L.T. COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, DEC.::MB.IB 15, 1~66 (Jallas Townsend, Sub.) GOD EVENING ~YBO Y: Dld thEy -- or d idn't they: ~e debate rages tonigr.t -- througrout the worlc. Communist leaders in Sano!, Moscow and Feklng charging that American warplanes have, lndeec, attacked th~ North 1etnamese capital -- on two successive days. c~111ng lt another dangerous escalation -- of the war ln Southeast Asia. United Natl?ns Secretary General U Thar.t !'urther deploring the alleged air attacks; which might lead - - said he -- to a !'ar "wider war." The U.S. State Department for its part adding '"ue 1 to the cor. roversy; by s tatlng there I s a ''poss ib11 ity" -- that A ~er1can planes did hit residential areas of Hano!. Officials this evening firmly denying tnat pladf' ·ropped bombs within the city limits. LEAD-- ? U.S. pilots who took part in the action -- still insisting they hlt only military targets. Suggesting the possibility that suspected U.S. bombs -- were, in 1 · eal i ty, spent shells or missiles -- originally fired by Communist air defenses. Fifty-Three laborite members of the British Parl 1ament descrlblng themselves as ''gravely concerned" "'.:\ s,ent President Johnson a cable tonight V -- ~ urging him to stop air attacks involving main population centers. PARIS In Parts -- Secretary of State Dean Rusk today laid it on the line -- at a meeting of the NATO Counc11 of Ministers . Rusk quoted as saying the U.S. will stand firm in its commitment to Europe and NATO -- come what may in Assert 1ng, · Vietnam. ~mta,....---"however, that the United States will not back out of the war -- even if it means jeopardizing East-West relations. The reason -- said he -- the United States can not honor one treaty such as NATO's -- and fail to live up to another such as that of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. Earlier, the NATO ministers agreeing to a full study of their Seventeen-year-old defense alliance. Wlth a view ■ to stre a mlining the organization -- to meet new and changing situations · . Not the least of w h ich -- French withdrawal from NATO -- now virtually complete. WASHINGTON Dr. Martln Luther King was the chief witness taiy before a Senate subcommittee studying urban decay. Ut111z1ng the forum -- for another strong anti-war declaration. Dr. King charging that the United States ls spending billions on what he called an "ill-considered" war in Vietnam; while here at home the "war on poverty" is "scarcely a skirmish" -- as he put it. Dr. King adding that "the security we profess to seek in foreign adventures -- we will lose in our decaying cities." For "the bombs 1n Vietnam also explode at home" ' -- said he; destroying the hopes and poss1blllt1es-- for i If a decent Amer ca. 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'l'hat much-publicized case today was officially cloaed. Pollowlng t h e a.cqul . tal of Sheppard on November 16th. a grand jury now says there ls absolutely no evidence to warrent the indictment of anyone else. The Grand Jury was sharply COPPOLIN0- -2 critical of defense attorney Bailey -- who charged in public that Marilyn Sheppard was murdered by ~he jealous wtre of an alleged lover. The report declaring -- there is not one iota or evidence to support that charge. To which Bailey replies -- it'• a rldic11lous whltewash. BURBANK One of history's greatest showmen -- died today at Burbank, California. World-famous Walt Disney -- dying at the age of Sixty-Five. Offlclal reason -- acute circulatory collapse. Flags on Loa Angeles county buildings ordered flown at half staff in tribute. Walt Disney -- a one-time cartoonist -- who grew to achieve fame and success ln vlrtWllly every phase of show bualneae. Along the way -- becoming one of the moat honored figures of the TWentieth Century; hla awards lncludiQ twenty-nine Oscars -- four Emays -- the Irving Thalberg ARrd -- the Presidential Freedo■ Medal -- and the French Legion of Honor; as well as some seven-hundred citations -- from all over the globe. Disney first gained fame via Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. But his crowning achievement -- the creation of "Disneyland" at Anaheim, California -- at a total BURBAHK-- 2 tnvestment o f more than Fifty Million dollars -- maing it easily the worlds most costly and most famous amusement park . Also -- inadvertently the case of an international incident; when Nikita Khruschev was barred from the park for security reasons -- during a visit to Hollywood. Perhaps the best epitaph to Walt Disney -- his own words ln a recent interview. 'J.'he showman was aaked: "What was the most rewarding thing in your life!" His answer: "The whole blankety-blank thing." standpoint a most e■lnent American. 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