L.T. Otm. NCIO>AY, 14th JAIUARY, 1963 Good Evening EverJbodJ: 'l'he situation in Togo - cont'ueed, tonlght. we know about tbe a11a111nation ot tbe Preeldent - ot that ••11 veat coast African nation bltwen Ghana and 11ger1a. Sylvanue OlJIIPlO, gunned dOlffl in tlil 1treet - outelcle thl A•rlcan lllba111. !M !ago govern111nt, now 1n tbe hand• ot a revolutionarJ group. aat Juat llbo 11 in charge - 1an•t clear. Por•r Prllll 111n11ter lloolaa Orunitalcy baa returned troa exile - uid rU110r1 that it was be liho planned thl a11a111nat1on, and that hi intends to rule - ae a Togolese atrongaan. Grunit11cJ'• proble■ - to keep hie colleagues in line, that 11, tbe •n who took tbl chance - and did the shooting. Proa vest Atr1ca coae reports or a developing struggle tor po118r in Togo. Aaong the first to uke an ott1c1al etate•nt about the aaaaaaination - President KennedJ, llho received OlJllPlo in Washington as a leader or the De■ocratlc revolution aaong the new nations. Tl9 Prealdent today called the death or 'l'ogo•e leader - "tragic tor the tree world". vaah1ngton - and the other capital• or the ve■t - atcblng the veat coaat or Atrlca, wondering llhat 111:d. Altho• ■oet of you know - what the PN11dent ■aid 1n hie State or the Union •11age, 1et1 take a quick look - at the •Jor 1te■1. Plret, the tax cut - about llhich there hae been 10 aucb 1peculat1on. Nr. JCenneclJ propoaee a reduction ot ten billion dollars - beginning with 11x billion thll ,ear. Ill belieyee tbia will atlaulate tbl national econGIIJ - !Nater purchasing J)Olf8r and IICl'e job■• lllcllcare and civil r1ght1. !hi Pre11dlnt repeated - that bl1 •cltcare plan 1bould be put unler aoctal eecurltJ. Aleo tbat tbl right to vote IN8t bl protected in everr 1tate. Thi _,.ace corpe. Pre11dent Kennedy con1lder1 that organization 10 1ucce11tul overeeaa - that be •nt■ a d01111t1c peace corpe. Do at bo■e what we are doing abroad. Poreign aid. Thi ch1et executi" take■ a vl•w that • 1n11t continue to help our allle1. aat that they IIUlt take up their °"" burden - wheree"r tbly are able. 'l'bl1 thought, particularly applicable to Latin A•rlca - ltblre the alliance tor pragre11 11 10 dependent on local retor■• 11 tor world peace, the Pre1ld1nt teell that w have reacbed - a 11111. !hat tbl tNe world 11 etronpr than ever. !hat the Red bloc 11 ln a turaoll becau■e or thl lpllt bet•en Rulla and Red China. 'l'hat lhruahcbtv-, be ln a ■ood - to work tor genul111 peace. But Prealctent Kennedy 1ay1 • cart•t rely on thle. So hie policy will be to •lntaln ■llltary 1trengtb in the neclear depart•nt, ae •11 aa in convent tonal •apona. Thi tone of hie •11age? Generally opt1■1et1c RBACTI<a JPOLLOV IESSMJE Rtact1on on Capitol 1111? - Na1nly tavorable • You would expect tbl De110Crat1 to bf. applauding - and tor the ■oat part, tblJ are, except tor S,rd ot Virginia and Anderson ot lew Jllxico, both ot llboa are dub1oue about the tu cut • Anet thiy are - illportant tor tble• two top D1110Crat1 are on tbl po111rNl senate Plnance ca11111ttee. SOIII Republicane tee 1 tbl Pree1cllnt 1 1 tu propo1al1 are in line with what they have been 1a,lng all along, nue1, - that we need to hold dCMl non-dlten1• spending, and lighten tbl tax burden - troa one eM ot tbl 1cale to tbl otblr. So •a, GOP Congre11•n Baker ot 'l'enne11ee and Curtis ot N1aeour1 - both ot whom are on the Bouae Va1e and Ilana C011111ttee. It looks ae though the president has a good