NBC MONITOR NEWS ON THE HOUR
First 30 seconds lead in news report by correspondent Robert Parson on the death of screen actress Marilyn Monroe, found dead this morning in her Brentwood home adjoining Hollywood of an apparent overdose of barbiturates. Was it suicide? No notes were found.
Other news in the headlines, related to the Russians exploding a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere, Israel government refuses to fly convicted spy Dr. Robert Soblen back to Israel.