L. T. OLDS , FISHER . FRIDAY , APRIL 24 , 1964 Good E ve n i ng E er _ bod y : The w a y P r es i dent Johnson f eels abor,t today's trip - can be summed up in o"e of his phrases . "It was prett y t ig ht - but it was wonderful." Tight - mea,ai,ag the ast c rowds that gathered aror,nd the President wherever he went. Wonderful - because of the enthusiasm. The President, on a tour of depressed areas in the Appalachians, eastern mountain areas that need economic help from the federal government, and where the people seldom see a President of the United States. President Johnson flew from South Bend, lndiafla, to Pittsburgh, and then on - to Huntington, West Virginia, with a roaring reception everyfDlrere . Tlrousa11a, pouring out of houses and shops - to see the chief executive , and shake his lland - if possible. Whiclr some LEAD - 2 huttdred man aged to do . Said M1•. Johnson: "there's nothing depressed abottl tllese people." And then he again sfJoke of his campaign to wipe out po v erty. - BASES The Secretar of Defense promised toda y that caree'I' employees t ill not be eliminated alo,zg with their jobs. They'll be offe'l'ed jobs - elsewhere. Tile cost of movi11g , to be met by - Uncle Sam. / He said this while describing his economy drive Twenty-two bases and installations - to be eliminated. Affecting - more than ten thousand Jobs. For example, the a · rmy arsenal - at Watertown, Massachusetts, where eighteen hundred jobs - will disappear. All men and .,omen involved to be offered - otlter defense work. The Pentagon hopes to save around sixty-etgltt million dollars - a year. KHAHN The rec ell t R e d vi c t or i es in Sou I h Vie t Na ,,, are due to - the Political changes in Saigon. Defense Sec · re tar y McNamara Poi n t s out - l hat Gene r al Nguyen Khanli has not yet had time to form a strong government, is still wrestling with the tr,rmoil surrounding his assumpt i o,i of power. However Sec. McNamara believes that General Khanh will soon have a stable regime and then will turn his attention to a more energetic prosecution of the war against the Red guerrillas. VIET NAM The ma,i who may be our next military commandn in Sottt h Viet Nam - al most lost that title today. Because he al most lost - his life. General West morel and, on a tour of - the battlefront. He was in a Plane taking off from - a Jungle air strip wizen suddenly a fusillade from rifles a,ad mtdline gun . s opened up. The Red guerrillas bla~i,rg a10ay at the plane. Four Americans aboard the plane - •ounded. Also - ttDo Vietnamese. Tl,e pilot - cut by splintered glass, but able to take off - a,rd fly to th• Jtext air strip. General West morel aJtd - unseat hed. call for the commander slated to take over - as the top American m ii itary man in S011t h Viet Nam• ZANZIBAR The Federal ion of Tanganyika and Zanzibar - is adopting neutralizm. That is President Karum e of Zanzibar made this announcement after a conference with Ta uga nyika 's President Nyerere; an annuuncement the free world is greeting with some relief, beca,ise it ma y mean an end to the island's drift to the left. An end to the fear that Za•zi bar mig11t become - tlle Cu b a of Ea s t A/ r i ca . So it loo II• to" i g II t . CUBA The note that has reached the U.N. from Havana - was expected. Our People were fully prepared - for this move by the bearded dictator, his dema,sd that the U.N. - stop the U.2's. And ha this Hava,ea is being seconded by Moscow. At least, the Soviet Ne•• media are beating the drums - about so-called ''Americ• ,rovocat ions." However, the Russia,.