UN Survey Highlights Cost Of Global Arms Race
United Nations findings estimate over 23 million in armed forces and a nuclear stockpile of at least 15 tons of TNT per person. Global military spending exceeds 200 billion yearly, about 6.5 percent of world GNP, with six nations accounting for four fifths of expenditure.
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Antonioni shoots China as a tableau of past and present
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni tours Peking's Forbidden City for a month long shoot for Italian television. He asks officials to stage a dynastic tableau with emperors courtiers and concubines alongside modern Tiananmen era crowds wearing Mao badges.
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Aborigines Plight Stirs Government
Canberra officials condemn the plight of about 150000 Aboriginal Australians. Senate hearings reveal 40 percent of Aboriginal deaths occur in the first year, with northern Aboriginal babies dying at seven times the national average. Dr Langford cites severe malnutrition and brain damage among children and calls for improved living conditions.
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Art Dealers See Boost In Sales In Tokyo Markets
Japanese dealers report investors shifting from gems to paintings to hedge inflation. The boom follows Nixon’s economic moves last August. Osaka department store sold paintings valued at 4.86 million dollars in a week. Prices ranged from 110 000 to 534 400 dollars. A supermarket chain added paintings near groceries with 325 dollar pieces and 13 000 dollars sold in two months.
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Acrobatics and protests span cities in 1970s pages
The piece reports on British student actions led by the Schools Action Union aiming to end corporal punishment, uniforms, and detentions, with about 4,000 members. It also covers Shanghai’s Acrobatics Theater near Naking Road, where 2,000-seat shows feature juggling, feats with rifles, and a Mao quotation introduction. A final note mentions a grapefruit-sized hailstone in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1970.
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