) J G D EVE 0 T h Am r c n con 8 ro nt ver t put th e climb.n · := d y h a C • Th t the rive toward H mal Y n tt ple crown". m n yh enfur h nd h companions ... et o t t con uer - if po i - th e ke the Everest n e, nd o t - etween M co d nd M y thirty-f e . As you may h ve hard, they got to the top of Everest yesterday - My ir~t. o they're off to ood ~tart. Next on their li~t - Lhotse, almo~t twenty-ei ht thou nd feet. Finally, Nupse, around twenty-~ix thousand. we'll have to wait for detail - on the Everest climb. But we know that two Americ n~ made the final ault· nd flaJhed their mes ge - from the summit of the h ghe~t mount in on earth - a t ne rly thirty thousand fe ; and - . re on the IEAD - 2 way down tonight. Another Mount Everest Epic. And a special triumph for Norman Dyhrenfurth, bringing true a dream he has had for years. He came here from Sweden in his teens, the son or a mother and father who were famous Himalayan climbers. MEDAL The House - all stars. Holders of - the Congressional Medal of Honor. Charlie Roberts of Chevy Chase, Maryland - ~ the center or attraction. Lieutenant Charles Roberts he was, back 1n Eighteen Ninety-Eight - when he fought ~n the Spanish-American War) ..And won America's highest decoration for bravery - as Teddy Roosevelt's Rough-riders were charging up San Juan Htll. Lieutenant Roberts, dragging his wounded Colonel to safety - through a hail of 8JIQ enemy bullets. Sixty-five years later - at the age or eighty-nine - Charlie Roberts turned up at the White House today. l••b Saluted by his only senior - among the holders or the Congressional Medal of Honor; General Charles Kilbourne - ~ who won his during the Philippine Insurrection. Two old- ~ timers, who made ~ h i s t o r y - wien they were in the U.S.Army. REPUBLIC ANS If I were to say that the Republican party is in a ferment tonight - an under- ~ - s t a t e m e n t . ~ it's true. The main reason, of course - Richard Nixon. A lot of pundits pronounced political obsequies over i/& former Vice President - when he was defeated in his bid to become Governor of California. But, here is Nixon- moving to New York. Joining a law firm, where he 1 11 handle affairs ) in Washington and Paris. And, as his loyal fan~point out - where he'll be in a position to discuss major international affairs. All of which raises - a number of interesting questions. Is Dick Hixon about to make - a comeback in ~ public life? Perhaps become a candidate - for the Go P nomination in Nineteen Sixty Four? With Nixon apparently gaining may i.>e losing ground, ~ . some I\ strength - Rockefeller knll?~ observers.~ RE PUBLICANS - 2 marry Mrs. "Happy" Murphy? The newsmen are constantly asking that. Some experts again expect - another duel between Nixon and Rockefeller. And · then - George Romney? The Governor of Michigan is much in the headlines. And, Goldwater from Arizona who has moat of the Conservatives with him. Exciting days ahead - for the G.O~P. - . . . INTEGRATION One 0€ the most surprising developments of the "freedom walk" through Dixie - the visitor who dropped by today. Billie Sol Estes, driving along Highway Eleven in Georgia - to meet the "freedom walkers." Billie Sol giving each of them - a handshake and good luck. You'd think a bankrupt promoter under indictment - would have other things on his mind. Billie Sol le an integrat1on1st, and a lay preacher, and the "freedom walk.era" today received a visit from the former boy wonder of Texas finance. ADD INTEGR A TION Meanwhile, in Birmi ng ham, Al abama, the largest inte g ration demonstration in the city's history. Martin Luther King, calling out - the ne g roes of Birmingham. Sending them marchin g , wave on wave - through the streets. ~pickets appeared - in front of segregated stores. The police, retaliating with - roadblocks and fire hoses. More than~ hundred - arrested. " HAITI While the dispute between Haiti and the Dominican Republic appears to be simmering down - other nations are havi ng trouble with the regime 1n Port A u P rince, including- Uncle Sm. The issue - abuse of diplomatic immunity. Specifically - Haitian troops, flagging down Emba 3 sy cars~ And u searching them - from engine to truek. Forcing the diplomats - to stand aside. Both Brazil and the United States - have protested to a strongman Duvalier. Our State Department, going so far as to term the sltuatlon - "potentially exi:t,sive." / And warning A mericans against - unnecessary travel to Haiti. Tonight, members of the diplomatic corps in Port Au Prince - are discussing their predicament. Ambassadors from many nations, trying to work out a common policy - for these tense days, and nights, in Haiti. IVES I o ' e e er isite '-. e a , Ita - ou'll e orr o ear the. ow1 . . e amous 11 e roes f a Spezia - are 1 ru_ns on1 .t . a se - a forest fire. e one f icke a ci arette - 1nto t e dr un erbrush • . !!_rid - ~ 1nfern eru ·e . Devasta 1ng orests and orchards - aroun e R1 1era seaport. isa pear1ng 1n smoke - the olive trees of ila.S ezia. X-1 5 The X-1 5 was 11 in between " - today in between the atmosphere au of the earth - and outer space. Above the altitude range - of other aircraft. Pilot Joe Walker, streaking up - at three thousand five hundred miles an hour. A lmost five times - the speed of sound. Hitting the top ' of his fli g ht arc - thirty- five miles up. ~ This~""fiot an altitude record - for the X-15 ~ W1La. B1lt the highest any a ~ t has ever gone ---to-carry~~ scientific experiments,,\ l!IMe instruments of the rocket plane, measuring radiation - at the edge of space. .. BELL Those dt-tlB wbo claim that the authentic world revolution~the American Revolution - are g etting some ,_ corroboration from Costa Rica. Occasion - a visit by a group of Cuban exiles to San Jose. The President of Costa Rica, presenting them with - a full scale replica of the Liberty Bell in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Said President Orl ich;...!. 1 this bell is an anti-tyranny symbol." Then he added 'don't ring it until Cuba is free. 11 • g,Q9 ..a-L• From Costa Rica, a lesson - that.,... Americans~ ~ = ~ 1 ~ 1 sta~ for liberty - today, as in the Q days of the Revolution. LOTTERY ~ New Hampshire ~ starte d J ~ I '1 ~ ~ somethin g. - jud~ from what happened in Co l orado today. Subject - state lotteries. New Hampshire, as we know - has just established one. Governor King, signing the measure - as a means or raising revenue. Preferring a New Hampshire lottery - to slapping on new taxes. ~ Will other states - follow suit? _Jolorado -11tt:ght. State Senator Sam Taylor of Walenaburg - is asking for a study or the problem? S1IIR- telling his colleagues in Denver - ? that he's against any increase in taxes. The salon from Walensburg - ~ a state lottery) ~ see C o l o r a ~ ~ New Hampshire l