In the b i g spy case - a plea of guilty by Jack and Myra Sobel. Husband and wife - charged with doing espionage work for Soviet Russia. Yesterday, Federal Judge Richard Levet ruled that fifty-two year old Jack Sobel, who had been W1der pa7ch1atr1c treatment - was fit to stand trial. Which was followed quickly, today - with a plea of guilty, from both husband and wife. There•s a third defendant in the case, named Alb• - still to be heard from. Today 1 a action, preswnably, will save the Sobela from the danger of the death penalty. They pleaded gu1ltJ to one count out of' six in the indictment - a count that carries a max i mum of ten years in prison. Possibly, the government may not press the other counts - one of which could carry cap i tal punishment. Their lawyer says they were "unwilling tools" of' S oviet esp i onage. Harried by the experience - of being compelled for years to do Red spy work. So now, they are SPIES - 2 RETAKE - not only pleading guilty, but agree, to 11 cooperate 11 in an investigation of the intemational espionage ring, of which they were members. After their appearance before Judge Levet, today, the Sobel& went volWltarily before a Special Grand Jury. Spending forty minutes - 1n what, presumably, was a diacloaure of the doings of the conspiracy. 'nleir lawyer, George Levet, i aaya the Sobels told him, what he calls - "an 111Uing tale, which borders on the tantaat1c." The story - ot their part 1n the 1ntemational apy ring. SOVIET THREAT S Moscow threats are continuing - against countries I that have American bases on their soil. Or - might have. In recent weeks, messages of menace have gone to European countries - like the nations of Scandinavia. Telling them - that, if they have .American bases, they'll be liable to Soviet atomic attack 1n the event ot war. So now - the same line of talk to coun~riea of the Middle East. Like Saudi Arabia - where the lease on the great American air base at Dharan has been extended tor another five years. Moscow adding - that there are reports that American bases may be established in Israel and Lebanon. Today 1 s Moscow •nace declares that, 1n case of war, such bases would be hit by Russian hydrogen bombs. With havoc - for large surrounding areas. The atomic energy commission announces th r t S oviet Russia has exploded another · atomic wea p on. "Some what larger• than the p receding ones. Number tbra in the current series of atomic ex lesions in S oviet Russia. A fiscal shake-u p - in Soviet Russia. Soaething like a financial revolution - ropoaed by Ihrushchev. One an g le - a drastic reduction of the annual S oviet loan; which is theoretically a voluntary thin1. But bo worker or ~•asant has ever dreaaed of not subscribing to the loan - and on schedule. ln revioua years, everybody aaking aore than fit1r dollars a aonth, was called upon to hand over a ■oath'• p ay. Subscribing - to the loan. But thia 7ear - only two ••eka wa1e1. Thia according to an otter - aade by Ihruahohev, who •a,• - the Soviet goverueat will be willing to reduce the loan fro ■ two billion, aix handred million dollara, to one billion, two hundred thouaand. But there's an - •1t•. A ■ ighty big - •tt•. workers and p•••nt• to contribute only half aa auch •• in the µ ast - if they'll agree to a moratorium on the loans to which they subscribed in the past. Not to get any return on these - for twenty-five years. SOVIET FINANCE - 2 Heu eonn • t ha·.·e ~8 ,9n..a in... i... 1...... ..a. ,, T u wvn v n w 2: na nr1Nln8rm¥ Mu ollllllR, •• INiek 0 or ... IIOhe, ,.,. 1, . . , . ll'l Mia , ••• 1 Khrushchev is touring the Russian provinces - talking up this new dizzy scheme. Asking - gatherings or workers and peasants to vote their agreement. Which they do, Wlll'limoualy, (Today 1 a Moscow diapatch telling of proceedincS - at the city or Gorky. Where the workers and peuanta gave a unanimous vote or - "yes". Khrushchev then telling the crowd, "The capita11•ts will never believe you are doing this voluntarily. They will read the newspaper and say - •the workers and peasants were frightened into agreement.•" Right you are, Comrade Khrushchev. That's exactly w h a t ~ ~ i o audience~ be thinking - at thia A ,, /' m o m e n t . ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ),\.-() ~ ' JORDAN The Left Wing Premier of Jordan - out of office. Suleiman Nabulsi - resigning today, at the request of young King Hussein. Which follows months of disagreement - between the Premier and the monarch. Nabulsi - tying Jordan in with Egptian Premier Nasser. Part of a policy - which waa alao pro-Conmmist. Today's resignation was followed by an announce•nt - of a full scale shake-up 1n the intemal security organization of Jordan. A new Director of Police - appointed. Which ia all the more to the point - because of the possibility ot trouble. Following - the ousting of the Lett Wing Premier. Late reports tell · of military precautions - throughout the kingdom ot Jordan. EGYPT Cairo reports - Arab indignation, because an American tanker navigated through the Gulf of Aqaba, with a caipof oil for Israel. Arab newspapers declaring - the American tanker violated Arab "territorial waters". Which, we hear, uy coaplicate AlntJrican efforts for a Near Eaatem settlement. CANADIAN DIPLOMAT The State Department in Washington made a reply, today, to the Canadian protest - in the case of the suicide of the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, E. Herbert Horman. Which is attributed, in part at least - to charges of L(,S. Coammiam made by the Senate Intemal Security Sub-Committee. A Canada stating - that the C01111lU111st allegations had been long since disproved. The Sta+partment replies - that the executive branch of the United States government has no Jurisdiction over Congress. Ho control ;. of what a Congressional Coai ttee may say. At his news conference, today, President Eiaenhowr made a similar reference. Saying - "It is a great sorrow, to all of us, that misunderstanding should occur. 