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...TIME'S report on Rhodesia [Dec. 6] states that the procedure agreed to by Premier Ian Smith and Sir Alec Douglas-Home "gives the whites an effective veto at the crucial final stage" in progress toward majority rule...
...weeks ago, British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home arrived in Salisbury with 25 aides. Sir Alec set up headquarters at Mirimba House, a verdant, 16-acre British government estate that was scrubbed up and reopened for his stay, and began holding talks with black and white Rhodesians alike. Though there was a time when it appeared that he would fly back to London emptyhanded, both he and Smith finally gave enough ground to make an agreement possible. It appeared, however, that Douglas-Home gave considerably more than Smith...
Since 1964, when Sir Alec was Prime Minister, the British had insisted that Britain would readily grant independence to Rhodesia if five basic conditions were met: 1) assurances of unimpeded progress toward majority rule for Rhodesia's 5,000,000 blacks; 2) guarantees against retrogressive amendmens of the constitution once independence was achieved; 3) an immediate improvement in the political status of blacks, especially advanced education, that would enable more of them to become qualified voters; 4) some sign of progress toward ending racial discrimination; and 5) proof that any basis for proposed independence was acceptable to black...
...time agreement was reached last week, Britain had diluted its demands. Sir Alec, for example, dropped his insistence on a privy council to guarantee against retrogressive changes in the constitution. He wanted the council despite the existing strong Declaration of Rights enforceable by the Rhodesian High Court...
With All-American forward Alec Papadakis gone, the Warrior attack isn't as strong as last year, but they've scored ten goals in the last three games. Sophomore Ed Austin, at left inside, leads the team in scoring with 8 goals and 5 assists, but the main scoring threat should come from the right side where freshman Tom Moore (5 goals, 4 assists) and sophomore Bob Isaacson (6 goals, 4 assists) are interchangable at inside and wing...