Soviet housing boom hides poor living conditions abroad
The Soviet Union claims 350 new Moscow apartments daily with nationwide construction at 20 million rubles yearly, yet readers are shown cramped Tashkent flats with shared kitchens and baths. Rent varies widely from 4% to rubles monthly, while factory wages hover around 90 rubles. A translator’s family shared one room for 25 years before finally getting space, illustrating a far from classless reality amid do it yourself building and limited private homes.
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Freedom's New Spirit Grows Across Africa Amid Trials
Washington report by Howard La Fay traces Africa's awakening after Belgian trust territories move toward independence. It notes Usumbura and Kigali era hopes, economic revival in the Congo, schooling under dim lights, and tensions of racial policies in Rhodesia Nyasaland, South Africa, and Mozambique.
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British Commonwealth
House of Commons
Surplus Elephants in Africa Endanger Wildlife and Farms
Kenya faces a jumbo problem as aerial counts near Tsavo National Park record about 15 000 elephants in areas that can only support 10 000. The surplus threatens wildlife, crops, and even other species like rhinoceros, with conservationists seeking nonlethal management options.
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Khrushchev and Kennedy on Cuba Crisis Turning Point
The article recalls the Vienna talks and Kennedy Khrushchev exchanges over the Bay of Pigs and Cuba missiles. It notes Khrushchev's retreat from blocking Cuban missiles, the Washington wait and see mood, and Macmillan urging verification in disarmament talks as a possible Cold War turn.
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TV jargon and slang used in promos
AP reports television industry terms like teaser billboard crawl promo idents and segues piggybacks and lip-syncs. The piece explains teasers announce upcoming shows billboards fore and aft and crawls roll announcements across screens Promos advertise upcoming network content and station idents appear every half hour.
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Ancient Romans on the road like modern tourists in tone and hazards
Ancient travelers stopped at inns faced overcharges and danger from highwaymen while seeking Greek ruins and Greek festivals. Horace groused at publicans as Romans toured Greece, Ephesus, and Asia Minor with guides. women rode in litters and cars were banned for congestion by Caesar two millennia earlier.
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