The New Year begins - with a cold w ve. All t he w y - from the Ro c ky Mountains to the Allantlc. Deep freeze - 1n the M iddle West. The troaty temperatures - moving East. With heavJ_t-..4......_ _ fn.1.-t.'9-t~""' H .. y~"(, 1now1 - in upper New York State ,-" The cold wave - extending eouth ~o the Gulf Co~et. Vtolenl storm, tn the Gulf of Mexlco. In the mwntaine of the Veet - bllszard1 IIE!NHOWER Presld nt Eis nhower cam ack to Washington, today - after spending the ew Tear at hla Gettyebur1 farm. The om nt he re~ched the White H o use, he ent into conference with Secretary ot DefenFe Hell Mcilroy And Deputy Secretary Donald Quarles. lubJecl - the flguree for defense 1n the budget, which the President will place before CongreBe. The huge amount• ot money - for the rn11111e program. 3'\lel whe~• the cesh will be epent along the line of rookete. We heer the total figure for the budget le pretty well eet - about eeTenty-four billion dollars. The White Houee - expecting enou~h revenue 4... to cover thie, find leeve - alight A eurplue. Wo lax incres.e,,. probabl~ - but no tax reductio n , either. POST QF[ICI Th e Pot Office announc e s 1t will 8 k for a billion d oll a r ) , , ~o mod rnize po t off1c 0 s in fifty l a r ~ e cities of this ountry. A ten yeer plan - to be placed b efore C o n ress. Th e Post Office o1nta out that the volume of mall 18 increasing four to five percent a ■■ year. The amount - expected to double 1n the next twenlJ yea~,. The poet off1cee in the large cities - becoming obeolete. Unable to deal with the mountain• ot mall. The t1ti1 ma3or c1t1e1 h andle forty-eeyen percent of the nation'• total.••• Tort•~ aaln poa\ offlce - eleYen percent.,~ch come• \o elx • percent of the mall traffic of the entire world. Ve Ame r icana - a letter-mailing peoole. lo the netlonel mailman eaye - he ne Pds a billion. fOLIO The N a tional Foundation for Infantile Parslyels - commemornted tts twentieth snn1ver1ary, today. Founded - 1n Nineteen Th1rty-!1ght, under the au•p1cee of the late Prerldent rr~nk11n D. Ro01evelt. Foremost 1n th ob~ervencee, h11 wtdow - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The Foundation has etablished 'J'tew/lall of tame, dedlceted todAy- honoring se•enteen leader• ln the battle agaln•t polto. Among them, rraAtlln D. Rooaevelt - and Dr. JoAae Salk, who develo~ed the lall ant1-po11o vaccine. YIIIZYELA The revolt in Venezuela - quickly euppreesed. So says the government at Caracas - and ell other evidence confirms ~ he statement. Tonight, the Venezuelan Strong Man, Preeldent Perez Jimenez, went on the radio, tilling the Venezuelan peo le - that the rebellion, whicb flared et the .. aracay flying field, hed been 1uppre11ed 1n le11 than twenty.tour hours. Troop• of the garrison at Caracas, with other army unl\8 - moT1ng quickly, and recapturing the air bale w1,h llttle flghtlng. rew lives were lost, accordln1 to the Venesuelan Preetdent - 1ome rebels fleeing, others made pr11onere. r1rst reports were that the reTolt wa1 limited to the Alr rorce at Maracay. But now it'• d1Tulged that ■• Venesuelan army rebels rose in the Province of Mlrsnda. Seizing the provlnclal CApital - and getting control of the radlo etat1on there. However, that lasted only for a aere •• few h ur,. The government forces - getting control. YEIIZUELA - 2 From Col o~ bia, n ext door to Venezuela, comea a dispatch stating - that leaders of the rebellion arrived by plane this morning. Flee1n1 - fro~ the air bee at Maracay. In·the ~ roup - eight Venezuelan army major . , six · other otf1cere, lwo air force ptlot1, and a couple of c1v1lien1. In Mexico City, Venesuelan exilee virtuallJ adail the feilure of the revolt. Predicting that