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...squeals and prances his way through the usual Saturday morning routines until "Make-Believe Time," when he tells the boys and girls to make sure that all the "big people" are out of the room. When Make Believe Time finally gets started, Ko-Ko takes off his rubber nose, lights a cigarette, matter-of-factly announces "We have a request from Ricky Allen of Maplewood, New Jersey for page 43 of Philosophy of the Bedroom by the Marquis de Sade," and starts reading...
...Bantherng Abdulbutr, also from Pattani, called on the Thai government to appoint new provincial administrators. "The present trouble," he explained, "is that during the past ten years, the population of these provinces has increased quickly, resulting in more competition for jobs among wage earners. Since residents depend mainly on rubber," he continued, "they suffered greatly during the last decade as rubber prices dropped drastically, leading to substantial unemployment and such social problems as banditry...
...depots were about 10 ft. by 15 ft. in area and dug perhaps 6½ ft. into the ground, like bunkers. The tops were made of logs, with camouflage over them. They were full of ammunition, rice, medical supplies and gasoline. Rubber pipes connected a pump in each depot to a nearby river, so that drivers could get water for themselves and their trucks. Signs instructed visitors to PLEASE PARK THE TRUCK, HAVE YOUR MEAL, YOUR DRINKS AND PLEASE SIGN IN AND OUT. Another sign read: THE ROAD IS HARD, BUT WE WILL MAKE...
Under the new plan, which will be rubber-stamped in April by the 24th Party Congress, the consumer will get more-but not all that much more. The consumer-oriented industries are scheduled to expand at only a fractionally higher rate than the heavy industries. Furthermore, heavy industry will continue to absorb by far the largest share of the Soviet Union's $542 billion investment for the 1971-75 period while agriculture will receive 10% and the light and consumer industries about...
...agreement illuminates the new power over industrial countries that the world's producers of raw materials can exert if they act in unison. Having made his point with oil, the Shah of Iran last week was talking of forming similar groupings of nations that produce coffee, copper, tin, rubber and other commodities to bargain with consuming countries...