BRITA! L ,T.-D E CO. THU!;!_Y, J.I.N,16, 1958 P~½ 7~.- (G i ven by L,T.Jr.) Brita i n today gave a non-aggression pledge to Soviet Russi~- In a letter from Prime Minister Macmillan - answering the connnun ic at i on addressed .. II ow Premier Bulganin to a whole series of countr i es. Bulganin proposed - an all-aro\md non-aggression pact. Macmillan, today, replying - that the matter of a formal diplomatic document will have to wait. But his letter stated - that he pledgel "most solemnly" that no British government will ever commit, take part in, or condone, an act of aggression against the Soviet Union~ Those are the Prime Minister's own words. As for a sununit conference between East and West, which Bulganin also suggested - Prime Minister Macmillan replied politelyj~at - in thtatter of a conference of the heads of state, he will give an answer after further consideration. DULLES - Secretary of State John Foster Pu1les, today, called on Soviet Russia - to accept President Eisenhower's proposal for peaceful control of outer space. The Secretary - ~ addressing the National Press Club in WashingtonJ,1 He said it would be "tragic" if nothing were done while the "arts" of outer space are still in their infancy. "Arts" of outer space including - such matters as missiles which soar beyond the atmosphere. S•wnux,x-ttu ~- 81••···•,~Du l les also challenged the Russians to make it clear - whether they want a summit conference to promote the cause of peace and justice in the world. Or - merely for propaganda purposes. BERLIN ln e s t B er l in, t oday, t he 1 e st · rn Bi g Three e ~ anded - th ~ t t 1 e Russi a ns must end t heir olicy of • h arras s ing" Al lied military tr a ins - Running - fro ■ B rlin, across Russian occu p ied country, to west e rn p rte of G ermany. The p rotest follows the news of yesterday - telling how four American trains had been halted at Ruaaian check p oints. Held - for as long aa ten hours - because the Soviets were trying to impose new regulation• - not accordin g to standing agreement. They didn't get away with it - but they did make quite a nuisance. Today, whe trains pasaed through, the stamping demand was repea t ed. The Americans - refusing. The luaei a ns - letting the trains go on. But, warning - that they'll p ut their sta ■ ping requirement into effect in the future. TRANSLATIONS The government in Washington has begun a program - " for the translation of all Russian scientific joumals and reports. As a way - of keeping American scientists aware of scientific developments in the land of the Soviets. So stated by Dr. Alan watennan, Director of the National Science Foundation - following a blast by Congressman Fascell of Florida,-Who declared - that this country has a ten year "back-log" of Russian scientific Joumals, still untranslated,-While Moscow translates every scientific joumal published, within thirty days of publication. The fact is, of course - that we need translation more than they do. The Russians have a tradition of learning foreign languages. Their scientists - likely enough to read Er,glish. But mighty few American scientists can read Russian. It would be a good idea, says Dr. Waterman, if more studied the Russian lan age. A;J;fwent on to say that, under the new program in Washington, the more important Russian scientific articles TRANSLATIONS - . 2 will be translated in full. The less important - given in the form of abstracts. All material - to be circulated among American scientists. FARM - President Eisenhower, today, called on Congress - to reduce the federal farm aid program. The White House - presenting the lawmakers with a fourteen point proposal. One w clause of which - calls for a lowering or price supports from seventy-five to sixty per cent of parity. Secretar, of Agriculture Benson to be given a freer hand - in setting the levels of support. 7 The reception in Congress,- hostile. A few legislators approving~ ofs,•tws .:xpressing an unfavorable opinion,•• Republicans - as well as Democrats. Not surprising - with Congressional elections coming up next autumn. • EXPLOSION A disastrous explosion - at Richmond, Virginia, today. A blast in a cold storage plant. o violent, that the walls of the buildin , eighteen inches thick, burst and were hurl d out into the street.- The roof collapsing on employees and customers.- People - picking up frozen foodstuffs. persons - believed to have lost their lives. The cause of the explosion - not clear. But it thundered - as if a bomb were bursting. Eight INDIANS , An Indian uprising.- threatened i n Nort h Carolina. Where one-third of the population of Robeson county_ is redskin. The trouble,--the K~ Klux Klan. Which is preaching - segregation. Indians, also - to be segregated. Recently, there have been Cross burnings - by the ,. ft hooded order. With warnings to the Robeson County Indians - against racial mixing, associating with whites. One Cross of . . the Ku Klux Klan was burned at a place - where an Indian family moved into a white neighborhood. The Klan has called a mass meeting - for Saturday night. ,, Which the local white citizens call - an invasion by _ outside . agitators.'' Indians announcing - they 1 11 attend the rally. ~ A n d ~ e y 1 11 wipe out the Ku Klux Klan. Local merchants ~ report - a booming sale of guns and ammunition. The authorit i es in Robeson County are faced with an 11JQ1D explosive situation. Town officials - passing a unanimous resolution - condemning the~ Ku Klux Klan)~With a declaration of cordial friendship - toward the local Indians. CHURCHILL Sarah Churchill