Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 8 · column 3 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
Booming Jamaica
Spurns West Indies
Federation
Jamaicans have lived up to
their pr^flrb: “De tune you playing no de one I dancing."
They recently voted against membership in the West Indies Federation, a union of 10 British island colonies stretching in an arc across the Caribbean from Jamaica to Trinidad.
The Federation was organized in 1958. It was scheduled to receive full independence in May, 1962, but Jamaica’s action places the future of the union in doubt.
With 1,600,000 inhabitants and 4,400 square miles, Jamaica woul<| have provided half the population and half the land area of the Federation, the National Geographic Society says. Economy Spurts
Jamaica has been doing bo
Ii
87.8%