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...TEST BAN: Khrushchev has indicated that he would revive Russia's 1961 terms for a test ban, which included a voluntary moratorium on underground detonations, without effective controls. This proposal was rejected by the U.S. at the time. Then, last year, Russia offered to permit three inspections of its territory yearly by way of policing an underground ban. Moscow subsequently reneged, Khrushchev now insists that Russia will never "open its door to NATO spies," and that "this is no subject for bargaining." The West will not accept an unenforceable moratorium on underground tests, since it believes that the Russians...
...decided, for the first time in history gave the Communist camp military superiority over the West; the Reds must now seize the advantage by fomenting revolutions in underdeveloped nations, even at the risk of war. Instead, Khrushchev pursued a detente with the West. In 1958 he agreed to a moratorium on nuclear testing in the atmosphere (broken in 1961), partly designed to freeze out Peking as an atomic power. When the Chinese wanted Russian atomic cover for a move against the offshore islands and Formosa, Moscow refused...
There seems little hope left for the Governor's pet bill to declare a four-year moratorium on capital punishment in California. His highway safety program has already been emasculated and his fair housing bill is in deep trouble. But what bothers Brown the most is the hostility to his proposed record budget of $3.3 billion for the next fiscal year. To help pay for it, Brown has proposed an income withholding...
Pusey Ends Moratorium...
...issue of uniform rents was very alive three years ago, when the University decided to try standard rates in the Yard on an experimental basis. President Pusey said last month that a moratorium on the question for the Houses was agreed to, and noted that the time had come for renewed discussion...