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...First order of business was the election of Venezuela's Ambassador Carlos Sosa Rodríguez, 51, to the presidency of the Assembly. Approved by a vote of 99 nations (eleven abstained and Nepal arrived too late to cast a ballot), the trim, businesslike lawyer-accountant accepted the gavel from Pakistan's bearded Zafrulla Khan. Then, in Spanish (he is also fluent in French and English), Sosa Rodriguez introduced himself as "a son of the native land...
...backed by avowedly pro-Peking Albania, North Korea and North Viet Nam. So far, these are the only countries that have formally announced that they will not sign. But chary of angering the Chinese, other Asian nations have been slow to indicate their approval of the pact. They include Nepal, which lies in an exposed position in China's border conflict with India; Ceylon and Cambodia, both left-wing "neutrals"; and Indonesia, which is hopeful of Chinese support in any future action against the soon-to-be-born Malaysian federation...
...happy to go as high as I can or as high as I am permitted to go-either one." Last week his family, the U.S. and the world learned that James Warren Whittaker, 34, had gone as high as a man can and still cling to earth. From Katmandu, Nepal, came word that it was Whittaker, together with a Sherpa guide named Nwang Gombu,* who planted a U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Everest on May 1. The Best in a Person. Manager of a Seattle store that sells mountaineering equipment, towering...
Preparations took two years. The U.S. expedition assembled at Katmandu, capital of Nepal. Finally, late in February with 895 Nepalese porters and 32 Sherpa tribesmen (for high-altitude work), the climbers set out on an 180-mile northward trek. Along the way, team doctors took time out to battle a Nepalese smallpox epidemic, flying in vaccine and administering it themselves. At last the climbers neared the looming Everest itself. They set up their base camp at 17,000 ft., cautiously began to feel their way through the treacherous Khumbu icefall...
...available. Last week UNESCO Secretary-General René Maheu added up what had been gathered by passing the international hat. Egypt pledged $11.5 million. West Germany gave $1,845,000, Italy $1,800,000. India $714,000, Cuba $160.000. In all. 37 countries contributed, including Bolivia and Nepal, each of which gave $1,000, but the total is more than $22 million short...