L.T .-OLDS. FRIDAY, IECEMBER 7, 1962 GOOD EVERING : (L.T. at South Sea Ielands, then An,arctica and Europe • Be. g1 ven by Doug Edwarde or cm.) A part or the nat1on•s r1rt1eth state -- Hawaii -- le threatened tonight by a possible major outbreak 1n the active Kilauea Volcano which ie located about twenty-five ■ilea troa Hilo, a ujor city on the Island ot Hawaii. Ja•• Noor• -- a director or the Volcano Observatory -- eaye the volcano ape•d ■olten lava for eeveral houre today, at tl•• epout1ng eoae two hundred feet into the air. Moore also eaid earth 1hock1, recorded eince laet night, indicate that more action can be expected and a .. or eruption le very poeeible. The outbreak 11 occurring 1n an uninhabited area, but not far from Hilo. SIDOL'f The poaa1b111tyct a uJor cr111s in Britleh-A•rloan relatlone aro•• today with report• that the United stat•• •1 cancel 1te Skybolt rocket progra■ which Br1taln hae been counting on •• a nuclear po111r deterrent. The report ha• alal'llld ••blre ot Prl• Jlinleter lllc■illan • • gover11111nt, mo can1lder the SkJbolt a keJ to the Brltleh-AMrican a111ancft. !hi air-launched mlaeile le certain to be an issue when Preeldent Kennedy and Jlac■illan •et in the Bahamas later thle ■onth. COlL MDI Reecuers are still digging toward those thirty-eeven ■lnlre who •re trapped by an exploeion in a coal mine near caraichaele, P9nneylvan1a. A ■1ne official says there 11 no way of telling whether the aen are dead or alive. Re1cuer1 are hopetul, but large pockets of gaa are ukirg the re10111 operation slow and treacherous. ~O, TO L.T. - I,owell Thomae hae left the sun-bathed shores of p01yneaia behind, but hie travels are taking him farther acroes the pacific. Where are you now, Lowell? AUClLAID ------ · - 1 aa in lew Zealand tonight, Doug. lhen l flew down troa fiJi today, i ca ■ e in at Auckland over the ialand wnere ■y friend, The ~ea ~•vil, waa a prisoner during ■ orld lar 1. lf you ever read ■1 biography of Count felix von Luckner, you ■ ay recall that his aailing abip raider •a• swept on a reef, b7 a tidal wave, on the South ~ea island of lopelia. l paid an unexpected viait to that coral atoll today. The pictureaqu• Count set forth fro ■ there in a lon1 boat, waa captured and brought to Auckland. Year• later, when be returned, the le• Zealanders gave hi ■ a her•'• welcoae treating hia like an old friend. The awa1bbuckling Sea Devil whoae World lar 1 adveraariea have welco ■ ed hi ■ with open ar ■ a wherever he go••· The long flight acroaa tbe South Pacific waa uneventful, except for the shock ot suddenly findin& ■yaelf in the air, right above the coral atoll where von Luckner'a sailing ship, The See •dler, ended its dra~atic career. Wnen l wrote about it, 1 n•••r dreaaed that one day 1 would suddenly, unexpectedly. find •1aelf right above it! Since leaving Tahiti, 1 have flown another four thouaand ■ ilea, bJ way of Pago Pago, Sa■ea, and fiji, to i•• Zealand. -o•, Wellington, where l ha•• just coae fro■ a ••••ion with a aoldier about a• colourful aa the Sea "11ril. jia naae, General Sir Bernard ferguaaon, one of th• striking peraonallti•• ot World War 11. ln »ur■ a, be was second in co■■ and to th• legendary Wingate. rerguason i• a ~cot with a robust sen•• of bu■or - al ■a11 telling atoriea, on hi ■ aelf. One involves •vinegar Joe• otilwell, who wrote a note for ferguason tot ke to another A ■ erican General in tiuraa, and who a year or so later presented the Stilwell note to the fighting ~cots ■ an. The note read: •This bird wears an eyeglass and looks like a j fool. ~ut l believe he's a tine soldier!• From •vinegar Joe•, that was the highest prae. Sir iernard iergusaon is the new Governor-General of••• Zealand, and thereby hangs another strange tale. u11 father alao was Governor - General; and, ao •a• hi• 1randfather; and, ao was the 1randfatlar of Lady Fergu11on. 1 doubt whether the lennedy•a will ever equal that record. During World War 11, Ueneral Hap Arnold, at the auggestion of f.D.R., sent American air aupport to lingate and bia raidera, in i~raa, led by two high voltage young fighter pilots, two pala. Arnold had difficulty deciding who anould be the boaa, and left it up to th••· Their naa~s, ~olonel ~nil Cochran, and Coloael John Alison, with planea, and gliders to land the ~ritish behind the Japanese lines. lhen tirigadier Fer s n fir t n c oun t . r Lh rn , L t hou 7 h t they · e re f a m oy an , oas tf ul • ~r i can , l,o t lke .1 an p o ab ly co u l n ' t e 1 iv r. T e Governor-Gen ral told me to ay of the sur p ri se t h ey ga v uim. h e sai d t y id the impossib l e, ready to tack le anytnin g - an always did it. ue was sure they nad s ave d t e lives of at l e ast a thousand o f h is men who woul have died of t'hil Coe ran and Jo rn n y Alison, a n tneir airm 9 n, had not been there. Then ne a c de "lo matter w, at differences ever come between ~ur two nations, nothing can ever keep me from being eternally indebted to A erica for sendin g us P il Coe 1ran and Johnny Alison, an d their µ als". This new Scottish Governor-General of New ' ealand is a ~ritish Soldier - pro-consul ri ht out of udyard Kipling. lf we had worldwide satellite television, l'd like nothin better than to introduce you to Sir Bernara Fergusson, his monocle, his humor, and his charm. So long. 011 • • o lon , Lowell , n we 1 l l he fro OU in oon . • h ... th e t · me o e a o f 1 1 el per Q 1 re out. As · n a l wal ... o 1 e , one n a h il t e ~ too , e into ou ble . In Minne ap ol is , the Volunte r o f Am ric t &l d on e o f their workers t o h and in his be Id f e ol i c e repor ed th at i a te p rent Q were claimin th at thi s pa rticular ant helper i g nored little children, sat on the cu rb emokin fat ci gar s and doffed his whiskers to munch a candy bar. Now, if y ou are one of S ant •s helpers -- you just don•t do th i n gs l ik e that, do you Dic k? H n Jo ndon O\• 1 11 a 'l ct · n H 1 yn h ' , 0(1'I h ,.. · · n 0 of l >€ . ri t a I • n ch on ... p , V l n . i C: n - e i~ II -- r r h e l k e t . 0 1 0 n pq r r · n d n i. ,,::ee c.: 0 I n h c.· t i le a e ion 1 h h i on o f eb · re • I n · o n ' H ,. rr o ' h d no comm e n a a l l w h h ac: inte rv e a f e · r dc: b .. , e po rte Q . H : on r - M rs . 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