I ' ~---=--=-~---. . . t # ~~~~-~--~~-~~~~~-~ ~- . . T I · Le , , rt nt n C . . ion 0 F ' 1 ~ tro 1n e nt e d t y to r- e ric n ce (.; Ul i si n. 1 V n o f it accu in t nti-, rican ro a · anda. --rhe ate Le artment, freely usin li e n istortions, half truths, unfounaed charges.• Callin stro - a thrent to this lemis J here. e re not asking tl1e o her American st tes to act now. Sim ly uttin on record - the fucts about Castro. t C o n ress i a lmost rea ~ y to act on the q u stion of Cub n u ar. The use R 1 C mi tee, c e rin t e bill t · t woul i ve res i ent i enho · er r to re uce the ~ub n u a r uota. V tm t • • p -c t P a ad up ed to ef nery. There•~ o dou ta out - Ca o'~ motive. The Cuban d ctator , reacti a alnst - Texaco•~ refusal to proceae Russian oil. Castro, replying with - expropriation. It Meanwhile, Castro admits A fightin is going on in Orienta Province. Anti-Castro rebels, operatin in the vast wooded area - where Castro h e l ~ ~ h e wae leading the / rebellion against Batista. 'fa1 pr11ent reg1me in Havana &dtllls - '!JP a - tnr1:ng mox·e op1ns 1 t t OPP. • -------- l n i n t ' .. . ic n tion . tt l !' n ith i { · o ri c· n. t , ·~ m tl .1 l . . . r . V r 11 political C m l ner; 1 ys i · b - in the coun el of i ·, rty; n this time to res f r the nomin tion of - ' n tor L ymin ton. ut to y r. Trum n sent a ~le·r m - to issouri's ov rnor Jllair a the Gl cier rk c o nference, re din:- "l ha e uecided not to go to the Co1vention.• e sonl · e'll Ano that on ~aturday - when .S.T. ol s a ne s conference, in ln e endence. The battle neck-and-neck in North akota•• s ecial Senate election. 1!he vote count in Tuesday• e balloting, still going on, shows first that Governor J ohn !Javis is ahead on the Jlepublican ticket - then that De■oc . ratic •e p resentative Quentin .tturclici ha• . ulled in front. The tinal deoiaion - in one of the olo1e1t ■1■■ election• in North Dakota•• ht1tory. • robabl7 will bt ftnall7 decided in a recount. Another rocketry note - a entagon announoe■ent that we'll begin ex eri ■ents of trying to shoot dowa Atlas intercontinental missiles with Hike-Zeu1 rockets high over the Pacific. The Atlas•• to be fired tro ■ Vendenberg Air •·orce Base - the interceptor ai11ile1 fro ■ tiny aid-Paol1ia lwaJalein laland. The teats to begin - at an undisclosed ti ■• - part ot our continuin1 efforts to find a defense against ene■y ■ i11ile attack. - A n , other "'iscoverer S , atellite .. Nwaber Twelve - launched this , evening from California's Vand . enberg Air Force Base. This one• •ith a new wrinkle - a so.called •snoo p er de~ice• attached, aimed at try.ing to fln4 oat why, in the past, we've been unsuccessful ia recoyerin1 previous aa . telli tea fro ■ orbit. CONGO Tonight Leopoldville is buzzing with the question. was today's incident an aesaesination attempt? The answer seems to be - 11 no. 11 But the crowd got - a 81 a scare. King Baudouin or Belgium - in the Congo to preside over independence ceremonies. The King, riding in state - from ~ the airpor~ to Leopoldville. Suddenly a native - darted out or the crowd. Getting pas~he secur:I:~ . p~?~ Jump~ on - Baudouin I e car. Reach:lngl'-»~~•;t • • •hipping the King's ceremonial sword from rte sheath. the crowd - gasped. It looked ae if the King would be run through - with his own sword. But the native simply waved it over his head - shouting, 11 ]ndependencel Independence&" A moment later - overpowered by the security police. carted away_ to jail. King Baudouin, a little pale - but maintaining hie royal poise. Driving on - into Leopoldv.tlleJ __..w6ere he'll declare the Congo tree of Belgian rule - tomorrow. NEPAL That attack in the Himalayas - was carried out in typical Communi•t fashion. A group of Nepales soldiers - on a routine inspection tour of the frontier. All - unarmed. Suddenly - machineguns opened up. The Nepalese officer - illed. His men, surrendering to - a force of Chinese Reds. . ' The Communiste - violating the demilit~one. Shooting firet - asking questione later. Katmand'!( a1ai!-'d by this Communist contempt for international law. EB - l n Beaver, ' ennsyl vania - dead man is in stir. How's that? Oh v1· ,, 1 , ncenzo ~o antonio - was declared legally dead, ten years ago. This bizarre case goes back some twenty-three years; when Colantonio in a drunken brawl, seized a pistol and killed a ■ an. Then, fled. His fa ■ ill - n•••• hearing from hi ■ again. finally h1 ••• dellared legallJ dead, in Nineteen fifty. Bu\, a few ■ontba aao - Colantonio applied tor American citi1enahlp - under an aa1ued na■e. Whereupon a routine r.B.l. cheat ot llngerprinta brought out the atorJ. And now ~olantonlo, at Beaver, Pennaylvanla, 1• being held tor murder. And h• ••• le1allJ dead. F a rmer Lecroy who works a y iece of land - near Toccoa, ~ eorgia, l a st October, in his cornfield, stumbled over a block of ice - weighing forty pounds. Lecroy amazed at this, told his neighbors. They too were dumtounded. Whereupon farmer Lecroy passed the puz z le on to - the U. S. eather »ureau, the yeological Survey, and the iureau ot Standards. The three agencies, investi ating - for eight months, and now came up with a forty page discourse, coaplete with diagra ■•• The solution - to the puzzle? That drinking water leaked out ot a jet p lane - at forty thousand feet or so. The water - treezlng solid, Dick, end t nen o lumeting down into far■er Lecroy's cornfield. A fire in Ne York City is stirring - a lot of ■ emories. The B.K.O. Theatre on Twenty-third treet - going u in flames. O nce - New ~ori's o p era house. A landmark - for the p ast century. Built by financier Ji ■ iiske - for his lady frJlnd, Josie ansfield. Josie, a beautiful actreas - who wanted her own theatre. Ji ■ Fiske, called the robber baron of Wall Street - built it for her; com_lete with a gr.and staircase, rersian carpets, fine Mahogany woodwork, bronze statuary and 10 on. Then the financier got hiaaelf shot - in a quarrel over Josie. The actress -losing control of her theatre. hicb became - an opera house. Later - a movie house. Reaching the eb4 of the line - with today's fire. The plush theatre that Ji■ Fiske built - for Josie r· k cut a wide swath nsfield - in the days when Ji■ is e on Wall ~treet, eD d BroadwaJ•