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...taken place between the federal government, headed by General Yakubu Gowon, and the secessionist republic of Biafra, now Nigeria's East Central state. The scars of war, physical as well as psychological, have mostly faded. The sole reminders of the airstrip at Uli-Biafra's only gateway to the outside world during the long federal siege-are the rusting hulks of five relief planes that missed the runway in the darkness; the strip itself is a highway once more...
After buzzing New York harbor in a helicopter with a delegation of state and local officials that included Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay, President Nixon made points last week with city cliff dwellers and conservationists by calling for the creation of a Gateway National Recreation Area in the vicinity of the harbor. It was a curious meeting of three Republicans who rarely agree with one another on much of anything. But Nixon's political purpose was not to mollify his fellow Republicans. Rather, by making the chopper tour, he deftly took the headlines away from a possible...
...eastern end, the road would provide a gateway into Canada and a link to deepwater ports. At its other end, it would connect with highways leading to New York City and the Middle West. It would offer faster and cheaper oil deliveries to the communities it served, and should spur business and employment by hurrying the flow of raw materials from New England to other industrial areas. Winding through long stretches of spectacular scenery, the new road could also stimulate tourism. It would reduce driving time from New York City to northern New England resort areas by as much...
President Nixon said Monday he would order air strikes against the Mu Gia pass if North Vietnam moves troops and supplies through the mountain gateway at a time when U.S. forces are pulling out of South Vietnam...
WHEN I was young, I would go on one-day excursions from my home in southeastern Wisconsin to the mysterious gateway city of the midwest, Chicago, via the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Winding through the empty stretches of wooded farmlands, the train boomed into the quiet and respectable north shore suburbs of Forest Hills, Glencoe, Northbrook, Wilmette and Evanston and as the density of houses and street corner drugstores began to thicken, my father would lean over and say, "Get your ticket ready. We'll be coming to Chicago any minute...