Secretary Rogers visits Morocco
RABAT, Morocco (UPI)—Secretary of State William P. Rogers took his tour of Africa into the Moroccan countryside Sunday and dined on pigeon pie and roast lamb. He and his wife dug into the food with their hands, native style.
Entertainment was provided by dancing girls accompanied by a native orchestra.
Rogers arrived in Rabat Saturday on his first stop of a 10-nation, two week tour of Africa which will include Nigeria.
Sunday, Rogers and his official party motored to the ancient capital of Fez where he spent more than two hours touring the narrow streets and alleys of Medina, the Old City, founded by King Iris I in 808 A.D.
Rogers watched brassworkers and other artisans in their cubbyhole shops and frequently stopped to express admiration for the craftsmanship.
The party was then taken to a
palm-fringed glade for a diffa, a traditional Arab meal served under tents which included couscous, a North African dish of meat, meats and sauce.
There were no eating utensils, so the American diplomats, his wife and the official party, dug in with their hands.
After the festivities, Rogers flew back the 120 miles to Rabat where he was honored at an official dinner by Foreign Minister Abdelhadi Boutaleb with whom Rogers had already had one meeting and will have two more sessions Monday.
Rogers said they discussed economic developments planned in Morocco and other countries of this area. They did not touch on the Middle East question but that is expected to come up at the Monday meetings.
Rogers emphasized on his arrival in Rabat Saturday night that the Nixon Administration is
trying to pursue a balanced and impartial course in suggesting Arab-Israeli peace formulas.
He is expected to elaborate on this in discussions he will have with King Hassan and others here before leaving late Monday for Tunisia on the next leg of his tour.
But before leaving for Tunisia, Rogers will sign a U.S.-Morocco air transport agreement.
Rogers is expected to explain the U.S. formulas for peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt and Israel and Jordan, submitted in October and December respectively, were intended as guidelines and not an effort to impose a big power solution.
In each case, the United States suggested Israel withdraw from all the Arab territory it conquered in June, 1967, except for defense points on the borders necessary for security.
In return, the Arab states
Missionaries held in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (UPI) — The Irish embassy said Sunday Nigeria has not yet allowed diplomats to see 28 Catholic priests held incommunicado in Port Harcourt for the past 10 days.
"We have had no reaction from the government" even though Nigeria has been made aware of the Vienna Convention which defines the right of access to nationals held captive, an embassy spokesman said.
The missionaries, including the bishop of Owerri, 61-year-old Joseph Wheland, are the second group of Roman Catholic workers to be rounded up by Nigeria's 3rd Marine Commando Division which overran former Biafra.
The first group of 32, after being convicted of being in Nigeria illegally and sentenced to six
months imprisonment, were deported Thursday "as an act of clemency" on orders by the Nigerian government.
The group held now is reportedly saying mass each morning at Port Harcourt's Presidential Hotel with Wheland officiating.
Although the priests were due to go on trial last Wednesday, sources here expect them to be similarly deported within the next few days.
Some sources believe there still are about 20 Catholic priests and nuns, mostly of the Holy Ghost Order, working in the northern sector of form Biafra now occupied by the Nigerian 1st Infantry Division.
Broadcasting Corporation has denounced all Catholic priests for aiding and supporting the Biafran rebellion and Catholic sources believe that "the Holy Ghost Order in Nigeria is finished for the time being."
The deported missionaries, including six nuns, said they had been treated reasonably well. Some priests, however, were locked up in a one room cell with only a bucket for washing and another for use as a toilet.
A commentary by the Nigerian
The formula for talks was that used at Rhodes in securing the 1949 armistice. Each side would be in a separate room in the same building and negotiate through a United Nations mediator.
This could be considered "direct negotiations," which the Israelis want or could be interpreted to be otherwise, since the Arabs refuse face-to-face sessions.
seems to the United States to offer the best hope of getting some progress but Russia has been unenthusiastic. The Israelis contend the United States is veering more toward the Arab side, and the Arab nations remain suspicious of Washington's intentions.
would agree to conclude peace and pledge no more attacks from their territories.
Although he is a staunch advocate of total Israeli withdrawal and the Palestinians' rights to their own state, King Hassan is considered by the United States to be a "moderating" element on Arab forces.
The ambiguity of the formula
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Second of pharmacy seminar series meets
The 4th Annual Mid-Winter Pharmacy Extension Seminar met Sunday in Salina and Pittsburg.
This was the second in a series of seminars to be given, in six cities this year. The first met January 18 and 24 in Garden City and Colby, respectively. The third will meet Feb. 15 in Kansas City and Wichita.
This seminar is in addition to the regularly established biannual (fall and spring) Pharmacy Extension Circuit Course program scheduled for the past 13 years.
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The seminar was sponsored by the KU School of Pharmacy, the University of Kansas Extension, the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association, the Kansas Regional Medical Program and the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy.
The purpose of the program was to give educational value by presenting information enabling pharmacists to keep up with changing aspects of pharmacy, to help the pharmacists get better acquainted and allow them to express their difficulties and needs to the University Pharmacy faculty members and for the opportunity to talk over common interests in the field.
NEW YORK—Every 43 minutes fire claims a life, says the Insurance Information Institute. Of the 12,200 persons who died in fires in 1968, about one-third were children.
This educational series of programs was directed to practicing pharmacists and guests, part-time
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employees or high school students interested in pharmacy and sponsored by a pharmacist.
Two Lawrence pathologists and six faculty members from KU spoke on clinical testing for diagnosis of circulatory, glandular and organic diseases and on available diagnostic products.
They were Drs. J. Alan Sanders and Laurence W. Price of Lawrence Clinical Laboratory, Dean Howard E. Mossberg, Assistant Dean Hugh A. Cotton and Profs. Morris D. Faiman, Frank G. Martin, Gary Lage and Carlton Erickson.
Robert M. Nelson of University Extension was coordinator of the program.
Litto, whose special interests are the drama of Africa and Brazil, will speak on "The Black-ness of Brazil's Black Theatre."
Frederic M. Litto, assistant professor of speech and drama, will speak at the fourth annual Conference on Comparative Literature at the University of California, April 16-17. Black Literature of the world will be examined at this conference.
Prof to speak
Research will focus on the human measles virus and the canine distemper virus. Bussell will examine the basic properties of the two, how they grow, and their relationship to influenza virus.
Robert H. Bussell, associate professor of microbiology, won a $24,043 grant from the U.S. Public Health Service to continue the study of selected viruses.
Bussell receives grant
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