cYP Rus L . 7. - £ . . ~. r4. i 1o - ~ , Ful a reement i n Lo ndon - on the question of Cyprus. So ann ou nc ed - by a spo e~man of the Brit sh oreign Office. The island of C ru~ - to b eco m e an ndependent republic , with ,,. special r·ghts for the Tur ish minor it . Actually, the settl ement w 11 be form a lized in a G re e k -Tur kish -Brit ~h conference. Now - to begin. But, in a p ractical sense, the agreement was made in the past few daye. By the Greek and Tur ki sh Foreign Ministers - i n conference with the Br i tish g overnment. British officials - holding conferences of their own with Archbishop Makarios, leader of the Cypriot Gree ks . Making sure - of his approval. so Br i tain g ives up the isiand of Cyprus, which has been the source of so much trouble in the past four yeare. The British, however - to retain military bases on the island. CUBA Pr me Minister Castro - that'. the ct i - wor n Cuba, toni The chief of the recent revolution_ ~worn n ashed of the Cabinet. The ceremony - he ld at the presidential pal ace. The oath administered - by President Urrutia, whom Fidel Castro put in office. Actually, the revolutionary chief has been running thins, in effect, all along. Now - assuming formal office and reeponeibility. Meanwhile, the Castro autnorities are holding another trial of Major Sosa Blanco. The Batista henchman - who wae eentenced to death in that spectacular trial before a crowd or thirty thousand, in tmHavana sports palace. Which extravaganza, before a howling Jeering mob - wae a headline in the first days of the Castro regime. So why is Major Sosa Blanco given a eecond trial? Because of worldwide unfavorable criticism - aroused by that prev i ous trial, which was more like a circus. The present prosecution 11 be1RS conducted in a normal courtroom. • CO :r~HENCE The e~tern ower~ handed n the r diplomatic notes - at Mo ... co , oda y . The co munications from Britain, France, the United State~, and •est Germany - exactl as predicted for the a past wee . or so . Sov et Russ·a - i nv it ed t o ~ conference or the Foreign Ministers. The \est recommend i n - that representatives of East ana eet Germany shall sit in . But only - as advisers. Thie - as a comprom se with Russ a's demand full that Commun st East Germany part cipate as a~member or the conference. The place- Geneva or Vienna. The time - late April or early May. The joint notes make the usual insistence - that the estern powers will not withdraw from Berlin. Nor will they cone der the Soviet scheme for making Berl n a "free c i ty." This news draws new attent ion - to the sickbed of John Foster Dulles. Who, obviously - will not be able to attend a conference abroad. Under treatment, as he is - for cancer. The doctor s express the hope that the Secretary of CONFERENCE - 2 state ma be ab e t o return to duty. Part t i me duty, perhaps - b the date su ested for the conference. But ... t seems unli ely that he'd be able to ma · e a trans - Atlant c journey . Today, the U.S. Senate, which has often been a severe er t_c of Secretary Dulles - opened ts session with a silent prayer for his guic and complete recovery. PLANE The oviet~ c ont nue their nsietence - that the y can ' t ~olve th e puzzle ·n th e case of the u.s. Air Force trans ort pl ane. Destroy e d - in Sov e t Armenia , l ast eptember. Se enteen a irm en - abo ard. Si .b od ies - return ed. The fate of the remainin eleven - a myst ery. Today, the Moscow new s a g enc y , Tass, declared - that t~ Russian author iti es investigated the crash, nd g ave to American off i c i als - all the information they could procure. They don•t k now any more, accordin g to Tass. At the same time, the Red newe a g ency continues the propa g anda blast - that the tape recordin g is a fake. The tape recorded evidence - that the unarmed American transport was shot down by Soviet fighter planes. JEW IS H MIGRATIO R e p orts are - that the So v i et s wil l perm i t Ru ssi an Jews to emigrat e to Isr ae l . But - only on a ~mall sc ale. The word comes from Jew sh sources in Vienna. A spokesm an stating: "W e do not e xp ect a mass migration of Russian Jews to Israel." The limit - a few hundred. out of some three mill i on Jews - now living in the Soviet Union. This intimation follows - a release of Jewish emigrants ~ from Communist Romania. Some fifteen thoueand - havin g entered Israel in the past few months. In Cairo, the statement~ that the Arab statee are consider i ng an international appeal)~ etop - the Jewish exodus to Israel. Moslem representations - to be made to Khrushchev. Also - to President Eisenhower. Because the migrations to Israel are finanued, in part - by funds from the United St ates. A Cairo newspaper calls the situat i on - "a grave threat" to the Arab states. Because of a build-up - of the p opu l ation of Israel. HIBS - A report of a matrimonial break-up - bringing memories of old headlines. Alger Hiss - now separated from his wife Prise lla. She was beside him - during his trial and conviction - in connection with espionage. He served - four years and e_ght months in prison. During which time - Mrs. Hies worked in a bookstore, and later in an art gallery. rsiting him - frequently in prison. Alger Hiss, himself - now an executive in a company manufacturing women's hombs. ia Now the report/- that, after twenty-nine years of marriage, Hiss and his wife have separated. No reason - given. ITALY Ital has a n ew Prem i er, ton ht . Anton o Se g ni , a~sum n off i ce - afte r a politi ca cr_s·s that JiEted for three wees. The new Cab i net - formed en t· r e y of members of the moder a t e Chr _sti an Democratic Party. They l ac k an outri g ht majoritJ _ n the Italian parliament, but have the support - of emall Right Win g fact ons. !AtlQAli P ope John the Twenty-Third brings u . a qu stion - h ich we, ourselves, may have thought of, when watching motion v ictures or a papal procession - in which the P ontiff is carried in the chair of state, called, officiaJt - the Gestatorial ~hair. Vord from Rome, today - that ) ope John does not like that ortable throne. Which, in medieval ritual - enables the ~ublic to see him better. He feels• the Gestatorial Chair is too pompous. Also - that it swings and swa7s too much. Which is a thing - that w e may have noticed, sometimes, with a misgiving - that a r ontitt might be thrown out. You wouldn't say dumped out in referring to the P ope, hardly. The authorities at the Vatican are doin g something about it. The idea being - to have the bearers of the p ortable throne coordinate their s t eps better. So as to minimize_ the swing and sway. ! could give the ■ soae t . s n· av 1 ·ng been carried th& way for twenty d 7a. augges 10n - !AtlCAI - 2 A og trot to the right song. Of course, aoae ultra-modernist may su g ge1t - a motorized Yehicle for the papal rocesaions. But the tradition of old - would neTer atand for that. DAYiL ln ashington today, the aeabers of the l,;ommerce Departaent of the bouae, received cards of membership - in one oft ose organizations with an alphabetic na ■e. Sometiaea those alphabetic naaea can go too far, and thi1 one does. With - a whole string of letter,. SF& and PPWLBTEP - which 1tand1 tor: - the •societ7 for the £ncourageaent and Preservation of ~eople who Like to •tde on Traina, ~,p~cially Pull■ ane.• However, it's a p raiseworthy orr ~nlzation. Founded - for the purpose of keeping the passenger train• rolliaa on the railroads. • · or the benefit of what the oraanizatl• calla - •peoplt who want to••• A ■erica. lot - juat tl7 ever it.• Believe 1 1 d like to join. And a-1-u-t-a.