Fi f.!..J'...! _- _ - _B_lj_!_£!i.::..!J.§lf_E;_i1_:__T_IJ..!fg._S~ NOV. 25 1965 - - --- - -- - '------- GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: A comparati v e lull settled this Tlla11ksglvl11g Day o v er mu c l, of Viet Nam. Will, tl1e res11lt tllat ma11y more Amertca,a troops tlaa,a expected - we-re able to e11joy their turkey. But not all. Figlatl,ag ,ne,e of Ille U S First l11/a11 try - s loggi,ag tit ro11gh tit e J1111gles of Zo11 e D - .,,, ere lliere were some casualties - Tlla,allaglvi11g or rtot. SCHLESINGER ------------ Fir st Jn,blication tonight - of the final installment OJ "a thousand days". Ab k oo on the Late President Kennedy -- by his friend and adviser. Arthur Schlesi,iger. Junior. Atid in it - a statement almost certai,r to stir a controversy. Schlesinger 1oriting that shortly before Ilk liis death - President Kennedy had come to tl,e co,acl11alo,s tllat Viet Nam - "was his ,;,. great failure ,,. foreig11 policy." A fact driven home - says Schlesi11ger - by the overthro,o of the Roman Catholic Diem regime. TIie President "somber aJtd shalte"" recall• Sehl esinger • . Kt depressed by Viet Na• - as lie •a• b Y ) Ille Bay of Pigs. Perllaps f11lly a•are for Ille first • fail11re - because attention." CONGO ------ Anotlier political upheaval today_ in the Congo. Army Chief General Joseph Mobutu - early strong man of the Congolese Republic - seizing power once again. ousting tire government of Pre~ide11t Joseph Kasavubu - in a bloodless coup that brought Africans i11 to the streets da11c i,ag will, Joy. , Mobi,tu immediately ca11celli11g a Preside,atial election - s heduled for Febr11ary, a11d declari11g liiMself President as of now - a11d for the J1ext five years. Willa #iis Cliief Aide - Colonel Leonard M,damba - to serve as Premier. The Congolese Parlia•e"t told to ratify lti• orders - or ••I else. Such drastic actio,a ,aecessary- •aid Mob•t• - because of the complete fail•re of Co,.golese l'oliticiafls - to restore peace. A I so tla e tit reat of "0110 tit er ci vii .,ar" - similar to the Communist i•sl'ired rebellio• of laB t year. 'i"g the ambitio,es of vario11s people - Mobr,tu asser th ra ce for tlle top - tltat pl11,eged or, as he put ii, "ii was e 11s i,eto perma"e"t political C,.. ·sts.,, B•I, that race is ,eo., fi,aislted - said Ire. RHODESIA --------- Wild disorder today - in the Rhodesian Parliament at Salisbttry) ...wtien an opposition Deputy called Premier Smith's seizure of independence - ''an act of rebellion"_ against Britain., ,, .,, ,(Dr. Ahrn falley - tire only white man on tl,e opposition bench - promptly ejected forcibly from tl,e chamber-' Attad barred from ret11r11ing - for seve,e days. Ni,ee other members - blacks all - thereupo,e stagi,eg a sympathy lfJalkout. Wl,s,s quiet had relur11ed - a speech by Jualice Mirtisler DesMONd Lard11er-Burlte) .-,If{' •Aicll he said tllat h11ndreds of terrorials - trairted a•d ar•ed by Com•••i•t ,eatio11s - are poised to i,efiltrate IU,odesia. --==- -ri~ I •is •o• Ille f•lcr•"' - ~a.a.