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...fact emerged last week as plain and sharp as a good photograph: no disarmament agreement is going to be signed in London's Lancaster House this summer. Valerian Zorin. Soviet delegate, took care of that at the 61st gathering this year around the green table. To the four Western nations, this was the moment for Zorin to reply to John Foster Dulles' proposals for aerial zones of inspection (TIME, Aug. 12). But. after complaining that the Dulles proposal failed to include all U.S. bases in Asia and Africa, Zorin returned to two of the most tired themes...
When the 3,500 delegates to the 61st Congress of the National Association of Manufacturers met in Manhattan last week, their avowed theme was the "new dimensions" beckoning the modern businessman. But most of the N.A.M.'s attention was devoted to such perennial targets as union activity ("encroachment on individual rights") and big government ("The termites of welfare statism eat out the foundations of our society"). When it came to exploring the new dimensions, most of the talent was imported...
There, so said one of his instructors, Ike was "a not uncommon type." He moved through four years from 57th out of 212 to 61st out of 164, accumulating demerits for such offenses as "using profanity at supper" and "violation of orders with reference to dancing," e.g., doing the turkey trot. On the football field, Ike became a star halfback who once downed Jim Thorpe ("We really stopped him-hard") and might have made All-America had he not wrenched his knee...
...John Paul Doyle Jr., "The Goat" (last ranking cadet) of the class of 1955. "You'll do, all right," concluded the President to Cadet Doyle, amid booming roars of applause that carried out clear across the majestic Hudson. And so, in his own human way, had the President. 61st in the class...
Even a fire could not stop Anita Racioppi from winning the 61st annual senior Hoop Race at Wellesley early Saturday morning. With a Fathers Day crowd of 1,000 watching, Anita swept down Tower Court Hill ahead of 200 classmates, all attired in caps and gowns. She is president of the Student Athletic Association...