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For weeks, murder and arson have terrorized the African settlements in the countryside around modern Lusaka (pop. 70,000). One native woman died in agony after thugs sprinkled her with gasoline and set her afire. Gangs roamed the countryside burning 23 huts in six weeks and leaving five more Africans...
Political Points. In Leros, Greece, City Councilman John Kontsanellos was sentenced to eight months in jail for sprinkling the roads with nails to keep opposition voters from driving into town to vote against him in municipal elections.
The new Cambridge City Council, chosen in last fall's municipal election, will take its first official action this morning when, following inauguration ceremonies at 10 a.m., it begins the job of selecting one of its nine members as Mayor for the succeeding two-year term.
Actually Burma's pols have been electioneering ever since last May, when moonfaced ex-premier U Nu lashed out at army rule (TIME, June 1). U Nu mixes religious meditation and campaign oratory as no one else does: fortnight ago, emerging from 45 days of fasting and contemplation, he...
A recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 3 municipal election has shown that advocates of fluoridation of the City's water supply won their case, 16,069 to 16,027. This result enlarged the earlier 21 vote margin that had served as a basis for the recount petition.