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...Carmen Basilic," said the New York Times's James Reston, "the U.S. has taken a terrible beating.'' The St. Louis Post-Dispatch talked of "an unnecessary loss of initiative in peace negotiations." Democrat Adlai Stevenson, who had unavailingly proposed in his 1956 campaign that the U.S. suspend its own nuclear tests unilaterally, feared that the U.S.S.R.'s move might "deprive us of the moral leadership...
Then Washington braced for Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's announcement this week before a cheering joint session of the Supreme Soviet that the U.S.S.R. will unilaterally suspend nuclear tests. The move will serve the double purpose for Russia of making-peace propaganda for the credulous and avoiding the bothersome problem of the inspection system needed to make any test suspension worth more than a tinker's curse...
...story goes that a young Eastern lawyer complained to an old Texas judge about the Texas way with crime. "I don't understand Texas justice," said the lawyer. "You will suspend sentence of a convicted murderer, but you wall hang a horse thief." The old judge rang a spittoon with a stream of tobacco juice. "Sonny," he replied, "I reckon that's 'cause we got men that need killin' but we ain't got no hosses that need stealin...
...Offered to suspend nuclear weapons tests as part of a world-wide agreement based upon a foolproof termination of "the now unrestrained production of nuclear weapons . . . Since our existing weapons stocks are doubtless larger than yours, we would expect to make a greater transfer to peaceful-purpose stocks...
...Gaming Control Board. Although the Royal Nevada was licensed to gamble only until the last minute of 1957, it was still gambling last week, had not yet paid $30,000 for a new license. The board will push the original cheat charge, ask the Tax Commission to suspend the Royal Nevada for good...