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...Sultanate of Oman, which means "peaceful land"in Arabic, is so remote that it has often been called the Tibet of the Arabian peninsula. Nonetheless, the thinly populated desert kingdom-820,000 people -is a country about the size of Kansas and has time and again been caught up in the vortex of international politics. Its 1,060-mile coastline is on the direct sea route from Europe to Asia; the country's northern tip overlooks the preferred deep channel of the Strait of Hormuz, 40 miles wide at its narrowest, through which pass half of the world...
After a visit to the land of frankincense and myrrh, nomads and warriors, TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Dean Brelis sent this report on the country's quest for progress amid the turmoil of oil politics...
Quiet and generally unassuming, Qaboos tends to keep a low profile. He often dresses in military uniform without badge or rank, and is seldom recognized when he drives about the country in his Land Rover. Married, with no children, he follows a strict Muslim lifestyle; he never drinks or smokes. His first luxury when he came to power was to order a complete set of Gilbert and Sullivan records and install a stereo set. Of late he has indulged his taste for luxury cars, including two Porsches and several Mercedes...
...crunch that was caused by the cutoff of oil from Iran earlier this year taught the world how deeply dependent it is on crude from that tortured land. Lately the export flow has been back up to 3.3 million bbl. per day, but there were reports last week that production is dropping, and once again the supply is endangered. A shutdown of Iranian production would put the U.S. in a tough position. Oil stocks are already very low, and consumption would have to be reduced by at least 1.7 million to 2 million bbl. per day. "We would hope that...
DIED. Blue Mitchell, 49, lyrical jazz trumpeter who performed and recorded with Horace Silver's combo for six years (High Heeled Sneakers) and most recently with his own Blue Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet (Smooth as the Wind); of cancer; in Los Angeles...