L.T.-OLDS, FISHER. MONDAY, SEPT. 30,196 GOOD EVENING : In July, 19 6 2, Algeria won ite independence from France -- after seven and h lf a a years of fighting. For the pal fourteen months, the North African nation __ has been simmering with d eeeneion. Today, that opposition broke to the eurface,wllll the tough Berber Mountaineers decided theywould fight for more eay in the Algerian government. The Berbers are led by Colonel El Hadj, who wee deposed yesterday after he declared the government of prea dent Ahmed Ben Bella "illegal." The Berbers are ancient inhabitants of the North African seaboard -- the Barbary coast getQ ite name from them. But they also sprean far afield - westw a rd into Morocco and southward to the Sudan. They li v ed in Libya two millenniums ago -- and fought ware with soldiers of the pharaohs. They migrated to this particular area of North Africa in the seventh century and have steadfastly IEAD - 2 - preserve d their identity. Presently, they number about two million - about afifth of the Algerian population. But they live in the mountain region of Kabylie -- mainly in poverty. one barber spokesman explained the extent of hie people•e opposition today -- saying 11 this ie not the end in the f1ght 11 against Ben Bella. "Pour people", he e id, "don 1 t bow before anybo y . 11 And ton ht, President Ben Bella, told hie nation b y r d io th t Moroc can troope are concentr t i ng near the Al rian b order -- in an apparent effort to support the Berber uprising. CIVIL RIDHTS Alabama State law enforeement off11 l ca e and the Govenor 'e office apparently eurpr1eed local Birmingham authorities today, announcing the arrest of two persona in connection with the bombing of the church which killed four girls. comments in Birmingham range from "it I s newe to us 11 - - to "absolutely no comment" in the ja lin o the two ~:Uepects. Announcement of the a ppre hen~ion w· ~ m a de Colonel Al Lingo -- clief of the Alabama etate hi hway p a trol w o identified the men ae R.E.Chamblies and Ch a rle~ c · 1 b o h previously connection with Ku Klue Klan act1v1t1ee1n Alabama. It 1 s also been hinted -- again by Colonel Lingo -- that the men are being questioned about other bombings. In the past eight years, Birmingham Negro homes, churches and businesses have J ean the targets for eome two dozen bombings. DffRO. TO L.T. - Now, thd s tory of an Old World find -- a treasure for scuba divan: in a Canadian River. Lowell Thomae tells the story. HEL LO DICK, GOOD E VENING EVERYBODY: Some reflections or a traveller, flying over A frica. If you happen to be thinking ot going 1n tor under- w ater archaeology•• I suezest you try the French River. It'a n ot 1n France, it•a in Canada. It runs through Ontario to La ke Huron. You won't t1nd any Greek amphoraa or Span1ah g alleons there 1n the French River. B11t, you w111 t1nd re11ca of an exciting era -- Doria Megill tella about 1t 1n the "Canadian Geographical Journal." 'l'he idea of using ac11ba dlvers - that occurred to Canadian Conservation Director John Mactle. The Conservation Director realized that many a colortul Colonial canoe had overturned in the rapids or the French River. So, two scuba d ivers were obtained. Don Hughson and J1m Shepard. They had , been expbring wrecks at the bottom ot Lake Huron. And now they began at a place called Double Rapids -- the French River. Jim Shepard waa the tlrat to surface and he FR E NCH RIVER - 2 . · · - - - brour;ht a couple of 1ron axes up with him. The kind used when Canada was New France, long ago. Don Hughson came '1P with aome kettles of that same period. And then other t1nda came tast _ beans. knives, pikes, fish hooks - and rusty old tllntlocka that had fired many a bullet at a deer or at a Redakin. Exhausting the Double Raplda - the scuba dlvera moved on to the Flat Rapids and the Recollet Falla. The tinda here were a bit meager - compared to the more dangerous stretches ot the rlver. But before tlnlahlng th1a under water exploration - these two chaps had come up with a whole array of tools and 11eapona used long long ago. And how do you identity ancient rellcs like these? The article by Mlaa Megill glvea an example. S'1bJect - kettles. If you find a ser1ea ot kettles that tl~, one lnaide the other - then, they are of British origin. It each kettle- la an in- dependent item - ah, that's French. The kettles that the two ac'1ba dlvera round - ,·:ere 1n0~pendent items. Theretore, rellca of New France. Visible "?R E r cH RrvER - 3 _ ....... - links with the exciting Colonial perlod when French pioneers ran the rapids or the French River. And - some ot them didn't ma ke 1t. Solong, SATELLITE The United States has moved a step further in the field of space -- by orbiting the first satellite PULLY l)Olfered by a nuclear generator. The historic teat was pertor•d rr 011 Vandenberg Air Force in California, last Saturday. A rocket booster combination sent the satellite to such an altitude that it, s expected to stay there tor about n1111 hundred yeare. Thi nuclear power plant -- called "Snap 9-A" -- 11 a prototype ot the systems being developed to provide electrical energy tor ALL equipment on future space voyages. However, ,.t baa Nar&IIII to do with nuclear propulsion engines, which are being developed under another project. BUIDARIA Another C011111unist bloc atlon waa heard troa today -- indicating it might be interested in purchasing A•rlcan grain. BUlgaria'e foreign Minister Ivan Bashev • t with secretary or state Rusk at the United Nations, and said later that he expressed his government's desire tor lie developaent ot trade relations between the two nations. Bulgaria le one ot the ■oet rigidly doctrinated or the Soviet satellites. The overture today underlines the recent change in the Kr•l1n attitude toward the west. There was also c011•nt today trO/ff · oecow on the grain situation. premier Khrushchev bla■ing bad weather tor puttir.g Russia's 1963 harvest in -- what he called -- a rather difficult position. The United States e~pects to decide within a few daye whether to allow grain dealers to sell their surplUI wheat to Russia. The White House ls etu ving the proposed 250 - million dollar deal. GRENADE From Tangier, Morocco -- a story of courage, and 1te reward. Last July, a grocery clerk saved the life or a young boy and his playmates when the lad pulled the firing pin of an old hand grenade. Moulay Tbourk was fast -- but not taet enough. The grenade exploded before he CDuld throw it away -- and Tbourk lost both hands. But that s•ll story or heroism spread -- through All of Tangter, and even to the American lavai Base at Ken1tra. Tomorrow, Ibourk leaves tor New York to be fitted with artificial hands. Hie expenses -- atuared bJ thl Americans and Ibourk 1 s employer. LTP.1963.09.30i.pdf LTP.1963.09.30ii.pdf