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...first test of President Bok's skill as a crisis manager has developed from his confrontation Thursday with the Pan-African Liberation Committee. The Committee's demand that Harvard divest itself of its shares of Gulf Oil Corporation stock in protest of Gulf's policies in Angola has been met thus far with a confusing and contradictory response from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An End to Colonialism | 2/26/1972 | See Source »

...African Liberation Committee has called this press conference to make public its demand that Harvard University divest totally of its Gulf Oil stock. In a very direct fashion Gulf Oil facilitates the daily slaughter of Africans seeking freedom in the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique. Harvard by virtue of its substantial $15 million Gulf stock holding is deeply implicated in this crime. We are joined here in this effort by the Harvard and Radcliffe Black students, the Harvard Black Faculty and Administrators Organization, the Boston Black United Front. Rev. Mwalimu Imari Kazana representing the Boston Metropolitan Alliance of Black...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PALC Press Statement | 2/26/1972 | See Source »

...group had assembled early in the afternoon at Massachusetts Hall to press its demand that Harvard divest itself of more than 680,000 shares of the company's stock, about 0.3 per cent of the company's stock. The group contends that through its operations in Angola. Gulf contributes to the oppression of black Angolans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Statement | 2/26/1972 | See Source »

...president of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., gather in his Manhattan headquarters for one of the best-known staff meetings in the business world. In the near future, however, there could be a significant drop-off in attendance. At the behest of the Justice Department, ITT has agreed to divest itself of six important companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGLOMERATES: Trimming a Colossus | 8/16/1971 | See Source »

More Aid. The Penn Central, however, has been under pressure from Congress to divest itself of its nontrans-portation assets. In fact, divestiture was a condition that the Government attached to a promise to guarantee $125 million in loans last winter. Now it seems that unless higher freight rates and more stringent work rules are approved this summer by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the company will need more such aid to continue operating. Congress might not grant the aid if the company still clings to its fancy real estate in midtown Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Penn Central Sells Off | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

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