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The article focuses on the actions taken by the U.S. President Gerald Ford during the 1975 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit that was held in Brussels, Belgium. It states that Ford made a speech in the opening session of the conference, wherein he reaffirmed that NATO is the U.S. policy's foundation in Europe although he also mentioned the need to overcome the difficulties and strains in the alliance. It says that Ford was viewed by several participants in the conference as a confident one in terms of foreign affairs. However, the speech of Ford regarding détente was considered by NATO leaders as a personal view.

The article discusses the job responsibilities of Henry Kissinger as the 56th Secretary of State in the U.S. It states that there was no other State Secretary in the nation's history that ever carried so much power, responsibility and burden but him. His responsibility in going to Europe and in the Middle East is to mend the strained relations with the country's allies. Kissinger is considered as the most powerful man in the U.S. and the supreme architect of its foreign policy. He is seen to be more at ease in dealing with the leaders of totalitarian states and with the enemies rather than allies, and is said to be impatient with bureaucracy.

The article presents a list of recommended popular culture offerings for the week ending March 30, 2015, which includes the television program "Bloodline," the film "Danny Collins," starring Al Pacino and Annette Bening, and the music album "Froot," by Marina and the Diamonds.

The author argues that Americans can expect additional Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired terrorist attacks to be carried out inside the U.S. in the wake of a terrorism event in Garland, Texas on May 4, 2015. The late al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden's ideology is mentioned, along with ISIS' use of social media to promote its messaging. Violence and humanitarian crises in places such as Syria, Iraq, and the Middle East are examined, along with the recruitment of young men and women.

The article reveals how the Western Allied countries retaliated against Czechoslovakia for its arrest and imprisonment of Associated Press correspondent William Oatis. It says that Great Britain, France and the U.S. issued a joint statement prohibiting Czechoslovakia's airlines from flying over West Germany, making their flights longer en route to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. The Communist Czechs accused them of discrimination and broadcast a letter from Oatis to his wife which was to have been written freely where Oatis admits that he had been spying.

The article focuses on the steps to be taken by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members outlined by foreign ministers at a Brussels conference in Belgium in December 1950. U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower has been appointed as the leader of a supreme defense headquarters. The organization of an overall defense production board to coordinate the rearmament output of NATO members was the second step. Another course of action is a bid for German participation in West European defense.

The article reports on a Universal Service press dispatch about the world tour of Bulgaria's Tsar Boris III to look for a bride. It states that if he is unable to find a princess in European locations such as Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany and Denmark, he will go to the U.S. Former Bulgarian Premier Alexander Stambuliski was said to be eager for the king to take a beautiful and wealthy American bride.

The article highlights the National Press Club's meeting with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Austen Butler in Washington, D.C. in 1953. Eden and Butler explained to the press their mission to widen the trade between the U.S. and Great Britain. The article discusses the key provisions of the political communique from the British diplomats' meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

The article reports on U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Robert Murphy's criticisms of Belgium's small contribution to Atlantic defense. In a speech given before the Flemish Economic Association, Murphy stated that Belgium is only spending 5 percent of its gross national product (GNP) while other countries spend 19 percent for defense purposes. In response, Belgian Premier Joseph Pholien confirmed that his country is spending 5.5 percent of its GNP, but did not address his country's trade with Soviet-bloc nations.

The article reports on the decision of Great Britain, France and the U.S. to approve a proposal from Germany for another forum in 1950.

The article offers information on the competitive air-fare price policy adopted by international airlines plying between U.S. and Europe. Reportedly, the brush-fire price war started after the Belgian government directed its state controlled Sabena Airlines to adopt a new fare policy, a dollar 220 round trip between New York and Brussels,Belgium for student passengers. The move initiated a price war among major international airlines including Air France-KLM SA and British Overseas Airways Corp.

The article offers world news briefs. The American Iron and Steel Institute Inc. estimates that world steel spending for expansion and modernization of production facilities will total nearly five billion U.S. dollars in 1960. Australian hotel chain will be built by U.S. hotelman Conrad Hilton and Stanhill Holdings Ltd. The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the federal agencies cannot used census data in suits against the companies.

The article focuses on the political career of the members of President Richard Nixon's administration especially those with sideburns. It states that Bob Ellsworth served as a presidential adviser and became U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It says that John Sears took Ellsworth's place as representative of the sideburn set. It adds that Daniel Patrick Moynihan defied auguries when he was promoted Counselor to the president and given a Cabinet post.

The article focuses on the American way of banking which is obvious not only in the U.S. but also in Frankfurt, Germany, Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy. It reveals the common characteristics of American banking, including its ability to handle financing for old customers well, services like company payrolls and pension funds. It presents the comparison between the European and American banking.