RUS \( I Toda y the Ame r ic an ecretar y of State di scu ss e d the frictio n - bet ween RusQ ia and Re d Ch na. ecretary Ru s , oi farther - than any American of h i s rank eve r h as. Statin g flatly that the dissention ie there in the Communist camp - and gr ow i n g worse. The Moscow-Pe k in antagonism, exacerbated b y - dis content inside the satellite empire. 1 A growing demand for freedom 11 - was the W9 Secretary Ruek put it. Not that he expects any sudden dramatic rift - behind the Iron Curtain. The important thing, in his view - ie that the Rede have problems of • their own • .,Ptobleme at least ) as great as those - facing the weet. The Rusk formula ie - to rely only on western power to save the free world. }ffiile .,,) not overestimating the power and unity of the Communist bloc. BERLIN The cris i ~ over Berlin seems to be turning into somethin o.f an international po k er g ame. Each aide, considering i t E own cards~ hinting that it holds a rather \,. str o n h and . At the same time, each i s tryin to discover - whether the other ie bluffing. And - just what the stakes of the ame are . ' Khrushchev played one of his high cards on Sunday - with his display of warplanes. J'he kind he used to say - IIB.XJlaa were obsolete. Those new jets didn't seem very obsolete - zooming ~cross the sky over M o scow . ~~ ~e weet is countering - with some high cards of its own. President Kennedy has ordered another look at our military power - in the light of the Soviet build-up • ..., Secretary McNamara, putting the order - into effect. But the Secretary of Defense i s not - too worried. Says he - "We are as stron g , if not stronger, than any potential aggreseor. 11 Meanin g - Khrushchev. And the administration ha2 released secret BERLIN - 2 t es t imon y - by General Lauris Norstad. Last month, the Commandin g General of Nato declared, before the Huse Foreign A ffa i rs Com mi ttee - that the ent i re western Alliance would re e ~t any C ommunist attac on west Berlin. General Norstad, a d d i ng - that this mowledge could be an important factor in deterr i ng Khrushchev. Especially since the Nato countriee have decided - to add more divisions to their armed forces. In Europe, the feeling seems to be - that the time has come to see Khrushchev I s "hand". That we can I t allow this ; international poker game to be decided - by bluff in Moscow. ' A nd so far the betting in the west~ •••~ ,a 11111\ that Khrushchev is - bluffing. AT least, in the sense that he won't do anything - to start a major war. _! MIC riti sh scienti s ts a re g oin c to kee p tab s on - a t o mic ex l osions in outers a ce. T h e met od , - e very r cor d in ultr a vi o l e t r a ys t h rown off b«nucle a r blast. Th e rays are so intense th a t in s trum e nts c n ick tea up - a t a distance of six-hundred-thousand miles. The ritish p redict th t their system wi ll make it im oss i ble for any nation to touch off• un d etected atomic ex p losions - within a million miles of the earth. Tle smokin~ hulk that l ies roun d ed on a sa ndbar off the co as t of Uoz&mbique - as a ortugueae m uni ions a nd assenger ship of two thous nd t o ns - with five hundred-and-fifty ersons on board. A . so, a big cargo - of guns, ammunition, and gaso l ine. he was on her way up the coast - toward the Horn of East Africa, when she ran onto a sandbar. Water pouring in through a hole in the side causing a short circuit - which in turn started a fire. The flames, raging out of ccntrol - reaching the hold where the ammunition and gasoline were stored. The explosion, shattering - the hull of the ship. The result: - you can i ■ agine t h e inferno. Many killed, many injured - the rest scrambling o•er the •i•~ in a enic. Some, drowning - ot he rs attacked by shark1. The survivors managed to make it to shore - on the Mozambique coast. Death toll - not yet known exactly. But fortuguese authorities say its around a undred and fifty and mebbe hi her. About 1 lf - of those who were on board at