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title: News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-273 (Amharic poster distributed in Addis Ababa)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/news-briefs-in-pictures-65-273-amharic-addis-ababa-1965/
description: 'The Amharic-language edition of the four-item photo sheet on Ethiopia: a calendar booklet of Ethiopian scenes sold for welfare work.'
section: Collection
---

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# News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-273 (Amharic poster distributed in Addis Ababa)

The Amharic-language edition of the four-item photo sheet on Ethiopia: a calendar booklet of Ethiopian scenes sold for welfare work, a Peace Corps volunteer ladling milk at a school, a new veterinary laboratory and a court interpreter receiving a Braille typewriter. The headlines say the Ethiopian Peace Corps is the largest in Africa. The tell is card-stacking: only favourable aid and goodwill items appear, with a quoted thank-you from the recipient.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (Amharic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
አጫጭር ሥዕላዊ ዜናዎች ።

ስለኢትዮጵያ የተዘጋጀ መጽሐፍ በብዙ አገሮች ይነበባል ።

በኢትዮጵያ የሰላም ጓድ ልዑካን፣ ቁጥር እየበዛ ሄደዋል ። ኢትዮጵያ በአፍሪቃ ከፍተኛውን የሰላም ጓድ ቁጥር ይዛለች ።

አዲስ የከብት ሕክምናና የምርመራ ጣቢያ ተከፈተ ።

የጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቤት ባልደረባ የብሬይል የጽሕፈት መኪና አገኙ ።

65-273 (8)
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Short news in pictures.

A book prepared about Ethiopia is read in many countries.

The number of Peace Corps volunteers in Ethiopia is growing. Ethiopia holds the largest number of Peace Corps volunteers in Africa.

A new livestock treatment and diagnostic station has been opened.

A Supreme Court official obtained a Braille typewriter.
```

Only the masthead, the four headlines and the sheet code are transcribed; the four dense body captions are too small to transcribe verbatim at this resolution and are not included.

[← News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-272 (English poster distributed in Addis Ababa)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/news-briefs-in-pictures-65-272-english-addis-ababa-1965/) [Souvanna Phouma Visits Southern Laos poster, PPB-368 (Lao, Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/souvanna-phouma-visits-southern-laos-ppb-368-lao-vientiane-1965/)

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