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Show Scanning The World News Powers To Ease 'Race' NEW YORK The United 'States and the 'Soviet Union announced an-nounced Monday a cutback in the production of nuclear explosive explo-sive materials, in an effort to ease the atomic arms race. Great Britain is expected to endorse the move. Pres. Johnson first revealed the plan to American newspaper news-paper publishers at The Associated Press luncheon in New York and told them, 'We reduce tensions while maintaining all necessary power." WASHINGTON Pres. Johnson was described by a high source Monday as optimistic for settlement of the railroad crisis following reported tentative agreement on about a dozen issues. The report from a highly reliable source who could not be quoted by name came after an earlier 'White House announcement that "some definite gains" had been made in efforts to avert a nationwide strike next Saturday. SAIGON, South Viet NamNeutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma and the leaders of the right-wing military coup in Laos against him flew to a conference Monday with King Savang Vathana amid reports from U.S. diplomatic sources here that the coup had collapsed. Indications were that under strong pressure from the United 'States, Britain and France, and firm insistence by Gen. Ph011 Nosovan, the right-wing leader, Souvanna again would head the coalition regime that has ruled Laos uneasily the past 22 months. WASHINGTON The United States served notice on Monday Mon-day that its planes will continue to fly over Cuba. It warned Fidel Castro that use of any ' newly "acquired Soviet missiles against these aircraft woultf- create a highly dangerous situation. The warning was issued by the State Department as high officials expressed concern about what may happen if and when the Cuban prime minister gets control Of advanced anti-aircran rockets previously Russian-manned. |