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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doctors at Prince Leopold Hospital complained about the aim of some of the U.N.'s gun crews. For ten hours one night, mortar shells blasted the hospital walls and roof; patients crawled screaming into the corridors; one African woman in the process of giving birth rose in terror and fled before her delivery, was not seen again. A U.N. spokesman admitted the firing, said the rounds were aimed at a Katangese army camp 800 yds. beyond the hospital. But some of the shells even hit a Roman Catholic cathedral in an African residential section, and others exploded near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: Battle for Katanga | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

Through the Roof. By early 1962, Labor Department experts predict, the unemployment rate may well slide below 5%. A major factor in creating more jobs should be the new vigor displayed by the construction business, which now accounts for one-ninth of the gross national product. Spending on new construction of all kinds has risen more than 40% from the recession's depths last February, is expected to hit $57 billion this year and $60 billion next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Hardening the Soft Spots | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

...play before dropping behind 72-70 to a strong Williams squad. Wednesday, against the University of Connecticut, the Crimson held a one point advantage mid-way through the second period before starting to fade. Even so, with four minutes left, Connecticut only led by four points. Then the roof fell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Varsity to Meet B.U. In Third Contest of '61 Season | 12/9/1961 | See Source »

...leaned two poles together and threw a skin over them had a rudimentary version of it. The real test of an A-frame is living in it. Its sloping walls make the interior resemble a giant attic. The sleeping loft, fitted with mattresses or cots, is tucked under the roof and is reached by a ladder. But for the adaptable family or unfettered weekend group, a well-planned, well-finished A-frame can be a marvel of fun and utility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: A for Adaptable | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

Married. Ben Gazzara, 31, taut, talented star of Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hollywood's Anatomy of a Murder; and Janice Rule, 30, ex-Copacabana chorine who won overnight fame in Broadway's Picnic; he for the second time, she for the third; in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 8, 1961 | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

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