Coastweek Newspaper Vol 5 No 28 (July 2-8,1982)

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Inside this issue: Disaster fund goes to work: Reported by Neta Peal: While there has been an overwhelming response to the Lamu Disaster Fund-there is still a most urgent need for more building materials, particularly CI sheets, also timber and cement, Snakes…everything you ever need to know: A man with a great fondness for snakes is Jackson Iha, a former curator of the Nairobi Snakes Park who is now busily engaged giving snakes shows at Malindi/Watamu and Mombasa which are not only entertaining but also educational, Curt Jurgens-Always ‘Good For A Headline’ Munuch(Dad)- Curt Jurgens, the German actor who appeared in more than 100 films, has died in Vienna at the age of 66 after a long illness, Monumental Improvements To Tour Trade: Some 170 motor vehicles are to be purchased by the Tanzania Tourist Corporation TTC to improve their ground transportation in the sector, Kamal Khan Stands Above Any Intellectual Ridicule: I beg to support the views expressed by Mr. Kumbhar and Mr. Shah in support of Swahili history as expounded by Mr. Kamal Khan.