All ac c o unts a ee - t at t e d a rt quake reported,- t oda, as one o t e mo st power ul n st or y . e i smo g rap hi c need le , ar and wide - were k noc ed alle west. T h e terri i c eart s h oc k er - i n Alaska, somewhere between ~ ~ Y~~, ~ ~.Q • & ,r,-V~·d'liu...,....--. airbanks and Nome, A Inland - s ak i n g a vast area of • tundra, Alas an wilderness . T h e qua k e - f elt only mildly in Alaskan c it' es, like F airban k s and Anc ora e. At first, t e seismologists made all sorts of esses - about t h e location of the trembler, which was knocking t h eir needles ax · o· md. o rr? thou gh t - outh America. But then ·t became e i dent - that t h e s h ocks were from t h e north, in the v ast Alaskan wilderness . ICEBERG Te Russ·an report a iant ·c eber . Call i n g it - 11 t1 e lar e s t dis c overed in our centur . ' potted - by th e ov i et Antarct ic expedition . A Russian plane - fly i n o vert e ocean , o ff the ~.a c kleton glac er. Wh en the cau t si ht of an iceber of almost incredible dimensions . Fift - four m les lon - ei gh teen mi les 1ide , and one nu ndred and twent f ee~ high . The suppos iti on be i - tat the iant ad sp1·t off from the ice- s h el f near the g lac i er. Now - driftin g around on the polar ice. PLANE T on i t , i n ties overt e Pac f c, approachin the American coast - a u · e Air F orce plane, a jet strato-tanlcer. Out to set - non-stop speed and distance records. Flyi n, without refuelin , from Japan - to pain. Ak A hi rankin of fi ce r at t e controls - Bri ad ier General 111 am Fub an k o f Wels, west V ir i nia. On a fli h t - of more t h an eleven thousand miles. From the Yokoto Air Force base, Japan - to Madr id . If that plane f ails to ma k e it, another strato-tanker wil l take o ff - to set the records. O ne d p tc1 o t e ew , · e , tod a , eature t wo simple word II f a · af e 11 • n e n i nee i e · pre on , 1 precaut · on a a s e or . Used, n this case - t e U . ' . A i r orce . To ma k e sure - t h at &. wor ld war w 11 not be t ouc e of b m sta e. ran Bart olomew, Pres i dent oft e Un ted Press, tells about t h e trate ic Air Cornman. ~ nerve center - for , lon ran g e atomic bomb in n case of war.,.,Where the problem was I presented: A warnin g comes from the Dewl lne - that Arctic chain of radar bases. ome un i dentified object h as been picked up - on a Dewl i ne radar screen. Maybe an er.em bomber or missile - or, maybe, ju st a m eteor, or some ot h er i nnocent obje t. Butt ere 1 s no delay. Our atom ic bombers ta k e off imm ediate ly - on t h e i r wa y to str ik e at enem y tar ets. Flying - a c ord n to t h e pattern of attack. This, the y a, h as h appened more t h an one. T h e bombers alwa y s a c l led ba k - we th e J found the susp i c'ous - 2 ob ec t nno n t . But, suppose, a bomber should no t et the II call ac k " si na l . o e accident, some failure wit h commun i cations. Well, t h e p ot w o uld j ust keep on - on .is ssion o f atom c bomb in . ounds as if an atomic war mi ht be touched off - b that kind of mista e. But t h at•s where 11 fail safe 11 comes in . The bomber flies on for a certain len g th of time - waiting for confirmat on of the order to attacl1::. Then, if he doesn I t g et it, e turns around - returnin to his base. The time limit - the safeguard. o that a failure of communications would not result nan accidental atomic war. HELICOPTER A el i co ter eras - reported at t e atom c prov i n g rounds i n t e Far Pac if c. 71'9dSi c ie ntists, attac h ed to the fort com in nuclea r tests - were aboard the h elicopter. The eras · - killin Dr. ~ark Mills of t h e Radiat i on Laboratory of t1e Un i ers 1t o f Cal if or ni a. One ot h er atomic scientist - i njured. The rema i nder of t h e passen g ers and crew - un h armed. MICHIGA H An nvest l at i on son - to determine t e cause of t e a i r d i saster in ic 1 an, yeste rd a . A British built a irliner - eras in in a snowstorm ear the Tri -C ity Airport. F ort y -seven persons aboard - no surv i vors . At the moment t 1 s am ster - w y t e plane, comin in to land, plun ed i nto a cornfield at ird of a mile from the runwa y . Mechanical failure - hum an failure. There's no telling Toda , , t e u p eme Court t rew o u t e case - to cancel t e American ct ze n p 0 •ran Costello; / rten ~alled - the 11 Pr ime .in i s t e o t e underworld . 