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...powers had opposed setting up a U.N. commission for Africa like those already in existence for Asia, Europe and Latin America. Not until last spring, and after U.S. prompting, did the U.N. finally establish the E.G.A. headquarters in Ethiopia, oldest independent nation on the continent. Membership: six European nations, nine independent African countries, and associates from colonial and trust territories. In a continent with a bewildering array of problems and a disheartening lack of experience, the commission hopes to help raise living standards by pooling economic information and skill...
...island's unpredictable, Oxford-educated former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff (who last year wanted to incorporate Malta into Britain itself, but now talks about making it a neutral port guaranteed by the U.N. Security Council), and unwilling to grant independence to the rock-bound island that must import nine times as much as it exports, the British suspended the 1947 constitution that allowed the 320,000 Maltese to elect their own representatives. Henceforth the British Governor will appoint his own council of advisers. Replied Mintoff: "Britain's days in the Mediterranean are numbered...
...before any perfect peace set in, the rebels were determined to allow themselves a wave of revenge against the conquered foe. Last week some 28 lesser Batista officials, left behind when the top dogs fled, were convicted in kangaroo courts and shot; another nine were executed without benefit of trial at all. Typical victims: Santiago's Maritime Police Chief Alejandro Garcia Olayón, Santa Clara's Police Chief Cornelio Rojas (see cuts). After one execution drew a crowd of 3,000, the rebels ruled that spectators would henceforth be barred-but allowed to inspect the bodies afterward...
Divorced. By Donna Atwood, 33, retired professional skater (Ice Capades), U.S. junior women's skating champion in 1941: John H. Harris, 60, producer of Ice Capades; after nine years of marriage, three children; in Santa Monica. Calif...
...indications are that the decline of voluntary commuters who can get admitted will continue." Bender explained, "and will finally hit a floor at around three per cent of the student body." Non-resident students now comprise nine per cent of the College...