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...report on the test ban treaty, he used Mr. Khrushchev's own words to emphasize a point, saying that in case of a nuclear exchange, "the living will envy the dead." This not only qualifies him as Fright Peddler No. 2, but also effectively scuttles his own fallout shelter program. The pitch now is that in case of attack, we should all run out and get all the radiation we can, since the survivors will be worse off than the dead...
With the possibilities of opposition in mind, President Kennedy stressed the treaty's safeguards against violations by the Soviet. Against the limited risk of violations, he said, the agreement creates wide new possibilities to reduce the world's fear of fallout, "to reduce tension, to slow down the perilous nuclear arms race." Furthermore, the pact might lead to far-reaching future agreements in such sectors as controls against surprise attack, a halt to the spread of nuclear weapons, and possibly, even a broad disarmament pact...
...relatively minor. It will not end the arms race or reduce nuclear stockpiles by a single kiloton. It obviously will not tip the balance of power-or both sides would not have accepted it. Its most concrete result is to reduce widespread fears-exaggerated but real-of radioactive fallout. The agreement may also help to check nuclear proliferation. Red China will scarcely give up its project to build an Abomb, nor is Charles de Gaulle likely to abandon his cherished force de frappe. But beyond these, the U.S. estimates, ten countries have the capacity to develop their own atomic weapons...
...while, the fuel in its core (Con Ed plans to use 113 tons of uranium oxide) is contaminated with fiercely radioactive fission products. If this unpleasant stuff got spread around the countryside by any sort of explosion, it would do as much harm as the fallout from an atom bomb. Millions of people live within a few miles of Con Ed's projected installation. To reduce this danger to a minimum, the plant proposed for the Borough of Queens, on New York's East River, will have fantastically elaborate safeguards. The reactor core will be housed...
Brian and Genie live a life crammed with riots ("Hey-you kids coming over to the Square for the fallout protest?"), romance ("So who gets married?") and rationalization ("People call us beatniks. I suppose we do look wild."). For kicks there are marijuana orgies, round-robin poetry readings, coffeehouse-hopping. And lots...