Portugal Begins Setting Lands Free From Empire
Portugal moves to liquidate its African empire by signing an independence plan for Portuguese Guinea. The new nation will be Guinea-Bissau, with Soares and Santos signing in Algiers alongside rebel leaders. About 10,000 Portuguese troops and families are being flown home as 25,000 total forces in the colony wind down. Guinea-Bissau, deemed economically minor, precedes independence for Angola and Mozambique, which will come more slowly amid renewed rebel attacks. The UN poised to admit Guinea-Bissau, with 107 nations already recognizing it. Guinea-Bissau lies between Senegal and Guinea with 531,000 people and crops like rice and peanuts.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Portuguese Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Algiers
Mario Soares
Overseas Territories
Antonio de Almeida Santos
African Party For the Independence of
Guinea
Cape Verde Islands
Africa
Salazar
Angola
Mozambique
Soares
United Nations
World Organization
U.N. Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
U.N
Council
Guinea- Bissau
Canada
European Common Market
United States
Senegal
Republic of Guinea
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Funds Keep Alive Baptist College
Officials announce a last minute drive at Missouri Baptist College raised 115000 in cash and over 150000 in pledges over three years, ensuring classes start as scheduled on September 4. Board of trustees met and said the school would likely have operated without the fundraiser.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Baptist College
Clock Collectors Rally In Clock Market Boom
CHICAGO AP clock collectors chase rising values as alarm clocks from 1912 to 1940s surge to 15 to 25 dollars. Bernard J. Edwards of the Chicago chapter notes war era clocks fetch strong prices, while double dial and railroad clocks dominate today. He warns buyers to inspect movements, as older handmade clocks show crude mechanisms. Edwards owns 100 clocks and 50 watches, valuing a Willard mahogany clock at 3,500 today.
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Chicago
Bernard J. Edwards
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
Edwards
Aaron Willard
Paul Revere
Countries Clean Up After Damaging Floods
As muddy monsoon waters recede India Bangladesh Burma and the Philippines begin cleaning up from their worst floods in recent history. Official figures show more than 1,800 deaths across four nations as rivers burst banks and inundate thousands of acres. The homeless run into the millions and property damage runs into hundreds of millions.
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New Delhi
India
Bangladesh
Burma
Philippines
Common Market farmers protest overproduction and CAP failures
European farmers from nine nations blockade roads and harbors around Brussels and other cities to demand higher prices and direct aid. Prices for beef pork wine and produce lag while costs for fuel fertilizer and credit rise 15 to 30 percent, triggering widespread protests and road closures across Germany France Italy the Netherlands Belgium and Switzerland.
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Paris
Brussels
Europe
Common Market
CAP
Josef Orth
Ertl
Munich
Jonn
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
France
Belgium
Burns Released From Hospital After Open Heart Surgery
Los Angeles AP reports comedian George Burns, 79, has been released from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after undergoing open heart surgery. He was discharged Saturday after admission August 5 and operation August 3.
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Los Angeles
George Burns
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Burns
Ship crashes into Welland Canal. bridge toppled
The American freighter Steelton rammed a 120 foot high bridge five miles north of Welland Ontario. The bridge and one counterweight fell into the canal, while the other weight hit a road. Officials fear a two week Seaway blockage with 150 ships delayed. Damages around $1 million. Bridge master injured and crewman shocked. The accident, the canal's worst in 43 years, could halt most transit between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
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Ont
St. Lawrence Seaway
Welland Canal
Steelton
Welland
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Seaway
Canal
Erie Barge Canal
Malcolm Campbell
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