L. T. -OLDS FISHER MONDAY OC - -- -- ---- -..t.. _ __ _ ____ , _ _ _______ .z.__ TOBER l 2 l 9 6 4 --------- - ~ - ---- - Almost every Savi et flight into ur bit leas meant- frustration for American spacemen. The eterrtal q•estion -- "How far behindare we?"artd the art•IDer -- ever •Ince Sput,aik -- has always been -- "So far belll•d, 10e' ll ,aever catch the Russians -- if we don't •tart movi,ag faster." And, again, tonight, we are told tlaat tla• Soviet feat of se•dlng a three-man space•1'il> i,ato o•l•r •t>ace -- t,uts us at least t10o years behl,ad, beca••• a comt,arabl e American st,ace flight is •ot scliedul ed -- ro1til ,,,,.eteen sixty-six -- if -- tlie timetable is •et. Which doesn't always leat,t,e11. Not •itli the •••ber of "bugs" -- tlaat i,ef est maclli•ery like boo•ter rocllets, st,ace capsules a11d so o•. But we also laear thi• ratleer dark cloud over our st,ace program - - has a silver llni ng. We are t,ulti,ag a mucla smaller t,erce•tage of our national weal Iii SPACE - 2 ------ i,af o o-rbi tal flights. Not cutting consumer goods - to se•d up mo-re astronauts. The Soviet people, however, have not h i ng to say ab ou t that s "b; e c t - - in pub I i c a,ayway. Since the Kremlin p-ref e-rs to have st,ace st,ectacul a-rs -- that's it! TIiey have 'em. And •• moa11! y_o_Q~ FOLLOW SPACE But -- as Hr,bert Humpltrey pointed out today at Newark, New Jersey, -- space exploration in v olves a lot more than orbital fligltts. It also ifl v ol ves -- tllat race to the moo11. And Humpltrey believes tlaat we're still alaead -- in tltis primary effort of our space program. A Jae t indi cat etl by ti•• greater accu-racy -- of our rockets to the naooJ1. Est,ecially -- tlte last one. Tlae one tlaat sent back tl,os e rema-rkabl e t,laot ogr,ap las of tlte ea-rt la'• ,eotural satellite, closeups of -- tlte lu,ear la,etlscot,e. We 1,ope! it's tlaat •ay. 0 : eanw. il e , n o o n e is ta in · a t ing away from that rear able trio - o ma rov, Ye ~ orov and cd; ( J - Feoktisov. R em a rkab l e - because they are orbiting A t . e earth in t h e sa e space capsule. Remarkable also because only ,. omarov - is a cosmonaut. The other Jlk,,l.f two -Apassen g ers. A scientist and a doctor - along for the ride. Their capsule has - an appropriate name. •Voskod" - meanin •sunrise•. earth - every hour-and-a-half. And it's orbiting the An elongated orbit that takes it as high as - two hundred and fifty-five miles. c&a low as - one hundred and twelve miles. Three Rus ians on one of the great rides - of all time. A ride - throu g h space. J H SON ------- gn idate Jo Ison - s ee m e to b e at the to p o f his oratorica l f orm 1n R eno, eva a toni h t. e erin h is o p onent for the re s i d ential nomination - with no small amount of verbal unfire. Accusing I Barry G oldwater of - •roamin around the country saying what a terrible thin 6 the - overnment is". Yr. Johnson forbore to mention his target - by name. But most people k n e w ~ whom e meant. J .-!"specially when he advised someone to tell the un-named candidate that •most Americans are not ready to trade the American eagle - for a plucked banty rooster•. Nor do they want to turn in their sterling American heritage - for a plastic credit card readin g •Shoot now, pay later"•) A L.B.J. in the West/ of the old F rontier. )J'sing th. lan uage - gg_f_/JJf 4_T§..i, FOLLOW JOHNSON Meanwhile opponent Goldwater resting briefly at his ranch in Arizona before returning to tlae fray -- talked to news men, informing them of his belief that in this year of nineteen sixty-four tlae G.O.P is-- tlae People's Party, witla the Democrats the o,aes wlao are relying on big business -- on the so-called "fat cats" -- for fina,acial support. Whereas nearly ot1e and a half milllot1 peot,l e will contribute to -- tlae Ret,ublican camt,aign. A lot more that1 tlie thirty-five thousand 111lao did so -- in nineteet1 