SUE Z T h e Weste rn Bl Three wi ll c a l an lnternatl o n 1 conference - on S uez. A pa laver t h at w ould inc lud e - S oviet Russia. So announced in London, t hi s a f ternoon - fo ll owin g a conference between American Se c ret a r y of S t a te J ohn Foster D ulles, British P rime Minister Anthon y Eden, and French Foreign Minister Plnneau. proposal for an Th~l•••tga'\International Conference including Soviet Russia was put tu forward by Britain. Accepted - by the United States. In return for which Dulles received assurances - that neither the British nor tht3 l n u French will take warlike action against F.gypt, at the presant. However, Britain reserves the ri g ht to use force, 11 in the last reaort 11 , 1f Egypt restricts the passage of ships through the Canal. In Washington President Eisenhower served notice, today, that the United States will insist on an " efficient " operation o f the waterway. The c a n al lfvita l 11 to the United SUEZ - 2 States and all other maritime nations. At Alexandria, toni ght, Egyptian President Nasser - repeated his defiance. Stating - that Egypt will fight to the last drop of blood. Maintaining - the nationalization of the Suez Canal. BURMA Reports from Ran oon - that the hines eds have invaded a secon borer st tepf Burma, he Kachin Province. Yesterday, the word was that Communists had occupied areas in the state of a. A d now a Rangoon newspaper says - 11 there has been skirrnishin between Chinese and Burmese troops.' But the Burmese governnent continues to minimize the Red violations of frontier. Admittln only - that "some Chinese troops have occupied positions in the wild border area. Honduras 11 • 1 ~ r1 hting in/~~api ai cit of Hon ras - today - when a revolt b roke out. Militar and c ivilian insurgents - capturing a militar y barracks, k• J ust across the street from the US Embassy. But the bulk of the Army came to the support of President Lozano. there was fighting- for in !eguci al a. nine hours . -/Centere - at the barracks near the American Embassy. The latest wora - the rebels have surrendered. WIFE - AR I A I n R ome to a , a ou n Americ n wo an old a st or y o f a n Ar abia n m a rri a e - a n a n es ca e f r om h o me l i fe in Ba g hdad. S he tho ug ht it woul d b e l ik e - ~~~~Jtt t h e ' A ra b i a n ni g hts " . - - But says - lt was an Arabian ni g htmare. " ~ In Nineteen Fift y Three, Helen Johnstone of Palo Alto, California, married Badul Jebbar Subba g h - a student from Iraq. After which - the y oung couple went to live in Baghdad. ' His family ' she says, "wanted me to live like an Arab. They have no consideratiorl or respect for women. A woman,' she adds, "is so much dirt on the floor." One particular cause for 11J1U quarrel was - the customs of dining, in Arabia. ' ~ Women eat by themselves," says she. "My husband at least ate with me - but his family didn I t like it. ' So the marriage broke up. The wi f e - appealing to the Ameri c an Consul.~ intervened - a nd there was a fight J , on a street in Ba g hdad. me U 6 Consul - knocked down. WIFE - ARABIA - 2 But, finally, the wife was able to leave - with her twenty-three month old child. She says her husband's family - gave her the baby. So now she's going back to California. A Sultana who found the Baghdad of Haroun-Al - Rashid - an Arabian nightmare. - - t. STEEL lat e is atch s t · t es that full a reement has ■ •JIX been reache d i n the steel stri k e. T h tis - b etween the union an d United States Steel,which iant company leads the wa y . Full a g reement on a ll p oints -- ending t■ the strike. EISENHOWER BILL President Eisenhower his a f ternoon, s1 ned the so;~:~ I■ Security Bill -- which lowers the benefit age for women and disabled workers . --lhe resident criticized some of the provisions - but signed. VACCINE The Federal Government has r ne the distribution of the Salk polio vaccine - over to priv te industr y . Hereafteri state a g encies and private physicians will order their supplies of vaccine directl y from the manu f acturers. Not - through government channels. Although - the health authorities in Washington will continue safety inspection, to make sure the vaccine is okay. The reason for the new move ls that there's plenty of the Salk vaccine now available. Some states - getting more than they need. Federal distribution - no iuu longer necessary. EI S ENH OW R Pres i dent Eisenh o w er, tod , f ce th r ee hu n d r ed an d el eve n re po rt e r s . Int e f irs t news confe renc e he has held (a b domin al ) sin c e his/\aAriuikax,-:o p er a tio n . In ev it ab l y, there was a barrage of q uestions a bout h is he a lth. Whi ch he cou ld answer the better because he h ad j ust un d er g one a thorou g h medical examination, before the news conferenc e be ga n. He said the doctors told him he 1s in - fine shape. 