Word: nigerians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. Major General Yakubu Gowon, 34, Nigerian chief of state; and Victoria Zakari, a 22-year-old nurse; in an Anglican ceremony in Lagos. As a wedding offering for the bride and groom, Gowon's generals, recalling Sherman's Christmas present of Atlanta to President Lincoln, promised to capture Umuahia, the last major Bi-afran-held town...
...Minister had made the trip merely to appease liberal critics at home. Reported TIME Correspondent Lansing Lamont from Enugu: "He spent hours getting to the two hospital and rehabilitation centers in Enugu, then spent only a few minutes at each. On that basis he then delivered an endorsement of Nigerian refugee policies on which he had clearly made up his mind before even visiting the centers." The British did, however, extend feelers toward a meeting between Wilson and Biafran Leader Odumegwu Ojukwu. Biafrans are hostile toward Britain because of the arms situation and refer to Wilson as the "crime minister...
Still, Ojukwu, who last week took personal command of Biafran forces attempting to blunt the Nigerian attack, realizes that if the stalemate materializes, only outside intervention of some sort will end the war now. In an interview at Umuahia, he suggested that the feasible way to bring Nigeria to the bargaining table was "a diplomatic victory whereby Nigeria would be faced with the spectre of isolation." Was Wilson the man to bring off such a diplomatic victory? Replied Ojukwu: "I do sincerely hope that this trip is no gimmick and that he is genuinely out for peace. It is true...
...some had testicles swollen to the size of a large grapefruit." His ear is attuned to the poignant quote, such as the plea of a starving boy who approached a priest and asked: "Father, what is happening to my body?" He lets unadorned facts convey his anger. After a Nigerian plane bombed a civilian marketplace, Churchill noted that "there were so many unattached feet, hands, legs and arms that it was impossible to tell to which body they belonged...
...little joke, then fumble sheepishly for words when they realize that he is, indeed, Winston Spencer Churchill II, grandson of Sir Winston. Despite such complications, Churchill has never felt constrained to change his name. It was largely because of his byline that his recent series of articles on the Nigerian war helped focus rising British discontent over Britain's role in the fighting, and sent Prime Minister Harold Wilson to Nigeria for a firsthand look last week. At 28, one of Britain's most promising young reporters is off to a heady start...