GOOD E:VE:~ r ~r,. ,\/EHY f- OD Y : Fnr R "non-political trip" - the PreFident'e tour of spece centerr iR touchinR "ff a lot of political d 1 s cu R s i n • ~· n ! • t. o f i t, - i n H o u f" t on • Te x a s • J a c k Go x , RenubJican cPndidate for Governor of the Lon~ ~tar State - thinks t.he P.,.e ""· inent ~houJrl hEJve waited until after ~he NovPm~Pr elPction; eanecialJy, since the Democratic canrlirlPte in TexaR iF John Connally - who we~ the Fir~t s~cretary of the Navy in the Kennedy Admini~tration. ConflresRman Bol Casey anci Olin Teapue, proteFtin~ - bec~uPe they were not invited to join the PreP1dent 1 P party. Both, charrtn~ "politics" - the feet that they haven't been ovPr-zeelous in ~otnp down the line for Kennedy ,~~iRl ~ tlon. At any rAt.e PreRtnent Kennerly iR hevin~ a lek 'ENNEDY - 2 1,· / - - i v ,,,.4:r '1,r Huntsville and Cape l,;ana v eral - ,\ w hy our scientists are hopeful about the race i . nto s p ace . l(onfident ~ / they 1J.. p ut a man on the Moon - b efore the end of this decade. One thing see■s clear from the s ber i~idiag - l'F roc . ket r a tt l ing - in Moscow. KhrushcbeY is making the kind of blunder - of which he._. accused Stalin. I The blunder of attempting to cause one international ~/J~~ l &;• s it u at i on - and act u ally c au s in g it ' s ~ id:rri.1 a 1 ,,. For example, ~hrushchev is attem p ting to sow dissention in -Ci,! America - by threats. ~nd t.•'• finding • tba~ this ia I I\ a sure way to make us more united · than ever. · rtt.h j••~ look•~ the reaction - on Capitol Bill. Not a single member of Congress thinks '111ft we should be detend - by Ihrushchev's threat to go to war over Cuba. On the contrary, the leaders of both parties are callin1 for a tough stand - against both Khrushchev and Castro. ■oat radical Th~suggestions range from a bbckade of Cuba - to another American-becked invasion of Castro'& domain. But the consensus on Capitol H ill seems to be - that the Moscow declaration is just so much verbiage. REAGT!QH - 2 That KhruRhchev haR no in+ention of pettinp int n a nuclear conflict with the United ~ tate ,· - for the r eke of his b earded parrot in the Uaribbea n. RtfSK FOLLOf REACTION _______ , ___________ ___ forPtPn pnlicv w111 not chanvP. - b~CRU P P nf the l~teFt RnticA in thP. K•emlin. "we a'"~ not nervouR or e freid," sa1.d he. T~en art,Hncr - "we wi 11 proc, ed exftctly aP we find neceAP~ry." NOTE ~'01,LO,; Rrn,K - J ome K .e~lin olopi PtP he 1ieve thrt wh • t M o r . ow .e yR Phciut Uul P - i R ~ ~moke n crPen; - to dist r a ct o n Berline ; b Pck in r ~own at ieaAt frr Pnouph - to poPtp one ~ ~h nw~own w\t, h the ~ P. P t . ,A yin~ w ait - nnti~ Aft.Pr the A mPr icR n P.lectionP in November. In thiR ju~t A convenient P XC U P e - for KhruRhchev to curtail provocationA in 1e r t G er~any? He r Kbruehchev ~P.cided itR time to rein in hi P EaRt German puppet r - befo-re they actually do st art a war? l r. thi r why KhruP.hchev hPR thrown up~ QubAn smoke r creen? ~~t.e~f1 In Cuba itself A a crackdown on non-Commdniat~ Iilcluding - a group of newa ■en fro ■ the Weat. Castro ob•ioualy doesn't want any new• report• - about what be i1 up to. So h•'• reatrictiag tho•• - who ■ ight, contradict hi• propaaaa4a. · Their nationaliti•• - cubaa, Britiah, rrenoh and Aaericaa. Meanwhile,•• '811+ wow• i•fr1 ■1tiea - about t-1-- W..e~'- •pirate warahip• ■ entionad by Caatro. f t beloa1• to an antl-Caatro refugee group - calling the ■ aelvea •Alpla 66.