratitude of all Americans to the men ant wanen of the IBAD 2 - .. AJ•d Forces. He 1atd their "1-diate read1neee to race any danger hae been most evident during the paet several •eke. At the saae time Detense Secretary Robert McNa•ra authorized the release within next ••k or more than tourteen thoueand Air Poree reeerv11te, who had been called to active duty 1n the eri11e. Re al10 authorized the Wavy to cancel the extension ot toure or duty ilhich had been ordered tor Navy and Jlarine Corpe p1r1onnel. About t1rteen tbou1and lavy •n and two tboueand 111r11111 had received such order,. A ,.ntagon announce•nt aa1d every "eftort will be •de to expedite the relean ot theee •n and return the■ to their h01111 ae eoon ae po11 ible • 11 The Air Poree re1ervi1t1, preewaably, will be able to have Thankeg1v1ng dinner at home since they have never left their home stations. Millions of A•r1can fuilie1 are piling into automobiles and heading for holiday reunione at Grandmother's house or eleewhere. Houeewivee are lill baking the pumpkine pie!, and etuffing the turkeys with all the IEAD - f1x1nge - - or tr1mm1nge 4 - or whichever of those worde you care to uee. It all !tarted a long time ago, when the harveat ne done, the crope were in, and the earth once ■ore had yielded ite bounty to llan. There wae a ti• of Thankegiving 1n tbat ancient Biblical era llhen Noaee wrote:- 11 Wben thou hae gathered 1n thy tru1t on the barn floor, thou ehalt • • •rry ln the teetival ti• -- thou, they eon, and thy daughter, and the etranger within thy gatee • 11 The tiret Pre11dent, George waeh1ngton, proclaimed the initial national Thankegiving o~eervance on Rove■ber twenty-eixth, eeventeen hundred and eighty - nine. He called tor thanke to Ood tor hie benet1te and urged prayere that he render our national govern•nt a bleaaing for all the people. The firet obeervance, of couree, ie regarded ae that or the tilgr1■e in the Maeeachueette autumn of Sixteen Twenty - One, celebrating their firet harveet after a year in the new land. WEATHER --- The U.S. Weather Bureau eays the Tbankeg1v1ng •aihir t011orrow will be excellent tor moat act1v1t1ee rrom coaat to coast. Thi IOI.1th will have clear ekiee and mild teaperatune. A rew ehCNere are predicted in the northern Rockie ■ with 1now flurries in the upper Oreat Lake1 region and light rain• ending along the Atlantic coaatline. Agricultural 10\lrcee 1a1 there w111 be enough turk.eye and cranberrie1 tor all. The turkeJ eupply 11 eett•t•d at ninety-two •1111on blrdl and tbl • cranberry crop tble year 11 a record eeventy thO\lland tone. So, enjoy it. CHINA - - Reuters reports tonight that Chinese Red troops have etopped short in their main advance on Aeeam, but there•e no confirmation whether the fighting ha1 ceased in other eectore of the twenty - five hundred mile Himalayan border. Midnight had been the deadline. Earlier reports eaid the Chineee Coaaunist1 have driven to the lueb plains of Assam and have clai•d all but total victory in disputed areas of Ladakh. Meant1ae, the united States is rushing to India a dozen large Air Force transport planes, with A•rican pilots and personnel, to help in the tight. At the ea• ti•, a high level mieeion, headed by veteran diplomatic trouble - shooter Averell Harriman, has been dispatched by President Kennedy to help determine Juet how 11Uch arms aid India will need rr011 thie country. Britain also is sending aid in the form of a top level political and military m1ee1on to join forces with the Americans for fact - finding talks. And London has aleo begun air - lifting military euppliee to bolster the Indian defllneee. WALKER United Presa International reports from Oxford, Miseiseippi tonight that a federal court hae accepted a report by a Dallas, Texas, psychiatrist which, in effect, eaye that former Major General Edwin Walker is mentally competent to stand trial for the role he played in the rioting at the university of M1se1ee1pp1. This le the climax or a two day hearing on motions involving the mental stability or the ex-war hero who etande charged with rebellion, insurrection and seditious conspiracy in connection with the "Ole Mies" violence. Chief U.S. Marshal Jamee P. Mcshane surrendered in Oxford, M1ee1eeippi, today on a warrant returned by a local grand jury, charging him with "tncit1ng" the riots that took place last month on the university campus. He wae to be brought before a judge later for a hearing. Another pereon, ae yet unnamed, also wae indicted by an all - white grand Jury last Friday. FEDERAL HOUSING Certain buildere in Waeh1ngton are expressing concern that President Kennedy's ban on race discrimination in federally aided housing might eap the health of the already wobbly home - building industry. Prom other quarters, both pro and con, m reactione are ■llder than expected, apparently becauee the White Rouee order 1teelr was tar lees dra1t1c than c1v11 r1.ght1 have been deMnd1ng. And there 1 e been little outbuTet trom the Southern Congreee•n eo rar. one who did speak out wae Senator Roberteon ot Virginia, who aay1 he can eee no conet1tut1onal authority for the act. ALPHABET Irish-born dramatist George Bernard Shaw, before he died, drea•d up a forty-eight letter alphabet which will make 1t1 public debut tomorrow. It•e aimed at making readjng and writing eaeier. It looks like a form of shorthand. Despite the tact, it hae twenty - two more letters than the preeent alphabet, it ueee phonetic spelling and ie eaid to be quite 1tticient. Trouble is, Shaw lett only a little over twnty - three thoueand dollars to eet up the new eyetea, and the laQere eay ■oat or that already hal been spent. But t0110rr011 it goe1 into book-torm and perhaps tbere•e a future ln the new Shaw A-B-C'e. low Dick -- English, loud and clear, about Oldemoblle • DOO Well, Dick, Spot ha1 been missing for three weeks and that's worrisome to a family 1n Cincinnati. And a little lady there hae enlisted the aid of Santa Claus to help find him, becauee the family ie very sad abou ~ Spot•s disappearance. Suean Miller hae written Santa for help even if the children and her family don't get any toye, explaining: "You see, Spot was one or our ra■ily - - 118 had him when he was four monthe - - n011 he 11 e 1ght ye are old and I, Susan, have almoet grown up with him. Spot ie deecribed as a prett, dog, white and brown, with a big buehy tail, a mixed cocker collie, w,11ch 11 quite a mixture, by the way. Susan r1gure1 that Santa might see Spot on hie rounde as he collects and distributes toy1, perhaps tied in 10111body 1 1 house. She's certain that Spot would come home if he were tree. The letter w&E etgned, Sadly yours, Susan Miller, twenty-tour twenty five Oladetone Avenue, Cincinnati two. so __ _ _ 1r anybody spots Spot, plea,e deliver, becauee Santa Claus ts bound to be busy on · Christmae Eve. With that, goodnight, and we'll be back tomorrow.