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...Attacks Summit Conferences...
...also attacked recent presidents for participating in "summit conferences," saying that in so doing, they "get exaggerated ideas of their own power." He proposed that at least two senators, one from each party, take part in all negotiations with foreign powers, saying that the Senate has "abdicated" its power in making treaties...
...Scrutinized, as it prepared to take part in still another round of U.N. disarmament talks, a new version of the Soviet proposal -turned down by President Eisenhower last month-for a summit meeting to discuss arms reduction. Gist of the new proposal: foreign ministers and top-ranking military chiefs should attend the U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee when it reconvenes in London next month. Initial Washington reaction was cool. Reasons: the Russian proposal, coming two days after Moscow announced a cut in defense spending, seemed designed to 1) dramatize recent Soviet calls for uninspected arms reductions and 2) act as an entering...
Last month a 23-year-old Parisian climbed to the summit of Mont Blanc all alone. Inspired by his success, two other ambitious young mountaineers, Parisian Jean Vincendon, 23, and Belgian François Henry, 22, decided to have a try at its challenging heights. They set out early in the morning of Dec. 22. The sky was blue and the air was warm, the kind of weather when skiers down below wish for snow. Four days later the skiers had their snow. Up above, the Alpine peaks were shrouded with ominous evidence of storm and fury. Torn between heartache...
...Rejected a Soviet proposal, contained in a November letter from Bulganin to President Eisenhower, for a five-power (U.S., U.S.S.R., U.K., France, India) "summit" conference on disarmament. Wrote Ike: East-West disarmament talks should be continued within...