LT - I ~ -< • SPOT I K IHS IT E A Mose w l:innouncement ma k es it 0 1' 1 ial - Sputni k Two hus fl:illen from its or bi t . ' ! ' he lar st man- "l ud stttellite ev r l un 1ed - wei hin eleven hundred poun d ~, curring the sled do g L a l k a . ~ Sputnik two revolved uround our planet - m re thun wo t 0 1 lsund times - traveling over sevent y millon mils. We w re warned b: Am • rican and British experts - thKt the satellite would pr•oba b l ,: come down ~ the wee '.< end. And 1 t ,,I.. did. Sputnick Two, plung ng to d structlon over the C aribbean - at about nine p . m . l ~ st night . blazing dis la y , observed b hundreds on th e i sland of Barbados , in the British West Indi s. '£he first Soviet Sputnik fell in Dece-iber. -=>o now the only artiftclal sate l lit s in the sk y - are t 1e three sent up by 4 . DUKE The Duke of Edinburgh - criticizing the Britis h GovPrnmPnt. In a m1ld sort of way. But t ha t's enough to raise a lot of Brjtish eyebrows. The Royal fa 1ly, usually maintaining a dignified silence - above politics, as they say in London. - So what ct1t1cism - com s tr o m Queen's consort ••• ~ . / h e - ~~ ~~ ~.:t:£,c_c'..,4-- Duke of Edinburgh wants Brjtain to do mo r e about - the exploration A . or outer space. He th1nks Her Majesty's people should make - - sacrifices - to keep up with America and Russia. Put more money into things like artificial satellites. This, an implied suggestion - that Prime Minister MacMillan start a satellite pro g ram. The Duke ot Edinburgh declaring - "I cannot b e lieve tt.e British e o ple want to s1 t by - and watct. others explore t he Uni verse around us." ~-~ M. ~ \ 4 i l d ~ cr i ticism,{_ _- Prince Phi i ~ saying • IWR wh~t ~~~~""' a lot of other Britons are saying. But ~ t h e Royal Fa mll y •• / ' - r.ES Di p om a l e k s nw. b e in w ith h Russians - l n a few d · s. So says c eta o f State Dulles. ~ ~ _ _ 5 ' p eaking befo r the Int rnational Press Institute in Was i n t / H~ tol h s a 1dien~1:,,pes ttu.se diplomatic talks will lead on to a Summit o ference, -although k_ I re p ated, we hav e noFlntention of cor:unlting ourselves/ ~ ~ a t - until we find out what the Russians have t ~ ~ t h i a pre-Summit get-toget ' 1er . One new factor in the International disput., fa&:re told that Secretary Dulles now has th backing or the NATO Powers - in h is c tt utlous a ·1. roach to t e Russians. our Allis, aco ptln g the need to " find out whether Khrushchev la s ncer e - before m etin him at the Summit. TR O OPS Informed s re s i n London declare - Britain l:lrr:i West Gerrrany have reac h ed a a reement abut the paym nt of British troops on German a i l . As we kn w, Lond n has demunded that Bonn contribute t th e suoport oft oae troops. The Adenauer Government, turning down t 1 e demand. But Chancellor Adenauer is due to arrive in London - on an official State visit. ~nd the belief in London ia, ' -tGC.~ew agreement wi 1 be anno need during his sta y . /4 Here are the terms according to t ia re p ort!- NATO, to contribute fift y percent - to the coat of mAintaining ~ British troops in West G rmany. ) debt to Britain; A~ arms !'or the · West German Army - ~ be Bonn, to pay/ in advance_,, part of i ta purchased in London - through an advance pa yme nt. ~ritain, / in turn, pledging to kee at least fift y thousand men in West Germany as a deterrent to aggression by the Communist bloc. ~ore tension 1n t e i ddle East. Five Syria n b o rder gu & rds - crossin g over 1n o Lebanon l a st njght. ) ~ " ' ten milPs inside I-«-•~ Then a_:--...-"Agave Lebanese territory - bPfor any o he s otted them. the alarm. Leb an ese troops, rush i ng to t h sce n e - a gun battle eru ting. The Syrians, hiding 1h a w o ods - shooting tout, until their ammunjtion w~s gone. Then four surrendered. The fifth, escaping back into Syria. a.../ The Syrians insist they were aftP.r s mu gglers.A crossed the border without k owdng it. But some members of the Bejrut Parliament - are caJljng for a state f)_,,,.IM&d., of emPrgency. ••~~Lebanese foreign minister - want• a joint invest gation by Lebanop and the United Arab Republic or Syria and E g ypt. ~ Malik, cabling Cairo - asking Nasser to -~~-:,- send a delegation -- before the Syrian-Lebanese