Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...general matters: What next in disarmament talks with Russia? What meaning for the West in the Sino-Soviet split? But in a kind of corridor warfare and in separate bilateral meetings, some factions tried to maneuver the U.S. into giving Europe more say in the use of the H-bomb, and others looked for ways to frustrate Charles de Gaulle's force de dissuasion...
...least a few are beginning to believe that the idea-surface ships armed with Polaris weapons and manned by mixed crews from various NATO nations-just might work.* No one has any other practical or even impractical plan to give Europe a greater share in the use of the Bomb. From the rational French viewpoint, the "sharing" provided by MLF would be an illusion, since the U.S. would still retain control of the missiles. But Lyndon Johnson has hinted that this control might be transferred to the Europeans -if and when Europe truly unites...
...heart of Munich was struck by a fire-bomb raid. The incendiaries that crashed through the 160-ft.-high roof of the National-theater ignited a fire that burned for three days, melting the crystal chandeliers, blackening what remained of the ornate bas-reliefs and frescoes, consuming even the ranks of ivory chairs. For nearly two decades, the ruins of the 125-year-old home of the Bavarian State Opera stood as a grim souvenir of the war, a macabre memorial to its own glorious past...
...flat feet?" After Staubach, who? In the year of the quarterback "it's a tossup," says one scout. Nevertheless, the majority choice is Southern Cal's Pete Beathard, 21 (6 ft. 2 in., 205 lbs.). "A winner all his life," reads a report. "Capable of throwing the bomb." Scouts fret that Miami's George Mira, 21 (5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs.), may be too small, but he will be a high draft choice ("He'll have a lot of money waved in his face"), as will Boston College's Jack Concannon...
...would never mention Khrushchev," says Editor Ferdinand Mendenhall of the Valley Green Sheet, "unless he drops a bomb on Van Nuys Boulevard." The Decatur-De Kalb News has some 6,000 "associate editors"-all of whom paid $2 for the title, and many of whom submit stories to the paper. In Topsfield, Mass., the local school bus driver, an energetic amateur photographer, snaps all the pictures for Topsfield's giveaway paper, the Tri-Town Transcript...