the st a rt of the voyage. C avana 1~ int e idst of - a er me wav e . o ~ay Cuba n ref ee~ - w o h ave ust ar ve d in Miami. They de~crib e an ou ea of - bur lariee, armed robberies, an d car thefte. Moreover, the cou nte feit ers are at wor k . Turnin out reame of - ten pe eo notes. cauee of the crime wave ? One eu geetion is - the e x traordinary powers granted to the revolutionary militia. Castro's men are authorized to search homes - without warrants. Confiscate - money and valuables. So if a militiaman "torgets" to turn in hie haul - he ie indistinguishable from the out-and-out robber. Apparently a lot of caetro•e agents - are suffering from lapse of memory. p E Te poQ h umou award announc d toda y y t e mith~onian Inwt1twt1ut1 - brin bac k memor ef: of tn early da o f a v at o n . ( ~ 6 . ~ 1 e and Ii e •• ~ The tlM w en planes seemed ~:it.='.CQ~i:fte:t=-==i~~ ~J a 1 n w 1 e . J.)'hen av iators flew without 1mrumente - j b t e seat o )J t er pants. Thie award ie i n memory of Pe rry Rod g ers - first man to fly coast to c o ast. In N i neteen Eleven, Rodgers took off from an open field - on Lon g Island. He revved up hie four-cylinder en ine, hit a top speed of fifty-five mile~ an hour - and headed west. It too k him ei g hty-four days -- and sixty-eight etope -- to cover four thousand miles. But when he came down at Long Beach, California - he had done something never done b efore. First of our cross-country flyers -- Perry Rodgers, whose antique plane le in the Sip1theonian .in■ ti,ui1nn, Ten w fro m L no n eatu e a mmone c o m i J r - n a pee w o wants to ea commoner . T e irst ..:; - t e Earl o Avon . Kno wn unt 1 now as n on Ede • Las wee w e a e ~ to o - t e ueen e s to w · an ea ldom on er former P ime Min eter . Now we know t e t tle Antnony Ede n as chosen - fo e entrance into the House of Lo rds . He's the Earl of Avon - and Viscount Eden of Ro y al I 1 amin ton. The man who wants to o tne other wa y is, of course - Viscount Stansgate . The reluctant aristocrat who wants to It rama i n - plain Antony Wedgewood Benn~.Jdso to remain - in ... the House of Commons . Which is impossible under the present " law - compellin peers to sit in the House of Lords. Today Viscount stanegate appeared in a London Court - ar g uin for his r i ht to drop hie official ped i ree . Cheerin 1 m on, Vt111 . . . Viscountess Stansgate - the former Carol i ne decamp of C nc i nnat1. The Viscountess from Cincinnati stag ered a lot of Briti... re by calling their class system - 11 r1balism , voodoo.'' - 2 ut. e .er - becauee he wants a ca eer in ol t car er o pen to nt .ony Wed ewood Benn~ - t o o V co unt tane a e . l lT 1 N --------- ow woul y o u like a n electric c a rvin ife h t o p er te s o n batteri e s int e h a n d le? r m a ybe a c arcoal buc et - d ec o rat d wi th old leaf. Tha e are on dis lay in~ ica o, al o ng with a un r e d a nd fifty thousan a ite m s - in the exl ibition by Lhe H useware anufacturers Associati o n. From plastic cor scre1is to fur covered flower ots; a machine - that folds s irts; and one that matches socks. ow about an electrical salad tosser - that start.a t h rcwing lettuce and radishes in the air, when you press a button? Dick - how about a tea cart - that's ctually a bar on wheels? com p lete with a switch v lve siphon for fa s t action on tall drinks - and slower acti non sort ones? LE A re p o f om osc o w son li · e eth out of - 0 I D C • ov et an k er c ap ta n , tell n · of an e n counter w · t a w h ale - n t e out tl ant c . T h whale, au i tin a e se of wate r - ac ro ss t e sh p. ikum Churnin up a fr oth, lo wer i n it:: he a d - C ar g i full t lt . H ttin the vessel a ni dehips, j ust below the water-l i ne, rocking it to one side. Thie time, however, the shi p won. The whale, stunned by the impact - flipping over, sinkin into the depths. I wonder what Captain Ahab would have thought of that ? And :what::woutd~ bapr:iened ~ ship-ilaa-~ba.. by- - tne - gre&t-wt'iite whB, ft known ae Mob '7 ~ ....