New Feminist Movement Reshapes Oslo and Norway City Councils
In Oslo and Trondheim women won large majorities on city councils following September elections. Using a write in ballot system, female candidates supplanted many male rivals, signaling a broader push for women in public life and changes in party loyalties. Some conservatives warn of a backlash as male politicians react.
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Trondheim
Norway
Swallowed gold neck lace case shocks Jakarta shop
A jeweler claimed a woman stole a gold neck lace, police doubted him but x rayed the suspect and recovered the necklace. The report notes the silk thread of a curious theft and the breakthrough after imaging.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Reuter
Old Women’s University Grads in Japan Age 60s to 80s
In Kitakyushu elderly women in southern Japan attend an experimental old women’s university. After five months they held their first graduation ceremony with several hundred students aged 60 to over 80. Two graduates were over 80, 48 were in their seventies, and most of the 300-strong class were above sixty.
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Kitakyushu
Japan
Old Women's University
Sumi Nakmitsu
Kuni Murasse
Scientists predict death of lakes from detergent policy shift
Canadian scientists warn that U.S. reversal favoring phosphate detergents over non phosphate substitutes threatens Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. They cite the IJC findings linking phosphates to eutrophication and call for continued phosphate bans to protect the Great Lakes system.
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Great Lakes
U.S
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Lower
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Erie
J. R. Vallentyne
International Join Commission
IJC
Neiman Marcus Christmas Book Offers Time Warp Gifts
Neiman Marcus catalogs a 1971 Christmas book of gifts with a time travel and nostalgia theme. Highlights include a New Year performance for 1,243 guests, a moon bal masque for 100 friends, a backward running clock at $75, and a luna watch at $700. Other items feature a rose tinted rear vision mirror, a 1929 World Almanac, Egyptian mummy cases, a 9% sailboat yacht log, and a giant inflatable whale for children, plus Texas seed packets for $5.
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46Th Street
Neiman - Marcus
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McGraw-Hill
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