In Manila, tonight, Vice President Carlos Garcia - swom in as President or the Philippine Republic. Sacceeding Ramon Magsaysay - killed, when the transport plane 1n which he was traveling crashed into a mountalh on Cebu Island. Few people 1n this country will know anything about the new President or the Philippines. In tact, 'When he was elected on the Magsaysay ticket~ rew P1lip1noa had ever heard or hlil. Yet sixty year old Carlos Garoia has had a dlatlngullh Jl political career, serving tor many years 1n high position. But he's a retiring, aelt-ettac1ng scholar - tar dltterent tl'GII bla dr-t1c, spectacular predecessor, the tlery R•on NagaQ111. The new Prealdent like Magsaysay - strongly pro-American and pro-western. 0 · - - ·· The Philippine lalanda are 1n moumlng. Plaga at halt mast - places or entertalnlent closed. Radio stations playing - only subdued music. Today, ten.._ thousand people stood bare-headed 1n the .S blazing sun - when an American helicopter brou@ht Nagaayaay'e body to ~ h a p e l 111 PIILIPPIIIS - 2 Cebu City. Hundreds crowded into the chapel, and fell on their knees. or twenty-eeven persona 1n the 111-rated airplane d A w ~ ~ -(4 ~ ~ / 1 "{ only one 1' survive~ Philippine newspapel'llan A thrown clear 1n the crash. And this only surviYOr says - there waa a nuh, an explolion, before the plane 11tl'llck the aountain.o.{f O } )'hich leads - to auapiciona or sabotage. Pre11dent Nagaayaay a bitter ant1-Ccaaun1at. And the Reda 111ght well want to ban hill out or the way. On the other hand, Philippine autborltle• ~~~ • - , ~ ~ it alght well have been an accident. So tar as I can recall, th1a la the ' rat cue ot a head or governaent - killed 1n an air accident. DISARIWIIIIT Soviet Ruaaia comes up with a new armaaent proposal. Suggesting a "de-atomized" area, on both sides or the Iron Curtain. That is• put a ban on atoa1c weapons in both Eastern and Western Germany. Which proposal was made - 1n a d1sa1"111118nt aeaa1on in London. MIDDLE EAST 'lhe United States gave assurances, today - to Israel. Promising - to use American influence to keep down trouble in the Gaza Strip, and promote free passage for Israeli vessels through n the Gulf or Aqaba. Al.so - through the Suez Canal. So stated in a Joint declaration by the Porelgn 1Un1ster or Israel, Mrs. Golde Meir - and our own Secretary ot State John Poster Dullea. Tll1~bmNr""'C!l~:UIIR~m-.. Wa~on ,. in ~ IIN.,,..1r e,,...aaed ya' '?ncU'h that - / ~ / ' / / / / / ~ / Iarae te~ov•r,Jrielop•~• t o l l ~ the l t ~ l Ot / ✓ ;'neU ~ . , . tro■ ~1an territory; • ~c,t1ona -7 ~ l e that ~ •Y 11999 troo_111 into ~e Gaza }&1p. ADD MIDDLE BAST The Cairo radio, tonight, announced - that the U I forces will evacuate all the buildings they now occupy at Gaza. Diacuaalons going on - to establish headquarters ot the international soldiers in El AuJa, the de-militarized zone along the border or the Strip. Strangely, the Cairo radio alao speaks ot Bethleh•, aa a place tor atatlonlng UN troops. Bethleh•, the place ot the Nativity. Across Israel• and 1n Jordan, ISRAEL SHIP Today, the Q ueen of Sheba a went sailing down through narrow waters - of ancient legend. Which •Y sound romantic - but it was far more significant than any pageant of exotic royalty. · The Queen of Sheba · - a prosy freighter - flying the flag of Israel. The narrow water1- the Gulf ot L-(_ Aqaba. A / focus - of international dispute. Israel - " } asserting the right of navigating through the waterway, by 11eana of a practical demonstration - sending a ship through. There were no tireworka - no incident of any 1ort. The critleal point - the narrow straight or Tiran, at the . Where) entrance to the Gulfi · awa,.<there are two amll islands - cmanand1ng the passage. Islands, belonging to Saudi Arabia - b~tl ~,,,(given to Egypt, on loan. Previously, Egyptian cannon on those two islands - had kept Israeli ahipa from passing through the Gulf ot ~ . Aqaba. Navigating to or from l a Israel~ port of Ei..1at{- ~ 5 ~ ~ ~ . : f - - ISRAEL SHIP - 2 .