le have word tonight that a Loa Angel•• Coapany ia all •et to go ahead with the first low-power ato ■ ic furnace for industrial and ■ edical research. Plana for thia ■ iniature nuclear reactor were d1acloae4 by Dr. Chaunc7 Starr of lorth A ■ erican AY1ation. Be aa71 that the plant 1• for •peaceful use of the atoa.• A• Dr. Starr put it -- •our auoceaaful completion oft~• deaign open• tbe door to a aore rapid 41Yelopaent of ~ peace - ti•• •alue1 of the ato ■.• The furnace 1• dr1Yen b7 uraniaa two-tbree- fiYe and will g1•• oft two hundred tilowata !'_ f heat./ ::::::.•::::m::•:o::•:-:::•.::•::t• "' sufficient to keep it operating tor ten years without refueling. BoweYer, this first reactor i• aore 11ke1J to be used for treating cancer than for producing electric power. All the company needs now is the green light from the At ~ mic Energy Commission for this peaceful developaent of ul&El p&&ill the atom. PISB Elizabethtown, Illinois, will dine on fish tonight. F1ah by the truckload, we are told, tollow1ng today's disappearance ot "the Big Sinks." The Big Sinltl are the wonder or Hardin County. M.Yater1ous lakes of ■ore than a thouaand acres, near the Ohio River, which haYe a bllbit of Sllddenl.J diaappeartng. For years the S1nlm reaained filled, their waters alive with tiah. Then, allot a a\ldden, no •ter. The tiah auttocating all over the 1111ddy bott011. 10 explanation 11 g1Ydn tor th11 phenoaenon, bat it•• belieYed that tbe water altpa away through craelra alid r111urea in the iromld, when the Ohio RiYer 11 low. t1Ft•2 J • t 4 • t I f In Elizabethtown they call it, "Pllll1ng the plqa.• And tonight the Sinka are e■pty, with Elizabethtown, Ill1ilo11, dining on catfish. BOXER In Chicago, two thugs waylaid an old tellow - nearly seventy. They crept up behind hill, and both s l111Pd hi■ dam. But - not betore he had whirled around and hit one ot tbe - robbers a clip on tbe Jaw, lcnock'1h111 out. The Hoond thq "- took a look at hia tallen partner, and ran away - even tboqb the old boJ, hiaaelt, had collapsed troll blow1 on the bead. So wbo waa that tol'lllidable aeptwipnarian! anawer will bring back -oriel to 1111ny an old-tiller. Battllnl 1e1aon, one tm 11ghtwe1.lht obaapion ot tba world - who back 1n the earl1 part ot the century wa1 •• ~ aad rough a nrnor aa the rinl e•er lcnft. 'l'hlJ called bill tbl "Durable Dane," trOlil tbe ' ny he'd go ripping and t••~illl through those torty-tive round bollts. So tough, be uaed to brag - nI ain't hullan." So there he lay on a · Chicago pave■ent, alongside the thug he had knocked out. They cue to about the sa■e tille, and the ruttian got up and ran. So did the old battler - running atter hill. But couldn't catch hilll - legs are not BOIBR 2 what they used to be, half a century ago. 0 They took the old t1.lle boxer to a hospital tor lacerattona or the scalp. But he didn't want top. Be apt saying to the oopa, "Let ae at'••• I'll IIUl'Cler tbl buu." SUie old Battling Relaon, aoat pqnactoua ot thlll all, who tboae ,ears ago tou&ht the -orable battle• wttb Joe Gani, tbat},ther lepnd ot the pr1ze-r1111. PREDICTIOI At Port Monroe, Iowa, a series or predictions tor the Year TWo Thousa~d and One was placed in the comeratone or a new building. the docwaent was deposited bJ a ae•en 1•ar old girl - the expectation being that abe•d be living titt1 yeara hence, at the tum or the TWenty-Pirat Cent1117, and would then take out the prophecies, and ••• how well tbeJ 11111 COIie true. ;:r7,._ Shaefer Pen Coaparq ~ I L LR FIR D SI I •• t ,£1\ua bunclreda ot eaployeea •ote on the predtcttona)• C I C • • • • ZS • • • JUI a 1 u l 'f- A llll"p •Jor1t1 tonaaw anothar WOl'ld war, an at•1c war - written in the hiator, book•,, tm Ynr No Thousand and One. An equally large •JoritJ waa optill11t1c ab011t the cure or dieeaae, e1.gbt7-tour per cent predictin& Soae were\ the conquest ot cancer. a ~;2111 : rd '\ •••n ■ore opt1■1at1c, with a torecaat that, by Two Thousand and One, there would be a cure tor - the c01111on cold. Glowing Yiaion ot a bright future - no more cold in the head. BEAR In Canadian Alberta, the rural district around Cal&&rJ, there's a reign of terror - black bear on the rampage. w011en are afraid to leave their houses, and children are being eacorted to school. At the town or R1c1nus - the road to school la blocked by a prowling bear, a hu.ge fellow with a fierce growl. On one fana, a couple of the black tell01ta attacked a watchdog 1n the barnyard - and - were only drt.Yen otf when a tar11 wife, at a window, opened tire witb a rifle. learby a J'OUDI horae, out 1n paature, wa1 killed by a bear - and, not tar troa there, a f&l'ller found a bear eatlnl a yearling calf. 'l'beae are enaplea ot the havoc raiaed by an llift■lan ot black bear - and, to •ke •ttei-s worse, a grizzly killed twelve cal~ and fifteen piga near the school at the I',. town ot Hard1ndell. With grizzly& Joining b l ack bear, the reign or terror 1a - ■ore than peo'ple can bear. fJi. !J / I l,la. . ~h• uaite4 latioaa ••• the aceae of a taailiar wran1l• toda7. p ...,-wt!NIJ~11111111.-__,__.. '--l,11 _ the qaeation ot a •••t la tbe A tor le4 China. Thia ia • pereaaial, . . ~ aa4 . . . ••'•• al••J• 1••4• to Yioleat diaput••• Tb• iaYeotl• • - f . . , - ••• \lle . . i°a•wr aa anal. Y i e h i ~ lolloHa. •1t-• it o••• to• ••llot the Bo•1•t•"'--•r• Yo\ . . ••-1 ■ ••••r, . - \be Co■auiat, woa •••• •pper\•r• fer \N la,p\, Sallli Arabia, t•1••l••ia aa4 lf&aaiataa al■\al ,, " ••••i• ba4 tri•4 abo•t niaet1 ti••• to 1•t the Chia••• Coa■uai•t• a4aitte4 to th• a. ■• Tb•• be •••t oa: •Tbe - ---- ■ ia4• of aoat of•• re•olt that · •• ahould •&•1• be aate4 to •••t ~•.a!: -- a real•• that 1• 4ef7ia1 I I I at tbia YerJ ■ o■eDt,Ato the 1reateat estent poaaible, •••• -a ,, \be ••\borlt, of \be Ual\e4 la\ioa1. • 21111 ,m11a all appearaaoe1 1\ •i&b\ b••• \een la1biaaten wit• 1\1\/'1 ~ P, Cabia•, · · •••••r• aacl \op 1•••1 1•tberecl to A /\ cllao••• \be probl•• of l•rop••• re-•r•••••'• Beoret••r of 8\a\e D••• &obeaon, Defeace Secretar1 801-trt L•••llt Geaerel llaeabner, lYerell ■ •~•laaa, all•••• \•en, let p•••l•• tor 41•••••1•• ...... crecy at that gatbe ng of American• io Pari1. ltORiA - TRUCE In the conf'ueed, long drawn out ar1111t1ce talks in Korea - appears the first hint of a reterence to what Vlablnaky had to say at the General Aaaeably ot the United latlona in Parla last week. At that tt■e, the lloacow delepte ~~ 1n a nols7 diatribe, called tor ,t=-Mfw• ar■iatlce line ale1111 the 'ftllrty-Bllbtb Parallel. Aleo - tor a witbdranl ot all - toreign troops troa the penlnallla. Inclwllna, ot cOUl'N, ~ , ~~- "'1' - ~ - . Thia latter ~ ._.,~,,_... 1D tbl "' truce talka today, altlled a.a...-.~ .tM'bolede-. The negotiations were still deadlocked - the ' ca 1ntst1 wanting an 1-dtate cea••-tlre, our aide wt■tllllll t1ret, on an agree•nt conoeming priaonera-et-war. VheN11p111, the Red negotiator brought up the question ot It• Pl•• on Ult agenda. Which, said he, includes the withdrawal ot all toretan . troops in Korea:"'so let•• look at Itea Five-} /4When the truce talks began, the Reda wanted to include the question ot toreign soldiers, and their withdrawal Our~ected, and there was the usual wrangle, which JCORIA - TRUCE - 2 wi:tt ~ ended lit-.