GOOD £VE111G IYEB!BODY: Th• leatern alliea are propo1lq. 1tlll anotb•• date - tor the 1uuit oonterenoe. Tbelr flr1t 11111•1tioa ••• April Twent7-8eTent7; but Ihru1bobeT oa•• baok wltb a oounter-porpoaal, eitber lpril Twent7-flr1t or 1., fourth. low Britain, franc• allll tbe United Stat•• are sa,in& let•a ■ate lt ■ 14-1.,. Pr••l4eat liaenbower, toda,, gaT• hla approTal or lhat. London air•••• aad Pari1 la 1a,iq, tbat tbe preol•• date propoae4 la la, Sizteeath. lbiob, in all probabllltJ la oorreot. A. dispatch from Iran, stating - that the Iranian ..s Army has constructed heavy rort1f1cat1on along the ~ ~ border of Iran. _,lrotectlll8 • the great oil center at ~ Ab8ban' A.tali 1Lit-~, In the crla1s between the two countries, Iraq 1s cla1m1ng three miles or territory along the trontler. Not na.ach land - but lt's in that all-important 011 t1eld area, )ffilch the Iranlans are now irotect1ng - with a br1stl1ng fortress. CONGO ling Baudouin of Belgium - got a reception in the Congo. today. An ednoua reception - in that Belgium colony. Crowds of Africans - shaking their fists. and yelling •Independences• Belgiua has proaiaed - the independence ot the Congo in due time. But African politaal partiee there - eay they•ll bold '-I elections right now,' :,t'gno1 t c the Belgia authoriti••• WllliC _,c,~ That the political background for the••• ot hoatil• ~ A crowds - as the lting drove through the street ot Leopoldville. today. 11101 In Washiqton, Vice Preaident lixon, waa in a huddle with hia political ad•iaora, toda,. Con•lderiDI the new aituation broqht about b7 the witbdrawal of Governor lelaon •ookefeller ot Mew Yort, who had 10 1uddenl7 taken hlaaelt out of the race - tor tbe GOP noaination. The word ia - that th• Vice Preai4ent aa, re•l•• hi1 plana; not do &DJ ca■paignin1 in atate pri ■ ari••• lhat•• theuae? Since he no loqer baa ao, oppoaitioa. Better atay la laahiqton, oa tbe Vice Preaidential Job, during the n•• ae11ioa of ~oqre••• wbloh •111 tat• •P que1tion1 - with i-nty of political reveberatio••• There'• still a 100d deal of atubbora lepublloaa hope - that Melson Bockefeller will in the end accept second place oD th• ticket; although the Governor ha1 declared, ■oat eapbaticall.J, that be will not. And thia afternoon he repeated it. Howe•er, a Hixon-iooketeller 11101 - 2 ticket w°'1.d loot ■ight7 good, aDd 7ou caa't bl••• the Bepubllcana - for hoping. The De■ocrata are aa,lag that tbe Bookefeller withdrawal iapro••• Deaooratic obanoe1 ID \he eleo\ioa. Deaoorat1 aqiaa lixoa eaaler to beat thaa lookefeller. Oao• aaain, their ke7aote la - hope. David 11:Donald, President or the steel worara ga e an 1nt1Jllat1 n tod91, - that the union mlght call ale • -a.ct-"° str1Jt s aga1nst a rew ot the steel c011pan1es. 1, 111 a •■► allt-Out - involving the wbole 1ndustry. That 111. lt the strike 1s renewed - after the Taft-Hartley deadl1aes, Janum- y tNnty-a1xth. - - The steel workers 111ght call a •se1ect.ve• atrtb - p1cldng their A ~ n-om t n e ~ 7 ~ l h t ot steel companies. ~ point being - that this woo ld aide-step the question ot a nati o nal f!IMrgency, ~used by a tie-up - ot the industry. (:nie 111nt trom the union p resident came after a glum report rrom I)Octor oeor e Taylor, chairman ot the pres1aent1al Fact-Finding uoard. Who said • he sees no poss1b111 ty or B settle 1n the steel d1s1,u t e, tore the ffPI: -2 I • board reports to the 11te11aent, Jlnuary s lxth.) CONVflfTION From Washington, an echo or cheering and singing. National Guard arr,or,/ l l ~ l t t , 1 \ t f l . Thousands or teenagers - gathered in a vast ~ Delegates - attending a rally or the Iouth•Por-Chriat International Theyhe co■e fro■ all over the country, ten-thousand ot them. Their president Docotr Ted lngato■, telling them - that the world is now entering the ■oat significant period aince the first century or the Christian era. When the ao..n lllpire