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...Pubs and clubs in all of Papua New Guinea were closed not only on Dec. 1, the first day of self-rule, but also on the days preceding and following the historic event. The passage of power was officially marked only by a brief ceremony in the capital of Port Moresby, where the Australian administrator changed his title to high commissioner, the equivalent of ambassador...
...Ruiz Cortines, 82, President of Mexico from 1952-58, who cleaned up undisguised corruption, restored confidence in the government and extended the right to vote to Mexican women; of a heart attack; in Veracruz. An accountant who entered politics during the revolution of 1910-21 as mayor of the port of Veracruz, Ruiz Cortines was Governor of the state of Veracruz in 1947 when he was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Miguel Aleman. After his election to the presidency on a reform ticket, Ruiz Cortines published a list of his own assets, ordered his subordinates...
China's trade relationship with England seemed no different. By the emperor's decree, only Canton could be used as a port of call. This allowance was seen as a favor. Chinese believed that they needed nothing the British could offer and, according to one wide misconception, that the English could not live without tea or rhubarb, without which they would surely die of constipation...
...balanced scoring attack, led by Lyman Bullard's two goals, helped Harvard's undefeated freshman hockey squad to its fourth consecutive victory, a 7-2 win over the Port Huron "B" team yesterday...
...evident from the start that the Port Huron team, which plays in a Canadian amateur league, had come to play hockey...