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...newsmen, assigned to cover President-elect Eisenhower's trip to Korea on a pool basis, were instructed last week to "fade from the public view" in preparation for the secret flight. The six: U.P.'s Merriman Smith; A.P.'s Don Whitehead; I.N.S.'s Bob Considine; Mutual Broadcasting's Everett Holies, representing the combined radio networks; International News Photos' Frank Jurkoski, pool photographer; Pathe News's David Oliver, who will take pictures for newsreels and TV. Best guess was that they would travel on Ike's plane. The newsmen have agreed to turn...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Toscanini conducting Act II of Orpheus and Eurydice, with Nan Merriman and Barbara Gibson...
...senior White House correspondent, U.P.'s Merriman ("Thank you, Mr. President") Smith knows as much about presidential press relations as any man in Washington. This week Correspondent Smith gave the "new President of the United States" the benefit of his experience, and issued a "friendly warning" to him to watch his step. "You may grow to hate us as some of your predecessors did," writes Smith in the current This Week. "You may try to use us as whipping boys and punching bags. If things don't go your way, you may attempt to destroy public confidence...
Ellis struck first at midnight. He drove his sedan to the George Mensinger ranch near Merriman on the Niobrara River, got out, walked to the house and hammered on the door. When Mensinger opened it, Ellis killed him with a shotgun blast, pumped out three more shots and then circled around to a kitchen window. Mensinger's 24-year-old wife was at the telephone, baby cradled in one arm, sending an alarm over the party line. Ellis fired again, killed her and wounded the baby...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:15 p.m., NBC). Beethoven's Ninth, with Nan Merriman, Jan Peerce. Conductor: Toscanini...