L . T. OLDS, FISHER. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 10, 1963 Good Evening E er3 b(?dy: The laboratory that we intend to launch into space by ,iineteen sixty-eight - will have to do with military research, sa)S Defense Secretary McNamara. A space laboratory - the size of a house trailer. Big enou , gh for astronauts to move around - without cumbersome space suits. Each astronaut to be assigned to this duty - for perhaps a month at a stretch. In orbit some three hr,ndred miles out into space. Booster rocket - a Titan -three will be used with two million pounds of thr,,st, compared to three hundred aad sixty thousand pounds now used simply to launch astronauts into space. This project , under the super ision - o f the LEAD - 2 Air Force, replaces the dyna-soar proj eel - for a winged space craft. Better science - also better economics, according to the Secretary of Defense, will save us a cool million dollars. JOHNSON The weekly session at the White House lasted todaJ - for two hours. President Johnson, reviewing basic issues - with congressional leaders. The most c o m Pr eh ens iv e dis cu s s ion s o far during the Johns on adm inis tra tion. One domestic problem to which much attention was devoted - civil rights. The President, telling his guests - ''this great issue cannot be ignored for another hundred years, or even another l1undred days". Meaning, of course - the administration's Civil Rights Bill. In particular - the question of getting the measure out of committee and onto the floor, by means of what is called a discharge petition. President Johnson was told today - that the petition may soon have the needed signatures, the mandatory number of two hundred and eighteen names. DEFENSE FOLLOW JOHNSON TIie President giving the Congress io,sal leaders - his opinion of defense said that we now have the ability to survive a surprise attack , a,ad to lau,sch a devastati,ag cou,ster attack . EftoNgll - to des troy any potential enemy. Moreover, tlais covers - botll conventional a,sd atomic weapo,ss. Tl, e Am erica,a A?med forces, superior to tlae Soviets - •lletlaer rifl•• or rockets are i,svolved, or bombers i,a tlle air - or submari,aes at sea. ONr military superiority will remai,a, aay• Preside,st JolaJ1so,a - ;,. spite of lais eco,aomy drive, tlae drive to cut one a•d one-laalf billion - from ONr defe,ase budget. BOLIVIA Tire ominous words "ci v il war" - are bei11g heard in La Paz tonight. Possible civil NJar betNJee,a tire government forces - and the rebellious miners , six thousand of whom in the Andean mining to•• of Catavi, are still holding their hostages - includi,ag tl,e four America,as. TAe President of Bolivia refused to bo• lo a hoe11ty four hour ultimatum, NJllicl, - 1,as ,ao., ezt,iretl. More troo1's llave been moving into tire Calavi area, i,acreasi11g the possibility - of a Bolivia• Civil War. Mean11Jllile, Ille U11ited States has •e,at a formal prates t - to La Pa~. Remi,ading tl,e Bolivia,a government - tlaa t it is res1'0,as i ble for tl,e safety of tlae four Americans , and again offeri,ag America,a assista•ce - i,a getti,ag the captives released . Tire note from Waslaington also emt,laasizes our ap,reciation - of the efforts of tire Bolivian government. C BB Ml.CA L.S... ff Ml&dljl\Vestern chemical c• manufacturers - are ha Moscow tonigh') Flying in - to see J,.ow many orders tliey can place with the Soviet government. They expect to do a boomiNg business - because of tl,at Kl,rusl,cl,ev speeclt over the weekend. The boss of the Kremli,. calli,rg for - a crasli program to put chemicals to work ;,, agriculture. The belief is that tile Russians will 1,ave to spend - abo11t fo•rtee,r billio,i dollars for •es tern eq•iPme,it a,rd tecli,iicia,is. Oddly, A•ricans are ruled out - by our la•s regardi,ag trade will, tile Co"'"'""ist bloc. So tlte scramble is on - between Brtlnin, Hollafld, S10ede,r, Italy a,id West Germany. The scramble lo sell chemicals - for billiofls of rubles. SABOTAGE Tlte sabotage at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona - could have ltad devastating consequences. Some o,ae cut llte electric wires leadhtg to tire la,ading gears - of sixt,-o,ae jet trainers. And all sixty one - migltt ltave cracked 111>. Can you picture trainees attempting lo land - "'"" iJtslrumeJtts tltat would,. 't respond? Only tl,e pre-fliglal clleck - preveJtted it. Tlae sabotage, so daJtgerou, - lllat Army i,atellige,ace LLG l.\~"-i< N. a,ad llae F BI are botlt iJtvestigati,ag. al' . , . . . . , . . ~ saboteNrs ( Williams Air Force Base. GRENADE --------- A dispatch from Aden indicates tl,at tl,e Britisl, political agent should be in line for - the Victoria Cross. George Henderson, acting with conspicuous gallantry - ,eever exceeded on the battlefield. Scene - tl,e Ade,e airport. Higlt Commissio,eer Sir Ken,eedy Trevaskis, about to board tlte plane - for Lo,edo,a. A cro11Jtl of dig,aitaries - to see him off. Sudde,aly a ha,ad gre,aade came arclei,ag do11JJ1 - fro• a balco,ay. As it struck tlee grou,ad, tlee political age,at tlere11J leimself - ;,. fro,at of tlee Higle Com•issio,aer. A•d took - tie /1,ll force of tlae blast. To,eigl,t George Be,atlerso• is i,e tie e le osp ital - ,,. critic al co,etli tio,e. A ca•d itlal • for tlee V.C. - if tleere ever 11Jas one. SINATRA The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Junior - remains a mystery tonight. No clues as to tire kidnappers. No demands - for ra,asom. Tlae t•o escaped convicts and their prisoner - vanialalng ht Ille higll Sierra wilderness, alo,ag tlae Navada-Califor•I• line. Wltll Fra,alt Si,aatra - Se11ior -•ta:,l,ag clo•• to Ille telepllo,ee at Re110, •alti,ag, llopl,eg, for tlae so,u,d of leis BON'• voice. WEATHER Tlte weatlter report tonigltt can be ••mmed ut, in one word - for the heartland of America. Tiu, w,ord - "sno• ". Snow all tlle •ay from Nevada - to Ne• Yori. From New York - to tl,e Texas PaJ1ltaJ1dle. Already five htches ,,. Oltio. Six in Wyomi•6· T•elve itt PenJ11ylva,t1a. ,,. ll1e Dato ta• afld MoJ1taJ1a. ,,. ut,, ta te Ne• Yori, a bli% • ard t, r•,ort•d off Late Erie. Already te" inc lies of sno• at tit• Br,ffalo airt,ort. Some•llere - tlte sufl is slaifliflg. B■ I •ll•r•? BEATNIKS Red Bulgaria launches a campaig11 against "depraved Compaunist beatniks". Some Communist cou11tries doN't eveN admit tliey laave beatniks, or tlaat a Ny group i,i tlte ir society - is det,ra ved. a beat,iik crisis i,i Sofia. Balgar tee,iagers i11 leatlaer Jackets; rock-aNd- roll tliy tlam, aralt aNd vodlta - result - riot•, ro66•ri•• aNd recltless driviNg. BeNce a cracltdo•N, Diclt ON "det,raved Balgar beat11ills ". TOKYO TIie llistory of an enclave In the mlddle of Toity o - looks like th Is. It was a f>a?'ade g?'ou,ad for tlle Jaf>anese Army - until tire end of World War Tw,o. Si,ace tllen it's been a,a America,s quarter - for t,erso,a,a•l stationed in the Japanese capital. Now to be the Oly•IJI Village - •Ith Jat,an t,laytng laost to tlae 1965 Oly•t,lc•. TIie A merica11 flag - came dow,,a today. Tit• American occa,pa,ats - moving oa,t, lteadi,ag for hom•. Japa,aese w,ortme,a moving i• - to get ready for tl,e Olymt,lc Games, o• BJJ1t,eror Hiroltilo '• old l>•,,.•tle