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...result of this deal is the freedom of the two "spies." Colonel Abel, skilled in his field, will probably re-enter the area of espionage and continue his successful career. Gary Powers, unskilled in spying and following instructions, will probably return home to have a nervous breakdown...
...summiteering by a brash 36-year-old whose big brother appointed him Attorney General, not Secretary of State. The next time one of the traveling Kennedys goes on a diplomatic lark, the Administration ought to have Dean Rusk carry his (or her) suitcases in order to dramatize the complete breakdown in orderly and prudent division of responsibility. Top-level foreign relations in this hydrogen-charged world are far too delicate to trust to kid brothers tired of Washington...
...mounting public pressures were hampering technicians in readying Glenn's Atlas-D booster and space capsule for safe flight. After that, in nerve-racking order, came delays caused by a faulty fuel valve in the booster, a malfunction in the cooling system of Glenn's spacesuit, a breakdown in the capsule's oxygen supply unit...
Indonesia has been pushed toward economic breakdown by spendthrift use of foreign exchange (down from $300 million in 1960 to an alltime low of $10 million) and a slump in exports that since 1959 has transformed a $300 million trade surplus into an estimated $50 million deficit for last year...
Pointing to a "gap or breakdown in the democratic processes," Goldmark expressed the conviction that movements like Project Washington could effectively convey public opinion to government officials...