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...free medical exams. "A kid can be plenty healthy, but still not in decent shape," says Alph Stamphill, an elementary school principal in charge of the city's program. "There's one eleven-year-old boy who weighs about 200 lbs. and is so strong he could cart off an anvil under each arm. But he can't hoist himself up to the chinning...
...spiffy achkan (a knee-length formal coat) and karakul cap, saw would-be visitors by appointment only. Saddest of all, Bashir is a camel driver no more. Awaiting delivery of a truck given him by his U.S. host, Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Bashir has leased his camel and cart to a relative...
...wonder how many of your readers mused, as I did, over the contrast in your juxtaposed stories between 1) the comments and general effectiveness of a middleaged, illiterate camel-cart driver from Pakistan and 2) the comments of a young Smith College honor graduate and Peace Corps member during her short tour of duty in Nigeria...
...course of his tour of Asia last spring, Vice President Lyndon Johnson stopped on a Pakistani roadside to greet an impoverished, illiterate camel-cart driver who had a grin as wide as his handlebar mustache. A true Texan, the Vice President casually invited Bashir Ahmad to "come and see us, heah?" A Karachi columnist picked up the invitation and ran with it: "My, Bashir is certainly lucky. He'll stay at the Waldorf-Astoria." Almost before Johnson could say L.B.J., he realized that his invitation had been accepted, and he was stuck with it. Last week Bashir jetted into...
...make it bigger. To get more plant space, he last year bought Jaguar's venerable neighbor, the Daimler Co. Last week Sir William made his boldest move yet: he bought the Coventry plant of defunct Guy Motors, Ltd., where he plans to diversify into trucks. Aim: to have cart horses as well as thoroughbreds to offer when and if Britain gets into the Common Market...