fro~tier becomes any ,A.. more explosive. I n d f s Ila - ov r nt ava ore , s ~ m t n g Et r c- ndezv u n e In a Oc an . Sukarno, massing s . S 8 n 0 an A inv as l on of ttt ra. , ~ anw i l e, his r und fore~ o n t nue to plun e a h , ad - cu 1 off MM. r ls fr m t e s a - exc p t i n the o:)outh. T h Pr d t Inrtont-sia, s n d l n t · 1r e c lumns into Ta u uli Pr o v _ n ~ e - w here hey ctli)tu r d Pa d n ~ This drive ut off t e su p l por t of ibolga - so the rebels now con trol on1 t h road run n Sout h . And th Lo y alist invas on is a lreu t ea t nln th b t road - 'TtOpping u p w ithin en mtll!s of it . In Hon Ko , Foreign Minister S band · io told n e wsmen the r ebe l ion w i ll b cru s d within a week. h forei n minister 1 ring, " i ta r . oper 1.. t ons are no n their final phase" . Ja arta a rlb t s th e fa!..lure of t e rebel1 - to low :norale . T aid to b 1 e qu ip ped ~or jun le arfare - ut too ma ny oft . f e l t t Su rnos vi c t o r · ls i n vt u b l . Toni t Cuban r bel · lir h ldin as v ret c nference - s m w h in Ori n t Pr v n • F e astr , s haking up h is H h Co nd . " r in to n out who w ~ res nsible - for t h e ti 1 e of lust ' w elrs u rlsin a a tnst Batista . Th e uprising, d wn B utis l fo:r i t ~ four h ndred reb ls PU as s - ,, kl led_...., Th violence a p urs t peterin out. Some shoot ing toda y - but no mass at acks b · rebels tr ops an w ll re in u bti . ome sch o ols, open for the first ttm . i n a month. Man y n e wsmen, packing up - read y t go h m. \ Havana to v over Castros war against Batista - b u t n o w ~ fl ure the rebe l lio n is just ab t ov e r . SHOOT I N That shoot at Hulti's n b ass y in Was 1 incton - was caused by the reca ll of one diplomat. ~nd e Toussaint, sunrnoned home. B lamin it on nfav rable re µ orts by Counse Samuel Devieux. After getting th order, Toussaint went int Deviewc's office, wit a O u lt rev 1 ver ln 1s pocket- The two men were heard quarreling - t h n a s n ot. Deviewc, killed instantly. Touss&int, now a prisoner in the embassy ••• until Hal ti decides where he should be tried for the sho o ting. .30 y The forner queen of I ran, sailin g for m rlca. Soraya, going aboar t e U.s.s. Cot sltut on at enoa . 1-\t tt '-' d ock, u r o wd o~ Ita lan ad~i ers - w 10 s ' uted , "Sor a a, Joraya ". T he for r w if of t < . hah - s e em e d de o ressed w h en she went ~1:t t~~~:-!~r:!::! harf - she app ared a t e rail - smiling, and w v ng at th e c rowd. She's crossing th e Atlantic i. n a litxu.rious sun-<iec k sui te . The s1:1.me u ~ Grace Kelly occuped, w e n she sailed to Monaco to marry Prine Rainier. OET -- A Federal Court is bein g asked to decide - about o ne of .he recognized to 1 J merican oets of the Twentieth . Century. Ezra ound. Should he be rele a sed from the mental hos p ital - where he has been h eld for twelve years. ound, accused of m aking i ro-Axis broadcasts from 1taly - during World ffar Two. Ca p tured by merican ilitary forces in£ ineteen Forty-Five. The . oet, p rotesting he was not a traitor. But he would have been accused of treason, exce . t that he was declared insane - and sent to a mental hospital. "'i here in 1' i neteen Forty- Five, Ezra ound wrote one of is gr~ a test works - the n isan ~antos" - which won him a ~ rize forte Best American ~oem of the Year. An a ard t ha t raised a storm of controversy. S ome critics feeling, it should not havG g one to a m a n a ccused of treason. But hob~rt Fro s t and other writers - la ve been ur g in g the relea s e of Ez ra _ > ound, saying, tl a t des ite b i s J oliticnl views h e's a g reat p oet. ?OE T - 2 --- Today's motion, filed by Thurm a n hrnold, former Assistant A ttorney ~eneral. A rnold, p ointing out that since P ound is insane, be can't be brou&ht to trial. Also ' that he'll never recover, as long as he's in that mental hospital. So the lawyer is askin the Federal ~ourt - to release izra ound. Allow •rs. ound, to take her husband back to !taly. This is s~oken of as the best solution for one of the most controversial li t erary figures of ur time - E zra und. E~ JE .l ! I OWER Presi ent Eisenhow r snaps u two- ame "Los in · ' treak". ,1r . 