chance or getting hie tax reduction this year. JZGAUW Thi DI Gaulle re1pon1e to the 11nned1 ■11111, otter - was expected. The Prench President, turning down our polar11 ■1111111 - on the ground that Pranc• will soon have hlr 01m. Also, DI Gaulle 11 not 1nt1re1ted in lato rocket ■• Sa11 hi intend■ to dlvelop hie Olffl nuclear arNnal - under Pr•nch control. CLOUD It you•re looking tor the cloud with thl 1ilver lining - it•s over Texas. A dlnae cleud tor■- ation, hW'lclreds ot teet thick - over the Rio Grande Valley. Row COIII thl silver lining? Thi torecaet was tor sub-treezing te■p1rature1 - that would baw killed tbt citrua crop. 'l'hln c - thl cloud, ho,er1ng above that rich valley like a protecting blank9t, ••Pini thl tt.r■Olllter troa talllnl below treezlng. Re1ult - tbl citru■ crop, 1ur,1v1ng tbl cold •ve. IU111ons ot dollar• - in thl pocket■ ot thl tar•re ot the Rio Grande Valley. t i tea• cloud with the 111ver lining. ATER Here's a n ote - for h ous e1 i ves . Or, a t least - for t h ose ol -fas lone enou h to r a t h e ir w ter from a well. T h in twice - before y ou I ve runnin g water installe d in A%?-~e~Wt1 our h ouse.\sour well ma be - tax de d u ctible. So rul e - r e eral ud e, sittin in Amar1llo.J~ • H is Honor's ar ument g oin like t h is. Un er round water 1s - a mineral. And minerals - oil, for example - are subject to depletion. Therefore ell 1 le for a tax deduction. Interesting thought. The old pump own on the farm - worth something at the US Treasury in ashln ton. -J)~-tlt1~~- • 1..1ilt-\ ~~ ~w~. . I IS TE! c r , m n o f' t h e C ur ch o En la n its t a t 's till l us h i out t a en i is ar i c u rc h on 0 un a . Soun or inar - ju st anot h er weddin . But here's t e p oint - ccor in to the Re eren arles Grice, of Yorksh ire. T h e bride rr1ve own that in the minister's words - 'was 101 enou g at too low at t to • I h at of Reverend r . Grice ~ ~ ~ ~ 'Tl e person w h o ot t e benefit du rin t h e &Ullm ceremon was m self - an· I i d n 1 t want it. T h e Yorks ! ire cler man 1s appealin to the g irls of t h e paris - to raise t h eir nee . lines wen tne order ~ ~~ h/<IU','- t h eir ri al owns . s conclu in wor s A- I jus t ! la to , et t 1 1s o c est. KITCH You may have heard that sailors are not coapletely disinterested in - young ladlee. so you can underetand the enthuelae■ aboard the u.s.s. Estee which hae been at sea in the Pacitlc, tor several ••kl. Her crew suddenly spotting - what they thought was a ■irap. Pour gluour girls - on a 1•111a111.ng ehip. 'ftll gala, laughing - and waving tt.ir handkerohiete. Calling invitations - troa tbi rail, blowing kl•••• - acro11 thl nter. And it •• - no ■1rage. Por thl girle wre on the ketch Neophyte, with Skipper i.e Quinn, who1e wit• allo•d hi■ to I ign on an all te ■inine crew -- Jae kl• Miller , sue Bird, Carol Rope and O 11111• layer. Skipper i.e Quinn aeked the U .s .s. Eetee tor ao■e 1upplie1 -- Ice creaa. Whereupon it wae transferred to hi■ via a line bet•en the Navy ship and the south sea bound ketch. Dick, can you iaglne what thl aa1lora on that lav1 ve11el are 1a,ing tonlgbt?I , C<IIIIIIBTTE Por soae reason, the light news tonight - seeu to feature the ladies. we hear that Z1nalda S■irnova of Jloacow, 1a all ■et to be the first apace woaan. The first coe■onette to Join the co1■onaut1. It looks as though the next Soviet apace spectacular - will teature a lady? Zinaida to rocket into orbit?