L.T. BUICK, FISHER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE
15, 1966
(ANCHORAGE, ALASKA)
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY:
Despite rumors to the contrary -- Britain will continue
to
maintain her military might East of Suez. Retusing to
withdraw her forces -- from strife-torn
Asia.
This promise
was made today by British Prime Minister Wilson -- at a tense
Labor Party caucus; in the face or demands rrom both right
and left -- that Britain abandon its bases in Malaysia,
Singapore, and the Persian Gulf.
Wilson asserting that Britain dare not leave the
United States and Red China -- in an "eyeball to eyeball"
conrrontation in Asia: for that -- said he -- would be
"the surest prescription for a nuclear holocast."
The world tod~y is too small for that -- said he -- and
his party, the Laborites, today endorsed this policy --
by
a vote of nearly five to or~!
DE GAULLE
From Parts -- how's this for a strange twist -- in the
tangled web of European polittcs? The powerful french
Communist Party launching an all-out campaign against DeGaulle
on the eve of his momentous visit to Moscow.
DeGaulle,
in turn answering with a bitter counter':J'attaok on the
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French communists -- with -- of all things -- an unwitting
assist from the
Kre■lin.
The explanation? DeQaulle and the French Communist Party
have been unrelenting enemies -- ever since he first came
to power in 1940. Also -- in recent years -- the Communists
have been leading the fight against DeGaulle's plans -- .for
a new and greater France.
The latest battle -- result or a aecision by DeOaulle
himself
:
to use his growing friendship with Moscow -- in an
effort to repudiate the Communist opposition at. home.
His
state vtsit to Russia appearing not only a personal triumph
in the field of foreign diplomacy, but also Just in time -- for
DEGAULLE--2
the next Fre~ch Parllmentary election.
Po11t1cs does make strange bedfellows.
NC NAIIARRA
FOLLOW FRANCE
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FEW HOUIS LATER - DEFENSE SECRETARY ROIERT
NC NANMIRA
TODAY
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ICAN PLANES TO
BE IIOVED flOII FRANCE - PRESLIIIAILY TO FILL THE QAP IN NATO DEFENSES.
VIETWAM
As for the polltlcal crisis in Vietnam,
t
oday the
Buddhists were beating their alarm drums ln the city's
great Pagoda -- calling the Faithful to battle in an attempt
to topple the military government of Premier Ky.
At one Point -- they cut off Saigon's
main highway with
a flaming
barricade
.
As for the
war,
U.S
.
Navy
Jets today
were
blasting a
Co•unist
radar
site -- Just eight
■ilea
from
Haiphong; the
closest they have come -- to that major Viet Cong seaport.
DRAFI'
Public hearings on the draft -- are set to begin in
oongress a week from today. The go-ahead given today
by
the Chairman of the H
o
use Armed Services Committee; in
reaction to a flood of complaints -- about alleged inequities
in the present system of selective service.
Draft Dlrector
Lewis
Hershey -- the first
witness will
defend the pre
·
sent system
;
also
a
co•ent on proposals for
a
lottery system -- with the names of draftees to
be drawn
at random.
Congressional observers say there
ls
little likelihood
of
a change in the draft set-up, at
least before June
of
next
rear.
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COllfERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY, YOLO HER AUDIENCE THAT QUOTE:
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Of
AMERICA IS AT STAIE.• SNE WAS REfURINQ
TO,_
WAY WE ARE RUINING OU1 COUNTIY WITN SIGNS, JUNlYAIDS AND
~LL
THAT.
ALASKA
CENTENMIAL
Although Alaskans haven't forgotten the great earthquake
of three years ago -- the most severe ln the history of North
Aaerlca -- to the casual observer almost all evidence of the
earthquake seems to have disappeared. But -- if you come
north as a visitor -- a tourist -- they wlll show you dra•tic
evidence of what happened -- street levels that dropped,
the turnaga1n residential section that slid into Cook
.
Inlet,
and so on. But, many Alaskans say that in over all results
the earthquake was
d
blessing rather than a disaster. Of
course that doesn't mean to the individual who lost his home,
or his fishing boat, or his business down
by
the sea that was
swept away
by a tidal
wave.
But in the
wake
of that
tremendous and thrilling earthquake, since then has
come a
gre:1t building boom,
anda
sudden burst of activity in many
dirctions here in the north.
