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Urgently, President Eisenhower sought to head off a conflict. He fired off a personal message to Ben-Gurion expressing "my grave concern," warning him against any "forceful initiative . . . which would endanger the peace." The Administration kept congressional leaders informed of the fast-racing developments. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson reminded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Sound of Gunfire | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

FOR the fifth and final time last week, Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming issued a blunt warning to the U.S. oil industry to restrict oil imports voluntarily or face strict Government quotas. Noting that all imports have jumped 38% (to 1.4 million bbls. daily) since 1954, and currently comprise 20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL-IMPORT CURB: A Blow Against Freer Trade | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Prenatal. X rays of pregnant women may endanger the fetus. Oxford University researchers report that among the mothers of British children who had died of leukemia X rays of the pelvis during pregnancy (necessarily exposing the entire fetus to radiation) had been twice as common as among the mothers of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: X-Ray Danger | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

Just as nervously, the U.S. sat the whole thing out. Early in the conference, U.S. Delegate Walter Kotschnig announced that the U.S. would not participate in the debate and voting, nor would it sign the new antislavery convention no matter what it said. The State Department's avowed reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNITED NATIONS: Of Human Bondage | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

Brought together by the well-meaning Fair Campaign Practices Committee Inc. and its well-meaning chairman, Cincinnati's Mayor Charles P. Taft (brother of the late U.S. Senator Robert Taft), Democrat Paul Butler and Republican Len Hall signed, with telegenic flourishes, a fair-play code: "I shall condemn any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Get Out the Cues | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

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