Korea remembers the 34,000 South Koreans who
fell in the last year of the war, with a
memorial ceremony led by President
Syngman Rhee. He is joined by his allies;
with General Maxwell Taylor, commander of
the eighth army, offering a silent prayer.
A courageous leader joins his people in
their morning the sound of guns has been
stilled in Korea, but the scars of
bereavement are written on the faces of
the citizens of a ravaged land. Few indeed need
are the families of that tragic
country who have not felt the cruel hand
of war and the loss of a loved one.
Here's the roster of the widows and
fatherless babies, and in their morning
ceremony they symbolize the personal
tragedy of a people whose country has
been a world battleground. Here are
people who not only have known the
tragedy of war, but whose spiritual scars
will take long to heal. The Falcon Dam
on the Rio Grande River provides yet
another link between the United States
and Mexico. President Eisenhower arrives
for the dedication, to be greeted by
President Ruiz Katinas of Mexico; with
whom he visited on the Mexican side. The
first time he has set foot out of the
country since his election. The two
Chiefs of State then join in the
unveiling of the dedication plaques on
the 47 million dollar dam, which will
provide irrigation and power to be
divided equally between the two nations.
Truly hands across the border, and
another bond between two close neighbors.
New York accords its traditional hero's
welcome, with a cloud of
ticker-tape to General Mark Clark,
retiring commander-in-chief of the far
east. After 40 years of service, General
Clarke beams the army with the acclaim
of his countrymen, 300,000 of whom gem the
streets ------.
He closes his military career with the
warning that America may never relax her
defense against communism.
At Edwards Air Force Base, test pilot
George Welch put's our newest jet
fighter the f-100 Super Sabre through
its paces. The successor to the Korean
tested f-86 Sabre jet is bigger, more
powerful by far. The first operational
jet to exceed the speed of sound at
level flight. In other words, it's in
production and it is supersonic. When it
cracked the sound barrier shock waves broke
windows down below.
Super Sabre.
Engineering history in the making as
construction crews race a December
first deadline, to complete the world's
longest pipeline. Spanning almost 2,000
miles from Alberta oil fields to
refineries in Ontario. The final links are pushed
through, overcoming enormous natural
obstacle. Four miles of 20 inch pipe
must be towed across the Straits of
Mackinac in northern Michigan,
underwater. Pontoons hold the pipe just
off the bottom keeping the waterway free
for shipping, as The prestigious task goes
forward to completion.
Royalty visits Paris. King Paul and
Queen Fredericka pause in their journey
to the United States. For the Queen, it's a
reunion with her two brothers, Hinrich
and Christian of the House of Hanover.
The brothers are among the friends and
relations, most of them members of
Europe's exiled nobility, to pay their
respects to the royal couple before
their departure.
Despite his disclaimer that he is not a
hero, General William Dean receives a
hero's welcome from his
commander-in-chief, President Eisenhower.
The general who has rapidly recovered
from his three years of red captivity, is
in Washington for a new assignment. The
latest range of Palo Alto is the bongo
board, kind of a sawed-off seesaw, for one
Marjorie Daw at a time.
It's easy enough to see how it works, but
it's quite a trick to make it work.
Models, or just anybody interested in
keeping in shape find that by using
bungle, bingo. Everything shapes up nicely.
You don't have to be good at figures
to figure that out.
Yes sir, the gals are falling for bongo
in a big way.
Well, fancy meeting you here girls. Here
being the ancient ruins of Ostia, 70
miles from Rome. A scenic spot for a
fashion show, including silly hats. This
one decorated with chestnuts, and this
one is a shoe hat. If prizes were being
given it would be a shoo-in to win, but
enough is enough.
Bellini's winter wardrobe is the big
thing here at the old Roman ruins, where
Julius Caesar and others vacationed on the
Mediterranean. It's a far cry to
cocktail dresses and evening gowns
designed by modern-day Romans for lovely
ladies of a world a lot larger than
Caesar ever imagined it. Ruins 2000 years
old,
what a contrast to winter fashions of AD
1953. Evening gowns in blacks and whites,
plus new fabrics and new lines. All
featured at this outdoor showing.
Well so long girls, I gotta be roaming along.
This is what you might call a squirrely
story. Meet miss Florence Hinton, of
Grover City, California, who has trained a
small platoon of the bushy tailed little
rodents into any ability and a desire to
please.
Snookums here is a motherly little old
lady squirrel, with quite a talent for
babysitting.
A very affectionate type squirrel is Snookers.
Jumbo is another member of the
pet family, claimed to be the only
performing trained squirrels in the world.
But jumbo seems to be ad-libing his
routine.
The straight and narrow is not for jumbo, but
it's only innocent mischief. This patriotic
little fellow earned his name, Souza, it's
the Stars and Stripes forever for him.
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