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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Edward Teller shares the desire for peace, but he doubts whether halting tests would bring it any nearer. He is convinced that the Russians would evade any no-test or disarmament agreement, unilateral or otherwise, and that absolutely foolproof detection of tests is impossible. On this point he is apparently more skeptical than President Eisenhower's scientific advisers. Said the President at his press conference last week: While there is "a little field for uncertainty," it should be possible, with "proper inspectional facilities," to detect "any sizable test...
...comradeship they can find nowhere else. They range in age from eleven to 20, occupy themselves chiefly with the protection of their own "turf" (territory). Trespassing on one gang's turf by another gang-or the stealing of another's property or girl, even an insult-may bring on councils of war, choice of a battleground, scouting forays. Finally comes the "rumble," a bloody combat with knives, machetes, guns, rugged garrison belts and-a favorite weapon -skin-slashing automobile-radio aerials stolen from any handy...
...white settlers in Kenya, Mboya's mention of guns and pangas brought unhappy memories of the Mau Mau terror. Last year, under the Lyttelton constitution, Africans in Kenya were allowed to vote for certain members of the 58-member "multiracial" Legislative Council, which, it was hoped, would bring unity to the European, African, Asian and Arab citizens of the colony. Mboya and seven other Africans were elected to the "Legco" but, protesting that Negroes deserved at least 15 more seats, they refused to have any part in the government...
Bikes & Business. MIDEC's main function, says Rykens, will be to bring together Arab businessmen with capital to invest and Western outfits with the necessary know-how who will be willing to accept a minority interest. Tentatively. Rykens has set a ceiling of 40% for Western financial participation. MIDEC will concentrate initially on small industrial enterprises such as paper mills, breweries, fertilizer, bicycle, textile and chemical plants. However much Arabs distrust the West, Rykens thinks they still respect Western technological ability enough to make the plan work...
...producers are unhappy about the price cut, feel that it will not bring in many new customers for aluminum. But Aluminium's President Nathanael V. Davis disagrees. He feels that when demand is soft, a price cut may help aluminum expand its inroads into other metals such as copper. "This." he says, "will encourage engineers and manufacturers to design their products for more aluminum, and thus will open up new applications for our product...