& . . . ,1:"-e•pN■l•u - ~ sides agreeing on - Ite■ Pive <A. sort or catch-all provision - which did-'"' ~t ~ A aention troop withdrawal) ~ could ••n allloat an,th1n,. at..,~ today the Reda brought up I t • Pin, 1&11.na 1t ,A;j ~ ~ ~ ~ W V ' f includet the question or foreign aold1era. -A.l...flrAeoboinl =~ Viabinalc, 1 1 delllllld before the United lationa laat ... k. J,,t-- ~ __ ..; ...,~, AH---11119' •--, a bit coapltoated :,.•• ••• ..... w 1911 1 - .,. N...t ~ ~-~•1 c••••ltiea iD t.b• - ~ . ia loreal'--{ o•er twel•e tho•••a4. laat week'• flp\la1 411clo1ed bJ General Yu fleet to4aJ, wbo eapba1i1•• \be beaTJ eaeay 101••• -- deapi\e tbe llaite4 tl1b\i . . of reoea\ aoatb1. Geaeral '•• fleet•• 1ta\eaeat 1••• rlae \o 1peo•al\ioa ia TotJo tbat beaTJ eae ■J oa•••l- a\e oeaae-tln~ leul.llil•~ la \be air, ou tlpt••-•••lte•• ••N o•t •1• ~ • \o4ar tollowi111 a weak la the f•I aal ralu. rroa \he ~ft- tro~;:'por\1 ,ell et.,..,__. watl.. ~ foo\iall ••• , •••• , ~ .,.,,.,-., pa\Nllt I J••· ., M\11 all••• IIISSDO PLAKE There's still no word on the U.S. hospital plane ■1aa1ng in the French Alps. Aboard are thirty-three Aaert.oau, including the wives and children ot 0.1 1 1 diacbarpd trGII an Anq hospital. The ahip, a c-82 flying box car, took ott traa Pranktort, headed tor the Prench port ot BOrdeau, and 1• DOIi et.lht hours OTel'due. It 11 believed dan aoaewblre betwNn - D1Jon and Bordeaux, in the left:., 11Ull4": g, . . . . . IIOIIDUW. -· IRAI 'l'he State Department annoW1ced today that Allerican ettorta at mediation in the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute ha•• tailed to reach a baaia tor a settleaent. •m•1111-.amm;J, - A spokeaaan said todaJ in Vaahlnaton that there haa been no headway towards "a practicable aolut1on or the international problem during Prater 11011adep•1 v1■1t to the United States." Howe•er, there's still hope 1n Washington that aoae aolutton •1 be round before "9:111•• No11adegh leaves tor h011e on 'l'hursday. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Pund toda, pal ., up eight million, seven hundred and titty thousand dollara to help tide the Teheran Qovernaent over its present cr111a. - Ill 1111 lor4 J•t ia f r • laabia1\oa. Pre■ i•r . t•• Per1laa Preaier will••• l•••• la1bla1\oa oa 8aa4aJ aa4 tber• 11 1peo•latloa that tb• \rip to lo,\ ••1 be •1••• at ooor4laatla& tb• pelioie1 oft•• I•• lews t1ltera thro\.lgh tr011 Hillalayan Tibet - that tha Red torces have now occupied the city ot Oyantae, •roantlle center on the trade route between India and Lbaaa. Pive hundred Chinese trolpa entered Oyantse, and even took onr troa the garrison ot Indian soldiers who tor yean have been there Juat aa a guard r.or their own •rohanta. India haY1DI, by treaty, the privilege ot •1ntain1nc a -11 prr1aon on the outskirts ot the cttJ. S1ailtaneou1i,, In Delhi indicates that India will tum over to the CblneN Ca.un1ata the protection ot ttie caravan route - renounot111 the treat, right, which was acquired ori1inal1J bJ tl'W Britiah. So that's how things are changing on the Root-ot-tm- World -- with Red occupation. Ny son and I re•■ber o,antN well. He was 111 there on the Journey to Ihaaa, and I spent a painful week there on the retum trek. As the guest ot especially hospitable Captain bulatt Patil or the Mahrattas and the Indian doctor attached to the garrison, Capta 1n Bandra Chandra Pal, who •de a daah into the mountains, a forced joumey, to give• what aid he could when I had an accident c011ing down rroa Lott1 loro La. Later he conteaaed