17 AUGUST 1962, page 3

A European Defence Policy

T RE changes in British defence policy which have been inaugurated by Mr. ThorneycroWs arrival at that Ministry seem likely to give a new and more realistic look to our armed......

Portrait Of The Week— The Spaceship Continued To Be The

safest method of travel known to man with a casualty list of nil. At the weekend the Soviet Union put first one, and then a second spaceman safely into orbit. Lieut.-Colonel......