- I ' DLA H lS T R I n-tE MA Kl G - T DAY EW D · LHJ. RS. I DIR DHl ALL B T WRAPPI G UP THE EL• TlO - D TERMI I UlA 'S .i:,XT PREMIER. A V1RTUA LE DER F THE URLD'S BIGGEST DEMOCRACY. ALSO TO BE ME THE ONLY WOMA HEAD OF STATE AT PRESENT.- - . ( V AT LA.::,T REPORT - MRS. GANDHI ASSURRED OF AT LEAST FOUR HU ~OREO VuTES - OUT OF A 1\JTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED AND F IFTY - ONE · TO BE CAST TOMORROW - IN THE RULING CONGRESS PARTY CAUCAUS. THE WIDOWED DAUGHTER OF JAWAHARLAL 1 NEHRU - ASSUMING THE MANTLE Hr..R GREAT FA'lliER RELi QUISHED IN DEATH - ONLY EIGHTEE MON'lliS AGO. VIET NAM U. S . B- 5 2 's rom Guam to a y st ru ck a t a Viet Con stronghold withi n our mile s o t he Cambodian border the lose t they hav e come to Cambodia sin c e the battle o f C h u Tong Mountain last November. In g roun d a c tion the Viet Cong s truc k at government orces in at least four &ocations -- west and south of Saigon, apparently having a f inal go prior to the start of the New Years truce at noon tomorrow. DE ATIVE P LI El THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF ADEN TODAY I TER EPT •'O TW BOMBS) WHICH HAD BEE MAILED TO BRITISH ~"""-- ETHING CITY AT THE SOUTHE.RN TIP OF THE t\ - " g;g ■•l(.;~ • THE BOMBS - PRESUMABLY THE WORK OF ARAB TERRORISTS_, CONTAINED I P CKAGES SET TO EXPLODE - WHEN THEY W.t.RE OPENED . A THIRD BRITISH OFFICIAL SERIOUSLY IN, : URED BY A SIMILAR BOMB - ONLY YE::STERDAY. U CL E R GRIM TRACED OF A PERSONAL NATUttE TODAY - l A TOP SECRt!.T V • RNMENT LAB ON LONG ISLAND. THE ATOMIC ENERGY CuMMISSI~OOKHAVEN !liffl0N1'lla. LABORATORY. MICHAEL MARESCA - A NUCLEAR ENGINEER - SMUGGLING A SHOTGUN INTO THE MAIN LABORATORY.I WH.t;RE He THEN BLASTED AWAY AT THREE KEH NUCL.t;AR SIIIII){ SCIENTISTS - SERIOUSLY WOUNDING ALL OF TH.t;M. WHEREUPON HE RAN TO HlS CAR - AND TilEN COMMITTED SUICIDE. fflE CAUSE OF THE RAMPAGE - STILL A MYSTERY. LAB AUTHORITIES SAYING - THERE APPEARED TO BE "NO REASON AT ALL ". B K LL F R QCIIOmt.. Q 1 K C GRESSIO L APPR L - F .S. PARTlCIPA TI I THE EW ASIA DEVEL PM_t.NT ANK . HOPEFULLY - BY TlIB TIME THE BA BECOMES A REALITY - WHICH CO LO BE EARLY THIS SPRING . AS FORESEEN BY THE PRESIDENT.- THE UNITED TATES WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS - OF THE BANK'S AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF ONE BILLION. MONEY - SAID HJ:. - THAT WQJ LD CONTRIBUTE MATERIALLY TO WuRLD PEACE. \ E VER ER MO Y AT THE WHITE HOUSE - ROBER'WEA VER WAS SWOR I T DAY AS THE ATIOJS FIRST SECRETARY O HuUSING A D URBAN A 1-'FAIR . ALSO, THE F lRST GRO - TO A TTAlN CABI ET RANK. HIS JOB - SAID THE PRESIDENT - "TO BUILD OUR CITIES ANEW." ,,.-("_ ' . - \ \. t , I ~ ~ • · - C:UP P R E I ~ "MAYBE THAT'S TOO MUCH TO PUT ON THE SHOULDERS OF ONE SINGLE MAN - BUT WE ~ L L NEVEH KNOW UNTIL WE TRY IT". DR H THE TEMPER TUR• - AO E HU OREO AND TE DEGREES IN JOHA NESB RG S THE ~ NATION OF SOUTH A • RICA PAUSED TODA - 1N A OF IClAL DAY OF PRAYER. /, BA KS, BUSI ESSES, FACTORIES., GOVER ME T OFFICES - LLB T ESSE TIAL SERVICES - CLOSING AT OON. TO PERMIT .,J ) CITIZENS OF ALL FAITHS TO PRAY FOR RAIN - TO BREAK TIJE ATIONS r WORS, DROUGHT IN HISTORY . ii.x OF RAIN IN MONTHS. CROPS - BURNING UP IN;...FIELDS. CATTLE DROPPING FROM THIRS~,, BESIDE THE CRACKED BEDS OF DRIED UP STREAMS. WATER RESERVES FOR JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA - DANGEROUSLY LOW AND FALLING FAST. WITH Dffl f i f a p t ~ ~~ WATER RATIONING AIF THt; SITUATION GETS ANY WORSE. WEATHER By contra t -- bitter winter her e today in t he United States wi t h the nation's heartland in the cont1nu1ng rip o f an Arctic cold ront. The mercury skid i to sixtee n below