UOOV iVENlNG EVE&YBODY: At hia newa conference today, the President talked about - apace of course and John ulenn. What••• hi1 reaction to Ihruahch••'• propoaal for cooperation la apace? Mr. t1nn1dy pointed out that he aad• that auggeation last year. But he at.ill think• this IhruahcheY invitation - ie encouraging, if the SoYiet. boas aean1 what he saya. if he intends to let Aaerican observer• - cover ~oviet apace ahot1. The naae of another Aaerican flier - ca■• up. Preaident Iennedy revealing - that Francia ~ ary Power• will be available next week. Free to tell n••• ••n what happened to hi ■ - during and after hi• ill-fated U-2 flight. Congratulation, are still pouring into laablngton .. fro ■ around t be wor 14. signed by aoat of the bead a of g overnaent • - MacMillan, DeGaulle, lehru, lhruahcb••• Pope John and the r eat. The only sour note - fro■ behind ta• .1ron Curtain - and Castro. A•ZIAIAVZ Out on Grand Turt I ■ l•n~ ta 1 a Y n the Bahaaa ■ , an 1ntereFt1n1 eaperlaent - today. Picture a couple of wooden rail ■ - runnlng the len1tb of a laboratory. The rail ■, two tnchee apart at one end - oaly three quarter ■ of an 1nob at the oppo11te end. A fortJ year ~14 Narine Colonel, told,~ welt down the rail ■ - and then balance hla ■elf wltb one foot ta front of the other. ••••• ltl& a 1•1•••••••••• •••••••••• i i ta. ••• ••••• eo1eall1te ••••••To deter■ lne ••• whether orbltta1 the•• earth atteoted John a1eaa• ■ balance. Reaalt - negal1Te. The aetronaut pa ■ e1a1 ha oaae bact fro ■ outer ■ pace ta excellent cond1t1oa. lo 111 effeot ■, •••• 4e•~tle the treaendou1 pby ■ tcal obange ■ be went tbrou1h fro• bla ■ t-off to de ■ oent. ~ IncludlA& - T period of wel1htle••••••• Glean•• oap ■ule al ■o oa•• bact - looting otaJ. 1zcept for the ■oorobtn1 of the metal cauee4 bJ three thou1and de1ree• ~, \e■perature - while the capsule was droppina through the ataoaphere into the Atlant, ic. But soaething went wrong with the control• - that fo r ced Glenn to take over fro ■ the autoaatic pilot. lbJ? That'• a leadiq question at Cape ~anaveral •h••• the experts are now 1oing oyer Friendehip Seven, prior to ahipping it to th• S ■ ith1onian, in laahington. 0 fLJAIZ An old friend and colleague of mine, General Lelah Wade, bae an tntere1tlng ooament on tbe orbital fllghl of A1troneut Glenn. · Back 1n 111, tbe 1en1at1on ••• tbe rtret World r1 lght, dn which he ••• one of the pllot1. And I••• lt1 htetortan. General Lelah Wau•a polat - the difference ln 1pee4 and t1••• Ia tbo1e 11a1le ••1tae plaaee, • • • ~ ~ ' aroulld tb• world toot al~o,, ala ■oalh1. A1trou11, Glean co•erlag tbe •••e dl1tanoe ta et1bt1- atae ■ tauteac. (r1,1a1 ha• co■• • 1oaa ••1 - 11ace ,he ·-·· aeaadertal perlo4 ot ••ta,ton, 11aoe lhe claJI whea tbe flrlt fltghl arouadlhe world •• Wal •• ••ob of a ••••a,ton a• John Glean•• rootel r14e ta ort.11~ Vlll Gleaa•• Neroury rocket 10•• • • daJ t.eoo■e •• old ta1btoaed a• tile plane that made tbe flr1t world f11ghl1 In tbe eahut.eraaoe of the preeent •o■eal, 1oae alartllA& pro,beot•• are beta& made. ror 1a11aaoe, ILJUI - a • tk one d11t1ngu11hed coluan1 1 t l&ld today tha, Joha \ Glean~ flight opena the pathw•J to the galulea. I wonder! The nearee\ 1a1ax1ea to our earth 1a oul ln apaoe a, a dls\ance of four 11&ht yeara. t••• ts;. 