KENNE Y The nost important point in today 's presi ential news conference - ca me r1 ht at the start. p resident Kennedy, read1n a statement - about the situation in the Formosa Strait. The s ituation as it is effected by - the ommunist militar y buil dup opposite gm uemo y and Matsu. Pr esident Kennedy says that our policy is still that o r - pres ident Eis~nhower and John Foster D ulles. Namely , a firm commitment to defend - Formosa and the Pescadores. ~ u Our defense perimete:,A includ~ Q uemoy and M a t s u . ~ a ifferent The Pres !dent, att add . ing ( M ~ 11n~l\dur1ng the campaign. - that he did not t a ke That he supported the prev1o s a ministration - on the Formosa question. And intends to continue - ;;1e Eisenhower-Dulles strategy. ~ ~ 1~ {P,u~ ~ ~ / ~ ~ ~ )Iha t does this Communist buildu - mean ? P res id en t '/ Kennedy dm1ts - he d oesn't kn0w. Tse Tun - to m. erstand our pos1t1on. Which is:- ntetreat from r , _ uemoy and r .1 atsu, at the point of a gun . MEDAL ----- The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medel! Unveiled at the Pentagon today - it will be awarded for hazardous military service during the Cold War. The point being, that the rest of our military ■ edala - are granted in warti ■ e. Shooting wars - that ia. The Defense Department . t . o reward soldiers, sailors and airmen - who do a tour of duty in hot spots like Berlin, Laos and the Congo. The award, an A ■erican eagle - against a background of ~aurel branches. The eagle, flanked bJ - a sword and co ■pasa. For the Cold lar - the Ar■ed Forces Expeditionary Medal. KE rl'hc o 3 t tmportant point in todaJ's presi ential news conference - <'~me ricrht at the stunrt. p h rest ent Kennedy, readinrr a statement - a bout the situation in the Formosa Strait. The S - ituation as 1 t is effected by - the ommunist military builrJup opposite gm ~ uemoy and Matsu. Fresldent KJnnedy says that our policy is still that o f - president Eisenhower and John Foster Dul les. Namely , a f irm commitment to defend - li' ormosa and the Pescadores. ~ u. Our defense perimete~ includ ~ Q uemoy and Matsu . ~ The resident , mt add L ig M.4 - that he did not t ke a 1fferent 11n~.,\dur1ng the campaign. That he supported the previous administration - on the Formosa question. And intends to {k= - , ~ i ~ ~ D ~ ;:;;;~ •f7>1 ~ ~ ,What oes th& Communist buildu - mean? Pres ident Ken:iedy anmits - he oesn 't know. he wants Mao Tse Tun - to umlerstand our position. Which is' - nolretreat • at the point of a gun. from (', _uemoy and r,atsu, AGRICU TURE 'rhe Arricul ture epartm&nt may need al 1 the 3Upport it can r,et from the resi ent - considering that openin barra eon C apitol Hill. Senate investigators, beginnin g ~ ¥1 their hearings on the Estes case - amt d u charges ,r ,l inefficiency and dishonesty. so far as Sub-committee Counsel to suggest - tha½hole Paul Kamerick even went Agriculture Department might · have to be overhauled. Kamerick, EU charging that Billie Sol Estes received preferential treatment- when cotton allotments were being handed out. And that officials in Washington refused to heed warnings - that•• everything was not according to Hoyle down in Pecos, in the Lone Star State. ESTES When the lawyers, representing Billie Sol Jirik- asked for a postponement of his trial - t i 1 ey brought up a common argument. The argument that their &tml client couldn't get a fair trial - just now. The publicity surrounding the Wheeler-Dealer's downfall - creating too much prejudice against hlm. The charge 1n this tria l is - that ldl Billie ~ Sol swindled one farmer out or .... hundred.-and--91.xty-two " thousand dollars. His lawyers claim that a lot of farmers around Pecos - have already decided that the defendant is guilty. The Jury, accused or - reeling the same way. So - the lawyers want a cooling off period. This plea, granted by Judge Starley - who aaya he'll set a later date for the prosecution of Billie Sol Estes. UN - The latest vote in the UN General Assembly - is based on the experience of the International Organization. Specifically - experience in the Congo. Up for discussion today - two other Belgian territories 1n Africa. Ruanda and Urund i c· wh~ch are d~e _t_R become ~flJ\d~ on ~unday. ~I~~~ JiU'..V ~D1ee,1 ~Q;A44.,L. The Soviet delegate launched a bitter attack on Belgium - dur . ing the debate. Morozov, demanding that all Belgian troops be out of Ruanda and Urundi - before independence. Morozov, spouting high flown language - about freedom, human rights, colonialism and so on. Five years ago, a majority of the delegates - might have been persuaded. Since then, they've seen the chaos in ia the Congo, when