SUB CRASH L T- &~.r i.- l I . I --- - . r _ ) I ~ I The latest from the iteene of " ~ plane crash /, U~l; w I I in le■ IOPR :1 ( J • , , ; lwi(J) ~ . (l >1tt I - / tU (., - ~ , 4•ad ~ f many injured. a l""'C-a -J There were ninety•Mll--~!IMrM_,. / , aboard - when the Northeast Airlines DC 6 took off from LaOuardia airport - bound for Miami. Three minutes after the takeoff - LaOuardla employees saw a flash - the plane, plunging down on R · lker' a Ia land ln the East R1 ver • ./ • ' • • a-.c 11..,,. :thal\ pr11an tor 1hort tera ottlllllers • One passenger, Jill Kazakis or Mancheater, lew Hupahlre - aaya he haa no idea what caused the accident. He a111ply felt the plane go down, and then lt craahed near 80118 bu1:ld1nga on Riker•• island. lie .... , . lie hen · ■Ill •• , Rescuers are struggling to get the injured to hoapltala. But the work la being held up by a heavy snowfall over New Yori. Meanwhile, we have word or another air craah - SUB CRASH - 2 on the other side of the country. An Air Poree Thunderjet plunging into a residential district near Mountain View, California. The plane destroyed a two-story house - and set ~ tire to half a dozen other■• The pilot - killed. lo.,... elae lnJured. KDfG SAUD ( f The visit of the King of Sa u di Arabia • = •••1li, ends tonight - at his dinner, with President Eisenhower aa ~ w the Guest of honor. The two heads of state, in their 1 .W informal meeting. Earlier today, they conferred 1n 111' .-= lt•e•iOWII'~ 0Mu1 at the White House. 'Ila; talked contidentally tor / half an hour - and then called their atatrs to Join th•, - t ~ i--n~ 7 . tor another ~ tt•• amaa, 11 . A On Monday, King Saud will leave for White Sulphur Spr1nga, Weat V1rg1n1a,for • few daya reat. I •n~turn\1'7 'fo Vaahlngton later 1n the •••le_, AIIII • either Thursday or t f u ~ ~ ~ l'l'1daY, he and J ~ ~ Will hold tt8'lr final conference. After whlch, they-tfi. laaue a Joint c011111unique - stating the general results or the King's visit. How have thi Eisenhower-Saud talks gone? Secretary of State Dullea says, "extremel y well " , Our Secretary ot State declaring, that King Saud has shown a willingness to 11111 SAUD - 2 understand - the meaning of the ' Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East. The King, alive to the threat from Communia■ • And King Saud and President Eisenhower - seem to be in almost complete agreement about two things - American aid tor Saudi-Arabia -- and American uae of the air base at Dhahrm. TITO In Washington, officials of - o\11! '"'Over1•ent sa y - plans for a visit from Marshall Tito, are "in abe y ance. 1 T-bH ••IIIMI• -ee 1t-ttl9 Red Manthei - •Y not eeae at aih But• are told-that the visit Just - being held - unM-1 \he p u b l 1 c 1 ~ . The reteNMe, ~o Congre11ienal oppoe1,1an::::Q» 71M. More tlwl a hundred aembera or Congre11 h a ~ ~ ,............ /\ a petition - aaki~Preaident Bl11nheue~ not to invite hlil. But the President 1ay1 - he deplore, attacks on vl1ltor1 like King Saud and Tito. Mr. Biaenhower, pointing out it would be . . bad diplomacy - to d invite only leadera with whOll we agree. POLICY A top Republican in the Senate warns - partisan criticism is lulJl hurting our national security. Senator Wiley of Wisconsin - urging his colleagues not to hold up the "Eisenhower doctrine" - for the sake or party pol1t1ca. Senator Wiley 11 the top Go P member or the Senate Foreign Relat1ona Ccanlttee. He 1 1 worried about the Democratic attacks on our tore~.gn policy. Senator Wiley saying - that Secretary Dullea has bNn subjected to, what the Senator calla. la "lrreaponalble cr1t1c1am." ... " ~ - Meanwhile, our Secretary or Stat•)- end x hla 11x daya ot testllllony, . . aewd •••>relieved when he lett the cOlllll t tee room today. lfr■r rllq •• NP••'•": "I llhtl:k .J ' - ft<, -1,, ' 'U 'O \A ~ -4-+. r• ■ e11tc4'1 .l' 81!11&, described aa • jubilant - but '"0-1 ~ )( · - - •• ■l ■11 pesaim1st1c about bl■ te■ ta:aa, • ind how the ■111bwww ot' Congreaa •111 n react to Mb -f'~ " t r ~ ~ PUtCDS A House Committee cuts down President Eisenhower's request - for emergency aid to farmers and ranchers of the southwest. The President asked for seventy-six million dollars - on the basis of what he saw u during his m recent trip through the area. Mr. Eisenhower, announcing that he wanted ,waec11ate work on all soil conservation and •ergency teed grain tor llveatock. The agriculture department added -- that all the ac,ney should be provided now. The situation, too dangeroua - to