.. T h e r " l t I e r ce b fo Co r ."s to ,:a h n n , C e - a h o bu n e e ll s o li i n l eve nt . ' h bo o ff c e - top The r o sob that e lo ees o f co n .J r es m n h · o a k fo r p l a es in the press bo x . tan n room onl - e v en f or iploma t o m e of them mber 0 the lomat c co r p h a to s t n - a thin g previousl y un ea r f . A for ap plaus e - a smash h i t. The Presi ent etting · o e s ~ all and so e lar~e bursts fifty bur ts of app l a u e , a· he r ea hi s messa g e to ongress - w h h l as t e fift y - t o i nute s . One me ber o f th e a u ien e , ho ~ ev er, f ai le " to join in the h 1 ppin , wo v iet P.mbassa or Z ar u bin, h o " ,, listene · - an' s a t on h is h an , a s th ey say n show busin e In the s hinin g s u cce ss, th e sta e a na me nt · as fir t cla s . T h e · i r ec t o r - th e r e si en t ' o l f@ t me fr enl , a c t o r o bert M ont gom ry . ho ach v · mas t e rpi e e by h a v n th le t e r r thre e n h , th e t n h ol n g 2 h h· . n a i. '?. t, of . 'h :iu •. ,, G m.o r an • t t ' 1 er r h n•h ,. h nt not h ve to - 00 0 f o r ·, s h re a r o m t h au h kluI~ 1 ' from S hi in on t h r n 1 1 h a: . h 1 ht f or n e · sr 1 a n t ele v o n \' ere as 1 rin a e v r - , n Bo b o nt o mery n o te th a t , if the res nt . b e n h s hea for· it w ul g leam lik e r , a mirr o r . o .l the r s id e ntial a pearan ce w as a shining - s u c ess, e ept n that o n e - unshinin ' Th e r t on to th messa e o n th St ~ o f the U n on i f a v o r able - fr o m e m rats a e ll as Republlcans. Ho •: eve r, t h e r e ' s opp o t o o n ·1 0 p o i nt s - op o 1t1on rom ep u li ca n s · 1 e ll as ) moc ra t Th t ~ po int s bei n t ax ol i c n f r ol Co n o l v o a t s o lo · • ;e r t a e r lor n th e n 1 re ~ o en t on ht o r o r a o n - _; n i e . se t e k p t e r s nt a t e : - not r k« 11 r e u c n d k e r ro m f rmi s e .. ti o ns ' > pp r ove of th e propos l for fl ex ible p oli cy in s u pp ortin g farm p r ies . Whic h co u l m a n lower i n o f p r i e sup p ort s n some ases . Fa rm le er s in o n re ss sp ok e up imm ed iately - in f a vo r o f r e t a inin th e Pr es i d e n t' s ri g i methods o f susta i n i n f arm p ri c e s . Ther e 's applause, a l1 a roun, f or the Eisenhower promise to tak e str ong action in maintainin g our national e onomy. W ith measures - to check any serious kind of slump. " Economic pr e paredness ' d eclare the President, "is fully as important to the nation as military prepare d ness.' BERLI In B rlin, n o a reem e nt on her e the conferen c e of oreign Ministe r s shall b e hel • T o a y , the •,•1 estern comman ers met th a Soviet representative, but a Journed merely announcin - th t they'l have another meeting tomorro v . The di fference of opinion is between - E a st Berlin and est Berlin. We want the Foreign Ministers to meet 1n our section of the G e rman capital. The Reds argue that West Berlin w ould not be secure for them, because of anti- Communist a g itation. So they insist on - East Berlin. ITAL Y In Rome , th e t l ia n P r esi e nt s be i ur ed t o n · -- a lef t · in P re mier . h a t i , a lea e r of th e l ef t 1 1n f a c t io n of t h e hr i s t i a n e m o r a ti c P art y . Tod ay, P r e si d ent E in a u i c onf e rre d w ith politicians ho i nclu d e So c ial i sts and C ommunists. An d they a d vise d - a cabinet that ,ould in c lu e the ian• Socialist outfit lined up with C ommunists. At the hea d of it, a left w ing Christian Democrat. This reflects the split in the Christian emocratlc party. B dly divided -- w ith Conservative and radi c al wings. Meanwhile, an ironical fact ls coming to light in Rome. Namely - that the election u in June w as actually t on by Premi e r de G asperi. Acoordin g to Italian la w , De G asperi nee d ed anything over fifty percent of the votes to i n overwh e lmin c ontrol of the National As sembly. But h i s hr i s t i a n e mocratic party · ran a little short o f the fifty pe r ce nt, an De Gaspe r i resi g n e d - · ithout c onsi erl ng