the 1trugg1e egain1t President Peres Jlmtnes will continue. §JRLII Y sterday venin g , N w Year' Day, •o ~ eth1ng wa n te 1n East B rlin - w ich haan•t been aeen for so me time. Ru1eian soldiers - appearing on patrol. Troops of t h e Sovi e ts - in a display of m ilitary activity. At leaFt t&n Ruesian armored care were •••n pa.1~1ng through Alexander Platz - the ma1n 1quare of taat Berlin. Along the border wilh the Weetern Zone, ~•rties of Ru1s1en 1old1ers, commanded by officers - re1nforc1ng Com~uniet la11 ~Arman police guards. I I wee the first time that 8oTiet armed forces have patrolled !aat Berlin - 11noe the reTolt of the worker• in June of B1neteen r1t1y Three. The belief 1s - that ther . 's a hunt on for Russian ar2y deserters. R e ports tell o f two Rueeian eoldiers cro1sln t h e horde~- eeek1ng 1anc t uary with the British. A high Red Army officer, poe . ibly a gener~l - said to have deserted - BIILJI - a now - tr y ing to ell t r o ug h to t h e West. R e ports are that Ru881an Ar m y me n took ad v anta ~e of t h e N e w Y e ar H olid a y - tr y in g to get t h r o u h t h e Iro n C u rtain. H ence t e . unt for de e rter ~ - ln East Berlln. ll♦IAI - fYU ♦BJII In Paris, there's authoritative word that rranoe will etart negotiating with the United ltate1 - to procure A m erican plans for atomic 1uburlnee, and supplies of suitable nuclear fuel. Which follow• a story 1n the Kew Yor~ T1mes - that \he government in Wes h ington 18 willing to help 1D equlpplng North Atlantic Treaty countrlee wtlh a\omlo eub ■arlnee. . loth Brltaln and France are alreedJ buildlag nuclear undeteea craft of their own. au, lbe eltua\lon 11 111u1trated by wor4 aboul lbe f1r1t rrenoh ato ■ lc eub■ arln~ # now belng con1truotet at a lhlpyard near Cherbourg. they 1ay tbe cratl •• 4e1lgned, •111 mount englnee powered by natural uranlu■• Which mean•- heavy, cumberaome eng1ne1. While American 1ub■arlne1 are far mere etreAmltned - beoauee thelr enatnee use enriched urantua. All of which tllumlnates the point ot the story - that the u S government ■ay give 1t1 allies the proper plane and the proper fuel. 1 - 61:ltlJA Tbe:,.:tlJ: ~ 1n1ater of Albania ~--~~ crew off.. fr e ight plane force d r e p o r t • ~ down bJ Albanlaa figbler P ilot, - are being held ae prl1oner1 in Yalona. A eeaporl - r1n~e4 bf lo•iel alr ba•••• The five men and e 11ewarde11 - reported lo be okay ... today, ln London, lhe Brill•b atr1tne owning the plane, tried to get lhrou1h bf telepbone to Tirana, the Albanian capital. Tbe cell - Tbe London ao•ern■ent - drar,1a1 a dlploaatlo note, proteetlng the way the air 1ran1port wa• intercepted by Red fighter plan••• end forced to land. • 1 1Pt1JI And n ow - who or ea ted Sputn1 kt W e l 1, we • DOW know who didn't. / Ma~or Gener r,1 Blagonrs•o• - although he•~ na me d, of t en, ae the deaigner of the loTlet eatelllte1. At the tlme Sputnik number one broke lnlo the beadllnea, Qeneral Blagonrav'• w&a at a cootlall ~•rty ln Waehlngton.-~earlng the new1, be a1ke4 et once - l f he ccn ld llsten to an Aaerloaa . , plot up ot the radlo a1gnal• fro• the 1alelllte. then, when he heard the atrang~ •beep-beep•, he exclal ■ed: •that's the Toloe • . I reoo1n1ze 11.• Today'• development 1a·the re1ult of a ••• tear•• atunt ln a Danteh newapaver. The reader• of which Toted, eelectlng •the man of the year•. I Ylnner - ~eneral Blagonra•ov. Balled - •• the oreator of lputnlk. Which draw• a qulok reply from the ~eneral. Who, today, 1ent a csblegram ,~ the newapaper, 1ey1ng: •Y o ur reader• are wrong about my per~onal role in the 1aunc•1n1 of the Sputn1ka.