• are 11ot me,et i oni ng Khrushchev's ,romi se of o,e-si t e i,es,ecti 011, or the fact tlrat Castro's refusal to ,er,ni t that i,es,ection is res,o,.sible for tllese flights. CIVIL RIGHTS ------------ The latest amendment to the Ci v il Rights Bill - is bi-partisan. Introduced by the Democratic and Republican leaders - in the Senate. Mansfield of Mo,eta,ea - and Dirksen of Illinois. Subject - jury trials in Civil Riglats cases. Ma,ey backers of the measure laave 01>posed Jury trials - o• Ille g-rorutd tlaat Juries are ofte,e biased. Ma•y soutlaerners laave defe,eded tlaem - as part of tlae democratic process. for bo tla sides. Providl•g for • J•ry trials_,, _,. o•ly if a Civil Rig1,ts violatio,e car-ries a t,e•1dty of mo-re Ilea• a tla-ree J,uadr~d dollar Ji••:, AW - tlairty days i,e Jail• A.E.C. The n ext member o J the A tom i c Energy Commission - will be a lady. Doctor Mary Br111ti,.g - ,vho has been okayed by the Congressional Committee. Leaving only the formality - of a floor vote. Mary Bunting - a professio,.al biologist, did her research at a number of colleges - i,scludi,rg Yale. A member of the Society of A•erica" Bacteriologist•, and - tl,e New York Academy of Sci e,rces. Now, the Preside,rt of Radel if/e is Dr. Mary Bu,.ting - of tl,e A.E.C. PRESBYTERIANS ---------------- The new moderator f IL o ne Presbyleriaft Cl,r,rcl, in America - is a Profession,al theologian. Doctor Felix Gear, professor of theology - at the Columbia Theological Seminary ;,. Decatur, Georgia. His special field - moral theology. The apt,licatio,a of religious t,rinc it,l es - to individuals and soc le ty. Tlte choice of Doctor Gear, reflecti,ag tl,e concern of t"e General Assembly - gatlleretl in •••ts••lt.% •ontreat, North Carolirta. Conoern for - tl,e social problems of our time. Witl, emt,lla•i• 011 - Civil Rigllt•. Tl,e four llurttlred delegates, ret,reser,ti11g four tllo•1a11tl cl,urclles - and one millio11 of Ille faltl,ful - /11,t Civil Rigllls at t11e llead of tl,eir age11da 1 llntl cllose an ext,ert i11 moral tlaeology • as •otlerator of llte Presbyteria,a Cl, ,, i A • Doctor Felix Gear - of Decat11r, 11rc n _-.merica. Georgia. STASSEX Th C a 1 i o r n i a p r i ma r ~1 • c an o ah ea d if h o u t Har ol d Stas en - b c au e o f a d c i ; on of the S11f)reme Court. T h ation' highest tr i bunal . r 11s ;· ng to hear th app al - o f th e p erenn; al a nd i cat e fo r Pre i dent. Tire Stassen argument was that the California Secrelar, of State r,c,rongl:i · barred hi"' from tire bal tot on tire ground that he didn't ha e enough signat11res. Stassen needed an assent fro"' four jwstices - to get his at,t,eal heard bJ tire S11preme Court. Be fel , l • one short. So he'• owl of - tire CaliforJtia pri••ry. And so lo•g ""' i! Monda:. · . SAUCER When Luigi Pacifico staggered through his n ea I> o l i t an door today - Signor a pa c if i c O t O O 1, 0 n e l O O 1, , and said "so , drunk again/" Or - whatever the neapolican equivalent is. Whereupon Luigi produced - a flying saucer story. Be says a big di Be - flew down over the Bay of Nat,l es. In it , wl ,edows - with men fYo,n Mars peeri,eg out. What did tlley loolt lile? Luigi - a bit llaay about Iha I, says one of the Marti ans - drot,t,ed a bot I I• over tl,e side. Wllici, L•lgi - fislted out of tlte ,oater, and samt,led. Fi,uli,eg Me taste - mag11ificol said L ■ igi Pacifico. So lee emt,tled tlte bottle. As for Sig,aora Paci/I co of Nat,I es, Dicll, tlae Signora tlli,al,s ii••• Grapt,a, witll ClaiaJtti for• cllas er, and she pu,ac t11at ed lier commertt by bop pi "6 Luigi - in a way not BO pacifico.