West Germany Likely to Absorb British Skilled Workers
A July visit by two British Employment Ministry officials led to an agreement with West German officials to admit British skilled unemployed as gastarbeiter. The plan aims to ease labor needs while addressing friction from foreign workers already in West Germany, many from Yugoslavia Italy Turkey and Spain.
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Aluminaut towed to St John’s River for storage after forced retirement
The Aluminaut, the 15 ton aluminum hulled deep diving submarine once active in research and film work, will be towed from Miami to a shed on the St John’s River near Jacksonville for at least three years. Spending cuts in federal marine research funding ended its era of underwater exploration and projects including a hydrogen bomb recovery and a Thunderball film role.
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Ian Fleming
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Burning Desert Hides Diamonds in Namib Skeleton Coast
In southwest Africa the Namib Desert, called the thirst land, guards vast diamond beds. Ghost towns lie buried under dunes as ships ride a sea of sand, testing history’s grim frontier where mining drew fortune and death.
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Namib
Atlantic Ocean
Skeleton Coast
South Africa
Angola
Dorsland
The Namib Desert Pages of Wind and Sand
Wind shaped dunes expose wrecks and huts along the Namib shore where drought conditions persist yet life clings to dew. The oryx and other creatures survive on scarce moisture as humans mine diamonds south of Swakopmund.
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Namib
Japan may overtake United States in steel production by 1975
Masayuki Tatsuta reports Nippon Steel Corp executive Yuzuru Kawashima predicts Japan will exceed 130 million tons of crude steel annually by 1975, possibly reaching 155 million. He cites government estimates and notes upcoming new blast furnaces at Kimitsu Works amid a global steel output shift. The piece also touches on diamond mining, a Singapore chandelier project, and various unrelated notes.
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United States
Yuzuru Kawashima
Nippon Steel Corp
Kimitsu
Tokyo
Iceland forms leftist coalition vows wider fishing reach and base exit
Iceland’s new coalition led by Prime Minister Olafur Johannesson plans to extend fishing limits to 50 miles and phase out the U S Keflavik air base over four years. The move pleases domestic resource concerns but faces NATO and opposition friction. The 60 seat Althing coalition holds a 32 28 edge with a reform agenda including tax changes banking and welfare measures amid funding questions.
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Olafur Johannesson
Progressive Farmers Party
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Communists
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