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...teams. ¶To reduce the likelihood of brush-fire wars spreading into world conflagrations, some reductions in total manpower and armaments by the major powers (e.g., U.S. and Russia to 1,700,000 men apiece), plus inspections and bans on the import and export of arms, and checks on troop movements. European nations have worried lest the U.S., by nuclear disarmament alone, might leave them defenseless against Russian superiority in "classical" arms...
...paratroopers dropped from the hatch of the high-tailed C-123 troop carrier. Their static lines, the 15-ft.-long "ripcords" attached to the plane, automatically plucked open the parachutes, set them free to drift, like whitish blossoms, over "Drop Zone Salerno" at Fort Bragg, N.C. "All troops away," sang the crew engineer into the intercom, and then he began routinely pulling in the static lines, which were wind-plastered against the fuselage. Suddenly he realized that one was stuck fast, looked down and under the plane to see a sprawling jumper being dragged through space, belly up, eight feet...
...border area where Algerian rebels have sought refuge, found itself "surrounded" by Tunisian soldiers, and in the ensuing scuffle killed seven of them. In an angry speech to his people, Tunisia's normally moderate and pro-Western Premier Habib Bourguiba cried: "There must be no more French troop movements. We are not at war with France, but we are at war with the remnants of colonialism in Tunisia. We start the battle of evacuation today." At the end of his speech the crowd took up the chant "Evacuation! Evacuation...
...land of Canaan whose milk and honey Moses' twelve spies once surveyed for the children of Israel-three other Guardsmen were hanged at the same hour. All had been convicted as spies last December, accused of having been caught crossing the border with maps and reports of Jordan troop dispositions. Their public execution last week was meant to show 21-year-old King Hussein as the ruthless foe of those who serve hated Israel. It was also a warning to all agents of "outside influences...
...London conference shows signs of stalemate on the question of troop quotas and aerial inspection. If the United States presented a "test tube" proposal, it would at least open a new front for negotiations and could result in realistic progress in disarmament...