Changing Marriage Customs Spread Across Arab World
The piece reports a shift in Arab society as arranged marriages and polygamy decline due to education and modernization. It notes rising female independence, later marriages for educated women, and varying practices by country, including continued polygamy among some elites.
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Beirut
Morroe Berger
Lebanon
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Libya
Muammar Gadafi
Poles Begin Credit Purchases As Prices Drop
Warsaw reports Poles slowly use installment buying amid lower prices, led by televisions and appliances. Only about a fifth of workers have credit commitments, with the state run PKO bank handling financing and upfront interest required. Cars remain uncommon as prices demand six years’ wages.
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Warsaw
Poland
Edward Gierek
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Fiat
PEO Savings Bank
Pole
PKO
Notable Health and Military Figures Die Within Week
ATLANTA AP reports Dr. Rolla E. Dyer 84 former NIH director died of a heart attack He helped link cigarette smoking to lung cancer KMSP TV figure from 1950s to 60s appears. MOSCOW AP notes Maj Gen Leonid V Novikov 85 veteran of the Soviet army and prolific writer on military roads dies as Defense Ministry cites report.
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Atlanta
Rolla E. Dyer
U.S. Public Heath Service
National Institutes of Health
Moscow
Leonid V. Novikov
Defense Ministry
Loganberry origin and naming by Judge J. H. Logan
The loganberry arose from a cross between a wild California blackberry variety and a cultivated red raspberry. It was named after Judge J. H. Logan who originated the fruit.
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California
J. H. Logan
Senate Leaders Move To Limit Draft Debate
Senate leaders move toward action to limit debate on the draft extension bill if voluntary time limits on amendments fail. Hatfield Gravel and McGovern Hatfield amendments loom, with a vote possible next Tuesday and potential filibuster by Gravel if limits are not set. The measure faces a June 30 expiration and aims to curb debate time on key Vietnam related provisions.
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Senate
Washington
U.S
Indochina
George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern-Hatfield
Mike Mansfield
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Loganberries
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
Hatfield
Mike Gravel
Alaska
T. V. Cable
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Gore
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