CUBA The blood an d thunder news f rom Cuba~ continues.- today~ ) <1th a wild and woolly thriller - o f how Fidel Castro played a lurid, th eatrical part in the capture of a rebel airplane. Castro - ~ specializing in melodrama. But the chie f cloak - and - dagger character - is an American, of whom we've heard before. William Morgan, of Toledo, Ohio. Now described - as a former U.S. Army paratrooper. Today, F idel Castro, personally - gave Morgan the credit for the new exploit. The story is that Morgan and a Cuban Major Joined the anti-Castro movement - but, all the while, kept Fidel ea1tas informed of what was going on. Morgan - rising high among the conspirators. )lfio named him - military chief, 1n :> · )U.w the uprising that was planned. ( A ,,,- ...-- ___.- --- -- ---- l'The plot - hatched in the Dominican Republic. Morgan ~ - flying to the Dominican capital.)ffiere he confabulated with ~ Anti-Castro Cubans. CUBA -2 His f irst exploit - when he arranged for a shipload of rebels to land'in Cubs. Where - they were all captured. Exploit number two - when he called a meeting of leaders of the conspiracy in Havana. Where - they were arrested. ~~ That u story - we had OIIPTuesday evening. With plenty ,A of ment.ion of Morgan, as Castro's man inside the conspiracy. Nevertheless, in spite of all the publicity, he appears again today),~ading anti-Castro rebels - into another trap. The word in Havana la that Morgan sent radio messages to the Dominican Republic - stating that the insurgents were 1n control of a large part of the Province of Las Villas.""' Urgently requesting - that a planeload of armament be sent. ~ .)l6gether - with military 11 experts 11 • Guaranteeing - a safe . '7P u landing at an airport held by the rebels. The planeload d II t n d 1 t 1 f of weapons an exper s u y sen a ong. / - - __.,... --- --- ..--- ,,,{ The airport - actually surrounded by Castro troops. ~~ Fidel Castro, himself 1: in command. CUBA - 3 The plane, landed, and they began unloading - the armament~~h was going on - when Castro ~ ~ u t o f the darkness. /umping aboard th~ plane - pistol in hand. ,) Whereupon shooting broke out - all over the place. Two rebels, and two of Castro's men - killed. Castro - unharmedj- ... eight of the rebels · i!S& a captured. One of the prisoners - Colonel Antonio Sot~ ) lhe pilot - who flew Dictator Batista to safety in the Dominican Republic. Affien Castro overthrew- · the Batista regime. ,I Well, when you report the news from Cuba nowada,a, you don't have to envy - the bl imagination of writers who concoct fiction thrillers. The news dispatches from Havana - beat them all. ADD CUBA · (}(: ~, 61.t.J. )lfiere I s a report - that invaders from Cuba have landed in Haiti. Heavily armed men - in uniforms of the kind worn in Castro's army. Haiti - on the same island as the Demonican Republic. And rumors have been circulating - ~ ~ to that Castro might invade Hait~ ~cross that country and get at the Dominican Republic. All - part of the hostility between the Cuban revol.11..tionary Castro and ..,.Dominican Dictator Trujillo. DISCOVERER Air Force planes le f t Hawaii, today - to be ready for the capsule from Explorer Number F ive. The hope being that the satellite, in orbit, would eject the capsule - which is a replica of a cabin in w h ich a space voyager might ride. Everything depends on an element of timing. The capsule - to be ejected as the man-made moon speeds high over the Arctic. So that it will come slanting down - to land in the Pacific southwest of Hawai~e target area where everything has been arranged - to pick it up. TITAN At Cape Canaveral, Florida - the explosion of a Titan 11 super missile;. ,Which blew up - seconds after it was launched. The blast - a spectacular display o f fireworks. Nobody hurt - everybody safe in a concrete blockhouse. Previous experiments had been successful 1n testing the first stage rocket of the Titan. Today's launch1ng-1tlx4 intended as a trial for the second stage x-ucket. Scientists ,_ explain that yo~re likely to get failures at each ate~ u..Mfit11 you get the technique - exactly right. ADD TIT!.N "'9n~ A.ater today at Cape Canaveral, they made a successful test~ of a firing method for a missile launched from a submarine. LABOR The House of Representatives, today, took a final vote on the bill for labor reform - endorsed by President Eisenhower. The issue - settled yesterday. But, through techn1cal1t1es, another vote was needed. The majority today - far larger than yeaterdq 1 a when the President won a victory - by a larger margin than expected. Today, the vote was - overwhelming. Three--hundred- and-thirty-two to one "iinltn hundred-and-twenty five. A large number of Democrats - switching over, . . i Jumping on the band wagon. MURDER The frightening Long Island murder mystery - solved ~ by a confession. Francis Bloeth, a killer -psychopath - telling the police how he shot three restaurant workers at night, in three robberieskWliich weret1' more an excuse for murder than anything else. 11 If I had had more bullets, I would have ahot more people, 11 al he says. The confession - ending a reign of terror on Long Island. MILITIA At West Seneca, New York, William S1rcov1tch - likes candy bars. He always did - and that sweet tooth of h1s was the source of a pleasant memory~A1'at1ng back - to world war - - ' Two. , Sircovitch - then a private in an outfit that captUNd t h e city of Saarbrucken, Germany. The town - heavily shelled. ~ ,,,,,. then the G I's marched in. S1rcovitch, noting a pathetic sight. An eleven year old boy - clinging to hi+other. The lad, frightened out of his wits by the s hellfire. Well, as you might expect, Sircovitch had - a couple of candy bars. So he went over, and handed one to the boy. Who took it gratefully - and began munching away. Today, Sircovltch is a sergeant - in the national guard) His outfit Ill on maneuvers at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. A bunch of soldiers - caught in a rainstorm. Sircovitch - among them. With a usual supply - of candy bara. MILITIA -2 Which he distributed - among the others. Handing one- to Private Gunther Kunkel. Who looked and u stared, and asked: " Were you ever in Saarbrucken? 11 "Sure" said Sircovitch. How did you know?" And Kunkel answered: 'D on't you remember me, Sarge? You gave me a candy bar there - almost fifteen years ago." )'l,w~A-U-1-w--< ~ ~~. WORDS ~ L At the city of Hertford, in England - the Judge, ,( today, gave a maximum sentence at to Leonard Darlow. Who faced the court - on a charge of breaking probation. Previously convicted of a minor offense, he had been ordered - to get a Job and be ' industrious ' . But Darlow Just kept on - loafing. Today in court, he told the Judge: "You may think I am inebriated by the exuberance of my own verbosity. But, perhaps, you should issue warrants for the arrest of the arist,O racy, the gentlemen of leisure. My attitude, 11 he added, 1 is as unalterable and irrefutable as the laws of the Medea and Perslans. 11 The Judge told him to sit down, but Darlow replied: 11 1 prefer to remain in the perpendicular position." So that was when the Judge sent the sesquipedalian rhetorician - to jail. Throwing the book at him - and it wasn't the dictionary. - I /: J -