• Addln& - • ••vz111 - 2 tbel \he Dan1ah new1paper congrulatlon should go lo a whole group of Bu111an 1c1ent1st1 and en~lneera. Whoa the general call• •the actual creator••• Neanwhlle. the predlctlon 11 \hal l~utnlt number one will co~e to a flerJ end - wlthln torly•etgbt houri. The eatelllte - burn1n1 up, ""'"1L- •• tt plunge• into the frlotlon otAdenee ataoepbere. • •AYJl'fl EAEJiJQH I A fashion broadcs!t - from a place you'd __,,,,,,.- hardly expect to hear lt. The Moscow radio - on the eub,ect of what the well dreesed Soviet woman will wear. A fa~hion broadce1t - given ya Latvian woman artlet, Irna Rubene. Yho, talking to ladle• of Go-u n lem, eet forth a prlnclple of euch 1004 •the prlaary obJeol1v• of clothlng,• ••1• ahe, •11 to regulate the temperature ot the bo4r•. Hearl Bear t But then she 6 o e1 on to 1ay that there can ~e eome ellght repr4 tor looke. Low n ~ ck line dre ■ •e• are all right, and 10 are bobby-eox. But, 1he gtve• a wsrn1n1 • tbat bobb7-1ox muet not be worn with h1ghbeele4 ahoe1, or at parties, or at the theater. And, ae for tight epl1t sklrta - they're out. Having not lng to do with the regulation ot body tem p erature - we auppoee. - ln London• the ro7al rat catcher. So announoe4. b7 official proolaiaation, today. IYery ■•• Year, a ilat ia l••••• of trad••••• wbo ba•• the prl•ll•1• of ualag the ro7al eadorae■ea\ - •1, appola\aea\ \o Ber laJeaty th• Qutta!• To wia thla prl • eooolade th• fir■ or ia4i•14ual •••t ba•• ••r••• \be Qaeea ooatlaaoaaly for three 1•••• or ■ore. Thia 1•••'• lla\ ha• fl••-haa4r•4-an4-tblrt,-DiD• •••••• 111 ••titled to ad•••tl•• - •11 appola\■eat to der ••~••'1 · Tbe Q•••••• Oae, for eaaapl• - a Glaa10• '&1PIP••■ater; wbo, by ro7al warrant, pro•idea th• 800\tiab •••loal inatrueata - wbea Ber laJ••t1 la lD reai4eaoe a\ Balaoral Caatle. But, now - aa4 aurely thla will aouad 1traage1t ot all:- there•• tb• ro7al rat oatcher. But where do•• he catob rats - •b7 ap~oiataeat to lier MaJeaty Queea &llaabeth the Second?• At ~andriaaham P alace - near •U CltQIM - 2 Loa4oa - where &4warcl Vlll used to live. A roJal re1ld•••• b•llt 1••r• ago - and Jou know bow rodeat1 ba•• a wa, of lafe■tlag aaciea, plao••· So, ball to the ro1al rat obatoher bJ appola\ae■\ to Ber laJ••'1 th• Qu•••• IIALAIP • LAIGVAGJ We Americana often crltlolze things 1ald - -ft'J. h -r ~~ NI..( fl#f.4•-1 1n Washln~ton,Alii afflc1al government paJ)err. - ~ .,J-.~-.oL ~ and the like. We call lt -- &ObbledJgoot."~ ~u,, be different - over 1n England, hoae ot the Queen•• lngl1ah. But, I aay, don't be too 1ure about tbal. In London today John Archbold, Preeldenl of the latlonal Union ot Teadbera, cited a doou■eal t••••• bJ lhe lrltlab government. One para1rapb react1a1 a e followa1 •1e1>ara1e.depar1 ■eat1 on the •••e pr:ea11e1 are treated•~ Beparste prea1••• tor tb1a purpoee where eenarate branchee ot work whlob are coamonly carried on as aeparate bualn••••• lA 1epara1e prealeee are carried on 1n eeparale departaents on the same pre~11e1.• And tbat Don, le ~obbledygoot that I doubt any American congr~••••n ■zs could eq ual. Announcer I And now Lowe 11 - w e have a r ew :n ome n t • lefl. L.T. That's all I■■•• I need to pay a tribute lo mother and her cooking. Al every huBband know1, hll wife le lhe world'• b eet cook. Over 1 n 'E ngla . nd, 1n Blr ■ ingba■, Mrs. Muriel Bennet\ cook e d u p an old-fasbloned lnglleh beef 1,ew - using plenty o f onions. The lennelll llke oalona. But, when \he family sle the etew - lheJ all collapaed. Including the family dog, whlob hat 1ome of 1 t. Tbe reaeonT Jnatead_of onion,, lhe lillle womaa had cooked her husband'• deffodll bulbe ta the 1tew. Daftod1le, ae we all know, are beaullful. But daffodil bulb• are 881d to be lethPl tf taken laternftlly. Proving once &gain, the2'e ~ e nothing llke a home-cooked meal.