11 T , e tribunal - re j ectin the measure, w c would a e enabled t e federal aut orities to deport Costello bac to · s native Ital y . Actuall , t h e Justices did not rule on t h e merits of the case - at al l . Did not even re er - tote arguments 11D presented b t e Department of Justice. Or the defense - advanced b y Costello's law ers. The trouble was - the government was remiss, failing __...., to comply wit ~ necessary formalit,. The law requiring what is called - an "affidavit of good cause." A sworn declaration that t h e g overnment h as le al evidence to back up its own charges This should ave been filed at t e time the Department o Justice be an its pr oceedin s. But it wasn I t , ~o the denatural iz ation proceedin s a ainst Costello - are thrown out. H owever, t e bi -so t is not int e clear - not by an eans. He fa ces - r· ve y ears ·n p i son f or i ncome tax evasion. TRIKE CB a ~ a str k e, to n i t. Tee n i c ans al~in out. Te n et ork - do·n ts best to continue op~ration W lliam Fitts, CB Vice-President inc are o f labor relations, a denies 'r Union statemen t - t h at 11 ·ob security" is the reason forte str ke. Declarin - tat i t 1 s a case of exorbitant wage demands and Un on ins stence on an 11 uneconomic use of manpower . " - MARCH T h e b i ant -ato m c arc i n Br · ta n - didn't 1 ve up to ts name, toda. C l l ed - a" eace f u l ' demonstration. 911:t .) violence bro k e out - • a r otous uproar. The lon column, numberin f ive t ousand marchers, arrived at the Aldermaston Center for Atomic WeaponsResearch . / demanding ~arryin g placards, "Ban the H-bomb", and cantin g slo g ans -At hat Britain stop all nuclear testin jren t ey spotted - a truck with a si readin : 11 Khrus h chev Bunion Derb • 11 And a loud speaker - blarin muc. t e same thin g . The peaceful marchers didn't like t h at, and some of t em attacked the truck . Tearin g down the s ig n - "Khrushchev Bunion Derby." Dra a-wt- in ~ the driver of the truck - and beating A him j /London free lance writer, Norris McWhirter, who had been conductin a campai n a ainst the anti-atomic march. Police intervened - and, after a battle, rescued c h irter j ~ o said: "It was l i e bein I;{ alt ou theyAre supposed to be doves o i n a lion's den - peace." 1;'he w h ole thin ended n a hue rall outs de the atomic research plant. MARCH - 2 Add r essed - b Paster Mart i n Niemoelle;, the German cler g yman, w o was an ant i -Nazi leader in t h e time of Hitler. Paster Niemoeller - mak i an a d dress i n t h e style of a revival meeting. be a ho uted, I Declar ing : "The onl y h ol wat-h- ~s a war for peace on earth. n " Which mi gh t remind us - of World War One. When the slogan was - "a war to end all wars." CUBA Havana, toda , w as plastered w th s ns - that a g eneral strike is in tie offing. T h e rebel under g round - ur in people to pu n suppl es, in preparation for a tie-up. The strike i s on already in ~1 e cit of Camaguey, an important center of i hw a sand communications. With reports in Havana - of extensive sabota g e on t h e railroad line near Camaguey. A tie-up in that area - would isolate the eastern third of Cuba. Meanwhile, the Batista govemment reports military successes against Fidel Castro's rebels in.., Oriente ~rovince L -p insur g ent stron gh old. But t h ere's no further word of -.