Good Evening Everybody: The only reason Joe Walker doesn't have a pair of astronaut wings toni ht - ia that he's a ciYilian co-pilot. The astronaut insi g nia goes only to - aatronau\a and ailitary air ■en. Bu\ Jfe lalker showed today - that h• can tl7 toward space with the beat of them. Be gunned hia z~15 wa7 up to an altitud.e of aixty-1even ■ ilea. lnd, no other pilot baa ever even reached - sixty miles. Only astronaut• in apace capsulea. If he ever flies any hi her, Joe Walker in the X-15 will find himself in orbit. The latest rocket launching at Wallop'• I1land, Virginia, ia a lesson in astronomy. First the Aerobee had to reach the ed 0 e of space, when the 1un and aoon were twenty degrees below the horizon. Then the four photo electric •eyes• had to open right at the aoaent the rocket reached the •top• of ita fli&ht arc. And then snap •abut• juat aa it was falling back into the Atlantic. The launching is called - a c•plete success. The Aerobee rocket with an instrument package weighing two hundred and thirty pounds -- went up to an altitule of one hundred and fifteen miles, to measure the intenaity of starlight at the edge of space. About tomorrow's conjunction of the sun and the aoon - I can't remember ever hearing so many warnin&• not to stare directly at an eclipse. Not to take the chance of permanent damage to the eyes. The reason for the concern - is this. Yueh of lorth America will have - a seventy five percent eclip•• of the sun. And that's not enough sunlight to keep you from looking. And it is enough to ruin the delicate mechanism of the eye. Mot even 1unglaase1 - or dart fila - are enough protection. So, either get your view of this eclipae on TY - or take the indirect method. That is, turn your back to the aun - and hold two pieces of cardboard, one above the other. If you filter the sunlight through a pinhole in the first - you can catch an image of the eclipae on the second. And do it safely. Better stick to TV. About tomorrow's conjunction of the sun and the aoon - I can't reaeaber ever hearing so many warnin&• not to stare directly at an eclipse. Not to take the chance of permanent damage to the eyes. The reason for the concern - is this. Much of lorth Aaerica will have - a seventy five percent eclipse of the sun. And that's not enough sunlight to keep you from looking. And it is enough to ruin the delicate mechanism of the eye. iot even sunglasses - or dark film - are enough protection. So, either get your view of this eclipse on TY - or take the indirect method. That is, turn your back to the aun - and bold two pieces of cardboard, one above the other. If you filter the sunlight through a pinhole in the first - you can catch an image of the eclipse on the second. And do it safely. Better stick to TV. ~ TtERE WERE 5eMa WHO THOOOHr THBY WBRB BRUG B0'1MRDED I' FRCJI OOTIR SA\CB TCD\Y • HBRR IN SAN F~CISOO. AND I WU CIII o, THll4 • AS I STR<1l.ED DOffi MARKBT STRB&T THIS NOON • .JUST A l'IW BLOCICS Jtl04 Tl£ KC8S SflJDIQS • AN <11.JBCT CAMB WHISTLING cm OF na SKY - CMSHBD INTO ma STUBT - BOONCBD HIGH, A1C1> IIATTBRBD A WINDOW SBVBN FLOORS UP IN THI IIIN BUILDING • • c m RUS . . D TO THB SP01' - AND . . . l«>RD · WBNT t.Ra1ND MT IT ICJST taVB BUN A MBT&m. ~ IBM OFFICIAL- MRRY ORCIARD • ,, )) lllOOGllr ,_ A PIBCB. IT LOOKED OUT OF THIS .ulLD TO MB • IUr 110'1' fl> POLICB INSPBCTOII PORTBR~• A fOIIMU MVY P'Lial ~ 'IM.LY DISILWSictlBD US. tB SAID IT 1111\S A PRACTICB BOIB • llllD IN TRAIN ING PILOTS • SO , • S01IONB HAD BOl8BD US BY ACclDllrt. NOi' P'R01 OUTBR SPACB. John Glenn now admits that he is thinking about a political career! That is when he stops riding rockets into outer space. Glenn ia our oldest astronaut. Be's forty- two. Which mean• he's near the non-astronaugbt age, that ia, aa far as exploration of apace is concerned. So he's already considertng a future in Ohio politic ■• Republican• or Democrat? John is keeping mum - about that. Reports from the nuclear test ban talks in Yo1cow - continue to be optimistic. Gromyko, Hailsbaa, and Barrim~n, making progress. Towar d a limited agreement. A ban on atomic explosions in the air - in th• w&ter, and in outer space. The kind of agreement that could lead to more extensive cooperation - between la1t and West. Ibru1hcbev gave this h•P• a boost with his declaration about inspection, a way for international control teams on both aides of the iron curtain - to pr•••nt a surprise attack. Bot a new idea - but interesting that Ihrushcbev should revive it just now. The idealogical dispute in oscow baa finally produced - an anti-Soviet rally in Peking. Before today, the Chinese Reds ~esorted - to euphemism ■, mentioning Tito and the leaders of Western Communiat parti•• - when Peking really meant lhrushchev and the So•i•t Coaauniat party. All that - is now finished. Today's big rally in the Capitol of Red China - was frankl7 anti- SoYiet. The speakers, denouncing Ihrustichev - by name, t•raing the Soviet C~mmunist party - •1 lackey of iaperialiaa•. Calling on the Reds aroubd the globe - to break with Uoscow. The audience - ten thousand strong - cheering wildly. Does Peking's attitude have thrushchev worried? Hot at all to judge from his demeanor today. The boss of the l r ealin tellin g the Chinese R eds - that they cannot f orce bia out of power, an d , that they cannot push the Soviet Onion - into a t ermo-nuclear war. 11116 In Syria, the usual seouel - to an abortive • coup. The would-be revolutionaries, a pp earing before military tribunals, then hustled o f f - to the firin1 equad. About twenty executions reported by radio Dama1cu1. The remnants of the revolt t h at failed - being aopped up today by the Syrian Army. The Leaning Tower of Pisa - is leaning more than ever toni g ht. And a lot o f ot h er building• alao are farther off base. Because of an earthquake that 1hook iortbern Italy and Southern France. A aerie• of \reaor• - centered on the Riviera. Jolting - the playground of Europe, rockin~ the editerranean coast troa lice to uenoa. leaning Tower of Pi1a. Even rocking - the already today. President len n edy had an unusual visitor Betty M iller, first woman ever to fly the Pacific, solo. Betty took off from Santa Monica - on April thirteenth, landed at Brisbane, Australia - on MaJ twelfth. Distance - seven thousand four hundred all••• All alone - all the way, except for a doll iltb the unladylike name of •Dam■ it•. Her •co-pilot• 11 betty told the President. Ber reward today - a 41ooration for exceptional service. flew the Pacific, solo. Betty Miller who Here's a name - worth rememberin g , if I can pronounce it. Bowo Sorjo-Sodano. A high sc h ool 1tudent - from Indonesia. He's t h e one who ended up with President Kennedy's tie clip - after the near riot 7e1terday - that crowd of forei g n students on the White Bouae Lawn. Today, Bowo Sorjo-Sodano turned up - at the lxeoutiYe Mansion, and left the tie clip with a note o! apolo11 - which he t h ou g ht would end the matter. Inatead be was escorted to the President's study where be exchanged a few pleasantries ~ 1th the Chief ExecutiYe. And cue away - with a tie clip to k eep. A gold tie clip in the form of PT-Boat 109 - for Bowo ~orjo-Sodano of Indonesia. Now Dick. ll&II In P ittsbur g h, the c h ar g e a g ain1t John Lukich - 11 - bein g under the in f luence. The s tory? There was John lyin g between the rails, and too late for the engineer to do an y thing about it. Thirty freight care - thundered over hi ■• The en g ineer, naturally, sent a call to the aoraue ••• coae and pick up the piecea! But - the 1 Cor•••• rose to its fee\ and strolled away - or teetered away. Not even acratched. Lucky John Lukich _ who ••• run over by a train and lived to tell the tale - and ■a7be boiat a few ■ore.