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NIGERIA AFTER WAR WHAT AURORA When rebel Biafra collapsed in midJanuary Nigerian air ports were clogged with a crosstire of humanity Canadian American and European relief workers leaving and reporters from around ihe world coming in to dispatch accounts describing the aftermath of a horrible civil war The daily press and televised news reports seldom mention Nigeria now For most Canadians the conflict is a fastfading memory pictures of scarred and starving chil dren comments from Stanley Burke and reports of planes being downed over air strip But for North of Aurora the Nigerian people and their problems are very immediate and very real She was there And she wants to go back She realises however that it may be difficult to return We are considered collaborators with the rebel cause We are very suspect she said referring to those who in a neurological unit at during the lale stages of the war and when the government fell she and other relief personnel were evacuated to the Portuguese island of Sao Tome She returned to her home on Cousins Drive Feb after a flight from London Miss says she may attempt to return to Nigeria this fall Shell seek a nursing Job in this area until summer when she plans to work as a counselor at a nondenominational Christian camp unnatural considering that she spent more than four years in service to a people whom she grew to lovo When we were on Sao Tome everyone of us in the back of our minds hoped we would go back she said We were so disoriented Psychologically and emotionally we were still so much over We felt we had deserted them the hospital patients in But we also had to weigh the pros i Important ideologically and psychologt Miss North said Fortunately the war ended before the planting season and now the people are hard at work planting their crops and rebuilding their farms homes and roads But If our presence would have a rhyllim Instrument used in trilml celebrations She its use now represents a return to normal for the people Photo Fortunately Miss North says reprisals against the were rela tively minimal There were reports some of which earned top billing in the MINIMAL KILLING There was rampant looting Miss North said But indiscriminate killing was minimal Reprisals against political pris oners were not nearly as bad as we had Many people simply returned to their homes In fact some of them have been ordered to return to their region of origin The Nigerians did try to distri bute food But obviously there were riot scenes when they tried to The future for the embattled African country Itll take a pretty long time of recovery economically and more physically stabilized Miss Norlh said Nigerias east- central region is far too small to contain the people the rebel forces composed primarily of loos and she added that It Is difficult to cultivate intense nationalism among the various tribes because of the traditional import ance of the extended family system the tribe and then the country FAMILY REVOLT The unity of secessionist a unique phi which stemmed from nearly all tribesmen who survived s returned to their fami lies and it was the family unit on a massive scale which revolted against tho government And this feeling stemming from huge family that was defeated in the war will be difficult to predicted The lost thing anyone wants is another war she said The viability of Nigeria is so exciting as far as potential is concerned And there is just too much oil and too much money wrapped up In this country for there not to be political intrigue Miss North picked up a calabash a rhythm instrument used in tribal celebrations and tapped it lightly as she mused on the future of the people whose lives were so close to hers for Die Inst four years The people use this instrument in happy family celebrations births and weddings and just for dancing I think it somehow represents normal for them They didnt during the war Now the war Is things are returning to normal and I happy celebrations will again become part of their way of life they get themselves Scotian Gold Choice Pur Gold Choice Pure DAPPLE JUICE ASST D PEAS 4 PANCAKE MIX 4 Jones dickering with detergent firms over phosphate free agent it right now But dont trust them were fighting like a bunch of tomcats Dr Jones said companies other than the big three Proctor and Gam ble Lever Brothers and ColgatePalmolive have expressed interest in his invert- motive that they want to make a accept are that they want to price it out of the market or that they want to sit on it You know if they say OK well take it but we want to study it further for the next 12 years Dr Jones said that from a laundering point of view Formula Is comparable to the very best deter gents available today When he began his research into a phosphate free laundering agent Dr Jones said he had only one subjective in mind get the phosphates out Then he had to some agent that would perform the same function as the treatment plants he said adding that treatment plants used by most municipali ties cannot remove phosphates The cost of adding phosphateremoving equipment is prohibitive he said But he said water pollution from phosphates can be drastically reduced if laundering agents such as soap flakes One woman in the audience told Dr Jones that it is a sin against my sex that housewives continue to buy polluting detergents when soap flakes are that He t groups and whether ratepayers should write politicians urging an immediate ban on detergents Dr Jones replied that local groups can be effective if they dont go off halfcocked but said a wholesale ban on phosphate detergents would create MARCH BILLFOLDS save KEY CASES detergent industry are a little embarrassed he said So were playing poker now Dr Jones charged that the deter gent firms have been behaving quite Irresponsibly for several years now They literally believe that they are the only fountain of knowledge in the field They could have come up with the same kind of solution as Formula N several years Waterpolluting phosphates come He urged a gradual changeover to phosphatefree detergents to allow for supply of phosphatereplacing materials to catch up with demand With bubbles at least you knew In good Philip Jones said here last week If your septic lank happened to be leaking into your well youd draw a glass of water and tt would have a head on it Dr Jones told an audience Wells Street Public School Now that theyve taken out the part that caused the foam a housewife a drink and falls over dead he joked At least you could tell your water was polluted before Dr Jones said foam compo nent was only per cent of a detergents contents and never rivaled phosphates as a pollution problem OTHER ITEMS SAVE OP TO GREETING CARDS ROBINS PHARMACY Mom St 8952411 NNNNNNNNNNNNN SUMMER HELP WANTED Male Female NNNNNNNNNNNNfc