• Yaaterda, ■orning, their ship went into actioa - alone Cuba'• Cap• rrano••· . - - - -- - -- ~ firat, ■ aohine1uanin1 a Britiab freighter - loa4i Caatro'• augar tor Iron Curtain oountri••· Then, the attacker• boarded a Caatro v••••l used a• a floating warehou•• - and d7na■ ited it. After that, another ■aohinegun aaaault - on another Castro vessel. B7 this time, the Cuban Bede - had been alerted. µUBA - 2 They launched - a counterattack. Caatro Helicopte~•, p•r•uing the •Alpha 66• raider• - tort1 ■ il•• aoroaa the Caribbean. The raider• clai ■ that in the aubaequen\ 1un fl&bt - tbeJ forced tbe bellcoptere to withdraw. their After which, the7 returned t~baae - where•er that •II be. ATOMIC The Soviet Union exnloded an atomic boab in outer space - laRt year. The American spokesman - at the U.~., Francia Plimpton revealed this in answerin~ Soviet cher~es - ahout our nuclear series in the Pacific. The Moscow propepanda line - that we me~e outer Rpece ~en~P.rouP for the Soviet cosmonauts. Ptimnton•~ reply - that Ru~wtan ~cientt~tF oarrled out e Bi ■ ilPr ~ivh eltitude test - only tbeJ did eo without informtn, the world about it; without even infor ■ inv - their nvn people. furthermore that tbe Soviets knew we bed not conta ■ tneted outer ~pace - because their cos ■onaut fli~hts took place after our explnsion. The Soviet A ■ha~sedor to the UN - denied that h1r. countrv touched off a nuclear dPvtce in ou~e ~ spece. But our ectentiPts - claim to bRve proof. Seid the Americen U.I. SpokeRmRn of the Kremlin comolaintR:- •crocodile tearA." YPALL +.IP Secretary of the ltkJ( s. lnteriorlreturnilll /'\ It froa Russia - convinced that we are far ahead in the development of natural reaourcea. Secretary Udall, ad11i tting that the Soviets ••Y have aoved beyond a1 ia aoat phases - lite long diatanoe tranaai1aioa lin••• But, h quot■ the forthright . Seanhr7 - ~ f( i•IEPP, •• ha•• a healtbJ lead •• I 'l, fABJI The man w h o doean't love Paria - is a traffic official. Alden Aust or Oaah~, juat back - troa the City of Light. Bis verdict - •incredible traffic probl•••·• ieaaon - too few P ariaiu garaa••· Aa4 Alden Auat of Gaaha didn't••• - any partln1 ••t•r• or uaclergro •~•cl partln1. lot the tlncl of c 1 tJ - to eaohaat, a \raffle oftiolal. -r.-' ~ r>"- ~ - •••1•1~1111,~&l::tiR■ll 1 ~, 1, . he oareft•• 4r1Ylaa ,{ ~h•r• Jou -- ~ ~ rl1t JOV aect •••rJ~l•• Jou oroaa the atree\ ~ oae et char■• of Qa, Paree? iOVIBQI You aa7 find the following question - ■ore than acadeaic. It could be - rather per1onal. lf Scotland baa scotch whiate7, and Canada baa Canadian whiakey - what ha1 Aaerica 1ot? Answer - _ Bourbon. The point 11 - that Congr••• wants ua to keep our Bourbon. Th• · n••• - that ·ia. The Hou••• appr0Tla1 a bill - that would pr••••t other ooantriea froa appropriating the••••· lo - torelgn-aade Bourbon. If it• Bourbon, it.a Aaerica~ - according to tile apoa1or - - ~ ~ . A M J ~ _ J ~ - - - ot the l»ill, Congr•••••• John lat,t . 1 of lentuot;. Jt ftl1 1tauaoh defender of Bourbon, ~a•t happ••• to bail fro■ 1 , , _ - Bourbon ~ount.7. lent.ucty. DICKENS HP.rP'P a note - ror the fan~ of CharleP Dicken ~ . tbAt me v ~iv~ the ■ ~ epoplexy. The pre e t-,randeuphter of the celehret~d Briti Rh noveli Rt - ir revr1~inp hiR book F . Dori s DickenR, rev1,1n~ - "Oliver TvlAt," "David Copperfield ,' "Pickwick PeperR,""A Tele of Two Gitiee," and ao on. Wby • te Doria - revritin~ the ~reat manT She aeys s~e wants to make the no v els of her greet-Rrand- fetber - "more adequate for modern readtn,.• More edequeteT W~at could be more adequate then "David Copperfield" - ee OberleP Dtckenr wrote it! Tut tut, Dor1ft!