,, ---""""' - -- EICHM.A t · 7 , - (i i //) a I In the Je r us alem court tod ay - defend ant stood at attention for a full seventy-five minutes . An hour - and a quart r . Adolf Eichmann , -&--1...J.~ wJt.~'1:~ ~~ ~,.,m il tary bearin g - S . s ~ the days when he ,, wa s an officer n the ~ of " the Th rd Reich. His manner - unfl i nchin g . His face - rigid. H s hands - clenched at his side. Interrupting his military posture - only when h e sneezed and coughed. heard the indictment - first in Hebrew, then in German. (The mo st terrible indictment eve r drawn up - against a single defendant. And the r eadin g of the list of crimes with which he \ s char g ed - left him loo k ing listless durin g the remainder of the proceedin s . As e x pected, Eichmann 1 s lawyer promptly impugned - the court i tself. itobePt 8e1;atlm.r, ar g uing that it has no ) r g ht _ to try his client. As e x pected, the Israeli judges are a d erin g to their basic pr i nc i ple - that Israel has that ri g ht. And i n fact, is the most approp ri ate place - to try Adolf Ei chma t1 n. - 2 Is a 1 . The est an~wer I · now - e in th s n i n '~ ew Yor· Herald Tribun e . The lead editorial. An eloquent sta tem ent abou t the trial - of wh ch this is the ey a c:;: ... a e . 11 one might have preferred that Eichmann be tried elsewhere than in Israel - but the grim reality remains that no one else except Israel cared enou h about him to apprehend him and try him . And there, with the whole world watching, he will present his case, protected by the rules of civilized jurisprudence - which his victims were never permitted to invo e. 11 n oddity toni ht - is the t · elevision coverage f t he Eichmann tr i 1. o ictur es of to a y's events 1n Jerusalem. · ot y~t. e on - the fil m missed its p l·ne connection in uurope. today's new~ conference i n Par - DeGaulle e x mined e er possib lity for an Al er an settlement . Tell i n g newsmen - o w he feels about each pas~ b i li ty . Firut of all, t h e Pres i dent of France is prepared for - the worst. He 1 s prepa ed to accept a M o slem state - completely independent of France. If that happens, according to DeGaulle ~ more than a million French settlers will have to leave Algeria. In retaliation, he will expel - almost half a million Moslems from France. And he will immediately cut off all economic aid - to the vast territory across the Mediterranean. What if the Al g erians should fall into - poverty, civil war, and Communism? Said DeGaulle today - 11 I would have n o duty toward the Al g erians, except to feel sorry for them." Actually, of course - the tall e x - g eneral is hoping for a more satisfactory solution. Hopin g that the Algerian people will vote fo r - an autonomous state associated with Fra nce . Th s would sat'sfy the Moslems - by gi vin g them their ~hare of p oliti cal power . It woul d all ow the French settlers - DE GAULLE - 2 to remain in their Algerian homes. And it a would strengthen the economies - of both France and Algeria. The trouble remains that the DeOaulle plan f.or Algeria is meeting opposition from both sides. EEpecially - from the ~ Right Wing settlers. Today a group of them hurled~ bomb ---/1...J. ..... ~from a passing car. The bomb, exploding before the presidential " palace - almost ae oeoaulle was beginning his news conterence. CUBA TONlght Cuba le tense - as Castro gets ready to meet the coming invasion. Militiamen, racing into position - aboard army trucks. Dragging big guns into position - at key points along the coast. alt .£.!vilians . , . turning up in uniform - including the members of the Cuban symphony orchestra. The dictator, preparing for - the D-day of . his opponents. ~ Meanwhile , he '9. already , . a battle on his hand!