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...Africa's weird little holy war went into its third terrifying week. On one side was the government of Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda; on the other the spear-bearing, fanatic followers of Prophetess Alice Lenshina, whose hybrid cult mixes white magic with the teachings of the Church of Scotland...
Escape from Boredom. Round the clock Hastings rocked, while police, outmanned and outwheeled, called in reinforcements from nearby towns. Not until Monday morning, after Scotland Yard had airlifted four planeloads of riot cops from London, did they manage to round up the rioting youngsters and march them sternly out of town. Battle toll: dozens injured, 66 arrested. "It is time," said Hastings Magistrate Alfred Coote, "for Parliament to consider what measures they should take to crush this form of mass hooliganism...
...wins her converts with a doctrinal haggis of African witchcraft and Christian teachings she learned from Church of Scotland missionaries. Alice condemns adultery, polygamy, drinking, smoking, singing dirty songs, dancing for fun. The rallying cry of her followers is "Jericho," a word that she guarantees will protect them from death by turning bullets into water...
...last week, seeing how fast he could drive an untested car on a rain-drenched track outside Stuttgart, Germany-in something called the Solitude Grand Prix. The prize was far from grand-no championship points, no money to speak of (winner's purse: $1,500)-but Scotland's Clark still turned the afternoon into a breath-taking demonstration of his driving genius...
...Scotland's Jimmy Clark, 28: the British and European Grand Prix with a record average 94.14 m.p.h. over the twisting 80-lap, 212-mi. course at Brands Hatch, England. In his green factory Lotus, Clark spurted into the lead at the start, was never headed and took the checkered flag just 2.8 sec. ahead of fellow Briton Graham Hill in a thrilling dice that saw the two zipping around nose to tailpipe for most of the race. The win, Clark's third in five Grands Prix so far, gave last year's world champion a total...