EISENHOWER-WEATHER 1 _ T _ (c ,, 1 - I President Eisenhower's visit in Rome was hit - by the Sirocco. Famous f or centuries - the wind that blows across the Mediterranean from Africa. Under the heading of 11 S1rocco·, the Encyclopedia Britannica says: "Such winds may be either moist or very dry. ' ' Today's g ale at Ro~e - moist. Soaking, in fact - wlth sheets o f raln, blown by the wlnd. The weather man, producing a Sirocco, could not have played a worse trick on the Presidential visit. All of Rome - drenched. The ancient Appian Way - something like a river, as the motorcade rolled into the city from the airport. Romans greeting the President - had to brave the downpour. The court-yard o f the Quirinal Palace - covered with puddles. The Palace, an historic place - as is the case with so much in Rome. Situated on the Quirinal Hill - one of the Seven Hills.,,where, once, there stood - a templ~ of the G od Qulrlnus . ....An ancient, obscure dlety o f Rome - connected EISENHOWER-WEATHER - 2 The P alace ~1t by the Popes in the Sixteenth Century. Later - the Royal Palace of Italy. And now - u the o ff icial residence of the President of the Republic. President Eisenhower - sleeping amid ancient memorle tonight. As the Sirocco - blows. CHINA The Chinese Reds announce the release - of thirty- three political prisoners. One o f them - an historic figure. But o f a strange, unimpressive t cind. Pu Yi - who has occupied tA two thrones. ~ - the last I Manchu Emperor of China. Three years u old - when he ascended the Dragon Throne. Twelve years old - when the Manchu dynasty was overthrown. The young Pu Yi - left a pathetic sort of little figure along the China coast. - BIZt., then, Japan seized Manchuria, and aet up a puppet state . ..-lfi the old home territory - of the Manchu dynaaty~they played an obv10Ul · k1nd or trick. Taking A Pu Yi - and making him Emperor of their Manchurian satellite. A second throne - for Pu Yi. But he lost that one too - after the defeat of ' 1n the Second World War .JI'he Soviets grabbed him -- A Japan ~ tbea handed him over I to the Chinese Communists; Lt CHINA - 2 )Together - with a • - • number of his former officials 1n Manchuria, and p1•ominent persons of Nationalist China. Thirty-three of them, now released - after having been in Jail for ten years or · more. Today's dispatch from Red China says they've had what the Communists call - " ideological education." 1111D If# Which might mean - they've been converted to Co•un1••· Including - P ~ , who 1s now about slxty years ~ would be - an lrony of h1atory. old. The last Emperor to sit on the Dragon throne of China, winding up - as a Communist! BRAZIL Brazilian rebels - landed by plane in Argentina, today. An airliner, wttt:eh they had seized - arriving in Buenos Aires. Three men - aboard. Yesterday, twenty-eight Air Force officers made a futile try - to launch a m revolution. Then fled by plane - to the jungle interior. The belief was t,tmt they might get out of Brazilian territory. w \tow three have made their escape to Argentina. -- STEEL !aliiJ, Federal Mediator F1Megan ~ alled a a meeting o f the steel companies and the union } /f, r a bargaining session - tomorrow. Prompt action - after Prealden ' Eisenhower's declaration of last night --when he sW1110ned both sides - to around-the-clock negotiations.' - -- 1 Intimating strongly - that the government wo~ld not be likely to tolerate a resumption of the steel strike next month. PAYOLA The Federal Trade Commission, today, brought accusations against three manufacturers and six distributors - of records. Charging them - with payola. Declaring - that they made payments to radio and TV disc Jockeys - to plug their records. The government 1s making a sweeping investigation of payola and other devious practices. Today - bringing . . the first concrete action. iil§OI The report on Secretary ot Agriculture tzra Benson is that he is doing alright, at Walter leed Hospital, in Washington; after - a gall bladder operation. The 1ixty year old secretary - recuperatlq in good style. ART A month ago, two photographs were taken to the famous painter, Picasso - who lives on the French Riviera. Photographs - of a couple of paintings 1n a New York art collection. Called - Picasso masterpieces. The question - were they genuine? The veteran artist looked at the two, then• picked up a brush, dipped it in orange paint, and wrote u his verdict on the IIDdt back of each photograph. The verdict, in one word - "fake 11 • Which is one incident 1n the story of a New York • \ art collection called ' priceless". /onsisting or some four hundred paintings, described as "masterpieces." Works of a number of celebrated artists. Only one - alive, Picasso. So he was the only one - who could give a personal a verdict. New York District Attorney Hogan charges that the whole collection - is a lot of worthless fakes. The owners, two Russian born brothers -indicted for false labeling and false advertising. Running an art gallery - to sell phonies. All - 2 As tor the two luaaian born brothers - theJ clai ■ - they are the •icti ■• of an internalonal art •Jndicate, which do•• not want their collectiun of ■ aaterpieoea - ackno•l•4&•4 aa authentic,. ROCKET Today's rocket experiment concerned - one all- important question for space travel. Suppose a humar astronaut started out on a journey in a rocket - and some- thing went wrong shortly after the rocket was launched. Could he get away sa f ely? Yes, if he had an escape mechanla■• - and that was what they tried out at Wallops Islands, Virginia. With a monkey aboard. A seven pound Resus monkey, named Sam, in a capsule )iesigned so ttftlt it would separate from the rocket at an altitude of twenty miles. Sam in the - capsule - then to come down by parachute. Result? Complete success. The capsule - cut looae from the rocket, according to plan.)frifting down - two hundred miles out in the Atlant~c. --Vfiere it was picked up - ) by a Navy destroyer. Jl'hen - taken ashore JI'o see - how Sam J took the trip out into space. Some while ago, two monkeys made a simDlr space ROCKET - 2 voyage, and survived. But - without the use of an escape mechanism. Such as was tried out, today. BOCI&T - Add How did Sam make out? I• survived - in tla• atyle, Dick. The aonke7 eaerging fro• the capsule - alive and kicking. ROBBERY Many a story has a sequel - a second installment Jd which is true.- Tn the case o f a bank hold-up at Cleveland. Mrs. Eugene Youn g says - it was her husband's idea. She - reluctant. He read in the newspapers how, on Wednesday, a robber told bank teller, Mrs. Dorothy Koch - 'ttwt he'd blow up the bank with nitro-glycerine )fuless - she handed over the cash, and she did. The bandit - getting away with six thousand dollars. Which, says Mrs. Young - gave her huaband an idea. "He sai~ ' she - . relates · , " that Mrs. Koch waa nervous, and would be easy to frighten." So he called her on the telephone and said - he was the robber. Still had the nitro~glycer1ne - and would blow up her home with it) ---Unless she left a thousand dollars in an envelope - in an alley behind the bank. But Mrs. Koch didn't frighten so easily this time. ROBBERY - 2 She called the police 1 who told her - to go ahead and follow instructions. Using - a bundle of stage money. Which she did - placing the package in the alley in back of the bank. Whereupon along walked Mr. and Mrs. Young, and picked it up. ,,6nly to be - arrested. / The second installment - that didn't work out.