sixty. Surely a good i,adication of tlae gr a ss roots support -- for Barry Golda,ater -- •lao ••Y• he pl ans to use the money for tel evi si o,a exposure -- twice as much of that as lras ever bee,. give,. -- to a nat ioffal ticket. Hea v y fighting near Saigon - - is tlle nelbs from Viet Nam. One of the biggest battles ever fought in the area. Three battalions of Viet Co,ag guerillas - routed by tlle government. With some two llundred and fifty goverrament troot,s and gMeri llas killed or 10ounded -- in tlae fighting, inclHding -- two Anurrica,a advisers. OLYMPICS Our Olympic teams over at Tokyo - seem to be off to a pretty good start. The first gold medal of the nineteen-sixty-four Games to come our way - lworlght to 11s by Don Sclrollander of Lak!? Oswego, Oregon, on tire second day of the Game•. He won tire lOO-meter freestyle swim; and in record time. Breaking tlte record establfslred Oflly yesterday by anotl,er American Olymt,iall - Garry nman of Saa Jose, Cal lfonda. Sclwllander did his lrundred meters - in fifty-tlwee point fo,w secmtds. n.,,..,. had made it iafifty-11,ree r,at,,taae; only five tntb of a secOltd bellDeen #tem. But #tat eyelaslr differnce - a,a, a record. 11, all, , - u. s. t,iclled ""five medals. SUver ous ill - Ure wo,ne,s '• st,rl,lg-divillg - awl 61 tire featlren,eigl,t cl ass of tHigl,tl(/1"'6. Somehow today's baseball game -- didn't follow the script. Na•ely, that o,sce the Ya11ks get off the hook -- no o,se puts them back on. Especially-- in Yankee Stadium. Tlte Ya,.ks s11re did it with drama i11 tlte ,., ,at I, i,c,cl,cg of this fl/II, game of tlee World Seri••· B•I•• 11,e Cardi,aals 11•1 11,em -- rlgl,t back 011. A,ed -- '""d• it stick. Wl,at's more, tl,e me11 fromSai,el Lo11i• illtl i I ,,. Illa I o,c e ex Ira ,,.,. i 11g - - Ille •till more dra•al ic 7'e,a I I,. Yo• t,robabl y ilt,coa, 1,oa, llte drama develo~•d. 7'1,e eard•, carryl•g a ta,o-r1111 lead -- ,,.,o tl,e ,.,,.,,., •lticlt 1uo11ld ltave bee,e tlte ball ga,,.e -- exce~t for a,e error by slto,tstot, Dlcll Groat, llaat alloa,ed Tom Tresl, lo come to bat -- and hit 1,i • homer. Tyl "I· the sco,e. So, tltere were lite Ya,el,s -- ol ll,e lloolt, a/lt,arently abo•I to win the game -- as tltey leave •o ,,.a,.y, many times 111 tire past. But the Cards wouldn't life down. Tlaey came back - stronger than ever. Scoring three runs -- on a laomer by Tim Mccarver. Winning the game by a score of - - five to two. Win,ai ng /'i tcher - firebal li,ag Bob Gibson, wlao should llave had a sllr,tout i,a •••• in,ai,ags -- but /i11al ly had to 1' i tel, te11 i,a,ai,ags -- to beat the Yant•. So ,a ow t la e W or l d Seri e • s I, if t • b a c ll to Sa i ,. t Loa,is -- wl,ere the t>•tcome will be decided. Tlae Cardi ,aal • - - II ave a real sliot at it ,.ow - - Diel, - - will, tlaeir o,ae-game lead. All tlaey ,aeed is a •i•gl • victory -· i11 tlaeir laome parl,. FA --- T h i s is t h e sad ta l e o f a true f a n - of t h e St. Louis Car d inals. B o b B unt - at t h e b leac h er tic k et win d ow at B use S ta d ium. F irst in line - f or ~~ , ~- tic·ets to t h e sixt h g a m e of t h e W orld Series. B e A ha1 been h auntin g the bleac h er tic e t lines al m ost constantly - since October 4th. B ought one of the first tic k ets - last week. Lost it. Was back in line - an hour later. Today - hauled off by police from his first place in line. Charges - filed by his wife. Who thinks he would be better off at home - instead of at the World Series. t2......; A.- ,,f - l.\--t W\ • TRUMAN _____ _,,..., ........ ._ Former P-resident T-ruman ltad a,a accide•t totla,. Slit,t,ed i• iis bathtub -- fell a,ad cracl,ed lai• leatl -- a,aco••clous he -recovered quickly. Those fa•o•• gla•••• sllaltered. Be 111as ruslaed Ille ltoel ve miles fro• lai• iome ltt lndet,e,ade,ace to a laost,i lal I• Ka•••• GIIJ, e•teri•g 011 a stretcier, acco,nt,a,aiaed lly l,l• •lfe, GCCidet1t.