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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convention's chief work was the approval of a "Capricorn contract between the races," which would replace racial loyalties with African patriotism. Since it had already gone through eleven drafts, the resolution passed largely without dissent. Some of its provisions: 1) common citizenship in each territory; 2) single voting roll for all citizens, but more than one vote for specially qualified citizens; 3) gradual release of all land to buyers, regardless of race; 4) improved educational standards so that children of all races can eventually be taught in the same schools. The Capricorn Society's idea for multiple...
...Faced with far more eligible candidates than the nation's lycées could possibly handle, French educational authorities decided to slash the number by giving the toughest entrance examinations in history. They succeeded only too well. This month 200,000 eleven-year-olds were forced to answer questions on André Gide, to analyze passages from Gabriel Hanotaux, and to solve problems such as: "A group of passengers contributed 850 francs each to rent a bus. Six withdrew, so the price was raised by 210 francs each. How many people finally formed the group?"* The result...
...China. Dulles rejected Red China's bid for a foreign ministers' conference, at least until Red China 1) releases eleven Americans held prisoner in its jails, and 2) agrees to make a "meaningful renunciation of force" in the Formosa Strait...
...newsmen that Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary's "moderation" and his own "zeal" were the same commodity. Shrugged Ave: a question of semantics. Harriman said further that he "admires what Governor Gary has done in his state." Gary, elected chairman of the Harriman Western Conference by 150 representatives of eleven states attending, explained that some Oklahoma school districts want separate white and Negro schools, some want integrated schools. Under the Gary plan, each district gets what it wants...
When Danish-born Pianist-Funnyman Victor Borge did his record-running (849 performances) one-man show on Broadway, union rules demanded that he be assisted by eleven stagehands and four stand-by musicians. The musicians never played, and what the stagehands did remains a mystery. Last week Borge transported his Broadway show, in a cut version and with a few additions, to TV. When all the producers, directors, musicians, stagehands, boom pushers, scenery movers, cameramen, set painters, carpenters, copyists, audio and video control men were counted, it was clear that network TV's first one-man show called...