( . T . sk iing at un Va lle) : / GOOD EVENING EVERYIDDY: I Radio f riends of th i s p ro g ram know that L.T. is an ardent skier. For him it's the Fountain of Youth. Th1s week he's in the Saw Tooth Mountains of Idaho, swinging down those vast slopes of powder snow at Sun Valley. And he has uked • to till•in tor him - something I am glad to atte■pt. As tar as 1 111 - ooncemed, Dad could'*••• picked a better time for a week otr, because thi1 •••n1111 a privilege has come my way, second only to 1189t1ng Tibet's Dala1 Lalla; 1'le privilege - ot introducing to you the peat on tbta program toni&bt. ~ t ttrst - let 1 a take a qatok looli: at the news. I IN TR ODUCT IO N TO G UES T Now for ou r gue st - who,last s ummer, attai n e d this pl a net's h i ghest po i nt of lan d , the twenty-nine thousand foot summit of Mt.Everest. The whol e world followed that courqeous, determined assault by the Nineteen Fifty-three British Everest Expedition. The whole world rejoiced when the impossible bad been overcome. S011e of us were lucky enough the other nlibt to squeeze into crowded Carnegie Hall and to hear Sir Edllund a, llary, George Lowe, and Char lea Evans -- all Mllbera ot tbe Bvereat Expedition -- tell the story. It waa the firat ot their aeries of illustrated lectures here in Allerica. Tonilbt this progra11 is honored to have as tta guest one ot two •n, who alone ot all ■ankim, stood on the 1W1111it ot the world-. Sir Edmund Hillary. S1r Bdllund, it was good of you to leave your reception at the Bngliah-Spe~king Union, long enough to tell us s011ething of your epic climb with Sherpa, Tenz1ng, Horkey. , ) INTRODUCTION TO GUEST - 2 Let me ask - what was your most difficult problem on the final dash to the summit? Altitude, physical weakness, freezing of oxygen equipment, or the snow ccnditions, the wind and cold? ---- Waa the sW1J111t in eight all along? llow did you know you had reached it? ---- few feet? ---- What did you see tr011 tlM aum1t? Any Tibetan towna or l•aaar1e1? What other peaks, auch a1 KatchenJunp? ---- Wbq were your thoughts as you stood on the top ot the world? What did you and Tenzing aay to each other? ---- What did you leave on the 8Utlll1l1t? T h l at e s t to n i h t i :; an e x 1 an at i o n of a m ys t e ry i n To ky o • A me m b er o f Ru ian d i loma tic mission to Ja an •a missin 0 , and e osc ow m · "'io n charged -- he had been kidnapped by U • . Intelligence agents. That as the n€ s earlier in t he d y. Now -- the h ead line:- From ·as h in ton we h ar that the missing oviet diplomat, Yuri R~stgvgrqy)went over to the si e of Liberty. The same word comes from Tokyo -- that R2stpvgrQv is now disclosing t h e operation of a Soviet spy ring in the Far East. He vanished on January Twenty-fourth, only a few hours before he was to have taken a plane for Moacow along with a Russian skating tea ■ which had been appearing in Japan. 14 i ■ 111 tas me1e ••••rrao1,1g fe• \ae 1011; tccaass ,_, sataf ef th• So,iet Uisei•• SUB TlTU . E JA P A - 0 IE O FF I I P - 2 ----------------------------- ----- ------- ill i1l Russia. On e re art i t hat a Red official with the s kating ta ■ team ha gon e to Ja an t o take Rostovor2v b a ck to r oscow. lj cau~e he was considered ... - - "un d ependab l e.• Ap p a rently, he was all of that, because he deserted -- and has come over to the side of freedom. KOREA - AIR The State Department tn Washington says - we won't make an issue of that air battle off Korea. It happened on January Twenty-second, but is made public only now - sky fighting, while an armistice is on. A swarm of enemy Jets attgcked a U.S. Nconnaiaaanoe plane out at sea - over r1nternat1onal waters," aays the State Depart•nt. The reconnai11ance plane waa acc011panled by .Aller1can SabreJets, and these engaged the C01111unt1t aircraft. one or the eneay ahot down - no daaage to a our planes. The auppoait1on 11 that the hoattle Jets ceae tl'Gll lorth Korea, but nobody really knows. They aa, have been flown by loMh loreana, or Chinese - or