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...linking any ban on nuclear tests with an enforcible ban on further output of nuclear arms, wrote Bulganin, the West is "condemning in advance" any chance of agreement. Russia, he made plain, is willing to play only if the nations agree to ban the tests, ban the bomb-and, of course, ban any inspection system too. With a cynical show of amiability ("With the best will in the world we cannot see ..."), Bulganin proceeded to accuse the British of perfecting "the most lethal and destructive" weapons, under cover of "endless talks on the desirability of disarmament," and to charge that...
...interpretation of the Bible, in another 100 years we would be just another denomination." Young's flock calls him Brother rather than the "Doctor" to which he is entitled (he has an M.A. from Vanderbilt University and a Ph.D. from George Peabody College), because the Churches of Christ play down the difference between clergy and laymen. "Each individual is a priest," Young explains. "We encourage them to influence their friends and acquaintances...
Power-Mower Play. On his own investigation. Neil Addington, a stocky (5 ft. 7 in.), Kansas-born reporter whose close-to-the-skull haircuts have earned him the nickname "Bones," at first drew little sympathy and considerable skepticism from lawmakers or state officials. In eleven years as state adjutant general-under Republican and Democratic governors-respected General Sage, an old newspaperman himself (publisher of the weekly Deming Graphic), had fortified his post by appointing relatives of many potent political figures to his staff. When Addington started digging into the operations of Sage's elite, several of his key informants...
Adapted from Michael Gazzo's hit play, the film is compassionately directed by Fred Zinnemann. As a courageous woman preferring the truth, no matter how grim, to uncertainty, no matter how disguised, Eva Marie has her best role since her Oscar-winning role in On the Waterfront. Addict Murray conquers with restraint-a happy departure from the screaming-meemie interpretation so often accorded the junky's part. To the end, Rain is true to its unflinching credo. The odds seem to be against the emancipation of an addict with one relapse already on his record. Rain abates with...
Although definite plans began to take shape only three days ago, all casting has been done with the exception of a girl to play Juliet in the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet," according to Victor N. Claman, producer. All those interested in the part should call TRowbridge 6-7179 by Thursday night, Claman said...