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...about making it a neutral port guaranteed by the U.N. Security Council), and unwilling to grant independence to the rock-bound island that must import nine times as much as it exports, the British suspended the 1947 constitution that allowed the 320,000 Maltese to elect their own representatives. Henceforth the British Governor will appoint his own council of advisers. Replied Mintoff: "Britain's days in the Mediterranean are numbered...
...shot; another nine were executed without benefit of trial at all. Typical victims: Santiago's Maritime Police Chief Alejandro Garcia Olayón, Santa Clara's Police Chief Cornelio Rojas (see cuts). After one execution drew a crowd of 3,000, the rebels ruled that spectators would henceforth be barred-but allowed to inspect the bodies afterward...
Since British subjects will still be rigidly limited in the amount of sterling they can convert into hard currencies, the British action falls short of true convertibility. But henceforth, foreign businessmen will be able to change pounds freely into dollars (at an official rate ranging between $2.78 and $2.82). The result, so London hoped, would be to maintain the pound's position as Europe's leading medium of exchange-a vital matter to the British, who. with only 4% of the world's money, do 40% of the world's banking...
Germany (to a German audience in 1945). "The world changes, and I firmly believe that henceforth there is every reason why you should be closer rather than farther from us. You will note that I have spoken only of the future and the present. This is not unintentional...
...Bishop Dibelius is merely rolling with the punch of stepped-up anti-church activity. The Evangelical Church still regards Youth Dedication to the state as at least lip service to atheism, and hence a sin. But hardheaded Otto Dibelius and other church leaders in East Germany decided they must henceforth emphasize the church's readiness to forgive; youngsters who submit to the Red ceremonies but repent of their action will be admitted to confirmation at the discretion of the local minister...