Word: pops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Today Britain is committed to giving Nigeria - like the nearby Gold Coast -independence within the Commonwealth as soon as Nigerian self-government proves workable. The chief obstacle is present ed by the Nigerians themselves. The largest (pop. 32 million) of British colo nies, Nigeria is divided among three mutu ally hostile peoples : the tough Hausa tribesmen of the Moslem north, the town-dwelling Yorubas of the southwest, and the aggressive, hard-driving Ibo farmers of the east. Each region now has its own semi-autonomous government. Britain would like them to federate with a strong central government. The only Nigerians...
...still dripping, in bathing suits. In High Point an hour-long traffic jam developed around the Ray Street School. Reason for the activity: North Carolina, 47th among the states in fulfillment of polio vaccination goals, was staging a blitz campaign to get out in front. In Guilford County (pop. 209,000) alone, busy physicians donated their time to man 55 clinics...
...China, $143 in Japan). Some 68 million-the equivalent of the total U.S. labor force-are unemployed. In summer in 120° heat, millions of city workers go without water because they cannot afford to buy it at one-fifth of a cent a glass. In Calcutta (pop. 2,568,000) it is still cheaper to hire a man or a boy to pull a cart than to hire a bullock, and thousands of people sleep on the streets every night...
...Bamberg seven G.I.s were arrested, charged with the rape of a 15-year-old German schoolgirl. The city council called for the removal of all U.S. troops from the city (pop...
...first and only lady banker in Richland, Kans. (pop. 200), Democrat Georgia Neese Clark Gray, whose signature graced the nation's folding money when she was Treasurer of the U.S. (1949-1953) organized a weekly whistling contest, limited to kids under 16. Reasons: obscure. Prizes: two shiny silver dollars. "I just love to hear the sound of whistling," burbled Mrs. Gray. "Why be gloomy when you can be cheerful...