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Victim of war collapsed in car

... Victim of war collapsed in car ’ A man who lost both legs in North Africa during World War II collapsed in a car being driven by his wife in Wolverhampton on August 2, Mr. Albert William Gaskins (46), of Fladbury-crescent, Selly Oak, Birmingham, died ...

Published: Friday 11 August 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Their quiet wars are notr so secret now

... Republic of Senegal, on the west coast of Africa. The questioner, a modern Ilago, said he believed the West were trying to hush up the wars for racial reasons. “Take Vietnam,” said lago “that’s the prima donna of a war, gets full reports in papers and on TV ...

Published: Wednesday 29 November 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 523 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

war 1S bigger threat’

... war 1S bigger threat’ The great spending spree was halted for a time by last week’s weather — except . 95, of course for the sale of By Ernest Prince, our political correspondent 5&‘;80::1‘ — but de the 8 whole es over the last 'If'f.(l_:ll?.l blackest ...

Published: Wednesday 13 December 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1242 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

rough

... rough The Israeli- Arab war, he says, demonstrates the strategic importance of the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope. “In the global sphere there is the growing realisation by the US. of the need for a strong American presence in the Indian Ocean ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HIGHFIELD

... experience when he took part in an International Red Cross mission to provide food and medical supplies for victims of a civil war in Africa. He said that many women and children suffered from disease and malnutrition, and his slides and talk made members realise ...

FLASHPOINT RISK IN MED

... Mediterranean who before the Israeli-Arab war believed that the most signicant feature of the NATO scene was the way the organisation’s position was being steadily outflanked by Russia in the Levant and North Africa. ...

Published: Monday 11 September 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Biafra plea for peace formula

... seven-week-old war with the Federal Nigerian Government. A Radio Biafra broadcast heard in Lagos last night said the struggle between Colonel Ojukwu’s breakaway regime and Major-General Gowon’s Federal Government was “a problem for black Africa” and must be ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Not ashamed

... your fault. You go where you're told. It’s the fault of the bloody Portuguese because they will not allow war correspondents to cover these wars. They're ashamed. We're not ashamed. We want publicity. Must have publicity.” In the next hour we went through ...

Published: Wednesday 29 November 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Safe in a troubled country

... Tettenhall. | ’ Mrs. Clark and her husband went to Lagos after their marriage in May. So far, a major effect of the civil war on their own lives has been the delays it has caused them in getting to work. This, says Mrs. Tavendale, is caused by a check ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

70 miles of mines

... 70 miles of mines PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA. Four young West Midlanders have arrived in Port Elizabeth after a gruelling journey down the length of Africa which included a 70-mile stretch of mined-road. They are Mr. Tony Brown, an electronics engineer ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

JA[T/v|

... private tensions develop among the players. ‘ 9.3o—Cinema. Mike Scott cxplores | Hollywood’s Darkest Africa) with scenes from “Africa Addido,” “Zulu,” “Africa Texasf Style” and Bob Hope’s “Call Me Bwana.” ' 10. o—News at Ten. Quick news and comments, led by ...

Published: Wednesday 19 July 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 287 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

LAND ORY’ EER

... Vaughan ing company ast year, in ‘ement. tor and active the time of mmandeg the torial battery. oned at the id world war, North Africa S, he applied ding up the floated as a when a lung but he rethe driving wth ang de/ono group. ly renamed { sportsman ...

Published: Thursday 31 August 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 29 | Tags: none