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Winks from the Dock. Indeed he would-and did-insisted Nigeria's federal prosecutor in the marathon, ten-month trial that filled 1,400 pages of testimony. Witness after witness-53 in all-came into court to testify that Awolowo planned to topple federal Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa last Sept. 21 with the help of 200 trained men, on the eve of a state visit by India's Jawaharlal Nehru...
...fees paid by Y.P.F. for drilling have been too high was tacitly conceded by Kerr McGee in last week's new contract, which calls for a fee of $16 per meter drilled, v. up to $26 in the old deals. But companies (such as Esso, Shell, Marathon) that got contracts to prospect point out that they have invested $60 million more than they got back...
Over the Hill? Anquetil can afford to be rude. He is the only cyclist ever to win all three of Europe's top marathon races-the Tour de France, the Giro d'ltalia and the Vuelta a España. He once set a world record by covering 46,159 km. (about 29 miles) in one hour and he has won the Grand Prix des Nations, a kind of World Series of bike racing, seven times. The sport pays him $150,000 a year, and he lives in champagne luxury-beautiful blonde wife, country house near Rouen, Mercedes...
...Angeles. Three times in the 1930s, Arizona unsuccessfully brought suit against California in the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1952 Arizona sued again. The Supreme Court assigned Simon H. Rifkind, New York lawyer and former federal district judge, to assemble facts and shape a recommendation. Rifkind held a marathon trial in 1956-58, gathered testimony from 340 witnesses, accumulated a transcript of 26,242 pages, and eventually, in early 1961, submitted to the Supreme Court a 433-page report...
...riots in February 1962. The continuing unrest seems likely to postpone independence indefinitely -at least under Jagan. By last week, he was making desperate attempts to come to terms with the strikers. But the workers still stayed off the job, and the mounting opposition was determined to use the marathon walkout to topple his government...