at Greenbay , Wisconsin -- seven below at Chicago and sub free zi ng temperatures all the way to the Gul o f Mexico. Snow f rom Minnesota to Maine -- and as far South as Memphis. Below that -- rain. With another cold front moving into Central Montan Just north of us here at Sun Valley, and expected to move eastward tonight. MI NNI E DOL ast ni h t I ~ai s omething about bein here at S un Valley, to take part in the cele brati o n o S un Valley's /.:\ Thirtiieth A nni ve r s ar y. Never before have o man y old ti me " s iers been together at one place . If you are a real sk i f an, you will recognize some of the names. For example, to mention just a f ew -- most o f them ex-Olympic stars: Alex Bright, from Boston, who . married late in life one of our early Olympians, Clarita Heath. Betty Woolsey, f rom Wyoming, and from that same early Olympic team, Mary Bird Young, Sis McKean, Wigglesworth: and maybe one or two others. Members of the Great Northern Hill family from St. Paul; the Tom Cabots, of the Boston Cabots, no less; Norma Scheerer and Marty Arrouge; Erling Strom, f irst to on d uct a ski school in this country, at Lake Placid in the late twenties Austrian invasion. The Bob Blatts, also of Olympic f ame, f rom Palo Alto; the Dick Durrances; the ~lf Engen's, Alf the only four-way champion in the history of any - MINN IE D O E -- c oun tr y : Ol ympi a n Gretchen an d Don Fra s er. E rnie M c Cullouch rom M o unt Tr e mblan t , Q uebec, L i z and he r h u s band P at Weaver w h o was t he s pe c ta c u l ar resi d ent o t he Na ti onal Broa d cas t ing C o mpan y a few y ear bac k. Averrel Harriman start~d all thi s , then a ft er he g ave up the presidency of the Great Union P aci f ic, something seemed to a missing. A t any rate, the reat railroa d recently sold out to two dynamic, bold, young westerners -- great skiers too, the Jaans brothers. And Sun V lley seems like a new place. One o f the most famous of these veter.n skiers I haven't mentioned. F ther an d creator o f the National Ski Patrol which has done so much for sa f ety in s k iing. A l so hel was the father o f t h e c rack tenth mountain division, which General Mar k Clark praised as perhaps the finest d ivision t h at f ought in Worl d War II. At the moment all skiers who really are s k iers, are reading Minnie Dole's exc i tin g book en t itle d "A d ventures in Skiing." -- or they should be. This nex t -- o m Bric Town, New Jersey . Where s k y iver Ni e P iantanida -- today announce d plans f or t he most v ambitiou s ventur;t> f his life . A balloon ascent -- to a record height of one hundred and twanty thousand f eet. Followed by a free fall of nearly twenty miles. D uring which he expects to break the speed of sound -- before opening his parachute. If successful -- another first -- quite a first. The attempt set for February one -- over Slowe Falls, South Dakota. Plantanida's last attempt at a faster than sound jump, last October in Minnesota. His baloon went limp at twenty-two thousand f eet. He nad to Jump for his life and taat time Warren - - he ended upon the St. Paul city dump. FR M Bu N - THt; ST R TODAY OF " I STA T JUSTICE" S ADMINIS TE RED BY CHIEF JUUGE ELIJAH AD LOW - OF THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT. JUDGE ADLOW ON H1S WAY HOM.t. - WO WHEN HE WAS ACCOSTED BY A PAIR OF YOU G MEN. WUULD BE MUGGE.KS - , INTE TON STEALING HIS WALLET. BUT N MATCH FOR THt: JURIST - WHO PUMMELED THEM WITH HIS CANE - AND DROVE THEM OFF EMPTY HI\NDED. JUDGE ADLOW - WHO IS SEVENTY YEARS OLD - LATER " COMMENTING THAT IT WASN'T MUCH OF A WORK OUT. THE TUSSEL - ABOUT AS VIOLENT AS "A CLAY-LISTEN FVHT" - SAID HE.