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Show 7 iVrrt NEWS, Friday, January 16, 1970 DESERET fa J fa ownfown Million Do!W! ig Powers ulpable n I ragedy iafra? By PHIL NEWSOM the Coast and Portugal. The United States played a passive role except to donate airplanes for the mercy airlift to Biafia Gabon, through UPI Foreign News Analyst As international concern mounts for the future of hundreds of thousands of starving B.afrans, the big pouerc mav veil ponder their own roles m the tragedy of Biafia Among Nigeria s black Afri- an neighbors, Gabon, the Ivory Coast Tanzania and Zambia recognized Biafra as an independent state. Others 'ded with the Nigerian federal government, less out of love for a unified Nigeria but more out of fear that a successful Biafra would lead to Ihe Souet Union supplied the Nigerian federal govern-mewith rockets, trucks, the latest in automatic nfles MIGS and Ilyushin jets. Egyptian mercenaries flew the planes. Bntain supplied moiars, artillery and armored cars. France supplied Biafra vuth arms and ammunition and the moral support of President Charles De Gaulle. Other n fragmentation o' their own states. The question then arises whether the war would have ended sooner without outside interference and by whom. weapons reached the Biafrans theie In any event, can be SLEEPS TWO Solid Hardwoods Complete with Sunk Boards ond .3gerrn no doubt that 30 months of savage bloodletting has hardened tribal hatreds and left unsettled political, emotional and geographical differences that started the war m the first place. Bntain, as the found iuIo-nipower in Nigeria, vacillated between sympathy foi the starwng Biatrans and feai of loosing its foothold in black Africa's lai gest nation. Russia sought a foothold to take the place of the position of influence it lost in Ghana. De Gaulle justified his stand by his standing support for the right of of populations in racial'v or linguist1 cally mixed countries. It was the same stand which led him to sympathize with Katanga when it sought to break away from the Congo and which won him the ty of the Canadian government when he supported the separatists of Quebec. It was at this behest that tiie two former French colonies, Gabon and the Ivory Coast, recognized Biafras independence, Many diplomats in Pans now see the victory of the Nigerian federal government as a defeat for France at the hands of Britain in their African conflict of interests. Russ invent Medic Glue The MOSCOW (UPI) Soviets today reported development of a surgical glue that will make surgical needle and thread obsolete and permit delicate operations never before attempted. The newspaper Soviet Russia said the glue is in production in a Lvov medical factory and will be available this year at a cost of 88 cents per oper- Up UNIQUE GIFT DEPARTMENT TERMS Of ation. COURSE DELIVER This has replaced the needle and thread and from now on it will be possible to stitch tissue of such sensitive organs as kidneys that could rot be accomplished before, FURNITURE ANNEX 412 South 6th West ft block tact of our maim uoru) 353-463- 6 the newspaper said. , Limited Time! Grice a.r, t V , j) v t A - v I , 'n A K -A- -Year , X - I i, vr; NYLON HOSIERY Flatter your legs! Enjoy the perfect fit of Hanes hosiery. South Pacific, Barely There, Town Taupe, Barely Block, Topaz, Gentlebrown or Quicksilver. Sizes 8V2-- 1, panty hose Petite, Petite Med., Med., Medium Tall, Tall. 1 1. Hanes Walking Sheers, Reg 1 50 pr 5. Hanes Support Nylons, Reg 3 95 pr. 6. Hanes Support Panty Hose Reg 7. Hanes ' Panty Pan ' 5 95 pr. Nylons Reg STOCK UP NOW and SAVE! Call Writ. Th 328-123- Parts, Box 359, Salt lak City 84110 Address Name State City Fleosn mcluJ or Order by Mai! 4 46c poirog KI k Trkf IN INI VY "'kk II I V-I- N VI LI. Sa, Stcrts Sa,urdayr 10 Limited Quantities, Broken Sizes and Colors.' Sorry. No Mail or Telephone Orders or Lay-Away- x., Jt' d4 n - YES WE YV W" Mattresses BE SURE TO SEE OUR rA Zip Cod first 3 ors , 10c ooch additional. Utoh i.sid.nH include 4Vs tales tan. |