Newspapers In French In 72 Nations Exhibition Highlights Global French Press
An exhibition by the French Cultural Union showcases newspapers in French from 72 nations including Canada Haiti Thailand Egypt Madagascar and Seychelles. It notes Canada hosts the world’s largest French language press outside France with about 50 titles and cites La Feuille D Avis de Neuchatel founded in 1738 as the oldest foreign French paper. It also mentions three French language reviews in Taiwan and a Saint Helena quarterly bulletin along with Echos Papous in New Guinea as low circulation items.
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French Cultural Union
Canada
Haiti
Thailand
Egypt
Madagascar
Seychelles
France
la Feuille D'Avis de
Faults Found In Children's Feet in New Zealand Survey
Report from Wellington notes that only 20 percent of over 1,000 children studied had healthy feet. Forty nine percent of girls over 14 had corns calluses or blisters and only eight percent had feet free from defects. Seventy percent of all children showed outward displacement of the big toe.
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Wellington
A.A.P Reuter
New Zealand
Love Used As Excuse In Japanese Bathhouses Probe
Tokyo police target indecency in turkish baths and shut down a so called photographic agency. Since the 1958 anti prostitution law, authorities pursue operators evading the new rules. Accused suspects deny wrongdoing by claiming a love affair.
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Tokyo
P-Reuter
Japan
Women Predominate in Soviet Skilled Work Force
Official Soviet statistics show fifty nine percent of skilled specialists are women and among the 390 deputies in the Supreme Soviet thirty percent are women. The figures reflect a strong female presence in both technical and political sectors.
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Moscow
A.A.P. Reuter
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Russia to Supply Extra Sugar to Ceylon on World Prices
Russia contracted to ship 10 000 tons of sugar to Ceylon beyond the original quota to ease a temporary shortage. The extra sugar brings total shipments to 30 000 tons under existing trade terms. Earlier delays by East Germany and Romania disrupted deliveries.
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Colombo
A.a.p.reuter
Russia
Ceylon
East Germany
Rumania
Bedouins to Quit Tents Move Toward Village Life in Negev
Israel aims to settle about 21 000 Bedouin in the Negev as drought drives nomads toward a village system. Health and education programs expand with six clinics and new schools, though girls face traditional barriers and many boys are kept home to herd flocks.
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Israel
Negev Desert
Young Theresa Bates Wins Abstract Prize At Art Show
Theresa Bates, aged 22 months, wins first prize for an abstract painting that stirred a controversy as other artists withdrew their works after judges, who did not know the artist, praised the piece for its character. The work was done in one night while she watched her painter father.
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Theresa Bates
Theresa
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