the fa c t th a t many thousan s of b a llot s e r e 1 put e . An ITALY - 2 1n ve st1 ~ a t1on has been oin on, a re-count. Whic h no shows th at e Gasperi ac tually 1 have more than fifty percent of the votes. Which shoul d have g iven him a whopping parliamentary majority. But nothin can be done about it now, and Italy is in political disorder. All - because of confusion in electionf returns. China The State d ep a rtment 1s ues a denial toni t- that U.S. policy tow a rd th Chinese Reds 1s bein re c onsidered. There have been a lot or published reports 1nt1mat1n that the Eisenhower Administration may be ch a nging its mind about recognizin Red China. The Chiang Kai Shek regime on Formosa to be discarded. The denial ism de bY assist · nt Secr e tary of State, William Robertson , top adviser to secretary John Foster Dulles on far Eastern affa1re. He says: 'There has been no change in our policy of non-recognition of Red China - and there la not■• foundation, in fact, for reports that the•••*•*•*••** administration is taking a 'new look' at its p o licy. He said that with nlenty of emphasis, and added - that the dtatement applies with equal force to the nolicy of kepping Red China out of the U.H. ven the Communi sts are conce in g that the prisone rs-of- ar 11 1 be rele ased on January t ~ enty third. Thi comes from the hinese Re radio. Which, today, disclosed the latest - oing on behind the scenes. The Reds tell ho they sent a strongly w orded messa g e to General Thimayya, the conunander in charge of the prisoners. Demanding - that the release of the captives be delayed for eighty more days of ~ t explanations. But the General from India replied that he must, according to agreement, turn the Jba prisoners loose on schedule. The Chinese radio seems to take it for g ranted that General Thimayya w ill carry out his intention. '!be R e d s protest the release of the prisoners, but admit - it 111 probably happen. PRISON Amon g the t e rrifyin store tol by pri son e rs of , ar here's one - p e rh ap s the ·· ei r dest of all . hinese Reds - playin Russian roulette ·1th a ca ptiv e . In Lon on, Lieutenant Dennis Lankford, of the British Navy, returne home re c ently - and, today, he told what he ha d been through in a North Korean prison camp. 11 Just before Christmas ... of Nineteen Fdt'ty Two, Lieutenant Lankford related, "my captors thought of another psychological u w eapon to drive me completely mad. '!hey introduced me to -- Russian roulette. He says the g3.ffle was played by a Chinese officer, ~ ho spoke perfect English - and claimed he had been educated in England, at Cambridge. "Each morning for a week" the Lieutenant g oes on, "this Communist officer put one cartridge in his revolver an spun th e c hamber. Then he put the pistol to my forehead, and pull ed the tri gg er. Each time, the pistol failed to fire." The Naval officer say s th a t th rune of Russian P ISONER - 2 roulette co ntinue, ay after ay, until a fin 1 ay - when the Lieutenant as to be taken a ·• ay. On ce a a in the CAinese offi c er put one cartridge in the revolver, and spun the chamber. This time he pointed the pistol at the round, pulled the trigger - and ad'lot ran out. R p "You've been lucky" said the Communist officer. CRIMINAL Yesterday the F.B.I. added a name to 1te 11st of •most wanted men•. Che ter Lee Davennort who has a lon criminal record - as a cattle rustler in the southwest. That was yesterday. Today - Davenport was arrested. round - workin on a dairy farm near Dixon, California. The r.B.I. grabbed him, after a local citizen had recogni ■ ed the dairy farm worker fro& a photograph published in the Vallejo Jew• Chronicle. Placed on the list · yesterday, put in lail today. raat wortt SERGEANT Heroism • hich soun d s like ar - at Fort Dix, Ne Jersey. Wh~re a ser eant ave his life, today to save a Rookie. Leonard Moran of South Boston, •Ma ssachusetts, a veteran of battle in Korea, ~as giving instructions in renade throwing. Private John o•callahan of New York City hurled