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Because the conclusion of even a partial nuclear test ban is regarded as the necessary first step toward an East-West detente, the air of confidence prompted statesmen on both sides of the Iron Curtain to begin looking beyond the Moscow talks toward other negotiable issues. In Washington, President Kennedy told his news conference it was "clear that these negotiations, if successful, should lead on to wider discussions among other nations." But the President seemed in no hurry to rush into a top-level meeting with Khrushchev. "There is no evidence," he said, "that a summit is indicated or needed...
...photographing the eclipse any camera can be used, but the longer the focal length the larger the sun's image will be. The camera also must be protected from the sun--use small lens openings and neutral-density filters throughout the partial phases...
Photographers who remain in Boston during the event (where the eclipse will only be 94.4 per cent of maximum), can record two interesting phenomena. By making a series of exposures at five-minute intervals on the same film, one can obtain a record of the partial phases...
...conference recommended partial abolition of the veto: henceforth it should not be permitted when a dispute can be settled peacefully. But there was plainly no desire to get involved in the touchy issue of U.N. financing...
...patrimony. To clean up the country, Rauch proposed a firmer military control-in other words, more military officers in the Cabinet-and suggested a ten-point program of decrees (from a light watch on the estates of public officials to stricter controls on business and financial institu tions), partial news censorship, and emergency measures to prosecute grafters and wrongdoers...