TH A ILAND I )1t The first A merican fighting men into Thailand today - members o f the ir F or c e. War planes, landing at Bangko~ air field - ready for action. After them - transportsi /Vft ~ equipment and supplies. Meanwhile, sailing up the Gulf of Siam - eighteen hundred combat-ready marines. The Leathernecks, going ashore to the cheers - of a big crowd. fa But hardly pausing long enough -to wave back. They headed north toward strategic points - on the Mekong River. The spearhead - of£(_ U, I eue show a11 of force in Southeast sia. And a warning to A the Red guerrillas of Laos - to stay out of Thailand. L AOS FOLL OW TH IL AND 0)1-tp LD"l"'"""'"'fb.f,.., w U-PC:Jbll~u.rm,....__. we s t e rn ob ser ve rs - t ha t A me rican action in Thailand ha ~ put a b r ake on Red a gg res s ion fn Laos. The g uerrillas, not r es umi ng - tu their d ive acros s Laos to t h e Mekong River. A n d t h e international c o ntrol commis s ion expressed some optimism - after a conference with rebel military leaders. The Reds, declarin g that they are willing to respect an armistice - as long as the loyalists do. The hope tonight - is for another round of peace talks. Leading to - the formation of a neutralist government, the one thing on which we agree - with the Russians. SALAN In aris to day , a de fendent rose before a high tr ibunal - and read a for mal statem e nt. · · I am the h ead of the O A - he said. Then he went on - 11 as such, my responsibilit y is c omp lete . ' The y say t hat Raoul Salan spoke - like an old cl sol d i e r. His voice calm and measures - as it used to be I-, when he addressed his t roops. His statement today, no attempt to get around - the i n d i c t m e n t . ~ But he did attempt - to save his subordinates. Insisting, that whatever they di d in lgeria - was by his order. Salan's ,. att1~~"71nd1ctment - is that the charges are true. And - to his credit. That he acted as a -4J:- ~ patriotic Frenchman - ~~• defen~ea:IFrench · 1geria with every weapon he could find. I n cluding - O A S terrorism. Who, then - is guilty? Salan scrupulously avoided the name - but everyone in the courtroom knew that he meant DeGaulle. A fter reading his statement - Salan refused to answer questions - on the ground that he had said everything SALAK - 2 he had to say. After that, he folded his arms and looked somewhat bored - as his lawyer launched into the legalltlea of hla defense. FRANCE The President of France is having gn trouble with his generals and his cabinet ministers - for different reasons. The two military men, opposing - the plan for an Algerian A lgeria. DeGaulle, fearing that they are no longer reliable. That's why he booted them out of - their co..anda • .) .,Mid ordered them .,._,watched - to prevent either tr011 becoming another Salan. As tor the five dissident Cabinet Mlnlatera - they object to DeOaulle's plan for a United Europe. The •mbera or the popular Republican party, deaandlng - a genuine unlon of the nations. DeGaulle, holding out tor - a greater degree of national independence. The difference or opinion, so heated - the cabinet ministers turned in their porttolioa. ~ ' ~ t h e y intend to tight DeGaulle ln the next election. A NEW GUINEA The word from Hew Guinea tonight is - that the Dutch are mopping up the remnants of the Indonesian invasion. The force dispatched from Hollandia, pinning Sukarno's paratroopers against the sea - along the southern shore of the island. The battle, easier than anticipated - because ~~1:ow the nu■ber of paratroopers Sa s•ller than the original A. est1ute. Porty-instead of a hundred and forty. And the Dutch Havy haa thwarted - an invasion by sea. Capturing a boatload of Indonesians - armed with CM tlz.J-, ~ pistols, rifles and grenades.) _ . join the paratroopers. Instead, they are 1apr1soned - in Hollandi&. PRIMARIF.S The primaries in Nebraska and Pennsylvania add up to - a victory for Eisenhower Republicanism. Fred Seaton, winning the GOP nomination - for Governor of Nebraska. Seaton last in the public eye - when he served as Secretary of the Interior in the Eisenhower administration. In PeMSylvania, a victory for William Scranton - Ike's hand-picked candidate. Scranton, wiilriing the right to run for - the State House in Harrisburg. Among the first to congratulate Eisenhower ' Republicans Fred Seaton and Bill Scranton - Dw1ght~Elsenhower CONVICTS That Jail break in Chicago - was well planned. The mastermind, apparently - William Triplett who was facing trial h for the murder of a Detroit labor leader. Today, prison guard Sheldon Johnson brought a glass of water - to Triplett's cell. Whereupon, he was overpowered - by Triplett, Michael Huntingon, and Paul Muhlig. The convicts, taking their captive's gun, his uniform - and, ~ . his bunch of prison keys. They locked the elevator operator - 1n wtth JohnBon) ~ locked two other guards - in another roOlll. Then they descended to the ground floor, walked quickly out of the building, JWIIPed into Johnson's car - and sped into Chicago. Tonight - the dragnet - 1a out for ~ t a - . them. T h e ~ that they are headed for Detroit. (; ~ ~ ~ ~ i l . : t !tie.warning - all three convicts are armed, and dangerous. f... ./4 ESTIS - The controYersial Texas financier is goiag to have a chance to tell all, to Senate inYeatigatora. The aub-co ■aittee, slap ing a subpoena - on Billie Sol Estes; ordering hia to appear on Capitol Hill - along with hi1 personal business records. Since Estes ia accuaed of ahadJ operation• with the Agriculture Departaent - OrYille freeaan, SecretarJ of Agriculture bas been under fire. But Freeaan repeats that be won't resign - and that he was not aixed up in an7 of the late• acandal. ie will, however, get rid of •••rJ one in hi• iepartaent - who was iDYOlYed - including Jaaea lalph - •ho, wntil 7eaterda7, was fr••••n'• a1siatant. LADIES __ ..., __ When one lovely lady is referred to as a •countr1 bumpkin• and another as a •pirate• doesn't it sound as if the age of chivalry is dead? The •country bu■pkin•? Margaret Ar ■ strong-Jonea; the C~untess of Snowdon. The London Daily Mirror saya the Queen's sister - goes in too much for colorless tweed, high collars, and old-fashioned crinolins. Not •hat should be worn in aristocratic circles. Tony'• Princess - a •country buapkin.• Tb• •pirate•? Jacqueline lennedy, So says Radio Moscow. Beterring to tbe way tbe first Lady christened our polaris sub ■ arin• •Lal'a7ette,• Khrushche•'a mouthpiece, calls th• sub - •a buccaneerin1 craft.• Suggesting that the lady who naaed and launched it belongs to the profession of Captain lidd. Intriguing t bought, Dick. l ■ agine beautiful Jackie, in pirate costu■ e, sailing the Spanish Main, under The J o l ly Bog• r ! J o l ly idea• ASTRONAUT At C ape Canaveral, astronaut Scott Carpenter - climbed into his space capsule I A urora Seven. 11 The astronaut, dressed in his pressurized suit - settled in front of the instrument panel. The door - shut behind him. Then the capsule and the booster rocket were checked - in preparation for blast off. The astronaut and the technicians finding - everything okay. This exercise, one of the last dry runs - before the countdown begins for real. Target date - Saturday. Cape Canaveral reports that as of now - only the weather is an obstacle. The clouds may be too low - the waves too high. But if mother nature cooperates, and no last minute Ilia hitches occur - Scott Carpenter should rlde into orbit on Saturday.