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...export quotas designed to keep prices within a set range-have rarely succeeded. Even cartels have not worked for anyone but the oil producers. Copper prices, for example, have fallen 86? per pound in the past year to 54?, despite substantial production cutbacks by four large producers-Chile, Peru, Zambia and Zaïre. To benefit from a sudden jump in coffee prices, Brazil and other growers ignored an international coffee pact more than a year ago; now that prices are down they want a new agreement...
Star Turn. The President was undoubtedly heartened by the Shah's remarks, especially since two other recent state visitors-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore and President Kenneth D. Kaunda of Zambia-had taken advantage of their opportunity to toast Ford by lecturing the U.S. on its international diplomatic responsibilities. The evening's star turn was an exuberant performance by Singer Ann-Margret that would have wowed them in Las Vegas, to say nothing of Tehran...
Died. Herbert Chitepo, 51, chairman of the Zimbabwe African National Union, a black Rhodesian freedom movement; in a land mine explosion as he backed out of his garage; in Lusaka, Zambia. In 1954 Chitepo became Rhodesia's first black lawyer (a special law was required to allow him to occupy chambers with white colleagues). An organizer of the Rhodesian African Nationalist movement, Chitepo went into exile after the movement was banned. His murder shadows efforts toward black-white detente in southern Africa...
...musicians. "I've long had an interest in African music," said Duke, who joined an almost all-black Baptist choir in Nutley, N.J., back in 1969. For the still stately blonde, the Pate revels were part of an 18-day, 3,000-mile plane safari across Kenya and Zambia. After mingling with swarthy dhow captains, veiled ladies and outdoor coffee sellers in Lamu, Kenya, Duke toured the town's museum, then peeled off a $200 contribution. "It's like a tale from The Thousand and One Nights come to life. All I am thinking about...
...Italy's arms exports, totaling $240 million last year, include helicopters for Iran (built under license from the U.S.), frigates for Peru, tanks for Pakistan and counterinsurgency aircraft for Zambia and South Africa. James Bond's favorite pistol, the snub-nosed .25-mm. Beretta, is still sold all over the world. La Spezia's Oto Melara company has tested a high-speed missile-launching hydrofoil designed to protect narrow bodies of water. Italian arms appeal to nonaligned nations since Rome attaches no political strings to sales...