Bride price rises in Nigeria's eastern region
In Nigeria's eastern region bachelors urge the military to cap bride prices as inflation pushes costs above the 1956 law. Critics cite education as a factor, with some proposing bride price free marriages to encourage early unions before conflict.
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Arnold Zeitlin
Enugu
Nigeria
I. N. Okeke
Okeke
Forestry Technical Workers Union
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Azikiwe
Public Forum on Urban Renewal in Roswell
A Roswell reader argues against Urban Renewal citing home condemnations, tax increases, and loss of privacy. The letter warns Federal control and potential city overreach, urging residents to withhold consent and defend local governance.
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Los Angeles
Government
Roswell
Editorial View on Peace Protests and Vietnam War Roles
The piece argues mass antiwar demonstrations prolong the conflict by influencing public perception and aiding Communist aims. It notes Hanoi’s press framing the protests as a second front and cites Chinese-North Vietnamese arms passages as sustaining Hanoi. It asserts U.S. gains in Asia and urges stabilization of Vietnam to unlock regional progress.
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United States
New York
San Francisco
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Communist Party
North Vietnam
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Asia
Japan
Taiwan
Thailand
Indonesia
Sukarno
India
Nixon's Grip at the GOP Convention
Richard Nixon may not win the Republican nomination in 1968 but he shapes the process as a king-maker and veto power at the GOP convention. Dewey’s 1952 model shows how an una elected figure can steer delegates, while Nixon uses party loyalty and strong Vietnam policy to influence outcomes and bolster the party’s stance.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
G.O.P
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harry S. Truman
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Louis Harris
George Gallup
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Ben Chavez
Tax Commission
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
County Commission
Board of Equalization
Chavez
Bernalillo County Commission
Ed Balcomb
Balcomb
Guadalupe
de Baca
Guadalupe County
Santa Fe
State Central Committee
Rex Mattingly
Manuel Lujan Jr
Katy Ely
Ely
Jim Stockton
Roswell
San Jon Port of Entry
Legislative
Alex Armijo
Western Surety Co
Nicholas Aragon
Winford Lee Stone
Porfirio Martinez
Armijo
Psychology of Old Age Diary of an Old Man review
Book reviewer Miles A. Smith notes Chaim Bermont’s novel about Cyril an 84 year old London resident who navigates a small life with routine and companionships He praises Bermont for sympathetic treatment of aging showing compassionate insights beyond sociology texts and hints at later adventures and colorful neighbors Flo ra McConnachie the landlady and an upstairs Indian student add humor and interest.
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George
Cyril
Flora McConnachie
Bermont
Miles A. Smith
History Highlights by the Associated Press
On May 19 1967 notable events include Gladstone death 1898 Johns Hopkins birth 1795 Napoleon Legion of Honor 1802 Philadelphia centennial exposition 1867 and Italian troops surrender in Ethiopia 1941. The AP date line notes the day as the 139th of 1967 with 226 days remaining.
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William Gladstone
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Napoleon Bonaparte
Legion of Honor
Philadelphia
Ethiopia
State Police monitor hippies living in cars and camps
New Mexico police report hippie groups, mainly from California, living in cars and camping in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties. Officers advised documenting unusual living situations while noting fence-cutting incidents near Tierra Amarilla and ongoing state police reorganizations.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Rio Arriba
el Rito Canyon
Carson National Forest
el Rito
Vallecitos
Joe A. Black
California
Black
Santa Fe County
M. A. Matteson
Nambe
Cerrillos
San Francisco
Matteson
Tierra Amarilla
Carroll Berryman
Cebella
A. R. Mittelfelt
Rutheron
Raymond Spill
Spill
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William S. White
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Jimmy C. Cox Ng
Chaves
Trade
North Main Street
N.M
Roswell, N. M
Book Review
Chaim Bermont
Holt, Rinehart
London
Publishers’ Weekly
Santa Vittoria
Crichton
Wilder
Drury Fathers
Madame Sarah
Skinner
Mancheste
Edgar Cayce
Stearn
Levenson
Berne
THE
Associated Press
el Vado
Governor’s Office
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Bradford
Ben Bowen
Hirsch
Peter Hirsch
Department of Development
Charles Dowaliby
Dowaliby
Bill Previtti
Dave Cargo
Previtti
DOD
Willis Smith
Fred McCaffrey
Julius Golden
Martha
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