pleaded guilty in a Calitomla court, this afternoon. The daughter of the great Prime Minister admitting the charge that she was intoxicated in a public place,- Thus ending the affair - which began when Sarah Churchill was arrested at lier home in Malibu, Calitomia. The police declaring - that she was drunk and fought with the cops. Today, Mias Churchill told the court: "I was more ill - than drunk. I've been under a011e strain in these last few months, and I'm sure there could have been a 111.aunderatanding and misinterpretation. I regret the trouble I've caused the COIIIIUnity and the court. It is painful to aayaelt - Jnd to thoae I love." Whereupon she threw herself on the mercy or the court - and paid a fine or fifty dollars. l I NYS'l'BRY W(JIAlf Here's a dispatch - about the "1nyatery woman" or / Bethany, Oklahoma. Miss Luema Pigman - whom the tax collector is now suing for one hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars,- That much due on income - during five years • . . ~1th · - penalties. . ' . 1'7s ounds like a huge lot of income - and where did Niss Luema Pigman get it'? 'lbat 1 s the extraordinary par t .eef 111 and l.t • a cl I a 19 otJatcd Uat J; tifty-six year old apinater in Oklahoma got the money from a w011&n in Chicago, Mrs. Pannie Nay Scoville - ot the Chicago Social Register. Today, in an Oklah011&. tax court, N1aa Luema Pigman stated - that Nra. Scoville sent her so much money, abe couldn't keep track or it. , . ~ "The amount," she testified, /\sometimes ten thousand dollars, sometillles twenty thousand, s011etimes thirty thousand." But why? She said - it was mo n ey for charity. "Giving the money to charity brought sunshine into her life," declared the witnesa. Adding that Mrs. Scoville didn't want ll!STERY W<ICAN - 2 her name uaed 1 So she sent the money for charity - to Mias Luema Pigman. DOG - At Memph i s, Tennessee, a sma l l do g was a hero, today. A toy terrier, named "Little Bit",- OWned - by Mr. and Mrs. R.F .Raymond. Last night "Little Bit" was asleep outside his dog- h ouse - when something went wrong with an electric warming apparatus, installed to keep the tiny pooch cratortable. The dog-hduae caught f i re - soon wrapped in flaaea. "Little Bit" - ~ on a leash, •a aa•l•Lt get away. Until a luckY. th i n g .. ~L:z, .cl. ~ I happened. The leash - made or plastic~ • j sh t'llaca El l So "Little Bit" got tree - and 'llhat did he do atter auch a narrow escape1 He ran to the back door of the Raymond home - where-. he barked and howled, waming the family. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond awakened - Just in time to aee .._. the fire from the dog-house 1 w:11 •• spreading to their • frame residence. A few minutes more - and the whole place would have been ablaze. Danger averted - after "Little Bit" did a b.!§ 12,!_t. A spectacular atunt - in New lork today. When a water skier - made the trip around Manhattan island, twenty-eight mile1, - pulled by a motorboat - and apeedm, along on those skis thru freezing water, and during a snow-atora. Three began the trip, starting out in Kew ~ork'• East liYer - but only one finished - doing the twenty- eight miles - in an hour and forty-eight ainutea. So who was this water skier? - perfor■ ing a recor4 -breattag esploit? lhJ, none other than Don ~orrow, our Delco announcer. Who is ready, in a ainute - to tell ua about batteries, but first l' ■ goiag to ask hi ■ soaethi~I about - water skiing around Manha t tan. L.T.Jr.: Why did you do it, Don? Don: I thought it aight help to proaote water sports in general - and •ater skiing in particular. L.T.Jr.: Wasn't it rather chilly? Don: It sure was. I had a frogman suit on, on or those WATER SKI - 2 rubberized suits, and that kept me dry. But I got frostbite on the hands , .and they' re st 111 numb. I started with glofes on, but they got ripped off as I hung onto the towing line. , That was the one thing that was murderous - the freezing hands,. L.T.JR.: What happened to the two other water skiers? · DON: One or them had to give up near the W1111auburg Bridge - as we went speeding up the East River. So there were two ot ua • coming around to the Harle■ ~1 ver, and down the Hudson. Then Hane:, Barer hit a,.!:1 between the tip of Manhattan Island and the Statue of Liberty - and that did him under. 'l'h.ey •. h~ed h i m into the boat. ~ ~ c t ~ , L.T.JR.: I'll bet a lot or people were surprised - seeing that mid-winter water skiingl DON: Tug boats whistled at us, and we could see people along the East River Drive - waving their arms. We noticed traffic stopping - to look at us. WATER SKI - 3 t · .T.JR.: ~ell, during that spin around · Manhattan, you must have had enough water skiing to last you for quite a while. DON: I sure have - especially with these frost-bitten hands. But now I'd better get along to Delco • .. iQAT The Mississippi River can bid a final farewell - to the old stern-wheelers. The big steamboats - taking passengers for overnight cruises - Cincinnati - to New Orleans, for exam le. Only one left, the Delta Queen - and she was put up for aale today. So few people interested, nowadaya, in taking the long boat-ride on Old Man liver. Thi• enda the river operation• of a dynasty - that tor three generations, navigated those big stern-•h••l•r1. The Greene family - beginning with Captain Gordon Greene, •ho 1tarted the line of river boats back tin Eighteen Ninety. lie was a famous river pilot - and so was hia wife Mary. The only wo■ an river pilot - in the United States - navigating on the Mississippi - for fifty year,. And Solong Until To ■ orrow!