that he waan•t a aurpon, and didn't · ban a degree in anything. But he waa a peat help at a ttlll when Tibet see•d a long long way trca heat in thl U.S.A. ,or a week we stayed at the Indian barrack• outaide a,ana - the barrackl troa which lehru • a troopa haYe now been Olllted by the Ch1neae Reda, Juat aa •• prophesied would happen - it India and the Weatem World tailed to do an,thllll - llhtob it did tail to do! ler• la th• ••r4ict -- ia \be oa1e of\•• Peataaoa. Tb• J•rr•• ··••l•& •• -- •\oo ••ob, •••••• ror •••• aoatb• a ••b-coaai\\ee of the 8eaa\e Prepar .. - •••• Coui\\ee baa been ineatl1atia1 \be auber et Geaerala, lcl■ iral• ••• Br11a4ler1 •h• tbroaa \be....-&• · 4or1 of \he Pea\aaoa. Toda7 \be7 p•lll•••4 \belr fl . . • 1 .. ,. Tbl1 atat•• that th• Defeac• Depar\aeat, • • • •• •••b ilp bra11 ia la1bia1\o~ a1 lt 414 a\ \ i i t. • :: r~ •t. et \be laat, •••· • Tb• ••ula& •P oo■•• troa Seaat.or Jobuoas ••aJe11 t,be t.rea4 11 halt.el aow, •• oo•lt, la, •• , claaalo p•r•••• •1•4 •P wlt.b tl1bt.ta1 for••••••••• •all obl1f1 aa4 ao Ia4l•••••, ••• h•• •• p•t. 1,. DITRODUCTION L.T. - &G. day, N o v. 14, 1 51. I'm 1v1n& this program tonight -- at a reunion. An amiversary .a,thering -- of a band of adventllrers as remarkable as an.v in the Second World War. The Allerican Air iommandos of &lnna, who sta&ed the first all-air invasion -- 1n collaboration with the le endary Br1t1ah General Winpte. The saae Winpte who, before the war in Palestine, by the way, founded the present &l'IIJ or Iarael. In B'1l'lla, the Air co-ndoa, with planes and &11dere, aelzed Jun&le clearingo -- as bases tr011 which Wlnaate•s Br1t11h Junale troops operated. The reason that I'• attendin& this reunion, Matea an odd story. During the .:second World War, General Hap Arnold, U.S. Air Force C0111ander, at a banquet, told about that Air Coanando ex~loit -- which had bepn with an odd eypertence for him. Wanting to select a commander !or the advent~re, he dispatched an order through Air Force channels -- send in candidates. So, presently, said Hap Arnold, in came what he called "the toughest little Irishman I ever saw. II llfTROOOCTIO - 2 ''H nearly snapped ~ head off," Hap old aaded. Which was really - somethin& . A young officer nearly snapping off the head of the Co11111&nder of the U.S. Air Poree. That was Phil Cochran, already tuous - in a• ta comic strip. He as the original of Flip corkin, in Milton Comitf's "Terry and the Ptrates." His trouble waa that he didn't want the c01111and or some outfit operating ln Bu.1'111. He was a tighter pilot, who had been tlying in air battle - and wanted to keep on doing Just that. General Arnold, however, persuaded him that the Job he was ottering - was even ■ore or a thriller. So Colonel Phil Cochran got the c011118nd -- in partnership with his old-time Air Force buddy, Colonel J hnny Alison - - and, together, they led the Air Commando adventure. Right 1n the middle of his remarks that night, General Arnold turned to me and said that he wished I would get the full f!JDry and put tt in book. At last that has been done. It is called BACK T O MANDALAY, published INTROOOCTIOH - 3 by Oreystone. And the Air COIIID8ndos, Cpchran an Alison; Colonel Bill Taylor, their glider coaander; Dr. Cortex Enlow, th flight surgeon - and others, have made the book an excuse to hold their first reunion since the time when theJ tlew ab arJQ by n18ht behind the Japanese lines in B.trma - on the road BACK TO MANDALAY. And that •s the scene for th1a news pro1ram -- a broadcast that now begins with a scene, s t ~ e and spectacular, 1n Cairo.