Bangladesh faces famine as independence tests resolve
One year after independence, Bangladesh grapples with an empty treasury and 75 million people facing starvation. Sheik Mujibur Rahman governs amid war scars, disillusionment, and reliance on international aid while balancing Soviet and American pressure and rebuilding a shattered economy.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
Sheik Mujib
Nixon
Sheik
Pakistan
Tajuddin Ahmed
Tajuddin
Abdul Samad Azad
B'nai B'rith Unit Admits Women in Chippewa Falls
The Chippewa Valley lodge of B'nai B'rith voted to drop the male only clause and admit women immediately. Lodge president Morton Sipress noted uncertainty about a national reaction while publisher John M. Lavine supported the move as upholding anti discrimination laws in Wisconsin and beyond.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chippewa Valley
B’nai B’rith
United States
Morton Sipress
B’nai B'rith
Lodge
John M. Lavine
The
Chippewa Falls Herald
Telegram
Wisconsin
Vacant Beehive Building May Have Use in Caracas
Caracas faces a stalled $30 million helicoid project from architect Jorge Romero Gutierrez once seen as a breakthrough. The unfinished 22 story spiral shell sits abandoned in a valley as housing minister Alfredo Rodriguez Amengual proposes converting it into a cultural center as part of a broader urban renewal plan for Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Jorge Romero Gutierrez
Rome
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Alfredo Rodriguez Amengual
Rodriguez
Helicoid
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Sadak
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Hagen
India
Mukhti Bahini
Liberation Army
Bangladesh Rifles
Bangladesh Air Force
Pakistan Air Force
U. S
B'nai B'rith Unit
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