For one thing,
Alaskas
are making plans for next year,
ALASKA CENTENMIAL--
2
which they tell me ts sure to be one or the great years in
Alaskan htstorj
·
. For Alaskans are getting ready to
celebrate
their centennial. You see, in Sixty-Seven tt will be Just
one hundred years since Secretary Seward convinced Abraham
Lincoln and his Cabinet that Alaska should be purchased
from
the Russians, -- the Czars people who at that time were
so
dUllb as to be willing to sell 1t, almost for a song. As you
no doubt will recall, Seward bought this great Northena empire
twice as large as Texas plus Indiana, for Just
over
Seven
Million dollars.
ALASKA
CENTENNIAL -
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So, next year le to be the centennial year.
Fairbanks, known as
"
the golden heart of Alaska
"
is
•
already at ~ork on
what
you might call an Alaskan world's
Fair -- a big exposition. Juneau, still the spectacular
capital of Alaska, will have a handsome new museum to
house the thousands of interesting things that
were
in
the old Juneau museum. Also, Ketchikan, Nome, and other
centers, are making their centennial plans.
As for Anchorage, the Alaskan metropolis, the
thr1iling and still quite new city here at the head of
Cook Inlet,-1t seems new to me because
when
I flrst came
to Alaska there was no Ancho
.
rage -- here they
have
twenty-
~even projects under
way.
I will te 11 you more about
these in a later broadcast, perhaps next Monday or Tuesday.
DODD
Senator Thomas
Dodd of
Connecticut -- a w1tne3s
~
n
his own defense today; before a tribunal of Senate colleab:Jes
-- hearing charges of misconduct made against him by former
employees.
One after another -- Dodd refuting charges that he was
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an
"errand boy" -- for lobbyist Juli!}ls Klein; denying that
he ever accepted expensive glfts -- in return for special
favors; d.1sput1ng a whole series of allegations leveled
against
hlm -- by columnists
Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson. These
based on evidence -- supposedly supplied by his staff.
At one point
Dodd asserting: "I was surrouned by
people who were betraying me." "They were robbing me blind"
said he - -
"and
none
of
them had the
inanhood to
come
r
orward ~•
In the end -- Dodd declaring: "I'm no different from other
Senators --
I
don't peddle anyone's wares" -- in Congress.
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LONGEVITY
Ar
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yvu in
t
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tea
in longevity
?
At
Toulon, tn France,
a local lady by the name of Madame Marie Thomas --
c
elebrating
her one hu.ndred birthday; and helping her celebrate were Madame
Thomss' four slsters
:
Jeanne
-
Eighty-Seven
;
Eliza-Eighty-Four
;
Leonie - Eighty-One
;
and Anna
--
the "baby" of the family --
at Seventy-Eight.
The girls ad-ding up to a combined total -- for four-hundred
and thirty years of long and happy life.
How's
that fo
.
r
French Joie de Vie?
CCUP
Aoot~er
c un i
s
renorte~
t
0~2y
from
•frica--from
the
f
rmer Frend
~
vongo.
f
irst
wnrd--by
way
of the
Ta
si:;
new. a~ency
in
H
raz
.
zavil
le.
T
el
1
ing
o
f
a power
grab
by
Premi
,
er
i.mluoise
..
umazalay--wh.ile
President
J..1phon"e
H
.a
:;~
arr.ba-DehHt
w2c
attending
a
conference
at
Medag
:
escar.
The cou
p anpa
rently inspired--by e lonR-standing
tribal dispute. Tri~~ered by an
Army
ettack--on
headquarters of
Tioumazalay's
National
rlevolutionary
Movement
Party.
Redi
o
Brazz
.
eville
~ t e r reporting
a
change of
Army
command--with
the Premier
said to be
in
full
c
•
ontrol.
NIXON
The
outlook ~or
a
Republican victory in the next
Presldent!al
race
--
has increased
about Twenty-Five per
cent in the past Two months. So sald Richard Nixon --
in an appearance today at Detroit.
Nixon
attr1but1ng his optimism to economic
factors
which he said will be the chief issue two years hence.
Accusing the Johnson Administration or "fanning the
fires
of
inflation" -- as he put it -- and
"sowing
the seeds fora
"
recess
ion. "
As for that war 1n Viet Nam -- Nixon predicting that
it
will be
over by
Nineteen-Slxty-E
.
1ght --
and should not
be
an issue. If it 1s not over -- said he -- then "the
United States will be 1n a very dangerous position."
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