J witnesse! - the birth or Cbriatianity. Lake superior, lashed by the worst bl1zzriin fifty years. Ruge snows - and w1nd up to sixty m11e1 an hour. The northern shore or the lake - battered by wave• up to twenty feet high. But that's Juat the outstandin g feature - ot a ~ t a n , -pl.Ilg the northem atatet1r 111le m lddll west; ,)"ach1.ng • down into Kanaaa and M1asoun.. Wind !IJl4 ■DOIi - with Ml'O V1■1b111ty 't,?' ~• In the Bast - a r ~ weather, ...., rain and tog, and - IDOlr~ - RUSSIA - FOOTBALL You may think that we, in this country, haYe some peculiar scandals in sports. But, take a look at Soviet Russia, A swindle - today denow,cecl in th~~~bUcation of the Connunist Youth League. The Russians - wild about soccer, association football. The Champion team, the Moscow Dynamos - national heroes. But, con1ider the strange co-incident. The Dynamos played ague in Moscow. )'{nning - a ,,,, brilliant victory. But the Dynamo.a, on that same day, played a game - in the 811&11 town of Lusk. Deep in the Ruauian fara belt. The o,namoa, at Lusk, beatened by a local teu. So, what'• the explanation? On the Moscow Dynaaoa, one of the star players ia Morasov. Illa Famous - throughout the USSR. But there'• another fellow named Morasov, and he c0111tunicated with small town authoritie~ ~ying - he felt a small town should have a chance to see the Dynamos play. With which - the local people agreed. Th i nking_ that Morazov was the mighty football playe~. So, 1vss14 - roo,1 ALL - 2 at laat, they I a14 1ure tbe7 1 d P&J thirt7-fl•• rubl••· lhich 11 the ooraal fee to 1ee the J>7aaaoa. And the D1aaaoa appeared. But a fate oat,fit. And theJ were beaten bJ a couatr1 tea■ • The•••• tblac happeaecl la other oitl•• - aaob t •• lahthaba4, la Tvtlataa. To4a, 1 a cllapatoh cloe1 not IQ' - what th•J'll do with lora10Y, wbo laperaoaat•• - the great lora1oy. RUSSIA• GAG - In Moscow, there's a joke - now circulating. But the C omrad~s~au4ut loud. The gag - being u tollowa: "lf you have one-tmndred rubles, you have one-hundred trienda. But if you don't have one-hundred rubles, get married as 6lexei did." Alexei• the tournaliat who mafried lhnaahch••'• daughter. Thereupon becoming - the editor ot . IaYeatia, official newspaper or the Soviet government. Alexei, with Jthruahchev•a daughter Rada, cue along with the Soviet Premier on hia mt1110rable tour or the United States. Alexei and Rada - not yet back in Moscow. Th•rJ• in Paris, enjoying the revelry or gay Par.ee. which~ But that is not the ao~e surprising thing - • • • • • • - • • • perhaps, incit~ envy in Moscow. f --- --- --- -- ~ 'an Christmas Eve, Alexei and Rada - atteneclaJ midnight A ~ ( CathederatJ mass at thel\11111115" of Notre Dame. Surprising - for the daughter and son-in-law ot the big boss of Coanunism. 11&-~hi-bit of Christmas news, and saying: Moscow~ 7\at t ~ as d • married,~ Alexei di• POLITIAN ' . . .. . .... ...... ' Down in Misaiasippi, four 110ntha ago, Hugh Bailey and Buster Montague campaigned for election. The roraer running tor the state senate. The latter - for Constable at the town of ' Winona. The two, promi~ing the voters - that, if elected, theyi:J proceed in an ~•ual way, /o Jackson, the state capitol - tor on the meeting of the Missis ■ippi Lagaalature ~ the tir■t or th• year. Hugh Bailey - to ride a donkey/ Buster Montague - to ride a bu11J They were elected - and, on Saturday, ■tarted out,•• promis~d, riding a donkey and a bull. Tod&J,-J/!!J coYet~ftJ l l i l e ~ ~ encountered diffuclty. The bull - going lue• J,illlli==lll611 Llll~k1111111g~alalls . . s• But they were followed by a trailer truck - with a Mexican burro aboard. So Constable-elect Buster Nontape changed from the bull to a burro. Now the They expect to arrive in Jackson, Wednesday morning. ~.... ( think ='t; riding~ donkeys. I wonder what the jackas••~l•lal ~ t fl~. J A--)7- u- r-#f .. politicians. ~