wait tor later appropriations. But the House Appropriations Coilllttee rules - the tw.l • ■- aaount 11 not needed right now. So it cuta the Preaident'a aeventy-alx 111111on - down to titty ■llllon. Prealdent llaenhower, to aak tor the r-1n1ng twent~lx million - later on, it he tlnda it necessary. PLOODS Nine southern and border states - are facing the threat of serious floods. The most critical at the mo•nt - the TeMessee River, near C hattanooga. The TeMessee, swollen by more than four inches of rain - in the past twenty tour hours. The TeMeasee Valley authority tried to atop the river troa overtlowlng 1ta banks - by letting billions of gallons through the tlood gates. But even a ■p.._ ao, the TenneuN rose too high - and spilled over. It tlooded a whole section between lookout 110untain and Rosavllle. The current swirled into the area ot X •• Noccasln Bend - tloodlng 11&ny hoaea. Pamillea, evacuated to higher ground. In one place, a school bua was caught ln the deluge - and twenty seven children had to be save d by rescuers in rowboats. Tonight, state troopers are on e11ergency duty in the Chattanooga section. PLOODS - 2 Elsewhere, Georgia and the Carolinas are struggling with the problem - or rivers rising too high because or rain. Roads near Rome, Georgia - are under several feet or water. In North Carolina, highways and railroads, blocked by landelidea. Parther north, the danger now la - that the Ohio River ■ay go over 1ta banks. WILSON Secretary of Defense Wilson has informed House investigators - he'll testify before them, after Prebruary Sixteenth. He'll tell them his side of his quarrel with the National Guard. Secretary and Mrs. Wilson will be in Plorida tor the next two weeks- but after that he'll do anything the aub•cOllllittee wants. The Secretary is still being criticized all over the country - by oftlcera of the National Guard. And •mbera of Congress - are taking 119 pot shots at him~ But he'• received support from one quarter. Mrl. Wilson, iaaulng a strong atate•nt in defense other husband. e,l~ ~~ 4../ ';}<,✓ The Secretary•• wife, telling reporters she thought Prealdent ,1 11aenhower was wrong - when he aee•d to rebuke her husband at his news conference. Well, a number of Congressional leaders who have criticized Secntary Wilson - don't see■ ve., anxious to criticize Mrs. Wilson. In particular, Congrea1■an Paul Kilday, WILSON - 2 of Texas. When he was told about what Mrs. Wilson had said, Kilday remarked: I can I t fight women. " When he was asked whether he could be quoted on that - he replied: ' Yol/11 have to ask my wife." \ j l~ L ~~✓ ~ -tL~ ~ ft ~ . CANAL One of the worst obstructions in the Sue~ Canel - has been raised to the surface. An Egyptian landing craft- sunk by Nasser's men during the Anglo-Frencb offensive. Today, German and Dutch salvage ships - raised the landin craft to the surface. Once their lines were in place - they took only twenty minutes to relae the Lulk .._f -' l · -tl ta. ~ { "(i_-l f to the surface. Word from Is■a111a,ts- - it will take another I , / \ t1ve days to g et the obstacle out or the canal. A K in g ot a remote corner of t h is l a net - held h is first news conference today. K ing A h med of Yemen - inviting eleven western corres ondents. To g et to the newa conference, they h a d to spend ten hours on winding mountain tr~ils, a nd then across the desert. Finally arriving at Taiz in Southern Yeaen where they were received by the King in his p alace. U P corres p ondent Noraan Garrell tells how at hie newa conference, King Ah■ ed announced that the la• ot hia Iingdo ■ ia goin g to be extended all the •aJ• to Aden - no• ruled by the British. The Iing gave as hl1 reason - repeated fighting along the border - whloh he SI.JS will not stop, until he controls the whole area. He said he aay bring the dispute before the Un&ed Nation After the news conference, the desert M onarch entertained his western guests in lavish style. And then allowed them to go to the front. ADEN - 2 Today's big development - an attack by RAP planes - on two villages seized by Yemeni invaders. ~ ~~ - -t. I invaders pUBhed across the border, seized ta towns - and / ' tl.lffled th8110ver to a band of rebels. The British co•and sent planes to 11&ke the first attack. ~-ukv-, Jet fighters, a•ahing the tw111 with rockets and ~ camon tire :, 'ftlli lli■u~, a prelude to a drive by ground ROMANIA - - On Sunday, Communist Romania will hold its first election - since Nineteen Fifty Two. Observers