Susquehanna Township High School - Sisku Hanne Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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T tl N233 Qvfbll at ,ini tt Wffiyd fl mediate effect of the tests was to scare anyofne who would be scared. The termi- nation of the tests with the explosion of a fifty megaton device served as a maior propaganda triumph for the Soviets. Fol- lowing the the United the Soviet tests on a resumption of the Soviet tests States announced that due to action we would also resume small scale underground, thus keeping the fallout hazard to a minimum. If any man was in the news during the past year, it was Nikita Khrushchev. Un- der his guiding hand the Berlin crisis was renewed - this time with a wall and the East German Communist troops. Nikita looked on approvingly while the East German Communists put up their wall and then, when the West protested, made numerous threats relating to the nuclear war which would befall any Western power so foolish as to attack the peace TOP: An East German couple walk sadly away from the border, turned back at their last bid for freedom. TOP RIGHT: The bomb shelter craze - everything from a hole in the ground to a summer resort. BOTTOM entire world with his belligerent attitude testing, lPictUre reprinted by permission RIGHT: Khrushchev aroused the and the resumption of nuclear from TIME, the weekly magazine, copyright Time Inc. I96l,l loving socialist states. Prompted by the Russians, the East Germans became rather bold. First they' put up the wall and then created several incidents designed to cause friction with the Allied occupation troops in West Berlin. Later, Khrushchev extended his deadline for signing a sepa- rate peace treaty with East Germany, but still kept his earlier demands. For its part, the West tried to show strength and cour- age while at the same time trying to seek 5 a solution through conferences. . , H X xx - . Qi F' M, , ' Trai . I V ' X - st. U 2. f, I A, 4 K ' A V , E., .. , .,-. WM . .,.,..,..., , H fl' WP A1425 ,ruff I .., 855 E575 561. .H f:xe',smzri!-f- 'tit ' , I T , .,,,. ,..,. . . OUT SH . E ft V I Q .. Prawn me ONLYvRscAS E mm ,M , . , A :asia . Q N, 0 ,I comcast: sr-isuen AN' K . ,W A 3 ine omcs or crm 222 WN V . .L L .. I -, 1 , FXIJL s rw-'K 'tSl.35l fi BOMB' . 211-f-Sfev , Si EWU' Sffflffn 5, 1 mem vouLmmQ.,,,mTc.V,X:'L.V ,...'.,,mm5Q5a ,.,, i...f . get S0 4, Q faery? 1 A gi i tiw m it f Y we NM xi, 2.58. it M kt W Xie , ts :A t ,Q X 4, J, it 1 it v 3 , .iw 1 L , I W, 1 if m at V91 X ww 2 tiff rfwxret I . , tg is i Q .Q . s o s- , . s 1 fx we .. 5, .sms V it -. :J ,Q -fs fr vi -.iw ,t..f E fi! e.- . wr: tv M. il' x -A V E, . 'F . V ,,.,,,, . - Tll fig' n - ,Ella V f gf' r ' 4 5 U tts I at g l fi i.'212fj'- fe: 5-'iLl'5?,'fi53 , Q, , .c.f, .,,.Q . .f M W

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KHRUSHCHEV AGITATES A SHAKY TOP: The defense ot the tree world's rights hinge on the military might of men and machines. LEFT: Peace corpsmen reached as high as they could in their efforts to promote understanding among the men and nations of the world. KHRUSHCHEV LEADING NEWS FIGURE The extended conference on a nuclear test ban at Geneva was finally termin- ated with the announcement that the Soviet Union was resuming atmospheric tests. They had obviously been prepar- ing tor months to take this step. This is substantiated by the tact that within days after the announcement, the Russians be- gan testing bomb after bomb in rapid succession, There were two motives be- hind this move, Hrst, when the tallcs and the voluntary moratorium on tests had begun three months earlier, the U.S. had been tar ahead ot the Soviets in nuclear capabilities and a voluntary ban was only hurting Russia's chances tor catching up. Second, vvhile making his usual big threats about Berlin, Khrushchev must have decided that he needed to back up his boasts with the real thing and in the process intimidate a tevv people. The im-

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552.22 ..4. - s TOP: The whole world held its breath -as it awaited the launching of America's first astronaut. lt was a decisive moment in the tense space race. The countdown began and suddenly Alan Shepard was hurled into outer space. The Freedom 7 capsule orbited the earth andlreturned. Man had conquered space. LEFT: California became a Hery inferno as lolozes raged across the dry earth, turnihg valuable timber and the beautiful homes of l-lollywaod'sitop stars to ashes. BELOW: A shocked resident returns to find her home and treasured possessions in the sudden destruction of Hur, ricane Carla. W l l l l E35 1 ,ZA JA ghg