even Ru111ana. The uncertainty about the nattonaltty contuaea the 11■ue - and, tn any case, our plane, bad the better or the encounter. SO there'll be no protest. We'll Just paaa lt up. BIG FOUR Russia, today, pre8ente d a oviet plan for the reunification of G e rmany. M o lotov - outlining a scheme at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Berlin. His propoeition is that a peace treaty•-••~ Phould be concluded, under which, a unified goverraent would be set up. Then, under this unified government, political rreedoa would be eatabJ1shed. The regime, thus put into power, would be a c011b1nat1on or the present governaenta or Eut and Veat Oeraany. The COllllunist1 ot East Germany given a partnerahtp in a goverraent that would establish a deaocratic 1y1te■ • Well, we know whit haa happened in other countriea, .!fktlt, , when the Reda · were let i n . , . way wu - to organize a conspiracy tor the seizure ot power. The Soviet plan, presented today, contl1cta on all points with the progrUl announced by the Westem Foreign '-1n1stera, when the cont~rence began. we want tree electiom f1r~t - a unified government elected by the people of all Oermaey. Then - a peace treaty, to be concluded with that go•ernment. BIG FOUR - 2 ~eday•s Ruaa1an prepoeal, MOP88Vet-, calls for the I , ...removal- of a -unlf~ 1 aermany from the orbit ot the We&t. Today, Western officials called the ■olotov addreaa - "very disappointing." They point out that the SoYiet plan is . - the•- old thing, the•- ache• which the Weit haa repeatedly rejected. having ■OYed aeroaa the line into the C0111Unlat area. 'ftle Poraign N1n11ter1 - croasing through the Iron Curtain • • N o v • f o r o tr g u e t - - w h o , 1 a t s u m m e r , a t t a i n e d this 1 net• ~ highest , oint of and , the t we nty-nine t h ousand foot summit of t. E ver e at. T he whole world follo ed th a t courageous,determined ass ault by the NineteeD Fifty-three Briti sh Everest Expedition. The whole world rejoiced when the impossible had been overcom~. Some of us were lucky ehough the other ni g ht to squeeze into crowded c,rnegie Hall and to h ea r Sir Edmund Hillary, G e orge Lowe, and Charles Evans -- all members or the Ever est Ex editi o n -- tell the story. It was the first or their series of illustr ted lectures here in America. Toni bt this ~ogr am is honored to hnve as it guest one of two en, who alpne of all mankind, stood on the .s u11mif,1or the world -- Sir Edmund Hillary. U,'-'I? )..... ~ ... -•~ .. .ru..JJ~--,: I• • 1cc • a tat s ,ag 1 _ I : 0 asls i6r s:,aad ••bet can ilts s:osb difttsal:t P•••le ■ er ••• e;,,J: rinuta FO LLO' , ' GUEST Many thanks, ir Edmund Hillary, for being with us this evening and telling us about your magnificent achievement. I 0 I may be allowed to express an opinion on this prograa, I would say that the climb you and your colleagues made, } 0 • ~-...k 1r and the way you are describing it to the world, has don~ a treaendoua amount to further international coo,erat1on -- by the stirring example of the fruits of aeltleaaneaa, ■odeay and teun,orl!-:}, I ~IL .-I I wur ,W-Alfl1W'--. . ~'I'' ► L T II - Beat or lt1ck to yo"Aon your lecture tour here 1n .America and on your tutu.re clillba. BRICDR ~enator Knowland of Caltfomta aaya - he belteYes President Eisenhower will support a c011pl'0111ae veraion ot the Bricker Allendllent. It - certain legal aapeota are "olarlt3tf. ~ c e lttomta legtalator ••• at the White Hc,laH today, talkinj ewer the que1tton with tm PN■1dent. TIie tnte"t• - a lone - , lutUS tor two and a balt bouN) Senator lnolfland g1yea no deta11a about ta Caapral1H, mieb hU to do •1th a bule probl• 1n 1111 veatr-aaktna pONft ot tbl PN11dent • . [ S::.ior Brtcar bu lN.., aald tllat i . -14 aeoept ~ CCIIPNll11e, lfhich WU w Senate. So bow PN11dent JAJIIES ROOSEVELT At Loa Angeles, today, J8119a Rooeewelt taaued - a c011plete denial. He repudiates the letter he wrote to hie wite, in which he conteaaed he had been guilty ot ■laoonduct no truth in of thl woaen • and gave their naaea. He aaya - there wu at•t-nt. There was no ■laoonduct •1th an, Be ela1ila he••• "blaclmalled" into •111'1111 \Ila latter. Ria wit~ • torolng hta to do ao. Be explat.a tbat acquainted - and drew UP. Then, threatened to •ltil dtYoroe proceedl the n1"9 waNn, unl••• bl atped the letter. Tille , na in Pebl'uary, llnetMn Porty-Pl••, wbln Ii tather waa bealnnlftl bl• twrth tera u PNaldent - and bl didn't want ~o add auch a scandal to the weipty burdeu bome by Franklin D. RooaeYelt. J•e• Roosevelt aaya - that . . '\J would have be.en a - "hor~r." So he aisned the letter. R1a wtte pledging - . that 1t would never be made public. JAMES ROOSEVELT - 2 But now, adds Jaaea Roosevelt, she baa ■ade it public - in clailling a property settleMnt. He aaya hie w1te wu exceaa1Yely concerned about - . financial aec~rtty. Renee, what he calla - · •blaolalail." E- • newa onteNnOe tod-, .1-. RooaeYell •1ea - that~ hu not COIIJ)letelt retlred aa a oandi te tar COIi . . tblllNlft■ to Net ht■ • Be did tb1 BEAR Here's the way an elderly •n saved hillaelf tl'OII freezing to death - 1n the wilds of Br1t11h Col011bta. Be got lo1t in a blizzard, and waa wandertna around - apparenti, hopele11. Then he••• - a hole 1n a h11111de, a 1ort ot caft. Re could gueaa what wa1 1na1de, am it Nll1nded bta ot a trtot 11HCI by the tronttenaen ot old, a trick - they learnld trCIII the Indiana. So be CNllfled into the hole - and ,111gJ.ecl p alaapide a bear. !hi bear wu hibernati111, aOlllld ulNp t• 1illa w1n•r. Snul and•~ - and Wbllt a eaatortable plaoe t • an elcleri, aan l01t 1~ a bltndilll --•tom. Be · · • ' · " IIP belide the bear 1111tll tbl . . . . . . cle&Nd, and a partr, ot 1earoheri tOllftd ht■• Sand - bf a hibernating bear. COPPEE The F ~ deral Trade C01111aa1on indicates the poaa1b111ty - tnat the rise or cottee prices•••• in part at leut, because ot a "corner." Speculators buying up all available auppliea- then raialng the prices to 1ult thlluel•••• t So IQI the ChaUun ot the C-1.Hion, li4nl"cl Holmty. wbo told a new, conterenoe, toda,, that the po111b111t1 ot • "corner" la beinl inveatt.pted. ~ inq~ 11 at ... York - wi ottlolalill 1onlal the lattonal Cot • Aa1oclatlon ad -.a ot Ula baarlap bJ a cma.1alonal Sub-~lttH 111 Nlln •n Rorr/JQ,- 'lo illftlt - tm «IM 111:cb prloe o cott~] DI MAGGIO Details or tne Di Maggio story in Japan keep c•il'II in - and they-re fantastic. A huge crowd at the airport - to greet Mr. and In. Di Maggio, accompanied by Letty 0 1 Doul of the San Diel() Padre■ • The two ball players are going to coach baaeball t e - in Japan. llarilyn Nonroe - intenSlng to Y1ait G.I•• 1n Japane■• hoap1tala. The Japanese tana ■obbed the Pan-Allerloan plan1 -- puahtng and abovtng in a tre•moua J•. But the acenea at the Imperial Hotel were •••n . . . NIIU'kable • . A tm,e IIOb brou tbl'oqJl pol1-{itma, and puallld into the luxurious lobby. A glasa door waa shattered, and m ••••ral people - were nearly drowned. The hotel lial a pon4 and a prden - and, 1n the •lee, several 1ndiY1clua11 were ' pushed into the pond. Vhlch wu - 1ee cold. Later, Jlarllyn Nonroe aade an appearance on a hotel balcony - receiving the cheers ot the multitude outaide. , A couple ot Japanese tried to elillb up the wall, but the polio• pulled the■ down. - Between the baseball fans and the aovie tana - To~o went wild. RAII.BOAD ( At Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Railroad, today, paid lta taxes. With money - plus poetry. J.A.Appleton, Central Region Vice-President ot the Railroad, aent a olwok tor one ■illion, three hundred arid ninety-au tbollaand dollan, to the city ot Pittabllrlb. Together - with CQ int on bait 1, tHla to pay ao 1110h tax••· lie ■aid it with a quotation fNII the tar tllled ballad of ratlroadiq - ca1ey Joma. !bl 111111 reading u tollon: ' "IIHdaebaa Ind heU'hOMI and all lflndl of paln, Are not apart tNa • railroad train; Tale■ that are eanw■t, noble and pan. t , lllong to the lite ot a railroad aan." Yea, m .... bla, beartaobl1 • a11d 1ml.