Word: regionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Modern Living. In London, Sir John Simpson, controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, told a business gathering that among the office's books that are selling "like hot cakes" are: Illustrated Catalogue of Fleas, Horse Flies of the Ethiopian Region and Sex Life of the Elephant Seal...
Local Needs. The remedy for these ills was plain to any capitalist, but difficult for any Communist: to develop more local and individual initiative. Khrushchev proposed to abolish the centralized industrial ministries and carve Russia up into a number of "economic regions" (not necessarily identical with the 15 Soviet republics). Each would have its own regional council to manage all state enterprises and do the region's economic planning...
...company plants around the country: "With the availability of goods high and profit margins smaller, the consumer goods industry has the most competitive year we have seen since the war. But I found a sober, realistic, serious optimism that is based on a hardheaded analysis of conditions in every region...
...more coops, train a local staff for each, steady the flow of produce to market, stabilize nationwide food prices for farmers and consumers. ¶ It contracted with the Norwegian government to plan industrial development in three northern provinces ravaged in World War II. A.D.L. will survey the region's unused hydroelectric power sites and untapped mineral wealth, try to attract such U.S. industries as aluminum which need cheap power...
...voting last week, Zik and his party picked up a probable 77 out of 84 seats in the Eastern Region's legislative assembly. Zik was already demanding full self-government for his third of the nation, no longer willing to wait for all of Nigeria to get its independence at once. Said the ever-cocky Zik: "After 96 years of tutelage, to say we cannot now run ourselves is a reflection not on the student but on the teacher...