I 00 E VE IN EV • R YB OU Y: To a y's h istoric d ecision by bouth A F R ICA - was inevit a ble, 1 su .p ose. ~ rime inister Verwoerd arrived in L ondon with an ap p lic at ion for continued commonwealth membershi p in his pocket. ~ut he also was unyielding on the vital issue of A a rtheid: the South A fric a n version of - se g re gat ion. ln London Verwoerd soon 1 arned he h a to choose b etween commonwealth status - and A p artheid; the other commonwealth ~remiers forcin g his h a nd; es p ecially - the Afro-Asi a ns okesmen at the London conference. ritish rime ~i nister acmillan tried for - a face saving com p romise op the racial issue. But neither Verwoerd nor his o - onents were in a mood to com p romise. Besult - t§e South African f rime Minister, making his decision; choosing A ; artheid - over the Commonwealth Toni ht, round t 1e world - the member n a tions are tryin to jud g e the effect of rime "inister Verwoerd's action. W ill it wea ken the ~ommonwealth - by encouragin other nations t o p ull out, when they feel dissatisfied? Or will it strengthen the ~ommonwealth - by getting rid of a most embarrassing p roblem? South Africa now to become a completely inde endent re ublic; without any ~ommonwealth ties. J ' resi d ent Kenne stres s ed t o · oints - t today's ~ re i enti al news conference. O ne, concerning is legislative ? ro rm in ener 1; t4 other, focused s q u ar ely on tne question of feder a l a id to education. n his legisl tive ; ro g ram, ~r. ~ennedy accused p ressure groups - of tryin g to thwart the Administratio~ ne called these . ressure grou s - "owerful a nd well organized;" and alleged that they have been o osing his measures - from highway construction to a h i g her minimum wage. But the resident added that he's confident of ultimate success on Ca ~ itol I i l l - despite the op o sit ion. Turning to his educa t ion bill, t resident ~ennedy a µ ~ e a led for unity in s _ ite of the current debate. sking the two sides - not to divide the nation. d itting - that the ~atholic ~isho shave a right to their osition. But re p eating his personal o ? Osition - to the ' ind of feder al help ti1ey want. T t is, a ero a -t h e-bo a rd lo n s t o ; a roc i al s chools. Wh ich r esi ent e nn e dy s t il l c o n i d ers unconstituti o nal. & , I TH --------- ? re i e nt Ken edy's c oice for ur n e xt m sad or to ndia - is a f mo us economist. P rofessor e neth ~albraith - one oft e many a rvar d men w o c me to ao h in ton to e rve in the ennedy dministration The ' a l b r ith nomin at i on - is a n interestin one; the witty economist has already se rved - s an ad visor to the lndian govern~ent. T h e Vict ato r of ~ ub a a s l o st li s entire E mb a s s y s t a f f - a ccr e di ted to the let h e r l a n d s . Al l the m embers o f t he st af f, d ee arin in t h e · a g ue t ha t t r1 ey' ve h a d e n o u o f ~ as tro. Sa i A mba s s ad or Fiterre:- "Castro has g one a l on g wa y fro m t h e i d e a l s of the revolution h e led." W hat now - for the anti-Castro ~ubans in the Hag ue? 1'h ey say they'll s t ay in exile - a n d work for the overthrow of the tyrant now on to p in H avana. " Bl ------- ln a ris - its cfficial at l as t. Th e overnment, anno uncin g - that Deuau lle i s re y to be g in eace t a1· s with the Al g erian reb els . n d erc ov er meetings have b een taking p l a ce - b • ee n French a nd Uoslea re p resentatives; lea in g u p to - today :s formal nnouncement. veGaulle, willin g to enter direct negoti a ti ns - with f erhat bbas. fle resident of France, hoping that at lon g l as t - he really can negotiate an end to the l g erian war. CONGO Word from Stanleyville - th& the left-wing leaders may coae to an all-Congo conference after all. They boycotted the Madagascar meeting - when the plan for a ~ongo federation was drawn up. ~ow the7 1 ve inforaed Leopoldville - thi ~ey are willing to diacu11 a permanent settlement for the Congo; and their offer has been accepted with some caution. Iasavubu and Tshoabe, saying they won't take •11enga 1 s word - until they see hi ■ at the conference table. After all, he was expected to come to - Madagascar. And - ne••r showed up. The Soviet airlift to the communist rebels in Laos - is still o p erating. Big Ilyushin trans p ort• - flying in food and equipment; aiding the Red buildup, at Sala ~ hou lhoum; the key junction - on the road between Luang P rabang and Vientiane. a11 or which hints at a led buildup - for an all out drive on Luang Prabang. § ACE From L o ndon, a more modest es t imate - a bout the Soviet timeta b le for a man in s p ace. P rofessor ~e • 1neth Gatland, doubting - that the spectacular s p ace flight will come any day now. The British scientist, p ointing out - that the Soviets have had only a fifty-fifty success with their experiaents. Not encouraging enough for the ■ to put a aan in orbit very soon. They have sent up four spaceships. The first, juaping out of orbit, refusing to come down. The second landing safely - with its cargo of animals. The third orbited too close to the atmoaphere - and burned up. The fourth, landing successfully - with its dog. The pattern of Soviet s p ace ship launchin g s is - failure, s uccess, failure, success. ~u ~ gestin g that oscow won't send a man into s ace - until that pattern is d efinitely broken. Becau s e if t he p attern remain• constant; t he next ex p eriment will be a failure. Today, a United o tates attorney remarked - •all the wa g es were ~ laced right here in he re ntagon.• Wh ich is a formal way of describing - the numbers ~acket. A lucrative business - iLvolving around half a million dollars a year. The bets, handled by - employees or the defense supply ser•ice; thirty-ti•• of who ■ were rounded up today, when federal otticere swooped down on the Pentagon. Th t es iona g e c as e in London sounds m ore a nd more like a spy thriller. T h e subject today - "The H ouse of ~ecrets.• Just a modest home in Middlesex - forty-five Cranley ~rive, Ruisli p . ~ house full of incriminating evidence when ~ cotland iard arrived: - Four-thousand dollars - in American money; and two Canadian p assports - made out to" Thomas James Wilson• and •uary Jane Smith.• Not very iaaginative aliases - ap p arently referring to ie ter end Helen 'roger; who have been identified as Morris and Dora Cohen of Bew York. The most importani secret of the House ot Secrets - as ecial kind of radio, with an aerial - . fifteen yards long. Its automatic transmission - ca pa ble of sending more than two-hundred words a minute. It s range - London to Moscow, and beyond. IRlAL - 2 Moscow is far enough - for the rosecution. Which is trying to p rove that the five defendants were res onsible for beamin g secret data from the nouse of S ecrets to the Soviet ca p ital. Now Uick - something we don't want to keep secret! This may not be a world s ha king bit of news - but, the buzzards are back. That is - the buzzards of inckly Rid g e, Ohio. Hundreds of years ago, the Indians of Ohio used to follow - the flight of that ungainly bird, the buzzard. Knowing that winter was coming - when ti. flew south; and that spring had returned - when the flock did. The migration, as de p endable as - the swallows of Capistrano. Spring won't be official - until next week; but out in Ohio - they've jumped the gun; saying farewell to the winter - now that the buzzards are back on Hinckly ~idge. But - here at Alta, Utah, the mountains are deep with aow. So - are the buzzards wrong? ~olong u-t- ■•