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There was little doubt of the results, though the voting will not end until this week. Except for a few dissenters, most citizens were expected to rubber-stamp the proposals. There was, after all, that sizable herd of Osagyefo-worshippers who received fresh inspiration from the Ghanaian Times writer who recently confessed: "I shudder when I think of the greatness of the Great One. And so let the world know, and the word go forth, that indeed we do have a miracle called Kwame Nkrumah who walks the face of Africa today...
...Prospective tourists must get permission from their local police, and since individual travel is allowed only when the tourist has a specific invitation, most East Germans travel in officially organized groups, stay in shabby, second-class hotels. This permits Walter Ulbricht's hard-eyed functionaries to ride close herd on them, makes meeting in hotel rooms risky. But the twain meet anyway-on beaches and volleyball courts, in parks and restaurants...
...herd of fat cattle, their high flanks glowing deep brown in the sun, blocked the narrow dirt road. "I didn't know they were going to be here," said Connally. "But since they are, let's get out and look at them...
...that eat this grass are more valuable." Said Lady Bird: "You are both the victim and the friend of nature. It is something to see Lyndon in combat with the land. The land is unrelenting. He is unrelenting." Johnson mounted a frisky filly and helped cut calves from the herd. An old cowhand, watching, said: "That fella's been in the saddle afore." Just then the pony skittered, Lyndon lost a stirrup and grabbed for the pommel. The old fellow added with a twinkle: ". . . but not fer some time...
Died. Sabu Dastagir, 39, Indian-born cinemactor, who became a star at twelve when cast by Director Robert Flaherty in the title role of Elephant Boy, starred in a herd of Eastern westerns (Drums, The Thief of Baghdad); of a heart attack; in Hollywood...