L.T. BUICK, FISHER. THUR SDAY , MARCH , 1 9 66 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: ~ An almost incredible turn of events today, in the fo•ytunes of Kwame Nkrumah. It has to do with the man who was ousted as President of Ghana last week - and now, this seems incredible Nkrumah has been proclaimed Presidenfr neighboring Guinea. The move supposedly engineered by Marxist Sekou Toure of Guinea -- a long time supporter of Nkrumah. Toure we are told today voluntarily resigned his post as President or Oulnea - to permit the Nkrumah '6.i take-over. All this -- according to an announcement by Guinea ' s roving Ambassador Diallo Abdoulaye, to assembled foreign ministers of the organization of African Unity -- at the meeting currently in progress at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. World reaction - - ranging from shock to outright disbelie, ~or the switch -- if true -- is unprecedente d wven in the muddled fffa1rs of Africa. Will it ...-lead to war between Ghana and Guinea ? With Nkrumah backed by Russia, or China, it could. BOAT Aft e r months of sifting the evidence - a coast- guard board of inquiry today returned its fin~ing1 ., •• I ■ Ii, hi' the sinkin , •• t; JEii: of that I, Caribbean cruise ship - the Yarmouth Castle - with resulting loss of ninety lives. The ■ aster of the aa wessel Greek born captain Byron Vout1ina1 - accused of negligence and •abandon ■ ent of coaaand responsibility':, $or leaYing the ship - at the' height of the fire. SeYeral subordinate officers alao cited for failure to taie •fir ■ and poeitiYe action•. The Board agreed boweYer that the tire became a disaster - because no one di1c0Yered it until it was out of control.- MCNAMARA D~ f ense s~cretary ~•be,, McNamara - again a H witness today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Thttl to testify in behalf of an ) administration request - for four hundred million • dollars worth of additional economic aid. lost of it - for Viet Nam. As part of that testimony - lcla ■ ara aaaertin1 flatly that the United States can achieYe a victory -- in Viet Na ■j ~nd at the same 4·vt ■ ajor Aaian land war. j.,.tl Red time - ..a awoid a China can be conv i nced - ttat,aSN A ■ erica•a goals are li ■ ited. For that reason - said McNamara - •we have ' p done ewerythin _ bu ■ anly possible to male it un ■ i1takabl7 clear - there ia no justification for Communist China• to enter the war. In au ■ ming up - lbBamara adding,~ that the war in Vtet Na ■ was not and ia not a civil war. Two. J!"hat •we are applying·our power with restraint ' - to achieve but a limited objective.• Three - that •we have sufficient power to acbieJ• thia objective, · without iapairing our ability to 1uppor\ our co11 , t1 it ■ enta elaewhere. • VIETNAM Stymied by American might on the battle f ield -- Viet Cong terrorists struck with bo~and bullets today at Saigon; where also three young government employees captured by the Co•wiists, were shot to death -- on the outskirts of the city -- with socalled "death certificates" signed by Viet Cong leaders -- attached to their bodies. Shortly thereafter a terrorist b011b explodtng · tn a Saigon bar -- popular with U.S. service 111n. One Amertean and thr-ee V1etna•ae -- wounded ln the blast. Meanwhile, a force of guerrillas today attacked an unarmed oil barge -- in a nearby S-curve of the Saigon river; apparently an attempt to block that vital canal --key to the port of Saigon. This the third such attack ln recent weeks -- again fortunately unsuccessful. BILL ---~ Despite a ahow of reluctance, President Johnson today officially aigned into law - the new f( , , cold war G ! Bill or Rigbta. Coat of the ■eaaure - far in exceas of hia own budget propoaala, ~ the Preaident noted: but he said be waa signing it - •becau1e it ia tor education.• Adding a ■ id laughter all around that •a President ju1t ■uat not i1nore the unaniaoua Yote of both Hou••• of Congre•• - and 10 ■ • five aillion ■ en who will be benefitina.• JAKARTA At Jakarta -- a last-ditch at~empt today by President Sukarno of Indonesia -- to control mounting student opposition to his new leftist cabinet. Sukarno ordering 1anediate cloa1ng of the University of Jakarta and placing the campus henceforth under . ■ 111tary authority. The closing necessary said Radio Jakarta - because 'there was at present an absence or cal■ atmosphere in the students lives. ' HINDUSTAN In Hindustan; an uprising by rebellious Mizo tribesmen in the huge Northeastern state of Assam. The Mlzos - - next door neighbors to the head-hunting Ragas who for years have sought independence -- thelr own autonomous state. Governaent officials at New Delhi pro■lse the rebellion -- 'will be put down with a heavy hand. 1 A total of seYen ae ■bers of the lu Ilux llan - were indicted by a Washington grand jur1 todaJ on charges of conte ■ p+ of Congre••• for refuaing to aub ■ it llan records to the Bou•• On-A ■erican ActiYities co ■ aittee - during it• 1ear- lon1 inweatigation of the hooded order. The 1ewen i~cludina Robert Shelton ot Tuecalooaa, Alabaaa - I ■ perial li1ard of the United Ilana of Aaerica. laxi ■ua aentence on coaYiction - a thouaand dollar fine and a 7ear in Jail. BACKACHE According to recent studies -- nlne out of ten American men are victims of serious backache at s011e time in their lives. At least one good reason for it -- offered today at the Northeast Medical Association Convention right here in Stowe, Vermont. Dr. Beckett Howorth of Greenwich, CoMectlcut asserting that if your back-aches its probably because or your pot belly. Weak muscles in the stoMch area -- putting an added strain on the spine. Thla -- said he -- • by-p!'Odact or modern llfe ln &llerlca -- "where people exercise bJ gettlng ln and out of cars." If you have backache -- better read Dr. Hans Kraus~ new book -- title, Just Backache. CAMBRI ~E -----~--- From Cambridge England the ead story toda7 of a young British coed who recently beca■e the first girl - ever to qualify for ■embershi p in Cambridge', exclusive ~ing Street Run Club. As required by college tradition - the pert lass downing a pint of B~iti1h beer - in each of eight puba on that celebrated ling Street. A feat to be proud of? lo - said university official• - proaptly auapenddag her~•• ■ ,111111, The coed - for her part - r,ruaing to •••k reiaatate ■ ent, Becauae, eaid abe. •1 waanlt drunk and I haYen't done 1n7t,hin1 wrona. • lould you aa7 - a •atout• g i r l ! ~ ~ ? ~ ( '\RJ- ~ 7 ~ -ei,,? fl