11 we could traTel at the apeed of one hundred end etghty-alx \houaand ■ lle1 •• a aeoond lt would lo~~ & \ate four yearat A ~oura•J of ■ea; b1111ona ot I ■ 11e1. When I wa1 OD a Sou\h PIC1f1c ex1>9dl\loa ■u wl\b 1oae ot our ,oo aatronoaer1 a couple ot ~ ) 1ear1 •10 \bey talked auch abou\ ~ tbe ooa■oa, the Wl1ver,e, aad \be bllllon, o f - - · plueta Iba\ are ln ■paoe -- ■o ••~ ~ ~ hel lhe7 flgure lhere " ■u1t be tbouaand• otp\ber planet• where coadlllon1 -h- ~ -e... rt- u.'--€ ~ . are*•*• 1denttcal~ltb oaadl&toD~b•re on•• ear,~ Wo and therefor• mua\ be lnbabt\ed ·- but are N far ,, away tor man •••r to Y 11 · 1 t ln • 11paoe ehlp. I wonder! When I w•• wrltlag the atory of the r1ret world r111hl \hlrlJ-elghl year• •10 - la u ' ,. ✓ ,. lda'\ haTe /;, ~ A our wlldee\ 1 ■a11aat1on• ~ -=•vOll ILJ91! - 3 Joba Glenn flJ~a, arouad ,~e ••rib at nearly•• a. el&bleen thouaaad -11•• an hour. lo I wonder lt IO ■e day a ••110 •• , •111 be found for UA ,o flJ . -4 a\ ••J a ■ 1111on ■ llee a 1eoond, 10" can Tllll other - A. The wife of the ATTorney General - still running into odd ex p eriences abroad. ).thel ,ennedy had two in Tokyo. First, when she stood too close to an enthusiastic cheer leader - and got jostled during hi• pin-wheel gyrations. Aleo, when ehe tried her hand at ju-jitsu. Result - a alightly twisted wrist. When in loae do aa the ioaana do. Toda, ia loae, ~tbel did. iu11ing around th• atreets - on a aotor acooter - aa ao aan7 loaans do. But ah• aade a U-tura at a wrong interaection, - as ao ■ any Roaana do. Whereupon she collided full tilt - with a paaaiq car - · & also as the lo ■ ana do. iobert Kennedy rushed forward - to pick hi• •II• up. But she laug bed and said abe waan I t hurt. Ethel Iennedy just a trifle e ■barrassed. 1 ♦19191 Tba, flre la Baa1tot l• oalle4 - •1be wor11 la lbe bl ■ \or, Of \he 01,,•. The •1•-014 ••lropolll of thallan4 - 4eTa■ lale4 bJ a bl••• Iha, r•1•4 for fl•• hour ■• lfhlpped lalo aa lAferao - bJ wlad• b lowlq lA off lb• Gulf ot Ila■• Tb• fl••··, ra11aa lhrou1b the woodea bul14ln11ot dowatewa 11&a1tot ~ ••••••• , lbOUl&A4 of lb•• 1D\O beap• of A a ■ou14erla1 ••••• fl•• lboueaad bo■el•••• 1oore1 4ea4 aa4 ■ l1a1n1. ruaala1 lalo lhe de101a,1oa. Da■1111e - 1oen . • of A bli1zard in ~he aid-west tonight - on its waJ iast, headed for lew lngland. Ten inches of ■ now - fro ■ Mebraaka to Indiana, witb another ten expected - all headin1 last, Diak. today John Glenn wee gi•en - a court rooa sentence. Convicted of - apeeding. fined - eight dollars and forty centa. l ■ ean - three pounds sterlin1 This particular John Glenn - no astronaut. A clerk in Penzance, England. lie saya he got ao excited by the space flight of hia Aaerican na•aake - that he Jua\ stepped on th• 1••· Tho•• apee4J John Glenna!