L . T. L - ~EBR U ARY O 1 ' G o od H, v n i n , Ev er y b o d y : N o w, 1r , whi c h of you is a "cool" p . ck 1 " ' / The Nati o nal ick l lac r A · o i l io n is tryin to find out. Tryin to find a o ol ickle' to reside as Que no i c e e k in Ch i c ago , a t the end of ii ay . The trouble is that th e pi ck l r are meeting some sales resistance. The gals, not calling over one another in a race for the title. Still, the boats of Pickle Week are sure they'll find a Queen. A •cool ~ickle' - blonde, brunette, or redhead - who will represent the Nationa l Picld.e Packers Association. 9LIII Let's go back - exactly one year. Date - February twentieth, nineteen sixty-two. Ti ■ e - nine fort7-five a.a. Place - Cape Canaveral. Occasion - the first atteapt to orbit an astronaut. Bero of the occasion - Marine Colonel John Glenn. The Glenn flight, of course - a resounding success. The apace capsule, ■ aking three tripe around the earth, before co ■ ing down in the Atlantic. The ■ ost spectacular acbieve■ent of our apace progra■. The toast of Aaerica, ene year ago tonight - astronaut John Glenn. far away in Nepal, in the Himalayas - twenty A■ericana are off on a two hundred ■ ile hike. The aeabers of our EYerest expedition - bound for their baae camp. A ■ ong the ■ - three doctors, a psychologist, and a glaciologist. The expedition, not only attacking the tallest peak on our planet. But also adding their bit to the science of ■ountains. The diapatch says that they ■oYed out today in great spirits. Their nati•e porters and sherpa guides, aiaglng aae-old songs of the Biaalayas. The Aaericana, chi ■ ing in with •c1e ■ entine• and •Dixie•. Chances of conquering E•erest? •Excellent• says leader loraan Dyhrenfvth of Santa lonica, California. Adding, that if they cli ■b E•erest - they'll try their skill on the nearby peaks of Lhotse and luptse. Three Himalayan giants on their schedule. This Aaerican expedition - the ■ oat ambitious in the history of ■ ountaineering. UI!!i£QJ1BI The President of Venezuela finally got to see Washington today. President Betancourt, escorted by President Iennedy on a parade through the city. Bands blaring, flags waving - thousands of Washingtonians cheering. As for international relations, the key word was cuba. Betancourt, telling the Overseas Presa Club that Venezuela is being infiltrated by subversives trained in Cuba. And that the de ■ocraciea should cla■p down on all traffic into and out of Caatro' a is lan4. The President of Venezuela also bad so ■ e criticia■ tor paat A■erican diplo■acy in Latin A■erica. But that's in the past. And he's hopeful that the Alliance for prog~ess will present any ■ ore Castros. Then ca■ e the final co nf ere nee at the lhi te House. And the joint co■■uique calling for closer ties between the United States and Venezuela. A coa ■ on effort on behalf of deaocracy in the Western Be■ i a pbere. CUBA --- There are enough Soviet shi p s en-route to Cuba to re■ove half the Russian troops on the island . So reported by American officials in Washington witb regard to the v~ssels that appear to be e ■ pty. Evidently assigned by (hrushcheY to the task of bringing so■e five thousand Russians back to Russia. Oddly, there's so ■e a pprehension about the situation - when tbe7're gone. The Soviet Co ■■ anders haYe kept Castro in line. ~efusing to let the bearded dictator fire on our reconaisaance planes. But who will keep Castro'• finger ott the trigger when hi• Buaaian ■asters are no longer in Cuba? VIET RAIi -------- That battle in South Viet Baa sounds like a replay of lorld lar Two. The ene ■y, entrenched in foxholes. American planes, thundering down to boab and strafe the area. lnfantr7 moving forward quickly to ■ op up the survivors. fell, the planes actually are of lorld lar Two vintage. type that, aotte Most of the■ - B-26 bombers. The targets fro ■ Ger■any to Japan. Still usable in the Vietnamese jungle war. Bitting the Red Guerrillas with bo ■bs, napala, and roc k ets. Allowing the helicopters to aove in with airborne infantry. The victory c o aplete. Th _ bo ■bard ■ent, so terrific th• Reds couldn't stand it. They