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...United States' moral crusade against communism: charges of economic exploitation and manipulation, cries of CIA conspiracies and engineered coups. Azikiwe maintains that the unrest in Ghana leading to Nkrumah's downfall was caused by an international capitalist 'cocoa conspiracy" which depressed the price of cocoa, Ghana's staple crop. Apparently the increased production of cocoa in Nigeria and the Ivory Coast had little to do with the falling price. Azikiwe is justified in condemning the mixture of "progressive and reactionary tactics" which the U.S. has employed in Africa, but his argument is weakened by his plea...

Author: By Eleanor G. Swift, | Title: The Dunster Political Review | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...strange goings-on in Uganda last week presented a variation on Africa's current crop of coups. Uganda's gov ernment was overthrown all right, but not by military men. It was Prime Minister Milton Apollo Obote himself who seized full powers, and he did it, so he said, only to prevent another coup which was being planned against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda: Coup of Convenience | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...million tons), oil production to 355 million tons a year (v. Khrushchev's 380 million tons), and fertilizer output to 62 million tons annually (v. Khrushchev's 77 million tons). In agriculture, Khrushchev had called for an 8% annual increase in grain production and a total crop of 229 million tons by 1970. The new plan projects a more realistic 4% yearly increase and a 170 million-ton crop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: A Little Realism | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...Moore's The Wings of the Dove and Robert Ward's The Crucible. Using enthusiasm to stretch his financial resources, Rudel is able to mount first-rate productions for one-tenth the cost of more elaborate opera companies. His singers represent the finest of the younger U.S. crop; at least 80 have gone on to sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: A Sense of Adventure | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...GUINEA Volunteers will, work out of regional farms to put land into production, increase crop production and do village extension work. Others will train personnel in the national agricultural schools and still others will work as palm oil industry agents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Directory: '66 Overseas Training Program | 3/3/1966 | See Source »

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