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Died. Sir Leslie Knox Munro, 72, astute diplomat and president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1957 to 1958; near Auckland, in his native New Zealand. After successive careers as teacher, lawyer, and newspaper editor, Munro was sent abroad in 1952 as ambassador to the U.S. and permanent representative to the United Nations. At various times during the next eleven years, he was president of the Security Council and the General Assembly, and also served as U.N. special representative on Hungary. A tall, imposing figure and excellent public speaker, Munro returned to New Zealand...
Stark Choice. The first word that Heath had decided to cut short his five-year term, which expires in June 1975, and seek a vote of confidence was received last week by Queen Elizabeth on the royal yacht Britannia, lying at anchor in Auckland's Waitemata Harbor. The Prime Minister requested Her Majesty to dissolve Parliament and grant permission for a general election to be held Feb. 28. The Queen quickly cabled her ritual assent and returned to her royal tour of New Zealand...
...Varicose veins, those bulging, discolored blood vessels that cause cosmetic consternation in women and discomfort for both sexes, probably have a variety of causes. Habitual standing in place for long periods is one. Can sitting in chairs be another? So theorizes Dr. Colin Alexander of New Zealand's Auckland Medical School. Alexander's argument in the Lancet owes as much to geography as it does to anatomy. Varicose veins, he points out, are rare among the Japanese and other Eastern peoples who generally sit on the floor or the ground. But the condition is common among Westerners...
FRIEDA SMITH Auckland...
...circulation has grown to 5,300,000, which requires no fewer than 15 printing and distribution centers round the world. In the U.S., we have plants in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, Old Saybrook, Conn., and Albany, N.Y. Abroad, the load is carried by Paris, Tokyo, Melbourne, Montreal, Auckland, Panama City, London and now Hong Kong. Early next year, there will be a 16th plant, in Vancouver, B.C., and sometime during the year a circulation to top almost 5,600,000, a gain of 12% over 1969. For the first six months of this year, our circulation has already...