• In tact - three battles. That many uprisings - inside Cuba: -.. -- .... - ~ ~ ~ !4IJll'lliUF · ~llilll■Slfr::::;ipta:-s:a1P~dl:l,■r::~:ar Pinar del Rio~ Oriente Province, and/\ the Sierra de Escambray. Castro has repeatedly claimed to have • smashed resistance - in all three.pl••••• 111• ten~• he~••• Pl lnfa1 •• ma al»e a la all twe-. Today•s most spectacular rebel coup - occurred in the ~ Escambray_,A.. Major Osvaldo Ramirez, smashing through militia lines - leadtllilf hie men to the strategic plains or Las Villas. There, to step up - the anti-Castro campaign. .. -...- - - - -~------------~-------~---~ · - - - LAOS The "water season 11 has a r r i ved - in Laos. Meaning, the wee k of the Laotian New Year - which falls on Thursday. Called the 11 water season", because a traditional feature or the ceremonies - is the throwing of water. Using every kind or receptacle - from paper cups to buckets. The children or l Vientiane, tiring water pistols - all over the city. Festivities - in Laoe. , Concern - in Washington. The administration, worried over Soviet stalling - with reference to a cease-tire. The Russian airlift to the Laotian rebels - still operating. That•e 11J why Secretary of State Ruak has l., announced - that wekre increasing our military aid to Laos. CONGO In the Con g o, the President of Katanga ie hitting the . U.N. - where it hurts. In - the pocketbook. Tshombe, blocking , all U.N. bank accounts - in the banks of his province. Refuoing to let the international organization touch ite own money - without special authorization from him. Tshombe, retaliating after a clash betNeen his troopa - and a u.N. detachment from Ethiopia. The Katanga president - lost the battle. How he figures he might win the war - by freezing the U.H. at the bank. FLIGHT Last ni g ht we had the story of - the longest mercy fligh t. From Rhode Island to New Zealand - and on to the Antarctic continent. The plane - bringing out a Soviet scientist suffering from an ulcer. Tonight, another remarkable mercy flight - although not quite as long. A transport based at Frankfort, west oermany ~ flew to Monrovia, Liberi~ ,,,P'1cking up Mrs. Roy Layton - who .I<. had suffered a stroke. After that - the long flight across North Africa to Sidi Slimane in Morocco. Thie time, the patient was Dorothy Maynard - victim of a . n auto accident. From MQrocco - back to·weat Germany. MaJor Phil • Hartington or American Fork, Utah, landing at Wiesbaden - after a mercy flight of almost eight thousand miles. ~ ~- · - - - - --~--....,.--=--------_____,.,.,,-----=----~--~--~--- ---- TELEPHONE ' Telephone engineers have given up - in the case of Mrs. Marjorie Stewart of Waukegan. Admitting, they can•t explain how Mrs. sTewart held a phone conversation - with a pilot flying over Oklahoma. The Waukegan housewife was chatting with a friend - when suddenly the pilot's voice broke in. · Interrupting them with calle - to the radio tower. The ladies, mystified. hanging up • • A few minutes later - Mre. Stewart lifted her phone again. She heard the pilot•e voice - still coming through quite dietinctly. This time - she talked back. Telling the pilot - it was snowing over the Chicago area. The pilot, also mystified. Refusing to believe that he was conversing with the I ground by way of a telephone in Waukegan. l};V~I What• a the explanation"\ The engineers say - some inexplicable freak in the physics of sound. CAVE-IN who Down in Whitwell, Tennessee, John Griffith is the man - ~ 114W~lf}~ L . ~ e ~ • . returned fr;m ~ tlfe dead. Griffith, a tractor operator - A wor king in a gravel pit. The a.haxrdxt sides of the pit collapsing. Griffith, buried under tons of gravel. Buried for half an hour - before a rescue squad could reach him. A doctor declared the tractor operator - dead. The "body" - taken to a mortuary. They were getting ready to lay it on a table - 1m preparation for the funeral. Suddenly, the "corpse" began to breath. Gaeping - for air. A physician, hurriedly applied artificial respiration - whereupon John -~~l'Ld"'-f~~1\, Griffith regained consciousness , all! sat up~ I 'f!!} • • • • • - ·-- ·--~~-- - -- . tlYS J&Ela