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...Hispanos, Billy Graham con nosotros," the signs proclaimed in buses and stores and the old favorite hymns they sang would have startled many a Bible-belter: The Old Rugged Cross was La Cruz de Jesus, What a Friend We Have in Jesus was Oh, Qué Amigo!, and Wonderful Words of Life was Oh, Contádmelas Otra...
...strike deadline neared, Carey offered to extend the deadline-and con tract-but G.E. refused to extend the contract. At week's end representatives of all I.U.E. locals (which represent 70,000 of G.E.'s 240,000 employees) met in Manhattan, voted to strike. G.E. announced it would keep its plants open for all employees who wanted to work...
...trouble finding clients when news got around that he never took a fee from the poor, even offered them handouts. Within a few months, Chippy's waiting room and the corridor outside it were jammed every weekday morning with as many as a hundred dips, degenerates, con men, pete busters, second-story types. check artists, swindlers, arsonists, rapists, murderers, and a generous assortment of poor but honest citizens in trouble...
...Securities and Exchange Commission began investigating; the Stock Exchange demanded a complete explanation from both companies. TelAutograph President Lee, 50, who owns 42,000 shares of stock, gave an explanation that was a lot different from his earlier statement. He said his statement was not meant to con vey the idea that TelAutograph was the only company with equipment suitable for A.T.& T., added that the company had merely set a date to talk with A.T.& T. about testing telewriting equipment. Furthermore, for this year TelAutograph will show a small loss...
Despite Russian efforts to pose as the protectors of African freedom, many African nations themselves were increasingly weary of Lumumba's troublemaking. Liberia's President William Tubman con fessed he was "perplexed and frustrated" by Lumumba's attitude. Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba declared that "there is a limit to how far Tunisia will go along with the Congo," and gave his support to Hammarskjold...