News Quiz, Jun. 28, 1954

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Malaya and Angkor Wat.

3. Tibet and Nepal.

4. Java and Celebes.

5. Laos and Cambodia.

Europe

57. In the House of Commons, Churchill argued for "substantial relaxation" of:

1. Trade restrictions between Russia and the West.

2. Currency controls.

3. Controls over food production in Britain.

4. British film censorship.

5. Political "name-calling" in Britain.

58. To hasten French ratification of the European Army, the U.S. promised to:

1. Furnish all needed aircraft.

2. Keep troops in Europe while a threat to the area exists.

3. Provide training facilities in the U.S.

4. Permit U.S. troops to serve under French officers.

5. Adda billion dollars to MSA funds for France.

59. In an astonishing proposal Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov asked that:

1. Russia be admitted to NATO.

2. The next U.N. Assembly session be held in Moscow.

3. The U.N. work out plans for world disarmament.

4. Russia be allocated territory in Africa.

5. The Pope mediate East-West differences.

The Middle and Far East

60. Premier Nehru demanded that U.S. members of the U.N. cease-fire mission in Kashmir be called home. Reason was his pique over U.S.:

1. Military aid to Pakistan.

2. Discriminatory immigration laws.

3. Failure to increase funds for technical assistance in India.

4. Warnings that the Kashmir issue must be settled this year.

5. Refusal to side with India in the Kashmir dispute.

61. Hard-bitten Dictator Adib Shi-shekly, deserted by his army, was forced to resign as President of:

1. Lebanon.

2. Jordan.

3. Iran.

4. Iraq.

5. Syria.

SPELL IT OUT

The first letter of each correct answer below spells out an eleven-letter word that has recently been in the news. You get one point for each answer and one for the meaning of the word.

62. Jurist who led newsmen on a 178-mile hike.

63. Jordan raiders were accused of massacring civilians here.

64. A $150,000 museum to house his memorabilia was opened in Abilene, Kans.

65. His off-the-record remark that if there were no other recourse the U.S. would have to send troops to Indo-China made world headlines.

66. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer.

67. Code name of 1952 H-bomb explosion.

68. Globe-circling monarch.

69. Thanks to men like him, theology is becoming an exciting topic again.

70. An amateur, he finished the Masters Golf Tournament just a stroke behind golfdom's two top pros.

71. Red leader of Indo-Chinese rebels.

72. Mau Mau terrorists' threat to kill Britain's Queen restricted her visit here.

73. The word spelled out is:

1. France's new Premier.

2. The island scene of latest U.S. H-bomb tests.

3. Indo-Chinese fortress taken by the Reds.

4. Name of Egyptian archeologist.

5. Newly discovered ancient Inca capital.

The Hemisphere

74. High point of the Inter-American Conference at Caracas, from the standpoint of the U.S., was the battle over and passage of a resolution:

1. Designating San Francisco as the site of the next meeting.

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