Chief Battles Western Ways in Zambian Culture Clash
Zambian culture minister Kapwepwe campaigns against Western fashions and customs urging a return to tradition. He criticizes miniskirts wigs and skin whitening creams while praising tribal rites and forbids Western dress in public. He warns of social backlash and cites past violence over fashion bans.
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Simon
Apwenwe
Zambia
Kapwepwe
United National Independence Party
Malawi
Kapwenwe
Banker's Mistake Costs City 62 250 in Bond Sale
In New York city a banking error raised costs on a 170 million dollar municipal bond issue. Chase Manhattan misfiled bond price and premium, prompting a bid rejection and a new sale where First National City Bank won at 6.776 percent after reevaluation.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
First National City Bank
Chase Group
Abraham Beame
First National Group
First National
California Refuses To Let Viet War Vote
In Sacramento the assembly ways and means committee balked at a bill to authorize the attorney general for a court test of the constitutionality of blocking voting on the Vietnam War. The move reflects state action amid debates over war powers and undeclared conflicts. A separate report from Gibraltar notes authorities barred animals for six months after a rabies death linked to a Libyan mongrel.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Sachusetts
Bar Animals
Gibraltar
Health Department
Libya
Meany Urges Minimum Wage Rise To Two Dollars
AFL CIO President George Meany calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $2 an hour and widening coverage to about 17 million workers including farm labor, arguing current standards hurt those families and inflation. He urges a shorter work week and double time pay for some shifts.
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AFL
Meany
House Education and Labor Com
Mittee
Labor Federa
Congress
Formosan Church withdraws from World Council
The Presbyterian Church of Formosa voted to withdraw from the World Council of Churches after years of pressure from the Nationalist government. Police and tax officials had pressed the church since 1966, amid tension over recognizing Communist China in international bodies.
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Formosa
Presbyterian Church of
World Council of Churches
Umti
China
Formisa
Formosan’ Church
International
Council
U.N
Banana eater sets world record in South Africa
Stephen Nel of Port Elizabeth weighed 320 pounds and ate 50 bananas in 19 minutes to claim a world record. An unrelated line about want ads for selling something appears in the clipping.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Stephen Nel
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