threw away tbeir rifles and fled into the jungle. The survivors did. The rest either killed or ca p tured. WEATHER ----- Here's an indication o f the weather - in Europe. The Baltic Sea may freeze over for the first time in this century. The ice, already six hches thick in Oslo Fjord. And the ice is gradually pushing froa the shoreline - toward the center of tbe Baltic. Toaorrow it aay be possible to walk fro ■ Sweden across to Poland. Around laples - devastatin landslides. ln the French llpa - avalanches. In Spain - floods. Vienna - every other bathtub is filled with an e■ ergency water su p ply. And the swan population ot lest Ger■ any ia being deci ■ated by hungry foxes. . . NEI EIGLAND ---------- England. The American weather story features New The storm, blowing north through Florida and the ·•iddle Atlantic States. Dropping a foot of snow from Connecticut to Maine. Dozens of towns isolated by drifts five feet deep. Power lines down, cellars flooded - several fatalities from cold. Co■■ercial flights, cut by eighty-five percent at Logan International Airport in Boston. SHIP --- That was a poigaant sight - in the Florida Straits tod a_y. A life jacket, bobbing up and down - displaying the stencilled words •sulpber Queen•. The first clue to the fate of the ■ iasin g tanker. The Marine Sulpher Queen, disappearing on February third - while carrying an explosive cargo of sul p her fro■ Bea u ■ ont, Texas, to lorfolk, Virginia. One guess - that she blew up. This, apparentl7 confir■ ed by that derelict life jacket in the Florida Straits. I suppose that no p irate voyage ever came t o a ■ ore placid conclusion than the one that has just ended in Santana Harbor, Brazil. The hijacked Venezuela freighter, easing into p ort - under the exert control of a Brazillian pilot. A detachaent of Brazilian Marines climbing aboard. Taking over command of the vessel. left the ship. The Reds - entirely subdued as they CANCER --- The words •hydrated electrons• may signify a brea k through in the search for a cure for cancer. This fact, discovered inde p endently at the Argonne National Laboratory in Leaont, Illinois and the Yount Vernon Hospital in Northwood, England. Doctor Edwin Bart of Argonne, and Doctor Jack Boag of Mount Vernon both discovering 8 1aydrated electrons•. The sub-atoaic particles that they believe are the cause of cancer cells. JB!!l-~QY§.E The New Frontier in the White House appears to be receding toward the previous administration. That is, with regard to news coverage of dinners and parties at the executive mansion. lben the Eisenho•ers lived there, a pool of newsaen were allowed to observe the arrival of guests, and the receiving line. The Iennedys opened the lhite House so that newsmen mingled with the guests. But the word is that Mrs. lennedy got tired of her guests bein g interviewed. And the First Lady has been annoyed by pads and pencils aaong the teacups and cocktail glaaaes. Bence today's announceaent. Social functions at the lhite louse, to be covered henceforth as they were in the day• of Ike and Ma■ ie. RIZZUTO ------- I auppose that Phil Rizzuto is than r. ful tonight about one thing. The ti11i~ of his accident. The fact that he didn't get his fingers crushed when he was playing baseball. The injury, not quite so de•astating for a prosperous businessman. Painful enough anyhow. Four fingers fractured when be got bis hand caught in the snow- blower. The worst error ever co ■■ itted by P hil Rizzuto, who was one of the surest fielders in baseball when he played shortstop for the Yankees. llfiQ In Beaainater, lngland, Mrs. Iris Banbury aaya - •I have decided that ay husband and children are ■ ore i ■ portant than bingo•. To which tbe judge replies - •Mada■ , your decision was a long ti ■e co ■ ing•. lrs. Banbury, an avid fan of the squares-and nu■bers 1a ■ e. First, ahe used up all the spare bobs around the bouae. Thea the bank account. finally - tbe coin• in her electric ■eter. If her huaband couldn't do a n7thing about ~ it - tbe co ■ any could. Today ab• told the court - 1be'1 cured. That bia10 playing housewife - of Bea■ inater, ln1laad.