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46 Lumpas were killed when villagers attacked a Lumpa Church settlement in Paishuke village, N. Rhodesia. When N. Rhodesia troops found the settlement, it had already been ransacked. The bodies were burned in a pit to avoid disease.
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Giant Kariba Dam Takes Final Shape
The main wall of the giant news Kariba damn grows apace. About 1, 400, 00 cubic yards of concrete will go into its construction. When completed it will be 420 feet high, 1, 900 feet long and a 40-foot roadway will run along its crest.
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Blantyre, Malawi: Dr. Hastings Banda, first Prime Minister of Malawi and the Governor, Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones [left to right] watch as the Malawi flag is unfurled in the independence stadium to mark Nyasaland's independence. It is the 37th Afric...
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Mr. John Hennings (head of diplomatic mission in Salisbury) watches as an African employee closes the mission office following Premier Smith's announcement that all diplomatic ties with Britain were cut. Rhodesia House staff in Britain had withdra...
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New Session for Rhodesian Parliament
Photo shows: Rebel premier, Ian Smith (right) and Opposition United People's Party leader Chad Chipunza (left) leading parties into the new session. Salisbury, Rhodesia: The first full session of Rhodesian Parliament since independence. Chipunza ...
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Police Break Up Riots in Salisbury, N. Rhodesia
Police personnel and a Land Rover patrol vehicle managing civil unrest or a riot.
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Riot Police on Foot Watch Africans
In Bulawayo, Rhodesia a group of Rhodesian riot police. armed and ready for trouble, patrol a street in African township of Mpopoma while groups of Africans eye them with hostility. Later in the day, an African was shot by police while rushing a ...
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South African Republic's First Rocket Launch
South African Defense Minister Pieter Botha is seen switching the blast-off of the Republic first rocket from the launching at St. Luciao. Looking on is Brigadier F. Van Niekerk of the South African Army. The launch was reported as "completely suc...
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The Victoria Falls Road and Rail Bridge
Depicts the Victoria Falls road and rail bridge which connects Rhodesia and Zambia. The road and rail link are owned by Rhodesia Railways. Top picture: Taken in November 1965, shows Rhodesian army troops under the command of white officer clearin...
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Wreckage of two trains near Croesus African township on August 1st killed 5 Africans and injured 248 others. Survivors from the trains that were packed with African workers swarmed from the wreckage and set fire to the coaches. They stoned the whi...
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