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Where We Stand: War or Peace? (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A special assessment of East-West friction around the world by news correspondents headed by Eric Sevareid...
From Karachi, Ayub commented that Nehru's outburst just proved his point: the chief issue causing friction between India and Pakistan is Kashmir. "And it all depends on Mr. Nehru. If he were to see reason, the whole Kashmir problem could be settled easily." At week's end the White House hastily announced that Nehru had been invited to visit Kennedy in November...
...Central moved to its present ratio of 90% Negro, tension lessened. "You have most of the problem when you have no definite majority," says able Principal James Boyd, who took over in 1959. "When you have a definite majority, it reduces friction." But that only half explains the story. Even in the majority, Central's Negro students were often dispirited youngsters with little academic ambition. Central had to make them want to learn...
...study designed to disprove the accepted theory that lightning is caused by the friction of rain in the atmosphere. A.D.L.'s theory is that lightning comes first, causes rain by rearranging a cloud's electrical field. If true, this could open the way to making rain by firing bolts of electricity into clouds...
...clear that no French troops would be committed to preserve Laotian freedom. At this conference, Kennedy shared equally in the conversation time, impressed De Gaulle with his sure knowledge of the subject matter (he used no notes), his occasional sharp turns of phrase. There was no glimmer of possible friction, and Kennedy told an aide later: "You know, we do seem to get along well...