-1.11 government claim - that Castro, with a force of robels, has been trapped. INDONESIA On umatra, t h e f orces oft · e Indonesian g overnment cla i m successes. T h e rebels admitt i n t h at enem y troops captured a town on t h e wa to a vital road junction. The insur g ents add i n - t h at t h e i r own forcea drove back g oveaent soldiers, who were attemptin to cross a strate g ic river. In waahin ton, the State Department expresses regret - that the Sukarno government at Jakarta is gettin g supplies of annament from Communist sources. PRINCE~ At W ndsor Castle, yesterday, Pr in cess Mar aret had a lon talk with er sister, ueen lizabet h . The royal family celebrated Easter to et er - and, in the afternoon, Prince Philip took the ro al c ildren for a walk. While the two sisters were alone - for a two-hour confabulation. Nobody knows what they talkeda,out. But leave it to Lond J n - to have plenty of rumors. One surmise being - that Princess Margaret may become governor of one of the British Coanonwealth countries. Which - would break a precedent. The tradition being - for a prince to become a royal governor. But not - a princess. However, they say that Margaret, now twenty-seven years old, is lonesome. Not surprisin - after the way her romance w i th Group Captain Townsend hae been broken off. So she'd like to have something to do - more than the usual royal round of lay i n cornerstones and attendin banquets in Brita in . PRINCES - 2 Princess Mar aret, in fact, is now scheduled for a ser i es of travels. A Caribbean tour, t hi s month - and, in July, she'll vis i t Canada. There's also tal that she may make a trip to British possessions n the Pacific. So, now, on top of this, reports that• the Queen ma name her - a royal ovemor, somewhere in the British Commonwealth. But thet-e 1 s anot er line cf rumor - that Margaret, in the course of her travels, may marry Townsend quietly and settle down some place abroad. Followin the example of her uncle, the Duke of Windsor. Who, after his marriage to the Duchess, became Governor of Jamaica. NOVA COTIA N ova cot i a - av i n g E aster, toda. Th at 1 s,.Easter weat h e r - t h e kin d th at fl ooded 1itle ~eoet Qlons e east coast oft e United tates, esterda y . Th e ra i nsto rm - movin g nort h du rin the n i t . Violent w i nds and a downpour of ra i n - br i n i n newt reat s <ef \il'eut>Je f or No va co ti a. W h ere t h e y h ad - st i l l anot h er ki nd o tr o ub l e over t h e wee l{ end. H i h t i des - t e hig est i n e ig teen ears. Which means - a virtual catacl y sm on the coast of the Bay of Fund~. -r(ere the tides are, normall y , n no the hi g hest in the world. ~At the city of Windsor, y esterday, the tide was - twenty-nine f .. eet hig h. Surgin g i n - w i th a ra g in g fur y ., ~ong the coast - smashin g dykes. T h e sea - pourin g into Vindsor. The same thing - at t h e town of Parrsboro. People - flee i n g from i nundated h omes. The tidal flood - movin g upstream in the rivers, and washin g out railroad l i nes. WHITE HOU E At t he White House, toda - t e annual Easter Roll. President and Mrs. Eisenhower welcoming - six thousand oun g sters on t e outh lawn. The small fry - whoopin g it up wit s h rill yellin and c h eerin. they Then -Ad idn 1 t qu l te know what to do. After all, ..i cu ~"aater Eg g Roll? The kids, apparently, thou gh t it meant - you throw the eg s. There were plenty of these around - and there ,was a bombarwnent. The White House lawn - littered with smashed Easter eggs of all colors. As usual, t ere were a lot of loot children. Including one five year old - wno couldn't remember his name, not even hi s first nam e. Then his seven y ear old g irl friend sowed up, and said . · name was - ' Mark. Add ing the enli ht enin information - tat is randmot er was "Dodo." , J~, In time, "Dodo" s owed up, and took Mark ome. GENERAL MOTOR In Detro it , a fas i on show - o f automob il es. Especially - fo r the l adies. Motor cars - now styled in a way to suit t h e feminine fanc. General Motors - putting on an exhibit on of ten automobiles - especially tailored by women desi ers - with new colors, new fabrics, and unusual features. The purpose of this fashion show of automobiles - to g~t the feminine reaction. Find out - what the ladies prefer. The colors on display have all the sound - of a fashion show • • Automobiles - that ran e from alabaster white to royal purple. Pale yellow, heather green, metallic rose, and - star-fire blue. Subtle shades - that sound like something for your summer dresses, ladies. But - theyfre for your automobile.