HURRIC.W LT~ T ~ I ~ • • - q - __;:,-c, I Hurricane Gracie - blasting inland from the Carolina coast. Leaving a huge trail of devastation - and heading for Columbia, the South Carolina capital. The violent storm_ • dying down slowly. The Weather Bureau emphasizing - the word "slowly." The hurricane - et ill dangerous, as it roars •-It inland .. • n Charleston,South Carolina, took the brunt of it. That charming old city - near the eye of the revolving tempest, ae it struck the coaet about noon, today) ~th winds up to one-hu i ,dred-9Jld -forty milee an hour. Charleston streets under water - with a tangle of power-lines ripped down.-.debris of masonry and timber from .) houses - and glass from windows. )1~o - fallen live oak trees. ) Charleston - famous for live oaks. Many of them - ripped• out -t;.;:,/1 8 ~,,. • The city _ in near darknef:ls at noon, under black : ~rem.a. hurricane clouds. No electric lighte - the power having failed. Not much loee coast near Charleston. of life - ~µt enormous damage along the (f'/f~ I on thd.islMd,of Edieto, not one buildinsj A DOCIQIS ln Hollywood, the police raided a crap gaae - and who do you su p pose •ere rolling the bones? Eleven men - ten of the ■ doctors. Like a medical conference - with African dominoes on the aide. No doubt those phyaicians knew a lot about~• huaan skeleton, and its various bones. out the bones they were shaking were those i•oriea with snake •Y••• The eleven crap ■ hooters were taken to court. There the ten doctor• didn't have to look tar to find a lawyer. Hu■ber el•••n aaong the ■ - an attorney. HURRICANE L T ~ ~ I :s+ Hurricane Gracie - blasting inland from the Carolina coast. Leaving a huge trail of devastation - and heading for Columbia, the South Carolina capital. The violent storm_ • dying down slowly. The Weather Bureau emphasizing - the word "slowly." The hurricane - etill dangerous, ae it roars inland. El .... ~ . Charleston,South Carolina, took the brunt of it. That charming old city - near the eye of the revolving tempest, as it struck the coast about noon, today/ ~th winds up to one-hundred-and -lorty miles an hour. Charleston streets under water - with a tangle of power-lines ripped down.M-debris of masonry and timber from .) houses - and glass from windows. ~~o - fallen live oak trees. ) . Charleston - famous for live oaks. Many of them - ripped• out ~~www:d. The city - in near darkness at noon, under black hurricane clouds. No electric lighte - the power having failed. Not much loes coast near Charleston. of life - bµt enormous damage along the on :!:!::::or Edisto, not one build! A HURRICANE - 2 standing tonight. Everything - flattened by the tropical tempest. Meanwhile, another hurricane 1a raging - far out in the Atlantic. Ho menace to the coast, as yet - but nobody knows what Hurricane Hannah will do. KHRUSHCHEV Khrushchev i e on his way to China - for talks with R e d leaders there; ollow i ng - his discueeione with President Eieenhower laet weekend. taaata('oeteneibly, the soviet goes to Premier ½wY½■ communist Pei 1 f elebration of the /\ ,r-·A P ng - or t n n vereary of RedChina. But, actually, hie main purpoee is to reassure Mao Tee~tung about hie dealings with th, American President. A! least, that•s the general understanding. Before he left Moscow, the Soviet Premier confirmed a statement made by President Eisenhower yesterday. Asked about it by a newsman, Khrushchev repl1ed:Mres1dent Eisenhower has given a correct account of the agreement we reached. we have, indeed, agreed - that negotiations on the Berlin question must be reeumed. That no time limit should be eet for them - but that they must not'be delayed indefinitely." Which includee an almost word for word quotation of what the Preeiden · said - at bis news conference yesterday. EISENHCMER-COLD Preeiden Eisenhower - retirin g to the desert. ometffllike - J hn the Baptist. But for a different reason - a cold in the head. A nagging case - of cough and enifflea. The President eays he caught the cold - during hie worldwind traveli in western Euro~ last month ~~ ~-1£.e ~ ~ t~~~M-~a...Jw:R.Jl-,J• At his newe conference, yesterday, it was noted - ' that hie voice was hoarse. The President - explaining to the that newemenl\he