~;t tG ~~~lit ~{f - at the head of the Gulf. Today t no u c&Mon - only the / ...... I \ wreckage of F.gyptian gun emplacements. AU. own up by the ,,) Israelis, when they seized positions along the Gulf or u Aqaba. f ~ ' A111■ap, J°he two islands uaa a occupied by soldiers A or the UH police force. So the Queen of Sheba steamed n without hindrance, out into the Red Sea - bo1.md for the Port of Masawat on the African Coast. Israel announces that still another ves~elt with a South African cargot la on its way to make the puaage ot "' the Gult ot Aqaba. Still other ships - to follow. ~ The claim is - that the Strait or Tlran ls an international waterway. But ~ t and Saudi Arabia 1na1at - it's in Slit• their territorial waters. Today, at Cairo, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia declared - that his country will use every means possible to prevent Israel from using the Gulf or Aqaba. ISRAEL SHIP - 3 ~ ' 7 The Queen of Sheba had an easy tl-f oday - but it remains to be seen what the future holds. - r ATOMIC In London, a hint - that the British may stage a hydrogen bomb explosion, which cannot be detected. IJatune from detection - by Soviet Russia. 'nlat•s the inference - drawn from a rema . rk in the House Qf Commons, today. The Socialist opposition demanded - how many hydrogen bombs will be detonated 1n the forthcoming teats - on Christmas Island, in the Far Pacific. Minister of Supply Aubrey Jones retuaed to state the exact number. Rumors say - five. Whereupon, Socialist MP Philip Noel-Baker argued - that with detection equipment, any great power can spot &Ollie explosions whenever they occur. So why a refusal - to state the number now? To which the supply minister answered - that, to state the n1.111ber mt• would reveal to the Russians the development of new techniques. A'l'ONIC - 2 Which is taken to signify - new techniques to prevent the detection or hydrogen explosions. -- - - - BISDHOWmt President Eisenhower, today, saw something he'd never seen before. And the echo might respond - it waa tille he did. The President - on his leisurely voyage to Ber11uda 1 ~~~ ~oard the Navy Cruiser Canberra; an ultra-modern cratt, given over to guided miaailea. So naturally, there was guided lliaalle practice. And that's what President Blaenhower, today, saw tor the tlrat t111e. The tiring - ot a guided ll11111e. The target - a World Var Two tighter plane, piloted by - - remote control. Two lliaa1lea - each twenty-,eeven teet long. The rtrat one - scoring a ■111. But the second went speeding - straight at the target, exploding - along1lcle the fighter plane. Which took a violent lurch - then plungir into the sea. RACKETS The Senate rackets investigating connnittee --#4 will get.A income tax returns or Dave Beck, President of the Teamsters Union. President Eisenhower - giving that order today. The co•ittee If granted broad power to inapeat the government records conceming Beck and other union ofticiala. On a CBS television program Sunday, Beck stated- that he had borrowed two to three hundred thousand dollara or union funds, w1 thout paying 1nteres t. And - w1 thout reporting the loan to the membership ot the union. Be aald he put up collateral - and baa repaid every cent. Today, c01111ittee investigator Robert Kemedy told reporters - the borrowing transaction was "tar 110re complicated" than Beck 1ncUcated. "Broader" than loans~ ~ ~ (; ~'-,t, ~ , ruh1ng;¢, a fade c o r 1 c ~ icial of the T·t•rs u on II tor. ""8rus to .,.,.,,,. / stify a pre~j.O' hear~. Cla~ipg - the , ,.,. ' bet~ wh1ct) , t~ey ap~~d, had no author.tfy to i. qu'ti;uon ✓-~ - so . - ~ they~ indicted - for contempt or 1 ~ 1 1 1 . EXPLOSION An explosion, tonight, in the giant plant ot the Pord Motor Company - the River Rouge plant, in IMWDDN Dearbom. At leaat eighteen persona -injured. Followed by fire. Which, however, waa extinguished quickly. The explosion occurred 1n what they call "the aUIIJ)" tank. Which cathcea paint - sprayed on auto tr-• aa they aove along the production line. CHISSMAI A new mystery - 1n the remarkable case of the convict author - Caryl Chessman. Under sentence of death in the California State Prison~ ever since lineteen iorty- Eight. His case appealed a number of times - and still under appeal. During which period of nine year& - he baa establiahed a reputation as an author. Having written two booka - which were published. How, a third - 1n the hands ot a publiaher. The mystery - how did the convict s■uggle the manuacript out ot San Quentin prlaon? The prison authoriti•• - knowing nothing about it. Yet the manuscript ot a tull size book is a bill.Icy object. Thia ~ v e hundred pages. An investigation has betn going on, and Attorney ) General Clarence Linn says - he questioned Cheaamana literary agent 1n Kew York, Joseph Longatretch.,.lfho a states - he received the manuscript 1n the • i l ~ s e n t it along to the publisher. CIIISSIWI - 2 The next one to be queatloned - CheaalllUl'a lawyer, George Davia, who 1a one or the tew people - allowed uxu• 1n to vlalt the convict author. Davia declares - he welcC1N1 an inquiry. Adding: " That book, now la 111ne. 11 Explaining- that Cheas.an has assigned all rights and protita to the laWJer. Aa payment tor legal ae"lc91. In the convlct•a own tight tor llte, one appeal to the courts, atter another. IBV YORK The New York State legislature haa a conmittee - studying the question or winter sports. Why does do the State lag so badly 1n ski resorts? Today, the c01111ttee answers - by pointing at a provision in the Constitution of New York. Which decreaa - that the toreata or the Catakilla and Adlrondacka shall be kept "torever wild". Whioh was intended to ke.-p c0111ercial develop11ent1 out ot thoee areas ot wilderness. Al a r•edy, the c0111lttee proposes - legislation a which ~ould open the Catskills and Aditondacka to winter sports. Under - strict regulation. With a plan - tor a two- and-a-halt-lillllon dollar developaent ot a Whiteface Nountain ski center • . The comittee points out, 1n mournful tones, that New York State has a revenue trom winter tourists - estiaated atjeven million, tive hundred thousand dollars. While, 1n neighboring New England States, the revenue comes to - one 111W YORK - 2 hundred million. Yet ,he anowtall 1n Kew lork ia greater than 1n the winter sport, areas or Kew England. Yea, the snow 11 okay. The trouble being- r SHOOTilll At Sellersburg, Indiana, a man shot and killed by a Methodist• minister. But, it there ever was juatitiable homicide - this was it. The Reverend Robert Gingery is pastor or the TrlnltJ Methodist church. And one or his PU:iahionera wu - police Sergeant Marvin W.lts. The clergy11B11 and the pollceun - close trienda. Today, they were driving together 1n the Sergeant•• car - when the radio gave an al&r11. A bank robbery - a bandit holding up the Sellersburg State Bank and getting awa, with sixteen hundred - dollars. 'nlen, a •re tew 111.nutes later, the pollceaan spotted a auspicious aut0110blle - and · atopped it. Sergeant Walts getting out, and walking over to question the driver. Leaving the clergyman in the police car. As lt happened, the pol1ceaan had stopped the fleeing bandit - 1n his getaway fro■ the bank robbery. SBOOTIIII - 2 And, as he approached the autOllObile - the bandit shot hill dead. IQ Jumping out, and grabbing his gan. 'Dien - walking to the police car, where the clergyaan sat. The Reverend Robert Gingery had the policeaan•• shotgun - and he tired one blast. The end - or the bandit. Selt fa detenae - and a proper vengeance tor the murder ot hia parishioner and triend. IIARLOlf CURTICE In Detroit - a ceremony hailing one or the tam111ar features or our tille. The want ad - h!!J) wanted, Job wanted. Thia la '' national want ad week" - and 1n Detroit, - - - a plaque waa presented to Harlow Curtice, Preaident or Oenenl Moton. Inscribed on the plaq~e - a 4 ~ pu.bllahld in the Pllnt Michigan Dally Journa1,7orty-three yeara ago. Which the Prealdent of General Motors will neverfbrget. In April, 11netnn Pour.teen, Harlow Curtice wu a young • 111111 - 1n need ot a Job. So, at IPllnt, he looked through the want-ad• ot the Dally Journal, and spied - aOMthlng rather cryptic. Help wanted - bu;~ aention ot the• kind ot Job. Merely called- a 11 tine opportunity." He applied f> r the Job - and got 1 t. Th• "tine opportunity" tumlng out to be - a poaitlon •• bookkeeper at the AC Spark Plug COlll)any. Well, that was in the early days or automobiling. The company - rlour1ah1ng. The young bookkeeper - rising wlthit. 8IRLOlf CURTICE - 2 Later, the AC Spark Plug COIIPUly bee- a D1Yl11on ot General Motora - and Harlow Curtice was on hla ay to the Henry - as we all know - 1Dp. low -!Pri•ldent ot General llotora. Thanka - to that want-ad. BID - Amouncer: And now Lowell ThOlll.8 recalls. L.T. ~ A raarkably futile prediction - 1n the nen - ( a year ago today. Govemor Orville Preeaan or IUnneaota - uking the forecast that Adlai Stevenson would win a •-Pini victory 1n the Nlnneaota prillary. Which••• all wrong - because two da71 later Ketauver scored an upaet victorJ. But then, later, in the Dlllocratic lational Convention - the Stevenson won, and Kefauver loet. Arter which, ln ~ election that - Stevenson loat 1n ~ Biaenbower landallde. Well, in an, Preaidentlal 7ear, the political prognoatlcatlona can go haywire. So, aoloiig until t0110rrow.