a paJlj g renade - but it struck a parapet, and fell back into the trench. The sergeant threw himself 1n front of the rookie, and tried to kick the grenade away - but it exploded. CH A t inci nn a t Oho t o ay the Re v e r e n Jo h n W . Ra . l i n s , pa t o r of th e Loc kl a n d Ba t i t hur c h - c a ll e upon his c on g re a tion to e f y a n or er iss ue d by a co urt. He ur g es th em - n e v e r t o r e in s t a t e s . Ma r y Ra n olph a s a m emb P, r of th e c hur c h. Mrs. Ran olph is a c use of havin g "sinn e " Is c astl ated a s - a" ross sinner. " The f iftY-one year ol housetife w as expelled from the Lockland Baptist Church - last summer. Action a g ainst her - t a ken by the pastor, the deacons, and the trustees. She w ent to c ourt, claimin she w as d eprived of church membership - ille ally. The court upheld her, and ordered her to be - r e instated. But the Pastor, the dea c ons and the trustees re fu sed as they put it - refused to "e x tend the han d of f ellowship." So now a meetin of the four thousan c hur c h members has been c a lle d - to uphol d the stern ac tion a ai n s t sin. Un c ompromisin g reprobation - of a 11 g ross s tnn e r. 11 CHU CH - 2 o h a t the l ay o - to deser v e all that ? W 11, n the c ourt procee i n s , a w itness testified th t Mrs. Ra ndolph sai "If ever there w as a evil in the pulpit, there stands one." And, at th a t moment, the Reverend Mr. Ra lings as in the pulpit. In a d1t1on to which, Mrs. Randolph was char ed with uttering similar harsh w ords, not only about the pastor, but also about the deacons and the church trustees. So that was the "sin" committed by the "gross sinner." The first all-woman safari land din H a mburg today - on the way to darkest 1frica. an g in g in age from twenty- s ven to sixty, the lady nimrods bust into songs! •A hunting we il ~ go, Yantiti, Yantiti•! b hunting we wil o! Hi ho th Cheerio! 1hey c rolled. Today's dispatch says: •TH.y ig6led like girl guides on a marshmallow toast.• Sdying what a tbrill it would be to put on their •darling jun~le suits,• when they reach the land of the lion, the leopard, and the rhinoceros. Mrs. Belen ~alliwell of Ardsley-on-Hudson, j•• York says that, at home, she raises pheasants. Hut in Africa she hppes to bag a lion. Yrs. Louise Schilling, who grows orchids in lionola~ wants to shoot a zebra. Of course shooting zebras is even less dange ous than pickin 0 orchids. Yrs. Aary Whalen of Philadelphia says she pro- mised her children she'd bring ack - a •cat of some kind. " Before the first all-voman Afric a ns fari left ROHTRES E - 2 ----- - --- - - New York, the mighty huntresse.; ot a l t of p resents - which included toy isLol o , rubb er lip ed darts, and a cardboard targ et . In the baggage they are taking - a sewin machine. A hunting we will go. Yantiti, Yantiti Yo ho! Diana, the Goddess of the Chase, must be laughing. WEDDING The mu c h publi c ized romance in cotland - ended in a ed ing to ay. Maria Isabella Patino, h ei ress of a Bolivian tin mine millionaire - D1i unite d to her English suitor, James Goldsmith. The parents of the bride abandoned their opposition to the aau match. There w a an illogical element in the storm raised by Papa Patino. His legal ground for stoppin g the marriage of his daughter was the fact that Maria Isabella was under age - only eighteen. He forgot that when he married the irl's mother, a fonner princess of the House of Bourbon - she was only eighteen. The young couple eloped to Scotland because there - the legal age for a girl to marry is sixteen. Papa Patino an■■x appealed to the Scottish courts, arguing that his daughter usually lived 1n France, w here a g irl has to be t we nty-one before she can marry ithout the consent of her parents. WEDDIN - 2 Today, howev r, Papa Patino an Mama Patino changed their minds, and gave their permission. So the young couple came out of hidin, an entered the holy bonds of matrimony. ~ ike, Love w ill find a way, even 1 . " it has to go to Scotland -- to fin it.