1::.iaenl wer, pc n' the b a seball s e ns n at iffit r Stad tt m - for sixt . strai ht time. Tho President, a lashlngton fan - watched the Se ators o do wn to defeat for th . pust wo years . Toduy w a s different - ,as ington winning, makin the Presiden t ' s pen da : record - t ! ree victories und th ree defeuts. It w a s a perf ct da ' for base b all in the nation's capital. Al ost twe nty -seven t ousbnd fans in the stadiu ~ ••• when the pr es iden tial phrtJ arrived. They stood up i n a rousing ovat i on - and Mr. Eiaenhowar waved both arms 1.n re 1 . Then Mr. Eisenhower p rformed t~at v 1 tal fnnct on begun by Wi lian Howard Taft in nineteen te n. · he President, throwing out th first bbll. In fat , he t i rew . two. One, caug t by Whitey Herzog oft c Senator s. The se c L pd, cau• . t by th 1ashl ngton ba bo y , J my R an. Then tr. Eis nhow r settl d d wn to watc l the ume . "-lon w i t i the rest r t c r o , he ~ad ne d isa ~p n m , n t - Ted ~ illiams didn't. 1 y today. Anyhow a putcher from Cuba, P edro Ramos, held Boston to a cou p le of rune. Beating the Red Sox, five to two. ARSONIST In Ke y W s t , the 've Just caugbt - the Champion Firebug. Bi l y Mody - most su e ssful ars o nist o n record. Billy when he was ood y s i rted his first fire in Phi l adel p hia, Kis ■ iaaippi - el h t ~ f t e r that,.-+. never looked back. ~ active at his profession, for twenty y ars - in pluces all the way r fr o m Florida to Korea. A lot of b ildings went up in flames - . after Billy Mody paid them.k visit. A u.s.o. Club in Biloxi. I A barra c ks in CaMp Drum, . New York. A hotel in Portsmouth, J Virginia. And ao on. - 4 ~ Twenty y ara, and forty-eight fi'rea later - GeJ-e run up e- ,,A ~ ! s c o r e , ~ Dama g e, estimated at four million dollars. The 1nsur-ance c m p anl s, calling it - "The Largest Sin le Arson ase in Histor y ." T he c ase, Jut c ra ck d, in Key W st. The end of a long care e r for B il l y Mood y , King of th Fi re b ugs. UEEN FOLLOW PIA IST That Moscow music contest - produced another first. Royalty, 1k visiting Russia - for t r w first time since t h e Bolshevi executed A th Czar and his family in nineteen seventeen. - Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, in Moscow, for the competition. She's the widow of King Albert - G r and-mother of Young King Baudouin. She's a patron of the arts - specially music. So she 4.~~~ was on hand o ae~Van Cli urn win the piano contest. Later, the grand old lady of European royalty - met Khrushchev. She emerg d from t e Kremlin - to tell newsmen her conversation with the boss of Soviet Communism - was very friendlJ, music, br1ng1!'<~e~- -:~=- the Bola sv1k4° _.,._ flANl ' T Toni e ht, a " exan is the toast of hussia. Van liburn of i i l g ore - w o is twenty-three and stands six-feet-four. Sounds as if he ou c ht to be an athlete. But V a n ~liburn is a ianist. And he efeated seven o p.J onents at the Tchaikovsky P iano Contest in oscow. f inning a Gold •edal - and twenty-five thousand rubles. tlls t' laying, so superb that he has been receiving compliments from top ~oviet musicians. Emil Gilels, often called Russia's g reatest master of the keyboard - describes ~liburn as •The Best · ianist of the Younger Generation.• •The Best Of The Best," was the way he p ut it. Aram ~achaturian, composer of the famous •Sab.e a nce,• s a ys he h a sn't heard anyone lay as well as the six-foot f o ur youn g Texan in any p revious Conservatory Contest. The youn master, of the p iano of ~urse n ot to e et • I , r us h c l e v • ' he .,;, o vi e t b o s s , 1 o o k in u }> t hi m - ask in g "Lo you eat y e a s t"? C l iburn lo o kin own at ? lA 1ST - 2 ■ • n rus h c .ev, a nswering, fl! come from Texas - where the vit a mins a re excellent.fl And no w , h ere's Don - a l , ays full of vitamins. A. CTION Here's a story Jo ut an auction - one that could only happen in England. A dispatch from Crewkerne -;f(J-- statingA on& item on the block i n t is auction is - th title "Lord of the Manor." The Wyndham Estate in Somerset - is up for sale. Four bundred acres - some of the best land in Britain. Ever since the lliddle 4gea - the owner of the Wyndham Estate - has enjoyed the official title granted by the King. S'7whoever buys the Estate now - gets that traditional title, "Lord of the Manor."