INDI A )fu.,,..., -{ · (. :rhe P rime Minister o In la :t;s:. ac~ --r he ravest c risis o his ca reer. !8.waharlal Ne hru tr yin :) to decide whe ther to a ccep t the ~a resl a nation o f - his De ~nse Minister, and the three h eads o his armed f orces. This - as Chinese Communis t troops continue their pressure on India's northern border. And with••• the g reat city . o f Calcutta - facing - Red terror. The most controversial figure in this crisis is - Krishna Menon - and controversy is nothing new to him. The Indian Defense Minister has often been criticized - in the West, and in his own country too. Criticized for - his lenient attitude toward ~ed China. Today the heads of the Armed Forces accused Krishna Menon - of play1~ol1t1cs wl th the~ey resigned . Whereuj)on, Krishna Menon - tumed in his own resignation. Prime Minister Nehru must decide tomorrow - what to do about it. Meanwhile, more reports have reached New Delhi - INDIA - 2 ~ abou t Chinese a ression in A ssam. ~ iltration f rom "<. -i( Tibet. Mao Tse-Tun 's me~ sai to be moving bi uns into Assam - by mule train over the high Himalayas. Strengthening their orces - f or a major battle with the Indian garrison in Assam. Calcutta~ That great metropolis on the Bay of Bengal - is close to civil war. Communist mobs - surging through the city. 8'e1z1ng - whole districts or Calcutta. ,) Fighting u back the police - who are asking New Delhi to send in the Army. EISEN HO WER The E i s enhow e r- MacM illan t a lks - they 1 ve ust ended - ca n b e summe up li ke th is: - Unanimi t y o f opinion between the President and the P rime M inister - on most o f t he ma j or issues in the c ol d w ar . Only one point real disagreement. That old question o r - a summi t meetin . MacMillan, still stron ly in avor o meetin g Khrush ' chev - no matter what. Eisenhower, still insistin g - he wants to see evidence of the Soviet leader's good faith - before g oin g any f urther. The London dispatch points out - this ilQ dlsagreemen may not be as bad as lt sounds. Because the Prime Minister and the President are both hope f ul - that iJ Khrushchev is _;;,,ut,~ coming to America t o ~ t h a t he wants a peaceful settlement. Which would mean - a Big Four con f erence on the highest level . . President Eisenhower spent most of the day - at b:t■ • i..1c,1e Qtte 11ea11"~ Jrhe London residence of • U .8'. Ambassador, John Hay Whitney. The President, signing twenty- seven bills sent to him by Congress . A lso playin g host at tea - to India's Hi g h Commissioner - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - ElSEtjliOWEB - 2 Nehru's sister, talking about - the p resent crisis in the relations between India a nd Bed China. KHRUSHCH EV T he tate epa rtme nt an no unces - t h t Khrushchev is bri n in an o ff i cial pa r ty o more than i f t y . Including- thirty-nine newsmen. The boss o f the Kremlin likes company and he'll have a f ull entoura e when he t ours Am erica. The tour - beginnin on the £i ~ ~ £ ~ a s t to coas t . i ft eenth o f this month. Then back to the Presidential retreat - at Camp DAY1d R% Maryland) ,,.wfiere the Eisenhower Khrushchev talks will go on - f or three days. 4,g the w:1:d0wlllc .. ,e tr 1,liq c&IC 08119 ~ Mit leliitF'I.I lMISIIW LA OS The situation in La os is le ss c ri t i cal tonl ht - accordin to the Laotian F orei n M inister. Khamphan P anya, stat in - th r t lo ya l roops are annin throu h th e J un le area - f ormer ly held by the C omm unist led rebels. The Laotian army, capturin a key stron g point - then pushin g on North. Supported by planes - and linkin up with paratroopers dropped ahea d of them. Foreign M nister Panya, so op t imistic - he isn't asking Seato for soldiers. Ka And says he won't have to - unless f orei g n intervention c reates another KU crisis. CAMBODIA That assassination a tem p in Cambo la - ailed by a ew se c on s. Kin Noro om an ueen isowath receivin a packa e marked - f rom a Hon Kon t' riend " . The royal couple, watchin the packa e bein g 011 opened - when they were called to con f er with Cambodia's dele ate to the United Nations. The Kin and Queen had hardly le ft the room - when the packa e exploded. A bomb • /\ kill in three members o f the Palace staff - injuring three others. TAX A new tax on asoline - ma okaye by the ouse public wor k s commit ee. The o t e, o v er whelm in - twenty- 1 e t o six. The c o mmittee oin alon w i th a re q ues t - f rom P resident Eisen hower. O ne cent more - on e v ery allon. B oos t in the federal le v y - t o f our cents a allon. The increase, to _ ei,J last f or - about two years,,c_ Jt':a expected to bring the /( overnment - a billion dollars. !lis. money to be used on ti~ fo;1 9&P pro g ram · or super-hi g hways. I /--. NEW YORK The overnor o ' New Y or k 1s holdin emer e ncy meetin s - with his op advisers. G overnor R ockef eller , truin t o map ou a ull-scale rive -- on uvenile deliqu~ncy. hich has claime our lives in New York City in the past ten a ys. The Go v ernor, cal ling the outbreak of teen-a e v iolence - a reat tra edy. Mobilizing the resources o f the state - to cooperate with Mayor Waner. A tradition ends in Oklah o ma, the tradition of - the bootlegger. The Sooner State - dry for fifty-two years. Keeping prohibition - when most of the country reversed all that int ineteen Thirty Three, with bootleggers doing a brisk business with thirsty Oklahomans. Now if you live in Uklahoma - and have a thirst, it's legal. _l NEB A d i nne r in o n d on - a tend ed b y r o u of old so l d iers. ut o n e a s om e thin ci a l. O n this t we ntiet a nniv e r sa ry o f t h e b eg in n in g o f t ha t g lobal conflict. Just two dec a de s - s in c e itler at t a c k ed P oland. At toni g ht's London dinner - here are a few names:- Churchill, jont g omery, Allenbrooke, a nd, of course - Eisenhower. The f resident has been criticized by - his one-time British aides, es p ecially by - Monty. ~ut tonight - all that was forgotten, as they talked over North Africa, D-Vay, the drive to the Elbe, victory in Europe and so on - end so on - into the ni g ht. OFF IC R here's one wor ht rin n e m e ory - of any f orm e r G I. un mp res i ve o , when p ro n o nc b y a civ i lian - at t n ion. B u - lou ( n f o r m i da b le . he n it ex l o e s - 1 rom the mou th of an o · ' i c er o he pa r a e round. 1 Te n s hun! O ver in n lan d a n A m e ric a n ou t i t - stat ioned at C amp D urranhill. A ener a l a r ri v in g - o in spect th e t roops. Ma j or J ohn D i ck see - s tandin in f ron t o row s o f' G I's. Major Dicksee - always vi orous in ivin g commands. B ut, this time - was he embarrassed! , . ,,, A s t h e Gener a l approached , h e shouted Ten-Shun ~ £th such ener g y - that his f alse teeth f lew out. i£_. h ~ ~ - a ,flj;j._ to,:::t?m' surprise o the G neral, when t:be- Major I s al se t eeth wont= lyin g ~ - 'd -,,j i l-l/1