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...very presence in Berlin of U.S., British and French troops is illegal; East Germany's Red Puppet Walter Ulbricht, who would get control of Berlin's access routes after any peace treaty, has vowed to stop the exodus of refugees running out to West Germany and clamp down on the city's economy...
...relayed President Kennedy's offer of stopgap credits-reportedly $100 million-to help tide Brazil over its economic crisis. The offer was made just as that crisis was forcing Jânio to order all ministries to cut their budgets 30% within the next two weeks and to clamp down on goldbricking civil servants, many of whom, thanks to political influence, have been allowed to come to the office only once a month to pick up their paychecks. Despite his nation's urgent need, Jânio not only failed to acknowledge Kennedy's aid offer publicly...
Kennedy will be briefed by Surrey and others who conducted a task force study on the need for basic tax reforms on the Federal level. Kennedy's Press Secretary Pierre Salinger has said he will release the Surrey report probably late today. The report could conceivably recommend a clamp-down on the tax breaks given to Texas oil men by way of the oil depletion allowance...
...National Aeronautics and Space Administration carefully explained that for the first time in 60 Redstone firings, one of two disconnect plugs had pulled 20 milliseconds behind the other-thus setting up a circuit that cut off the rocket engine. The cutoff told the capsule to blast loose, but a clamp held it securely while the escape rocket blasted away...
...government officials tried to persuade the West German government to clamp secrecy on centrifuge technology. But no expert believes that knowledge of uranium centrifuges, already widely disseminated, can be regulated away...