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Jamaica. Upon getting independence, the 1,600,000 Jamaicans made no headlong rush to erase their British past. Coins and currency still bear Queen Elizabeth's likeness, and British-trained civil servants, both white and black, retain a firm grip on important ministries. Spry old Sir Alexander Bustamante, 79, the craggy-faced patriarch of a Premier, preaches patience, order and unswerving friendship with the West...
Alarmed by the growing wave of nationalization of French-owned property, the government of Charles de Gaulle last week demanded a new round of diplomatic talks with Algeria. France's complaint: Premier Ahmed ben Bella's headlong plunge into socialism is in serious violation of the 1962 Evian ac cords, which granted Algeria independence. At a National Assembly budget hearing, Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing hinted that French aid to Algeria might be slashed by amounts equal to "compensation that would be due French citizens for nationalizations or spoliations...
Something seemed to be different. Last year, in the name of protecting the nation's economic interests, President Kennedy leaped headlong into a success ful effort to keep Big Steel from raising its prices. But in 1963, with Big Labor threatening a devastating national railway strike for this week, Kennedy clearly wants no part of the dispute...
Only Memory. Testimony from both sides drew a picture of a magazine that had rushed headlong into print with a story only superficially checked. By the Post's own admission, the story's validty rested almost entirely on notes taken by Atlanta Insurance Salesman George Burnett, who said he had accidentally eavesdropped on a pre-game telephone conversation in which Georgia's Butts seemed to be spilling Georgia football secrets to Paul ("Bear") Bryant, head coach at the University of Alabama. But when the Post sent Freelance Reporter Frank Graham Jr. down to Atlanta, the salesman could...
...country was the world's leading gold producer, accounting for about 44% of the total. The miners also ran across odd crystalline stones-and kept a few to use as counters in idle-hour card games. The pebbles were diamonds. When the news got out, a second headlong rush was on. Between 1730 and 1800, more than 3,000,000 carats came from the mines...