~ h e r e was something besides exoiteaent. on Capitol H ill today. S now - three inches of it. The heaviest snowfall - of the season. Accomp a nied by the lowe1t teaperature - since last winter. The theraoaeter, dropp to seventeen - the wind, rising to thirteen ■ il•• an hoer. The streets of Washington - cold, bleat, slippery, aa4 leea crowded than usual. The ashington weather, part of a pattern - aorou moat of tbe ooantry. A frigid cold wave, gripping tbe nation - possibly the worst of. the oentur,. fifty below - in the W estern Moctiea. 1 orty below - on the Great P laina. Beadings of thirt7 below - too ooaaon to aeatloa. The dee p chill, extending down through Dixie - thre a tenin g to kill the citrus crop in ilorida and the Rio Gr a nde V a lley. Today, the members of the Eighty-seventh Congre1a were getting acquainted - and renewing old friend1hip1. Capitol Hill, buzzing with talk - ringing with laughter. Much shaking of hands - in the cloak roo ■ a. ~ ) 4 o o n e ~ ever served in Congress - ••er got tired of th• pleasantries ·that go with the rea••••blina of the national legislature. Getting acquainted today - four new M e mbers of Con g ress. O ne S enator - and three Re p resentatives. uttin g it politically - three Democrats and one .. Republican. Senator ~aurice Mur p hy of New Hampshire,<._ ~ r e p laces the late Styles Brid g es. The House ){ has vemocr a ts Henry Gonzalez of Texas - and Lucien Nedzi CQfUilE§~ - 2 . . of Michigan. ) , freshman - Joe Waggnmr. of Louisianna. While the newcomers are settling in - the old pro have Congress well in hand. Vice P resident Johnaon p reaidi~ over - the ~enate. Congreas ■ an John McCormack of Massachuaetts - picking up the gavel of the Speaker ot the House. Congressman Carl Albert of Oklahoaa - movin1 YcCormack'a int~--~old place, as Vemocratic Leader. Senators ansfield of Montana(Democrat) and Dirksen of !llinoia (Republican) - are returning t'o direct their reapective artie s. The balance of power in bqth cha ■bera - still top- heavy on the side of the Democrats. Democratic aajorit7 in the Senate - Sixty-four to Thirty-six. !n the House - Two-hundred-and-fifty-eight to O ne-hundred-and-seventy- fer. The Eighty-seventh Congress, wearing a familiar look - as it launches the session for 1962. President wants to cut some tariffs - by fl.tty percent. So says Senator Smathers of Florida - who serve ■ on the Senate finance coamittee. The Senator adding, th a t the P resident wants to h~lp induatriea - hard hit br tariff reduction. Help \hem with goTernaent contract ■, job retraining, relocation - and so on. Ko su~1i4le1. A crew of eight American flyers are in the air • tonight - on a flight that may brin g them eleYen new wor14 records. The plane - a B-52 jet bo ■ber. Pilot - Major Clyde EYely of Petersburg, Virginia. Major IYely, tatia1 off fro ■ an airfield - on Oki~awa. ~ding for Madri4 - I on the other side of the glo~e. The 1 ~ 29, to coYer aore <>--.,~~ ~ - than tweln thoua;nd ~le~~ flying onr Tokyo, Seattle, fort Worth, and Washington. The eight meabers of the·Airforct want to break eleven record• - for speed and d i ~ The principal one - length of flight, without r ~ ~ ~ ' l l ~ ~ if they aake it all the way froa Okinawa to M adrid. Meanwhile, the X-15 - failed to set a record. In fact, th e engine didn't even start today - when the rocket lane was turned loose. lt dropped from beneath it'• mother plane - at 45,000 feet, over the MoJau Desert. The p oint at which it's supposed to start moYing - under its own power. This time - nothing happened. A mo ■ ant later, pilot Forrest Petersen reported by radio - •laltunctioa.• Meaning - the engine, rufuaing to come to life. So " Peteraen a smooth put hia plane into a long glide - ••h• end, ia ~~ . landing, M ~ > . , l l e v a d a ~ Tonight, airfirce mechanics are looking for the •bug• - in the X-15. P eace in Algeria - seems closer tonight. At least - p eace between lleGaulle and the Moslem rebels. Beason - to d ay's rebel declaration that they~e ready to pu■h th• p eace talks. Aeady to 11>rk with DeGaulle toward hia idea J of - an Algerian Algeria. W ith . . rantees for rrenoh interest, - and the iights ot the European settlers in Algeria. The fly in the Algerian-oint ■ ent, of course - la how the settlers feel about it. The lightwing extre ■ iata are atill threatening to start a reYolution - if the DeGaulle plan goes through. MOLQTQY In oscow - •the ~olotov mystery.• estern di p lomats are trying to figure out - why the old BolaheTit h a sn't returned to his ? Ost in Vienna. The official announceaent was made on Monday - but no one in the Viennese capital has seen Molotov. Nor has be been seen around oscow - in the past three days. The Iremlin repeats - that Stalin'• forei1n inister will leave shortly. But the real question 11 - why the delay? la he being held - until he confeasea hia p olitical sins in Coamunist fashion? vr, on tbe contrarr - is he Oontinuing his campaign against ~hru1hcheT? ~ m a k i n g so■e h e a d w a y ~ inside the perty! If we knew the an1wer1 to those question• - there wouldn't be any •»olotoT aystery.• The Secret Servioe is cheoking - on it•elf. The problt ■ - how gate craaher ~harlie Meek• ■ aaaged to walk in last Saturday night, and 1it at the Prtaicleat, 1 • table. Place • the tairgrowad1 b uildiag iA Coluabu■• Ohio. Occaaioa - a fuad--raisiq diaaer far t tM deaooratio p•rt7. Gaeat of tioaor - Preaiaeat boneq. Th• ■ eourit.1, a• •labor.ate aa it alway a ia -r •h•r• the President, 11 ooaoeraed. As for ~harli• M•••• 1M eiapl.J eawatered paat all tne guard•; on into th• dinias roo ■ •••••he aaw an e ■pt,7 chair. So - tie aat down; at,ayed - t;o •••\ the President - and •hook nanda with Mr. '•nn•clJ - twice. Alao he got - th• Preaidential autosrapb, enjoyed the dinner, and the Presidential speech. Charlie •••k• did all that ~ick - and he didn't have an invitation. Now here's an itea. Picture the hiatorio Barberini ~alace - in lo ■ e. ~own one corridor ot the staid old building - trips a svelte young lady. tier coatu■• - a pair of olive green Toreador panta, ■ adt of leather. Topped by a white leather ahirt - tri ■aed with fur. Dropping from the shoulders - an abreviate4 leather cape, lined •i• aca~l•t cloth. Over on• shoulder the lady carries - a hunting How's that for an apparition - in the Barberini Palace? Which ie a ■ aaterpiece of Baroque arohiteotu•• - hardl7 intended for gla■ our shows. But lo ■ aa partisans of high fashion - have taken it over. And the huntrea6 in leather - she's today's ioaan conception of bow the glaaourous aportawoaan OUibt to look.