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East and West Cold War Moves Across Europe and Asia
A digest of October 17 through 23 items: Khrushchev links East German treaty demands to Berlin talks. White House urges Moscow to drop a 50 megaton test. Cedar Rapids petitions call to lessen Center Point road traffic. Iowa Regents approve an $800000 metabolic lab addition at UI Medical Center. a Midas satellite releases copper needles in a 2100 mile orbit. Iowa State Fair moves up dates prompting regional fair concern. Dag Hammarskjold awarded 1961 Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Additional notes cover Suez reenforcements, Korea armistice talks, Clark as Vatican ambassador, Protestant objections to Vatican envoy, smallest US nuclear test at Frenchman Flat, and Mao's terms for a Korean cease-fire along the 38th parallel.
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Khrushchev
Berlin
White House
Russia
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
First Avenue
Fiftieth Street
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa Medical Center
Midas
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa
Dag Hammarskjold
Moscow
U.S
Korea
Kaesong
Munsan
Truman
Mark W. Clark
Vatican
Atomic Energy Commission
Frenchman Flat Proving Grounds
Nevada
Peiping Radio
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
38Th Parallel