Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aftermath of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, in which South African police murdered 67 unarmed blacks, Engelhard organized the American bank loans which salvaged the South African economy. He personally owned 23 South African corporations (see Africa Today and Forbes). Engelhard served as an administrator of the migrant labor system which brutally separates black families. He was the only foreigner ever top sit on the boards of the Witwatersrand Native Labor Association and the Native Recruiting Agency, two government agencies which recruit cheap African labor to work in the mines (see Ruth First, The South African Connection...
...Symbionese Liberation Army murdered Oakland School Superintendent Marcus Foster with cyanide bullets. The S.L.A. went on to kidnap Patricia Hearst and involve her in an armed bank robbery. Four of the group were killed in a fiery Shootout with police in Los Angeles, televised live. During the same period, twelve whites were randomly shot by Black Muslim gunmen in the "Zebra" killings. Lynette ("Squeaky") Fromme, a former Manson family member, and Sara Jane Moore both tried to kill President Ford in 1975. The home of San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein, now acting mayor, was the target of a bomb...
...Savings Bank Association of New York State funded the study in response to allegations of discrimination in the association and as an investigation of the effects of usury laws...
Chase's statement does not deal with the problem of loans to para-state organizations, Schomer said, adding that the bank has not made any statement regarding its policy of renewing loans to South Africa...
...Chase spokesman said yesterday the bank has received "enthusiastic compliments from the National Council of Churches, for our laudable position with respect to South Africa...