« k.e :- "Ria odes i r1?L- •• •• •• s ■ ,. •Pon lfJhich the defe,ase of wester11 democracy is al slalte." IKE --- For former President Eisenhower - another typical holiday feast today - sharing a traditional Tlaanks- giving Dinner - wilh friends and family. Hospital fare - lo be sure. At the Walter Read Medical Ce11ter - ;,. Washingto11. But a far cry from those bleak days - immediately following his recent heart ailme,at. Indeed, Preside,at lite was "smili,ag - a,ed ,,. lais a,s:,al good sJ,irits" today. Co,eti,euirtg to malle satisfactory progress in his convalescence - accordiflg to doctors, with every lillelihood - that he •ill be at ome o,s tlle farm, at Gettysba,rg, for Christmas. p R E_~I_P_~~.J'- --- A couple of une xpec led b11 t welcome gr, es ts today - at the Texas Whtie House. Luci Baines JohNson - who had been ill in l''as hingtoN - suffici eNtly recovered to come on down. Along with her "steady" - Pat Nuge•t. The young coi,ple joining family, friends a,ad staff - fo'r a Texas-sized Thanksgiving diN1te'r. A s.J'rl of farewell •eeke,ad - jo'r L•ci a,ad Pat. The young man to ente'r military service - tllis SNNday. KENNEDY ---- - ----- Some harsh words today - from touri,ag us Se,aator Bobby Ke,u1edy. In vigorous give-a,ad-take witla Brazilian students - at Rio De Ja,aeiro's Catholic U11iversity. Senator Kennedy met lfJitll repeated criticism - of America,a policies toward Lati11 America. To wlaicl 1,e replied tlat tlae stude11ts would do well to co•t,lai,a less - ~ ••" worry more about tlaei r Jello• coa,11try•e11. Tlaose ,,. tlae Rio slums, for e%ample - •o•f desperately,,. 11eetl of laelp. Tire Se,.ator ,aoti11g tlaat ''if all •• tlo is co•t,lai•, llaose .,1,0 ,aeed o•r laelP - Ille• •• lave •ol ••t 0 •r res/>Ofll,bility~•. ~ B o b b y Ke••""'· "- Also in Rio - a,e attem,,t today by Colombia _ to sli,, a resola,tio,e through the co11ti,ud,eg lflter-A•erica,e Foreign Mi11i1ters Meeting there. A resoh,tio,a oste,a1ibly reaffirming tire ,,rinci1'le of no11-i,aterve,atio,a - ,,. tlae ;,.ter,eal affairs of l,eter-America,a ,eatio,.,, ba,t al•o co,e tai,. ing a • tro,ag i,adic tmeflt - of A• eric ,,,. co,ul•c I ,,. tlae Do•inican Re,,ublic. u s re ac tio,a - t,erlaat,1 6 •• I de•crlb ed •• "cold", a delegate from Chile - l>ra,.,ti,ag tlae re101t,t10J1 •• KBOKUK -------- The death toll i,s tlsat Natlo,sal Guard ArMory eKt>losion last night at Keokr,k, lo•a - .,e 11 t up today. At least seven dead - at last report, •ilia Jorty-•eve" others iftj11red - includi,ag at least t•e,aty ,,. critical co,adi tio,a. A gala Tl,a,altsgiviflg Bve •f11are da,ac• ,,. progre•• - .,1,e,. the armory b1dldi,ag ••• tor" by Ille blast. 011• ••II b lo.,,. co mp le le ly ou I - mo• t of llte roof collaJ,•lreg ••011g tlae daflc•r• o,e Ila• croa1ded floor. Morey fl••h•g Ille ltall - •Illa tlaeir clotlse• ,,. flames. Accordh,g to fir••e,e - Ille e%J,lo•io,a •1'1'•r•retly caa,sed by aN acc11•1datioN of "••l11ral K•• "· A 1•• Ja,rreac• ;,. tlte baseme · · t - abo11t Ille 011ly tlti•I left •t••dl•I• From Omaha, Nebraska - the story today of a young man arraigned in traffic court - o• a cJ,arge of drunken driving, quickly fou•d guilty - and give,a Iii• cltoice of sentence. Tire Judge decreeh,g that the defe,ula,et eitller give up Iris driver's license for six ffl0rttll•, agre• ,eot to tal,e a drink for I 1110 years rtot eve,a go i,ato •faver•. Ill• claol ce - decidi11g to give •P Iii• driver'• lie•••• - for the ,pecifled aix ,no,atlrs. Warre,e - .,o.,ld you call tlaat a •i•e ciao ice? Here's a switch-reported from Londo,a. A you,ag America,a musician - with a trace of beatlemania _ de,aied entry today into Britain. TMJenty year old Do,a Trinkle - formerly of Clticago - described as a beahlik drummer •Illa c11rl• ,to.,,. to his slaoulders. Told to go laome - •aid II gover••e•t •/Jokesma,a - becau ae "lie •a,ated to at11y I• Brlt11l,a i,adefi,altely a,ad •ork." He failed to qMaUfy - for 11 a,ork /Jermit. TIie Britlala ,eat .,,.,.u,.g • Yo•kee Ri11go.