The New York Times / February 1960

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Monday, February 1, 1960

De Gaulle is Winning in Algiers; Fresh Troops Restrict Crowds; Desertions Splitting Insurgents

2d Soviet Missile Fired Into Pacific

Naval Plane Sights Object Falling in Target Area Chosen by Russians.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — A Navy plane crew saw today the apparent climax of a second successful Soviet missile shot into the Pacific.

Israelis Attack Syria in Reprisal; Wipe Out a Base

Action Called Biggest Since 1956 Invasion of Sinai — U. N. Seeks a Truce.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Monday Feb. 1 — Israeli forces invaded the demilitarized zone southeast of the Sea of Galilee this morning and wiped out a Syrian Army base at Tawafik, according to an army communique.

Mikoyan Will Open Exhibit in Cuba

Soviet Official Accepts Bid From Castro Regime.
MOSCOW, Jan. 31 — Anastas I. Mikoyan, a Soviet First Deputy Premier, will visit Cuba at the invitation of Premier Fidel Castro’s Government. He is expected to make the trip later this week.

U.S. Increasing Sale Of Grain to Poland

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — The United States Government has decided to sell an additional $40,000,000 worth of surplus grain to Poland. This will raise to $101,800,000 the total value of United States surplus products sold to Poland since last June.

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Tuesday, February 2, 1960

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Wednesday, February 3, 1960

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Thursday, February 4, 1960

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Friday, February 5, 1960

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Saturday, February 6, 1960

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Monday, February 8, 1960

Mikoyan Tells Cubans of Soviet Deterrent Power

HAVANA, Feb. 1 — Anastas I. Mikoyan, a Soviet First Deputy Premier, told the Cuban people today that the Soviet Union’s power had put it in a position to demand world peace. “Those who threaten war now know that we have sent a rocket to the moon,” he said, “and that we can send it with the same precision to any part of the world. But we threaten no one.”

Kurchatov, Soviet Physicist, Dies; Led A-Bomb and H-Bomb Work

His Research for Institute of Atomic Energy Changed Balance of World Power.
MOSCOW, Feb. 7 — Dr. Igor V. Kurchatov, Soviet physicist who helped to develop the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb, died today at the age of 57. The cause of death was given as “paralysis of the heart.”

Fragments of Two Biblical Scrolls Found in Cave in Israeli Desert

Parchment Documents, With Verses of Exodus, Thought to Date From 2d Century.
JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector), Feb. 7 — Two fragments of ancient Biblical scrolls with sixteen verses from the Book of Exodus have been discovered by Israeli archaeologists in the dust of a Judaean Desert cave near the Dead Sea.

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Kurchatov Dead

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Tuesday, February 9, 1960

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Wednesday, February 10, 1960

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Thursday, February 11, 1960

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Friday, February 12, 1960

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Saturday, February 13, 1960

FRANCE EXPLODES HER FIRST A-BOMB IN A SAHARA TEST

Successful Shot Puts Paris With U.S., Soviet and Britain as Nuclear Power.
Plutonium Device Is Used — Weather Reported Clear and Blast Area Safe First French A-Bomb Set Off. Test in Sahara Called Success.
PARIS, Saturday, Feb. 13 — France successfully exploded her first atomic bomb this morning in the Sahara.

KHRUSHCHEV SAYS CAPITALISM LIMPS

Soviet Economy Is Thriving. He Tells Indians — Holds Long Parley With Nehru.
NEW DELHI, India, Saturday, Feb. 18 — Premier Khrushchev told India yesterday that the Soviet economy was thriving while United States capitalism was showing signs of old age.

Soviet Charges West Plots To Resume Nuclear Tests

RUSSIAN ACCUSES WEST ON TESTING
GENEVA, Feb. 12 — The Soviet Union charged today that there was a Western “conspiracy” to undermine the negotiations on a nuclear treaty and to resume testing of nuclear weapons. Semyon K. Tsarapkin, Soviet delegate to the three-power talks here seeking a treaty, said that the West’s new plan for a limited accord that might lead to a full prohibition of tests was an outgrowth of the conspiracy.