the Belgians withdrew. The thought of another Congo - 1s enough to give them the P Jitters. Hence today• 8 vote in the Qe:1eral'. Assembly - allowing the Belgians to stay b on 1n Ruanda and Urundi. Stay on - until a peaceful order can be established. Until the two territories - can stand on their own feet. The vote 1n favor of this - almost two to one -- forty-six to twenty-four. SPY - The convicted Communist spy who has disappeared from his home in New York - forfeited a bond of a hundred thousand dollars. That's the main reason why the authorities believe - that Dr. Robert Soblen may have fled the country. Possibly, heade d for - the Soviet Union. Soblen was convicted last year - of n conapirlng to give defense secrets to the Russians. He was sentenced to - life imprisonment. His appeal to the Supreme Court, turned down - on Monday. Now - no one seems to know where he ls. The FBI, in an intensive search for Soblen - hoping to catch him before he slips abroad. If - the Red 11plonage agent hasn't already flown the coop. ATOMIC /. / , The Defe e Department on the several tagon veraio - rather di gments of th rocket - cause o/' eived - /4 or scratche. ~at Christmas Island - the twenty third nuclear explosion of the current series. Thia atomic bomb, more powerful - than its predecessors. One megaton.-• SPACE The astronaut who will make the next flight into orbit - was the backup man last time. Navy Commander Walter Schirra was ready to blast off - if Scott C --1 rpe . nter couldn I t. Now he moves up - to the number one spot. His flight, scheduled for - the end of the summer. How many orbits - for astronaut Schirra? He may not know the answer - until he's already '8 up 1n the sky. with One possibility - six orbits,•••- the space capsule coming " down in the Pacific. LEONARDO That first report from the National Gallery 1n London - sounded horrendous. A vandal, hurling a bottle of ink at a masterpiece - valued at three hundred thousand pounds. A drawing called ' The Holy Family" by Leonardo Da Vinci. To add to the woes of the National Gallery - it doesn't own thia Leonardo. The d . rawing, on lo , an - Crom the Royal Academy. The end of the story - well, it's a happy ending. The ink ,a bottle - didn't break. No ink - splattering the masterpiece. Just a dent - in the plastic covering. The work itself - hardly scratched. But the London National Gallery la keeping a closer watch on 11 The Holy Famil1 11 by IBonardo Da Vinci. OXFORD It was all peaches and champagne today - at St. John's College, Oxford; St. John's, following an old tradition - playing host to the candidates for honorary degrees. Quite a party - at the staid old medieval foundation. Quite - a guest list. Among them, Charlie Chaplin, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, world bank President Eugene Black - and Dean Rusk. Our Secretary or State, as you may have heard - was a student at Oxford back in the thirties. Dean Rusk, a Rhodes scholar - attending St. John's college. Two or his courses - politics and economics. Rather appropriate for this Yank a . t Oxford - who would return years later, aa head ot the American State Department. Today, after the peaches and champagne - Dean Rusk donned his cap and gown. He walked through the line, heard his citation read_ and was approved by the Vice Chancellor. ~ Approved for an honorary degree - that goes back to medieval Oxford. Otttt;<1f ~,.-t1 law-•4'1all'"'9 FIRST LADY Here's an item - for feminine listeners. On second thought - the men may be intere ted too. After all, who isn't interested - in the First Lady? We have some details about Mrs. Kennedy's wardrobe - for her weekend trip to Mexico. Theme of her wardrobe • bright colors. Approprlate - south of the border. The First Lady, to emerge from the Presidential plane in Mexico City - wearing a two piece outfit of pastel green. In her trunk, more than · a dozen daytime dresses - in all the hues of the rainbow. Green, blue, white, yellow - even flamingo pink. Evening gowns? They feature silk, chiffon and straw lace - w1th · saturated hues like flame red. Beautiful Jacquie, going hispanic - - in old Mexico. ~ ~ L 11 01 1 " l"fan't you hear those--•• hombres shouting e, o e. P1Iot Joe Walker and his X-15 today broke a speed record - accidentally. Walker took his rocket plane up over the Mojave - in a test of maneuverability and endurance. He was told to fly at four-thousand miles an hour -and then, in the words of his control officer on the ground, 11 do the twist. ' supposed to. But the X-15 travelled - faster than it was Hitting - four thousand, one hundred and fifty I nine miles an hour. A new r9cord - accidentally.