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From The Vegetarian (UK) March 1974:
MAINE
FOR NEXT IVU CONGRESS
THE venue for the next International Vegetarian Union conress has now
been firmed - at an IVU Council meeting (Feb 3) it was decided that
the 23rd World Vegetarian Congress will be held at the University of
Maine, Orono (near Bangor), Maine, USA. The dates . . . 16-28 August
1975, extending into post-congress coach tours from 3-9 days after.
The university has excellent recreational facilities, and is only eight
miles from the large Bangor airport - it has a large complex of conference
rooms varying from 20-3,000 seat capacity on the 3,000 acre campus.
From The Vegetarian July 1974:
The
Marquis and Marquise de St.Innocent seen with Pandit Nehru [picture
from 1955], one of many fascinating illustrations to be found in
Olga: The memoirs of Olga La Marquise de St.Innocent. Completed
before her death in 1972, her fabulous life story is now published by
Walker and Company, New York ($9.95*). One chapter describes their close
association with India which began when Woodland Kahler Marquis de St.Innocent
- known as Woody to vegetarians the world over - as vice-president of
the International Vegetarian Union went to Bombay to organise the 1957
Congress. Woody, who received the Prani Mitra award from India's President
in 1973, has acknowledged the great inspiration he has derived from
both Mahatma Gandhi and Sadu Vaswani. Although the Olga memoirs
are not yet generally available over here, a limited number were specially
flown over for the May Meetings. A few copies are still available at
a specially reduced price f £3.00* (plus 20p post and packing),
and - thanks to Woody's generosity - the proceeds will go to the restoration
fund for the London Vegetarian Centre.
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