U.S. Food Airlift Saves Saharans
U.S. Air Force C 130 planes fly daily from Bamako to Mali Niger Mauritania and Chad delivering sorghum wheat powdered milk and corn to starving Sahel residents. Col. Solomon Harp heads the relief operation with Maj. Howard Seaboldt as deputy while FAO coordinates aid and local Malians assist by unloading cargo at Timbuktu.
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William Tuchy
Los Angeles Times
Timbuktu
Mali
Africa
Gao
Goundam
Nioro
U.S. Air Force
Sahelian Zone
Bamako
Mauritania
Senegal
Upper Volta
Niger
Chad
Frank Gill
Denver
Pearl of the Desert
Sahara
Roger Swanson
Hallock
Minn
Niger River
Solomon Harp
Harp
U.S. Readiness Command
Maj
Howard Seaboldt
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sahelian
U.S
Elks Vote to Admit Blacks to Membership
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks approved by 4 to 1 vote to admit Black and other minority members. Robert A. Yothers announced that the change removes the word white as a membership requisite and noted the national tally of 1,184,675 in favor versus 309,276 against. The order, boasting 2,182 lodges and 12 million members, spans 50 states and territories.
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Chicago
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Robert A. Yothers
Seattle
Elks
Yothers
Order of Elks
States
Puerto Rico
Guam
The
Canal Zone
Manila
Wisconsin 1858 anti prostitution law upheld by Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 1858 law banning prostitution, ruling that excluding male prostitutes does not make it unconstitutional. Justice Hansen noted that words importing one gender extend to any gender, and the defendant Carleen J. Mertes was fined $500 for offering sex in return for $25.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Robert W. Hansen
Hansen
Carleen J. Mertes
Waukesha
Sahel Nations Seek 10-Year Debt Moratorium at Summit
Six drought hit West African states Mauritania Senegal Niger Upper Volta Mali and Chad urged creditors to suspend external debt for ten years. The Ouagadougou summit backed a permanent inter-state Sahel committee and a $700 million program to fund food health cattle fodder dams roads and seeds with Lamizana as chairman and to press the UN for support.
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Agence
France-Presse
Inter-State Committee
Ouagadougou
Sangoule Lamizana
Lamizana
Sahel
United Nations General Assembly
Airlift Volunteers View Mission Overseas Duty
A crew chief Sgt Gill reflects on the airlift’s value and the urgency of supplying aid to famine zones. He notes the impact of each flight to Timbuktu in preventing starvation and expresses preference for delivering food over combat elsewhere.
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Sgt. Gill
Timbuktu
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