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...substance. When revolutionary Iraq walked out of the Baghdad Pact last March, the remaining members along the strategic Northern Tier of the Middle East-Turkey, Iran and Pakistan -were badly shaken. To reassure them, the U.S. hastily signed bilateral defense treaties with each. (Unlike Britain, which is a full partner, the U.S. has consistently refused formal membership in the pact for fear of stirring up new resentment in India, Israel and most of the Arab states.) With this encouragement, the pact members moved their headquarters from Baghdad to Ankara, and rustled up a new name: the Central Treaty Organization...
Limited Underwriter. In what has become something close to a CENTO ritual, Pakistan's Qadir at last week's session urged the U.S. to abandon the fiction that it is not a full member of the pact, and Iran's Eghbal outspokenly demanded more U.S. and British aid. But the U.S. had already pumped $470 million into CENTO's three Middle Eastern members in fiscal 1959. "Clearly, the U.S. cannot underwrite all CENTO economic projects," said Secretary of State Christian Herter. Imperfect as CENTO may be, however, the U.S. could not abandon it without shaking...
...passing 25,000 miles away (v. 26,400 miles maximum for the U.S.'s paddle-wheel satellite.) Then it will revolve around the earth for an indefinite period, moving out beyond the moon's orbit in a long ellipse and taking about 15 days to complete a full circuit. The plane of its ellipse is not the same as that of the moon's orbit but is nearly perpendicular...
...urged last week, every state should drastically boost standards for licensing and degree granting. Already the Council of State Governments has shown "willingness to proceed immediately toward uniform state legislation." Congress might also plug interstate and international loopholes with new laws, make sure that U.S. Foreign Service officers get full dossiers on academic racketeers. "Through such solidly founded cooperation," the A.C.E. concluded, "there is a real chance that American degree mills can be eliminated...
...Lions are a much improved club since last year, and "are capable of giving anybody in the league a good ball game," said Crimson coach John Yovicsin yesterday. Nevertheless, they will be without the full-time services of ace fullback and captain Harvey Brookins and with six sophomores on the starting team, more mistakes than usual can be expected...