in VieMa I predict - stalinist candidates a, win a:,e,e et ninety-nine v }- . ....... ~ _,, ~ o-(: percent , The reason. a ••&+J ~1"11• - there's only one 11st of ,, / I candidates. No choice - a typical old style Co•unlst election. The Red bosses 1n Romania are cracking down - d•andlng full support from the people. Thia. a result of riot, that have taken place in Bucharest - and other Romanian c1t1ea, ~ Lut Dece■ber. we heard of street clashes - and ant1-c0111un11t daonatrationa. Romanian secret police, Jailing many antl- Ca.unlata. The situation, ao bad - that Khrushchev deacrlbed the atudenta aa fa suffering from, what Khrushchev called " an unhealthy state or 111.nd. '' Meaning -- too aany de■anda for more freedom 1n the unlveraltlea. That's why the Romanian Communists are ■aklng sure - that only old style C011111unists will be up for election on Sunday. At the 88118 time, the government is trying RCIWIIA - 2 to quell unrest among the people. A general wage increase has been amounced. Land owners and business men - permitted to vote for the first time. And the controlled press 1a tull ot blg promises - of Soviet economic aid. HUNGARY The Hungarian government announces - five ~ westerners are being freed from jail~ expelled from Hungary. One American, and four British students. The American, Richard Roraback, or Dobbs Perry, New York. One of the British students - Judith Cripps, grand-daughter or the late Chancellor or the Ex-chequer, Sir Stafford Crlppa. The belief was that they would be put on trial - accused or aJ espionage. But now apparently Kadar haa decided - a trlal wouldn't help his regime. So h1'1 expelling the w1at1m1r1 - sending them to Vienna, and telling the■ not to COIN back to Hungary. CONANT Our first Ambassador to West Germany - ls leavin g BoM. Dr. James B. Conant, coming home after four years 1n hia \ post. Dr. Conant, OU:P hi g h connlsslone 1:; atter the war - then appointed Ambassador - when the Federal Republic of West Gennany was set up. Speaking to a United Press reporter, Dr. Conant ~ h e 1s..., opt1m1st1c about the future of West OeJ'lllany. In his opinion, there is no danger - from either the extreme left or the extreme right. Rnarking; ' Naz1ism is dead ~ . . ~ • fluit (;z aJJJ .- and burl~' ; llr. eJ..11t •nt ' "I have found no traces or Co.unism.' Weat Germany la on the road to real democracy • . And Bast Germany will be won over in the long run. So thinka Dr. Conant - after four years on the job. BCONONY Las t year American manufac t urers sold g oods - wor t h more than three - hundred-and-th1rty~1111on dollars. Ill; - d{ - J~ 1m.owwed "' ~he Department or Conaerce in Waahin g to~ If C(. new record - with sales about four percent higher than 1n Nineteen Pltty P1ve. All •Jor industries represented - except tranaportatlon. Which did not keep pace with thereat or our ece11ay. Tna t strike on the New ~o rk wat er front will at least continue over the eekend. On Sunday the men on the tugs and oil barges meet to vote. They threaten to atq out until their terms are met - wage increase, an4 ■or• fringe benefits. New Yorkers are hoping to see the strike end before coal and oil stocks run out. AIR The Civil Aeronautics AdminlstrRtlon orders that plane tests - be carried out over sparsely populated areas. This, a follow up to yesterday's tragic crash at Pacolma, l■lt■f California - when a plane came down in a school yard, killing seven persons. .JM- After getting word of th~ accident, President Eisenhower ordered the CA A to act - to prevent anything like it happening again. And now the CA A rules - planes - not to be teated over populated areaa ~ ■n:, a :a;. /,,,, ~ta ilri'ea tgattng ' th the Douglas D c 7B hit - after it collided with a , Jet ,,, ,_.,,..,.ux interceptor. Investigators, trying~ Uf( y 9ut just how the accident happened. WIFE I n 1 - nJon V Producer John Whitney compl ins - that t.la 'London Times" has refused to ccept c:iO adv el't tsement from him. The advertisement - an of f tr to sell either his Rolls Royce or his wife. Whitney, claiming he ca n't afford to kee p both. The staid ld "London Times' ' tsn't used to that klnd of advertisement, and doesn't print - a "wives for sale" column, telling the prospective customer - it wasn't going to let him turn the Times lnto - a market for wives. Henry, Brlt1sher Whitney says his Ad stands - t•en though the "London Times" won't accept it. He awaits offers - and is 1n the market to sell either his Rolls Royce or the Missus.