had tried the doctor 1 e reMd1es, and a few home remedies. ,lrescribed - by Mamie, no doubt. But a slight cold - ,) lingers on. So, to get rid of it, t~e President will spend a week in the dry, hot climate of the desert. At the home of his friend, George Allen - taQuinta, Califomia, near Palm Springe. Where, in addition - he 1 11 get eome rest. Which he certainly must need_ after the strain of the Khrushchev vie1t. TURKS In Tokyo, an explanation of the myeterioue deaths - of the Turkish Ambassador to Japan and his wife. First reports having intimated - that it was a double suicide. Which now - is denied by the Turkish &abassy~ay, they stated that ~he Ambassador's wife had been under treatment for a nervous break-down - and on Monday night she took an overdose of sleeping pills by lllistake. With - fatal results. Shortly afterward, f1fty-b1ne year old Ambassador Ander1man discovered her body - and collapsed. He had bean in poor health - having suffered · & cerebral hemorrhage. So the shock - was fatal to him. That•s the solution given - of a mystery in the world of diplomacy. CLOUD A spectacle of ~ ple nd or an d b ea u ty i n F lor i da, today. An mmens e ur l e cl oud - gl eam i n g h i h i n the s k y. An ar tific a l c loud - created by a roc k et, f or the purpose of m ete o r ologi ca l invest ig ation. A t F ort Walton Beach, an Air F orce rocket was launched, and w~n t s oaring - fifty miles high. Then - buret1n g i n the rarif i ed air,_. scattering a shower of particles and sodium. / Oiiii Ii• g - a sodium cloud~ ;fhat •m• swelled in size - taking the shape of a loaf of broad. A brilliant purple in color - vieible two hundred miles away. It sure looked pretty. BASEBALL In Chi ca o , a larg e contract - ant ic , i n fac t. The document - s x feet wide J an d ten feet long . hich · exa erated ma n i tude i s a tip off f th h t th - -- o e one w o g ran s e contract. Bill 'f8e k - m aster showman, and practitioner of extravagant s tunts. The General Manager of the Chicago White ox - up to his usual tricks. Dramatizing the fact - that Team Manager Al Lopez has been signed for another season. G~ttin g more money - than the White Sox ever paid an individual before. The figure said to be - fifty thousand dollars for next year. A sizeable boost - over Al 1 e present salary. Lopez has By winning the American League pennant this year, Jt~ kept intact a remarkable record. second pennant - in the Big Leagues. Which is not - the remarkable part of it. During his long career as a Manager in the Minors and Majors, Lopez has never finished - worse than second. Known_ as the greatest second-place winner in baseball. Something like that melancholy girl -- often a bridesmaid but JASEHALL - 2 never a bride. But Al's a bride this time - if you can ap p ly such a pretty na■ e to a big burly one-time catcher. oat of us have an exceedingly limited vocabulary - in Russian. One word, maybe _ "nyet", meaning "no.• or, p erhaps, two words, including "da", meaning "yes•; - vodka, borsche and so on - Da. Now here's a chance to expand your knowledge of the Russian language. In Hollywood, a husband-and-wife dancing •a• have just returned from appearances in Russia. Gower and Marge Champion - who had a frightful shock at their first performance in Moscow. "The night we opened," says Marge, "the entire audience of twelve thousand persons broke into a roar. We ex p ected applause, but they were booing us, we thought!' The audience going - •boo, boo.• "But then,• Karge goes on, •our inter p reter explained that it wasn't - 'boo•. lt was - "Moo.• "Yoo• meaning_ •more.• The audience wanting - an e n core. • s •no•, moo - more, Uick~ Well, since ~nyet ~ean •nyet moo.• 11ayb e by now so me are saying - IS I - - n ranc , the roa anc - o f them ~~in b r e o • Jea chwe tzer, w o v n ~ e the day before 1~ wed n . That wae e i h teen days a o - an d his nei hbore , i n the ~ma l town, ad been hunting for h m ever ~ince • . , Today, Jean showed up - after hiding in the woods for ei hteen days. Why? He says - he wanted to call off the we dding . But didn 1 t have the nerve - to tell the bride-to-be. to the Thft sort of thing can be embarrassing•- and Jean took / - J woods. aJ_ ..4--~-,A,(___-+- ~ ·