DISARMAMENT At the London Disarmament Conference, the Western powers today - proposed a ten-month suspension of all a~om!c tests. Stop all nuclear explos i ons for that period - for a trial. The first step - toward a pennanent agreement for disarmament. Today's proposal was offered by .American Delegate Stassen and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd - speaking for their countries and for France and Canada. The plan - a compromise. Soviet Russia had suggested a temporary suspension of atomic tests - with safeguards, inspection. Which aateguarcl angle - is included in today's Westem proposal. Control posts - to be established 1n Soviet Russia, the United States and Britain. And - in the test areas of the Pacific. '1'he all-important ~atter of - inspection. To keep an eye - on possible violations. Moscow wanted - a suspension of atomi c tests for two to three years. Today's c ompromise - redu i ng the time DISARMAMENT - 2 factor to ten months, for the try-out. Furthermore, the Western proposal calls for an agreement - to halt all produ t'on of nuclear weapons. Also - cut-backs in conventional armament. So what's the Russian reaction? Today, Russian Delegate Zorin said - he 11 welcomed" the proposal. He -eet1111rHN,- give a definite reply - the matter being so serious. Which, no doubt, meant - he'd have to consult the Kremlin. Zorin asked for more details, and Stassen replied - the details would be presented in the next three or four meetings of the Disannament Conferenc:e. One interesting point. France - now working on the first French atomic bomb. France - ambitious to join the ranks of the atomic powers. But, obviously, a suspension ot testing - would frustrate the French ambition. Today,however, the French delegate in London annoW1ced that, if Russia will a cept the proposal, France is w lling to stop work on its f i r s t • A-bomb. AGREEMENTS The Secretary of Defense gives a waming to Congress - of what would happen, if this country were to cancel the 11 statua.01!-forces" agreement. Those agreements - which, among - - other things, provide that American soldiers shall be tried by foreign courts, in certain cases. The Girard case, in Japan, stirred a lot ot proteat 1n this country, as we know. Congress reacting - bJ adopting a recoaendat1on. Calling on the administration - to cancel the "status ot torcean agreements. Retuae - to let foreign ountriea put . . rican aenice •non trial. So that was why Secretary or Detenae 81 1 i..--.1111aan a made. statement to the House Foreign Attaira C01111l1.ttee, today. Declaring - that, it the adll1n1atrat1on took an, auch action, w 1 d have to ithdraw Allerlcan troops trom abroad. Giving~ up - our foreign bases. Because our allie1 would not accept - any such condition. / / ' J,Jnderzsec ary of State hristian Herter jolr/secreta Wilso in wam1ng cfongress. 1 P1,atting ~ FRANCE - SOLDIER In France - a case similar to the Girard attair in Japan. An American soldier - charged with manslaughter. The French authorities - intending to put him on trial. Private Wayne McOsker of Manhaaaet, Hew York, conteaaes - that, in Paris, he shot an Algerian. NcOaker - selling Allerican cigarettes in the black market. Oetting into an argw.,ent - over the price. He says he killed the Algerian - 1n ael t de tense. Prance claims Jurisdiction, because the Algerian 1111 a Jrench citizen. The Jaer1can aold1er - ott dut7 at the tiM ~.s. of the shooting. t□•"'R•a Army authorities ude an intoraal request - for authority to court-m~rtial McOaker. Which - - rejected. The Army - now to continue - with a ronaal requeat. ... GIRARD Over in Japan, today, Private William Girard was married - espousing h i s Japanese sweetheart, Haru (Cand7) Sueyama. That is, 1n a civil marriage, wider Japanese law. The religious ceremony - to be held according to sc!,edule, previously announced. On Friday - in a Protestant chapel at Cap Whittington • Today, Girard and Candy - were, actually, forty ■ilea apart. When - the civil wedding was tormal1zed. He - in detention at C&11p Whittington. She - in Toqo, where she registered tor the urriage betore a JapaneN maa11trate. PHILIPPINE At this late date - still another story of Japanese soldiers left ovbr from the Second World War. Hiding away - in jungles. A dispatch from the Philippines tells - how a search party was trying to establish contact with a party or Japaneae in the Cotabato Province. But - were driven otr by Jungle tribesmen. Fierce warriors or th~ Bilaan tribe - keeping ■ t them away from the Japanese • ..., ..... , The reason - marriage. Pour or the former soldier■ or the Mikado - having wedded women ot the tribe. They urr1ed, in fact, tour daughters ot the tribal chief. uppos the w1v~don 1 t want to loa their / . / , • ; ' their r ~er agree•. Matr ony b ~rvening - ,,. count ot J panese lfho took ~6 the JunsJ,e• a ., , , en year;v"ago. When JlflcArthur - reconq\.l'ered the lippinea. HURRICANE The U.S. Weather Bureau reports - that another hurricane is likely ~n the Gulf of Mexico, this month. But will, most likely - not stri k e the United States. This is the second 11 thirty day probability torecaat". - The first - having been issued a c ouple or weeks ago. That one - only too correct. Forecasting, well 1n advance, Hurricane Audrey, the storm demon that wrought havoc along the U.S. gulf coast. Considering the devastating truth or that tor11er prophecy - plenty or attention will be given to the torecut made public today. Looking ahead tor thirty days, the Weather aireau I I U . ~ ' - announc~ ~.~; t~p1 cal storm is likely to form in the Oult or Mexi c o, probably in the southem portion - and be deflected westward. OWing - to the prevailing easterly winda aloft, over the northern gulf. 11 In othe~ words, the prospe tis that easterly winda and high alt tude w 11 send the hur rl ane toward the coast ot Mex ic o. Meaning - Mex ic o, take wam i n~! l SURVIVOR The story told by Air For c e Lieutenant David Steeves - _,,(,,f} ,1e,~N• one of the most remarkable accounts of perilous ,... adventure and ordeal ever put in the record. ~. ~ a .. -'1-~ Lieutenant Steeves - lost 1n the4ftW high Sierras / ' 1- tor nearly two months. Bailing out of his Jet plane - early in May. Making his way out ot the mountains - early 1n July. To present this amazing adventure, it is only neceaaar, to state the tacts - baldly. On Nay Ninth, he was tlying from 0akland,Cal1tom1a, to Alabama - when h1a Jet plane exploded. Ntt••*• Ci• nl:la■ •••• er l'N■Re, QMifoa~a. High - in the mountains. He - able to bail out, and landed on a granite ledge, ■ ticking out of the snow. Both ankles - apra1ned. . . Hobbling along, he found a small park station, with emergency rations. Where he lived f.or two weeks, and then aet out for civilization. Still hobbling - on injured ankles. Using his flyer's para c hute - to keep wann. Burrowing ins i de a hollow logs, at n i ght. For fifteen days - SURVIVOR - 2 without food. Then he was able to procure fish, gaiter snakes and dandelions. Eventually, he trapped a deer - and had venison to eat. He almost drowned, trying to cross a stream - caught in the rapids. After nearly a month of this, he caught his first glimpse of an airplane. Trying to signal it with a mirror - but with no result. "I also saw another plane, 1n June, and also several Jets," he relates. "But they could not see 1111 4gnal, either." In this ordeal of two months, he tound one source of courage. "The thing that gave me the most energy," he rellte1, "was my love tor my wife - and the taith I put 1n the Lord. I prayed continuously. I felt that others muat ~ ve been praying for me. Because the Lord must have guided 1iJ steps." The ordeal ended, when he stumbled upon a forest ranger station. He had last sixty pounds - of his normal SURVIVOR - 2 one hundred and n i nety-five. Wandering, for two months, about one hundred m i les - through some of the wildest of the Cal1fom1a Sierras. Today his wife said: "It's like having him come back from the dead." FLYER At Virg i nia Beach, Virginia - funeral c eremonies, turning into a reunion. Mrs. Edward Wolf, cancelling a memorial servi c e for her husband. Making ready - to greet him with a wel c ome home. The husband - Lieutenant Commander Edward Wolf, a Navy flyer. Reported - lost in the Mediterranean. When, during maneuvers - h i s jet plane collided with an Italian Jet. But now the news - found alive on an island. Lieutenant Commander Wolf - able to bail out. And he fell into the sea. The search for him - railing. Becauae or strong currents - which swept him away • . From the days of antiquity, the Mediterranean has been known for the powerful sweep or water - running in switt currents. A classical legend - Scylla and Charybdis, tor example. The perilous rapids - that wrecked many a ship. Lieutenant Commander Wolf fell into a current like /"l that - and was swept on to the island of Salina, off the coast of Sicily. Where - he got ashore. The island so little PLYER - 2 frequented - the news comes only now. At Virginia Beach, Mrs. Wolf says: "The reunion will be one of the happiest moments of my life." ,. ACTRESSES In Rome - a verdict i n the rivalry between Gina Lollabr i gida and Sophia Loren. The two Italian movie stars - whose feud is an entertaining affair in the world of motion pictures. Both - renowned for shapliness. So it's a competition - of figures. Today's verdict also concerns figures - but of another sort. T"ae figures you write - figures tor taxes. The Roman tax gatherer - estimating . the incomes ot the two actresses. Which one - makes the moat? In Italy, there's a 11 t1111ly tax". Baaed - on the taxpayer's reports. Also - what the tax collector eatillate1, as a proper amount. Today's estimate - a mastei,)ie c e or tactful diplomacy. Gina Lollabrigida - estimated as having made one-hundred-and-forty-thousand;- eight;..hundred dollars 1n the past year. Family tax.es to be paid - eighteen-thousand,.. tou!'- hundred-and-thirty-two dollars. For Sophia Loren - exactly t same amount,. As between the two rival beauties, the Roman ACTRESSES - 2 tax collector 1 s - completely neutral. But, in order to accomplish this neutrality, he had to favor Sophia Loren. To gt ; r income - up as high as Gina Lollabr1gida 1 s. Because Sophia was - modest. Not wanting to seem - boastful. Reporting her taxable income - at only twenty-t1ve- thouaand,s1rhundred dollars. Which the tax collector hiked - all the way to one-hundred-and-torty-thousand,-eight-hundred dollars. A boost - or nearly six hundred per cent. ~ti;.,/ ~'P-~tr-M- . . ~~- Juat being n ~ the Lolabr1g1da-Loren teud. Making their inc011es - absolutely equal. That ROIIUl tax collector - must have a sense of humor. ENGLAND - GRAVY At Portsmouth, England, Mrs. Mildred Tilbury tells - how she followed the trail. No bloodhound was ever more relentless - nosing along the track or a fugitive. On her kitchen stove, Mrs. Tilbury had a pot ot stew - rich and mz savory. She went out tor a mile - and, when she came back, the pot of stew was gone. ( Mysterious. but she noticed something - a spatter - ot gravy on the floor(. Gravy - tl'OII the stew. There - , 1n tact - a gravy-trail. Leading out ot the houae, and acroaa the back yard. Nrs. Tilbury followed it. 'l'he telltale aigna - leading across the way to the house ot John William Nc111llan. Who, in swiping the pot ot atew, had carried it so clumsily - he left a gravy-trail. Mrs. Tilbury went barging into the house, and round the pot - empty! McMillan, sound asleep - from over-eating. - - o/A:- The stew was in him - and, now, he's in the soup. -- / ' END Announcer: And now Lowell Thomas recalls. L.T.: There was a small news item - a year ago today. Rather inconspicuous - but it had a note of prophecy. Ott1cer1 ot a Union local - indicted 1n New York. The District Attome7 calling the local - a racketeering affair. What Union? 'lhe Teamateral Jm1nor naws item • a a~~ ccae. Poreahadowing the headline racketeering scandals - involving the huge Teamsters Union, months later. And,So Long Until Tomorrow.