Violence Is the Rule in Nigeria’s Populous Nation
Violence dominates life in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. Between Lagos and Badan, a 90 mile stretch of road threads through dense terrain, highlighting the fragile security and daily peril for residents. The piece portrays a country riven by conflict and the challenges of governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigeria
Africa
Lagos
Badan
Black Africa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Balewa
S. L. Akintola
Action Group
Midwest
Express Co Names Expo Director for Expo 67 Effort
Joseph B. Scholnick of American Express named director of the firm’s Expo 67 international admissions program with offices at 65 Broadway. The company becomes exclusive US wholesale distributor of advance admission tickets called passports and will run a million dollar advertising and sales promotion effort through its 400 offices and thousands of retail and travel partners to support Expo 67 in Montreal in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N.Y
Joseph B. Scholnick
American Express Company
James A. Henderson
United States
Canada
Montreal
Scholnick
Broadway
American Express
U.S.A
Thomas Mann Letter Warns of Nazi Rise in 1921
Unpublished 1921 letter by Thomas Mann, written for Neu Merkur, surfaces in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Mann denounces growing anti-Semitism in Germany after World War I, notes Hitler and Nazis, but faults ritualized blame and urges justice. He recalls a Munich incident where students blocked a Jewish physicist's lecture and stresses shared guilt and humane stance.
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Bonn
Germany
Thomas Mann
Mann
Hitler
University of Munich
Claudius
Ulysses Bestseller in Brazil Tops Fiction List
In Rio de Janeiro the Portuguese translation of James Joyce Ulysses by Antonio Houaiss led Brazil’s fiction sales, moving 4,000 copies of a 10,000 copy edition in its first week at 10,000 cruzeiros. The edition was the era’s priciest single volume, reflecting publishers’ strong year with other hits like Verissimo’s O Embaixador and essays by Rodriguez and Mercadente in demand.
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Rio DE Janeiro
James Joyce
Brazil
Antonio Houaiss
Erico Verissimo
Jose Honorio Rodriguez
Paulo Mercadente
When the Impossible Happens Science Textbooks Are Rewritten
Washington notes that science delusions are broken by new findings. Mercury’s rotation proved to reveal all sides, xenon bonds formed, chimps use tools, earth harbors more than 92 elements, meteors fall, and early skeptics of flight or television were proven wrong by later discoveries.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
France
Atlantic
Marconi
Philospher Alfred Whitehead
National Window School Racial Imbalance Seen
United Press International columnist Lyle Wilson notes rising racial imbalance in major cities including Washington New York Chicago and Boston as a potential flashpoint. He cites Supreme Court education decisions and questions whether desegregation or forced busing is required while warning politicians fear voter backlash amid housing and job patterns.
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Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Washington, D.C
New York City
Boston
Washington
Supreme Court
Legislative Reference Service
Library of Congress
New York
Planets Next Space Phase Urged Over Moon
The National Academy of Sciences space science board urges a balanced 10 year program between the moon and planets from 1970 to 1985. Mars should be explored first, then Venus and others as NASA expands manned and unmanned missions.
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Washington
Space Science Board
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Congress
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Astronaut Borman Says Crew Loss Inevitable
Astronaut Frank Borman told a news conference in Gary Indiana that it is inevitable the United States will lose a crew in its space program. He said the public must mature enough to accept sacrifices and noted that crews are paid for with money and lives.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Frank Borman
United States
Borman
City Hall
Susan
America
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Harold Wilson
Britain
Lester Pearson
Rhodesia
Ibadan
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East
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Ers
French Academy
Connecticut
Thomas Jefferson
Simon Newcomb
Newcomb
Wrights
Thomas Edison
Lord Rutherford
National Window
By Lyle Wilson
United Press International
Watts
Los Angeles
NASA
University
Space Agency
B.C
By Charles M. Schulz
Johnny Hart
Ants OF the World
Ruth
Blondie
Steve Canyon
Benjamin Franklin
Bychie Young
Heart of
Juliet Jones
Eve Jones
Devon
Miko Canini
Skeets
By Stan Drake
Earl Delmonico
Sweetie
THE
Vermont Bank
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bennington
Manchester
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Turkey
South St. Bennington
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