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The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 5

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Salina, Kansas
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Many Are Children Biafran Death Toll Is Now 6000 Daily By ARNOLD ZEITLIN Press Writer IAGOS, Nigeria AP) The Annangs are a forgotten people of Nigeria's wander and civil war, starve, to left to die on roadsides where buzzards wait or village chiefs demand money lo bury them. One of nearly 250 linguistic groups that make Nigeria the most populous African nation, the Annangs are a minor tribe in the Eastern territory, dominated by the Ibos, that broke away from federal rule last year as the republic of Biafra. The lost come from around the ft than tomorrow a few hundred I more lives may be spared." According to a physician of the World Council of Churches, H.J. Middlekoop, 6.000 persons --mostly children--are dying daily inside Biafra. It is now 10 weeks since the I first urgent appeals for help were made.

A multimillionHdol-1 lar relict program assisted by scores of countries is in the process of being created. Inability of the warring sides to agree on a "mercy corridor" that would permit the free flow I of massive aid into surrounded secessionist territory is holding VALUE PRICES town of Ikot Ekpene, which was a center of fierce fighting last month. They make up most of more than 280,000 refugees now estimated to be on the move in an area retaken by federal troops from secessionist Biaf- rans. A confidential eyewitness report to relief agencies Tuesday said they are unwelcome among, their Ibo neighbors and "tribal tensions are growing." "Many die while they moke their way to safer areas," (he report said. "A drive along any of the roads between Ikot Ek- pene and Uyo or Abalc will show many corpses by the roadside.

Often vultures are taking care of the burial." Reliel sources said village chiefs along the routes were charging equivalent of $14 to bury strangers who die along the way. This distressed' area of war- torn Biafra centers about 40 miles west -of Calabar, a port in up much of the relief supplies. "We need no corridor in Nigerian territory," said a missionary doctor, echoing complaints that the Nigerian government is not doing enough in. areas under its control. Judge Won't Try Case OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Oklahoma's new Court On The Judiciary Tuesday found Bryan County Judge Glenn Sharpe guilty of corruption, ordered him removed from the bench immediately and barred him from public office for three years.

The unanimous decision by Uie eight-member court found Sharpe had, in 1965, 1966 and first half of 1967, collected and kept money from applicants for waivers to state marriage requirements. The decision made no mention of the several other charges southeast" of" "the I leveled against the 32-year-old country, and 400 miles by ship Sharpe. 'east of Lagos, the federal capi- Oklahoma Bar Associa- tal, which is the entry point for I tion most supplies. asking for Sharpe's ouster, alleged he'had jailed a 10- "lt is now too late to save I year-old boy to make him con- hundreds of these unfortunate I fess to stealin a bank of people," the report said. "They are beyond the point of recovery.

For thousands of others time is a vital factor. If food can be got there today ratiier to EARN On Passbook Savings Accounts Insured To $15.000 had jailed a man for no cause, had falsified his state and federal income tax returns and had kept certain fees that should have been turned over county treasurer. Sharpe's lawyer, Charles Ilil Johns, filed notice of appeal and Sharpe said he will appeal "all the way to the U. S. Su preme Court if necessary.

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Years Available:
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