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...election results showed that Welensky's United Federal Party finished out front but failed to win a clear majority. Four out of 20 seats on the legislative council went to the new Central African Party, headed by Garfield Todd, whose liberal racial views cost him the Southern Rhodesian premiership...
...Urrutia's job before too long. Under the Cuban constitution, the President cannot be younger than 35. Last week news got out that the constitution had been quietly changed by a mere vote of the Cabinet a fortnight ago-and the new minimum fixed at 30. In the premiership, Castro can take his time about calling elections, about which his government, unlike the revolutionary juntas of Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela, has said very little...
Somewhat sooner than expected, Fidel Castro last week took over direct control of the Cuban government. Premier Jose Miro Cardona resigned, along with his Cabinet. Assuming the premiership. Castro quit as commander of the armed forces, giving that job to his ice-eyed brother Raul...
Provisional President Manuel Urrutia immediately announced his choice of Castro for the premiership. That job normally means head of government under the president, who is chief of state. Castro replaces Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona...
Burma. Three months after able General Ne Win took over the premiership and dismissed the Parliament, the capital city of Rangoon seems a different place. Gone are the huge heaps of filthy garbage that littered the streets, and gone the packs of wild pye-dogs that fed on them. Buildings are getting their first coats of paint since 1941. Night trains are running from Rangoon to Mandalay for the first time in ten years, attesting to greater security in the countryside. Virtually every known Communist agent and subversive has been jailed. Hordes of corrupt, bribetaking political hacks have been replaced...