Bride price in Nigeria's east climbs amid inflation
In Nigeria's eastern region bachelors press the military regime to cap or abolish bride price as inflation surges past a 1956 law. They cite education gains and secession talk, noting rising costs and calls for bride price free marriages. The practice, tied to the Ibos, refunds the amount at divorce.
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Enugu
Nigeria
I. N. Okeke
Okeke
Forestry Technical Workers Union
Edu
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Azikiwe
Saturn 5 Apollo to Mount 95 Engine Moon Mission
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports the Saturn 5 Apollo spacecraft will use a total of 95 engines for the planned lunar mission this decade. The 95 engines are part of the propulsion system designed to lift and propel the spacecraft toward the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Moon
Apollo Saturn V details reveal thrust and engine count
The Saturn V rocket stacks 41 engines on a 36-story vehicle with five F-1 engines delivering 7.5 million pounds of thrust to lift a 3000-ton rocket. Smaller control engines and 54 space craft engines provide maneuvering for the mission including ascent from the moon.
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Ious
Moon
Urbana area families celebrate Mother's Day gatherings
Mrs. Anna Winans and son Jerry visited Bertha and Ralph McMillen. many relatives from Chanute Galesburg and Rogers joined Mother's Day meals and home visits in the Urbana area including Erie Chanute and Barcl. The chain of visits included the Heilman and Gillett households with guests from Oklahoma and Kansas towns.
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Urbana
Anna Winans
Jerry
Bertha
Ralph McMillen
Harold Stroud
Ralph Heilman
Eric
Heilman
Ark
M's
Ernest Gillett
M. F. Klingenberg
Galesburg
Ernest Heilman
Ira Lowmaster
Myra McCoy
Bill McCoy
Monty
Bennie Pierce
C. L. Cheney
Eureka
Howard Bailey
Charles Stroh
Chanute
Bailey
Edith Hummer
W. Wible
David Heilman
Randy
Lori
Council Grove
David Heilmans
Milo Heilman
Earl Wible
Vern Heilmans
E. C. Bryan
Erie
Carl Hazen
Stark
Hazen
Glenn Lacey
Judy
Linda
Leon Hazen
Shelly and
Marci
George Nordstedt
Bob
Larry
Debby
Brenda
Terilee
Valley Center
Raymond Hutchens
Becky
Edla Nordstedt
Harvey Nordstedt
Wichita
Howard Hutchens
Darrell Dunivant
Howard Weitzel
Barbara
Richard
Ora Heilman
Harold Heilman
Ronnie
Betty
Heismans
Capt
G. A. Zugmier
Gregory
North Carolina
Scotty Bailey
Frank Bailey
Scotty
Marion Bailey
Glen Burdue
Steve Reynolds
Lawrence
Glen
Garland Burdue
David
Pointe Claire
Canada
Pittsburg
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Christopher Columbus
France
John F. Kennedy
New York
Madison Square Garden
New York State
Judson Morhouse
Apollo
Urbana Area
Vern Heilman
Peggy
Karen
Chanute Tribune
Neosho Manor Nursing Home
Mrs
Manley Transfer Company
Bob Manley
Cablevision OF
J. D. Schaal
Bank OF Commerce
Chandler
Mr. and
Wilbur Chandler
McLaren Agency
Glen and
Bob McLaren
ASH Grove Lime & Portland Cement Cement Manufacturers
Calvert
Raymond Pierpont
NN WA Campers, Inc
Disney's Market
Pete Disney
Chanute Auto Parts
Jim Scott
American Legion
Kansas
Gibson-Koch Chapel
Marie and
Clifford Gibson
Hans' Flowers
Dorothy Mae Nelson
Mgr
Lampliters, Inc
Bob Ward
Kenneth Good
J. D
George Lightfoot
Saldwell
Raymond A. Smith
First National Bank
Russell's
Mobil Service
Arrow
Shorty
Russell
Gordon J. Willis
York Electric Company
R. A. York
Ashley Clinic
Washburn
Texaco Service
Bob and Frank Washburn
Prosser Tire, Inc
Armstrong Tire
Rollow TV & Stereo
Alan Rollow
Merle Kelly
Ford, Inc
Bauer's Market
Gaylord Bauer
Veterans OF Foreign Wars Post
Charles Ballou
Clara Graham
Hillside Auto Parts
Richard Fateley
Orr
Wilma and
Gene Orr
Churchill Pumping Units, Inc
Jack and Jerry ChurchiLl
Orley
CAFE
Doris Barker
Gene
Texaco
Gene Graves
Lindsay Pipe & Supply
Jim and
H. F. Lindsay
Byers, Inc. Concrete and Rock Products
Pioneer Hdw. & Music CO
Clarence Haight & Sons
Heaven
the Lord
Jllow
CRU
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