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...losing the 720-sq.-mi. island with its depressed sugar industry, chronic unemployment and dangerous racial tensions does not disturb Britain. But just when it will actually be rid of Mauritius' problems is uncertain. The main opposition to independence comes from a flamboyant mulatto attorney, Gaetan ("King Creole") Duval, 35, whose Parti Mauricien Social Democrate won the other 27 seats...
...Duval speaks for the 213,000 half-caste descendants of former African slaves and a dwindling minority of 10,000 whites, many of them heirs of the old French sugar barons, who lingered on after Britain conquered the island during the Napoleonic wars...
...presidential campaign, Liz kept overworked, underfed reporters happy with a steady flow of banter and favors. Taking note of their sweaty condition, she announced: "On the theory that the press that bathes together stays together, we have reserved three rooms, baths, and showers and 150 towels at the Duval Hotel in Tallahassee tonight." To reporters who missed the train, she offered a tip, "In case you do get left, look for the advance man. See if he can work out your transportation to a nearby town. If he can't, just take out residence, register and vote...
...conviction is virtually assured. At a habeas corpus hearing, the prosecution produced a stewardess who identified Mel as having been a passenger on the plane from Houston, and an ex-convict who said the pair had offered him $10,000 to murder Mossier. But to Circuit Court Judge Harvie DuVal, the case was not yet airtight: "The testimony I have heard and read does not meet the evidence requirements." Judge DuVal duly freed the defendants on $50,000 bonds. While Mel discreetly headed for Atlanta, Candace emerged from jail as other inmates showered her with hearty obscenities. Smiling and blowing...
Disaccreditation by the Southern Association put the county's 116,000 high-school students in a jam. Though they can still enter Florida's state-run universities freely, private and out-of-state colleges often require that the applicant be a graduate of an accredited high school. Duval County also worried about its economy: new business nowadays can hardly be attracted to areas with schools authoritatively pronounced...