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...mark the Common Market's tenth anniversary, Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani suggested last month that a summit meeting of the rulers of the Six be held in Rome in April. Last week, to everyone's surprise, France's Charles de Gaulle, usually scornful of such supranationalism, let it be known that he will go to Rome "if a meeting is held." A top question will be the possible admission of Great Britain. So far, De Gaulle has said no, but now there are hopes that he may relent. If he does, he will have lots...
Phoebe, Saturn's ninth moon, was discovered in 1898, and astronomers have been vainly looking for others ever since. Their long quest has finally been rewarded. French Astronomer Audouin Dollfus reported last week that he had found another friend for Phoebe-a tenth moon orbiting close to the outer edge of Saturn's rings...
...occurred, Dollfus photographed Saturn through a telescope at the Paris Observatory's Meudon station. When the plates were developed, he detected on several of them a tiny spot of light only about 52,000 miles from the planet's surface. Reasonably confident that he had found a tenth Saturnian moon, he promptly telegraphed news of his discovery to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the world's clearing house for celestial discoveries...
Among casual observers of Eastern Europe's people's republics, East Germany retains a mistaken reputation for being an economic sad sack. Yet almost unnoticed, the country has risen to tenth place among the world's industrial powers-and the resurgence is due in no small part to the busy shipyards on East Germany's Baltic coast...
Seventh man Yoshi Akabane has moved ahead of Jack Harwood for this crucial match, while Michel Scheinmann will finish the order at nine. Sophomore Fritz Hobbs will play the tenth and uncounted position...