Price Of Brides Up In Africa Oceania
An exhibit at the Chase Manhattan money museum contrasts old and new bride prices in Africa and Oceania. It notes cowries, feather coils, and other items as traditional media of exchange now serve mainly as status symbols while wealthier suitors pay higher sums.
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Africa
Oceania
New York
Cameroons
Santa Cruz
Solomon Islands
Chase Manhattan Money
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Caroline Harris
Money Museum
Harris
Israeli raid clashes with Jordanian villages and air forces
Israeli forces hit three Jordanian villages in a two mile incursion south of Jerusalem in retaliation for El Fatah raids. Both sides claimed heavy losses as UN observers brokered a cease fire after hours of air and ground combat across the Jordanian border.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.N
Jordan
Levi Eshkol
el Fatah
United Nations
Jordaian
Muhammad H.el-Farra
Amman
Ashomora
Sea of Galilee
Lost Plane Hunt Ended
The Air Force abandoned the search for a radar picket Constellation crash in the Atlantic and declared 19 crew members dead. A burned flight jacket and debris were found about 125 miles southeast of Nantucket near Cape Cod as nine officers arrived at Otis Air Force Base to investigate.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Atlantic
Nantucket Island
Cape Cod
Otis
Constellation
Akaroa Council Pays More in Fees Than Fines
The Akaroa County Council in New Zealand prosecuted a farmer for a fence encroaching on a public road. Court costs amounted to 160 pounds for surveyor work and 41 pounds for the lawyer, totaling over eight times the farmer's 25 pound fine.
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Auckland
Akaroa County
New Zealand
Space walk timed for TV and football fans
Astro naut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.'s space walk drew television coverage by NBC CBS and was timed to end before football games began. The reports noted audio challenges and contrasted space programming with political headlines from the week. Frank Bourgholtzer and crew's Budapest special explored life in Hungary a decade after the revolt, showing plenty but limited freedom for interview subjects.
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New York
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
ABC
George Romney
NBC
Meet the Press
Frank McGee
McGee
California
Budapest
Frank Bourgholtzer
Bourgholtzer
Port and River Commission Activated in Kentucky
Kentucky activated a Port and River Development Commission to develop industry agriculture commerce and recreation along the state's waterways. An earthquake in Shensi China on January 24 1956 killed 830000 people.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Port and River Development Commission
Shensi
China
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
New York special report describes a new healing substance called Bio-Dyne marketed as Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids stops itching and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows shrinkage and strong patient statements that piles have ceased to be a problem. Available as suppository or ointment at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
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Dial
Gordon Ave
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Johnson
AP Television
CBS
David Brinkley
Barry Gold
Port and River Commission
Prescription
Shepherd's Drug Store
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Colonial
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Colonial’s
Redgate Pure
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Herp
Focal Colonial Stores
Sutter
Dixie
U.S
Colonial Stores
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