Word: ores
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yakubu Gowon's federal army of Nigeria shrugged off the recent loss of their country's Midwestern Region. The unexpected victory of the rebel Biafrans from the east was only "a temporary setback." When the Biafrans penetrated the Western Region as far as the crossroads town of Ore last week, Gowon's spokesmen called it "the last desperate move of the rebels before their total collapse...
...railroad cars. From Lagos itself, more troops moved out to meet the invading Biafrans. For transport they commandeered everything available; groundnut wagons rolled toward the front behind big red-and-silver municipal passenger buses. But hard as the federal troops hit back, the rebels continued to hold Ore. And since the rebel forces of Oxford-educated Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu are largely Ibo tribesmen, Nigerians behind the front in Lagos retaliated by beating and killing any Ibos who were still living in their capital. "The short, surgical police action" with which Gowon promised to put down the revolt, said Nigeria...
With Ojukwu's men still clobbering his best troops at Ore, Gowon needs more reliable help than Colonel Julian, who, for all his flamboyance, has never provided much aid to anyone...
...five Senators, who all face difficult re-election campaigns in 1968, J. W. Fulbright (D,-Ark.), Frank Church (D-Idaho), Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska), and George S. McGovern (D-S. Dakota...
...hand-picked directors in London's World Commonwealth Society Hall, Lord Melchett outlined his plans. The 14 steel companies that were officially taken over by the government account for over 90% of Britain's 32 million-ton steelmaking capacity, control 60% of its known iron-ore deposits. British Steel Corp. will be a single company, one-third larger than the next biggest steelmaker in Europe (August Thyssen-Hiitte), divided into four geographical groups. "We tried to build the thing logically, taking into account geography, product and raw-material supply," said Lord Melchett...