Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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l The dawning of the thermonuclear age, with its H-bomb whose lethal radioactive fallout could cover a cigar- shaped area of 7,000 square miles, put a premium on the ability of diplomats to keep the temperature low in the cold War. The Far East had become a lot nearer to Americans. Many a GI brought home an adoring Asian wife. U. S. artists like sculptor Isamu Noguchi spanned the Pacific for their inspira- tion and achieved that pleasing Oriental quality of oneness and ease in their work. The Asia-conscious government sent Vice- President Nixon on a first-hand tour of the Far East. The Kor- ean Armistice, concluded in the summer of 1953, eliminated one of the big hot spots in the cold War. The American reaction to the Panmunjom peace was probably best expressed by the photograph below of three tired and relieved marines when they heard the news. Time for a cigarette.

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Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit of majestic Mt. Everest in time to present the conquest as a Coronation gift to Britain,s lovely new queen, Elizabeth II. ,fs

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No pictorial expression of the mood of the times could lack photographs of the awe- some instruments of war. The United States to fortify its diplomacy and to be ready in case of a hot war rushed the development of new and expensive weapons, including supersonic jets, versatile helicopters, proving themselves by airlift miracles in Korea, com- plex Nike rockets with 1,500,000 parts, the atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, which could remain submerged indefinitely, and huge supercarriers, nearly four times the length of a football field. All