11 They told me - I had nothin g that really keeps me from going on and doing my work." The President looked paler and thinner than at his last news conference before the operation, his weight - one- hundred-e.nd-sixty-three pounds. Having gained - more than lu five pounds, since the operation. · He showed no sign of weariness after thirt y -five minutes of intensive question and answer. He said he has no condition like dysentery - as was reported in a newspaper, toda y . His do c tors warned him - that EISENHOWER - 2 he wou l have trou le of that k ind - b ut he never did . , . I feel go o d 1 , he told the newsmen, 11 but I d on't feel a s well as I did a year a 0 11 • Adding - the doctors told him o it would be at least f our months aft er his operation, before he could expect to feel like his old self again, that would be in - ill October. There was questioning today - uau about the likelihood of a recurrence of ileitis. Medical circles have been arguing about the chances of another attack. The President said his iuxu doctors tell him that his case was only the fifth in medical history -in which a patient of his age, or older, suffered from an attack of ■t ileitis,__requiring surgery. The other four patients - not having a recurrence. Vlt&R Which ties in with medical statements - that ileitis is, mostly, a young man's disease. The President said the doctors believe - that ileitis was a chronic ailment of his ■J■ for thirty years, a long U&JllllJ 1 EISENHOW st · n in . ond io - ow ga~a c o rr e c ted. A nd his h eal h - should be better in the future . H e said - it n ev e r o c c u rred to him that he mi g ht retire f rom the Republican ticket, because o f the operation. He had no indjcision - su ch as he had a f ter the heart attack. 1twasn't until he read the newspapers that he came upon the notion - that he might c han g e his plans for a second term. Which reminded him - of the battle of the Bulge during World W r Two. The President said that, as a conunander in the West, he was not frightened by the German advances - until he read the newspapers three weeks after the battle was over. Then he got scared. One reporter made a statement - in tactful terms. Saying - that some people, who love and respect him, are afraid he might not live through another term in the White House. To this the President replied in ~u a solemn tone. I don't think it is too important to the individual BISDHOWER - 4 how his end comes - and he certainly can't dictate the time. I made up my mind, " he went on, " that this ls a thing I should try, and we'll see what the American people think." EISEHHOWER NIXON President Elsenhowersa y s - Vice Presi d ent Nixon ls " perfectly acceptable " . But he doesn't say - that Nixon ls his preference as running mate on the ticket. He takes the view that it is not for him to express any preference. " I uphold the right of the delegation at the convention to nminate whom they choose," says the President. At Ila the news conference today, he waa asked if he thought Nixon would hurt the Republican ticket, aa Harold Stassen claims. The President replied - he didn't know. But - that Nixon certainly didn't seem to hurt the ticket in Nineteen Pifty No! &e then gave an account of what happened - llhen Staaaen came to him, and said he intended to campaign agct.nat the renomination of the Vice President. "He didn't co• here for advice," said the President. "He came to tell me what he expected to do." In response - Mr. Eisenhow e r told Stassen - it waa his privilege to do so. But, as a private individual. Not• -- IISEIIHOWm\ NIXON - 2 as a member of the administration. The President said that, as far as he knows, Stuaen ""' will return to his diaramament Job - and he praised Staaaen•a patience and courage in disarmament negotiations) KEFAUV~ Senator Kefauver says - he expects "a great majority 11 of his delegates to support Adlai Stevenson. And here's an estimate from an official of the futile Kefauver --/U" campaign) )tho says I{ at least one-hundred-and-eighty of the Kefauver delegates will swing to Stevenson 1.nnediately. The remaining seventy-nine following suit later. Which is innediately challenged by supporters of Governor Harriman of New York. A spokesman telling - of long distance phone calls to Kefauver delegates in the past twenty four hours, Which produced, sa1d he, "pretty encouraging reports." ' ~-~ But there, considerable opinion - that Stevenaon may win the nomination on the first ballot. ttoovm In Nineteen Thirty, the American Engineering Profession created an award - an annual medal, presented - "by engineers to a fellow engineer for distinguished public service." Naming the award - after a distinguished at engineer, ~wilt who was then President of the United States. w'Preaident .. /. Herbert Hoover mlR receiv~the first medal. " 'f So now we)re down to this year - and who's the e n g i n e e r - ~ the Hoover ~ ~ n ! r ~ ; : : ; State It ~ Herbert Hoover, Jr. His field in engineering is - petroleum geophyaica. b With a brilliant career - in oil exploration. Former Prealdent Herbert Hoover made his early reputation - as an engineer pioneering in distant lands. Then - went into public service. So now the son follows in the footsteps of his rather. MARINE The commandant o f the Marine Corips, General Randolph Pate - appeared as a witness today, at the trial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon. The drill instructor - who led the "death march 11 into the tidal creek. General Pate said -he did not believe the Sergeant was guilty of "oppressio~ - ane of the charges against McKeon being - ' oppression of troops." But he did think the march into the creek showed 11 stupidity or lack of Judgment" on the part of the sergeant. TRIAL At Huntsville, Ontario, a courtroom scene - as dramatic as any that a fiction writer could invent. A man accused in a killing - exonerated on evidence of motion pictures made by his victim. Earl Boyden runs a souvenir shop near Algonquin Park. The shop - in the form of an Indian tent, a wigwam. ' .A4. And Earl, 1n tribal costume, Ill called - 11 InJun Joe". /\ Bamey Vincent, an oil man from Toledo, was vacationing - up there in t n e north woods. And - •king amateur motion pictures. " Injun Joe " and his wlgwam shop, sure looked like something - for home movies. So the tourist asked him to pose with the rifle - and pretend to shoot. "Injun Joe 11 consented, and says - he didn't know the~ rifle was loaded. And he stumbled, u the gun firing - and killing the movie maker. So the evidence today . was the fllm - run on a screen ~ in the courtroom. Showing the flta:111 in Indian costume. ,, ) TRIAL - 2 /4slng the rifle to his shoulder: and then 1 the film seemed to explode - and the screen turned white. On that evidence, a coroner's i••Q Jury brought in a verdict of - accident. GIRL Fourteen year old Marian Esther Weisbarth - 1s on her way back home to East Meadow, Lon g Island. She got as far as Memphis - but never did find Elvis Presley, the rock-an-roll singer. Marian left home, because sq her parents wouldn't listen to Elvis Presley records - after she'd been playing them all the time. So the love struck fourteen JU year old,- who looksbfenty - set out in search of her idol. · Today she said~ "I thought if I came to Memphis, I might become his secretary - or something." But it wasn't anything,•••• because Elvis the Pelvis, wasn't in Memphis. He was in Florida. Marian would probably have continued in bot pursuit, but she made the mistake - of sending a telegram, telling her fMemphls. parents she was safe i~lapt•r\ But not giving llD any address. Her parents, however got hold of a Long Island ~ ~ and , Hen~.''::.J newspaper 1 who contacted a nAwspaper in Mephis -,._•• I 1 ,~ _ ~,..,. ~ ~ ~ - w C ' w ~~'~ ~ -e~ to L ~ ~ .