11 He tit, pointed out - that Congress is not controlled by the Administration. BUDGET The battle of the budget goes on in Washington - with President Eisenhower strongly defending his recommendations to Congress. lira lawmaker• ■alllll8 1•1'8• ■1tl1R1 ,r 1la••illl •hi 11118• fifl'INlc At his news conference, today, the President conceded that his budget involves, what he called - "a terrific UlO\D'lt or money." And Congress is right - 1n trying to trim it. But he said this country cannot go Ila · back to the practices or Eighteen Ninety. We've got to adapt ouraelyes, 1n the Preaident 1 s words - "to the industrial and economic condition■ ot our time." ( A reporter called attention to the storm ot cr1t1c1• 1n Congress. Republican Senator Goldwater ot Arizona. tor example - calling that Eiaenhowr budget, "a betrayal ot the peoples• trust." And the question waa raised - maybe the President is losing some or his control - mu because this is, definitely, his final term 1n the White House. Being prohibited, by Constitutional amendment - from running for President again. But Mr. Eisenhower rejected~ that suggestion - saying that BUDOET - 2 there I s sure to be a II clash of opinions and ideas. 11 There was also a suggestion - that the White House start doean•t let him know a about the amount or criticism. Because - it might make him angry, and injure his health. But the President t•f*Ttka* laughed that orr - saying that criticism or public figures 1s a good thing. In the House or Representatives, meanwhile, they1t-e using the axe on those budget figures. The legislators - lopping ott two hundred and twelve million dollars from the appropriation tor the Department or Comnerce. • Secretary ot Coaaerce~Sinclair Weeks, doesn•t like it. ait, today, he -l/_+-1/4 ~ ' a g r e ~ ~ accept nearly two-thirds ot the huge cut, There are blasts, also, about the amount or money spent by the u.s. Information Agency. With the revelation - that a hundred thousand dollars was invested 1n an anti-Conmunist movie. Sholftl - in American motion picture theatre) ~ t - a box office failure. A documentary - w1 th Information Agency officials explaining that documentaries usually fa i l. BUDGET - 3 The Information people also financed a foreign tour made by Dizzy Gillespie - a jazz blowing trumpet player.,)lho ) toodled on the trumpet in countries of the Middle East, giving bop concerts. The Information Agency paying him a larger weekly aalary than the Presidept of the United States receives • . 'lbe trumpet player guaranteed, twenty-two hundred and fifty ~ - - - ,_____, dollars a week for making the good-will tour. Eight weeks ot which coat a total of more than a hwtdred thousand dollars. ' . The bop concerts - taking 1n somewhat more . than sixteen thousand dollars at the box ottice. 'D'le u.s. Oovemment - mald.ng up the det1c1tf eighty-four thouaand.~ The same sort ot story - when Dizzy Gillespie played the trumpet on a Latin-American tour. Which cost the box ottice- forty thousand. However, they say Dizzy played such a hot trumpet - it was great for good-will. POLLOW BUDGET The budget controversy is accompanied by talk of a possible reduction of taxation. Today, Democratic leaders in the House decided - they will open a drive for a tax cut this year. If - the budget can be trin'llled sufficiently • .And - if federal revenues are sufficient. AUTO UNION At Atlantic City, New Jersey, today - it looked like a national political convention. All the shouting and hooplat, ~ attends f nomination of a presidential candidate, -"H)C.I.) Actually, they._, re-electing a President. The Auto Workers A Union giving Walter Reuther - another term• aa head ot the w huge Union. Three thousand delegates - tooping it up. Reuther's victory - unanimous, by a standing vote. GUHFIGHT Texas - the stamping ground of the gunfighter of the Old Wil~est. But things ~ m dolffl in the Lone Star State. Texas coming up with - a mechanical gunfighter. A Dallas inventor - bringing out an automatic two-gun man. Which draws, and gets the drop and shoots - 1n one and three-tenths seconds. The purpose - target practice for police otticera. Training them - with a target that shoots back. The robot - dreaaed like an ordinary character whom a cop might encounter. They stand six feet apart, and the signal 11 given - to start shClting. If the cop rails to shoot 1n one and three-tenths seconds, or fails to hit a vital spot - the robot blaze~ away at him with two guns. Loaded - with blanks. Inventor Arthur c. Rosa says - the one and three-tenths seconds to get the drop is not so fast. Compared - with the speed of the old time gunfi~r of the West. GUNFIGHT - 2 In tact, there's a Texas law officer - who regularly out-shoots the robot. Bob Wade, of Garland, Texaa - drawa, and shoots with deadly aim. In - tour-tentha ot a second. Bob - a real Texan, as Texan• uaed to come 1h the dayl ot the Old Wild Weat. IOUTH POLE At S outh Pole Village - eighty-nine degrees below zel'Q. ~J!i➔~~~nter w e ~ ~ y - an autunm day, ~-winter - not until July and August. We•ve been hearing about the abysmal temperatures the scientists expect - in their camp at the South Pole. The teaperaturea to sink below anything recorded by a theftlCIDeter hitherto on this earth. , The lowest - ninety below, registered in northeastem Siberia, tour years ago. Which now has already been approached, eighty-nine below - on a mere aut\al day in the ultimate South. Baaed on this, we have a forecast from Dr. Paul s.11'£, scientific leader at the South Pole Village. Who ~ saya the temperature is likely to h:1 t - . . . hundred and I\ END - Announcer: And now Lowell Thomas recalls • .,, ..... L.T.: I recall some advice given to the ladies, a year ago today. Telling them - to go on gossiping. The more, the better - it makes them live longer. A psychiatrist explaining- that gossip relieves inner tensions and suppressed hoat111tiea. One reason - why women live longer than men. And 10, during the past year, ladies, have you been prolonging your lives?