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...Discovered valuable deposits of uranium in Canada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico (though nothing has yet been found to equal the Belgian Congo's fabulous Shinkelowbe mine...
...Pearl spent more than a year visiting 30 tribes - in the Gold Coast, the Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa and Nigeria. In western Nigeria, the Yoruba tribe named her "Omowale," or "child has returned home." She took part in stately court and social dances, was taught the ceremonials of puberty and hunting...
MacVicar put his theory to the test, using the Amherst chemistry lab's electric furnace. On the second try, he succeeded. Impressed, Geology Professor George W. Bain handed MacVicar his favorite specimen, a chunk of pre-Cambrian limestone from the great Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, world's largest supply of uranium. After slowly heating the stone to 1,800° C. and letting it cool slowly, MacVicar painstakingly brushed away the powdered lime and uncovered the fragile, microscopic remains of a billion-year-old sponge. Dr. Bain described it as "among the oldest [fossils] yet discovered...
...almost three years the Atomic Energy Commission has made a standing offer of $10,000 to anyone who discovers a deposit of high-grade uranium ore. No one has claimed the reward. Last week AEC, which buys most of its ore from Canada and the Belgian Congo, raised the offer to a top of $35,000, agreed to pay for the discovery of low-grade deposits...
...when the Negro is told to fight for the free nations of the West," the massive singer continued, "he must realize that among these nations are the Belgium of the Belgian Congo and the England of the South African compounds...