Word: fils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...approach of the June 30 fil- ing deadline for presidential candidates in South Viet Nam, the rivalry be tween Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu and Premier Nguyen Cao Ky intensified. U.S. diplomats alerted Washington that trouble was imminent. Rumors of coup and counter-coup coursed through Saigon: Vietnamese marines loyal to Ky were said to be headed for the capital; 20 truckloads of pro-Thieu troops were reported en route to the city. Though the rumors proved false, the nation had good reason to be upset. A break between Ky and Thieu could have split the armed forces into...
...allowed to buy into Machines Bull. Now that Callies has been rebuffed, the government may have some difficulty arranging its own solution. It wants to marry Machines Bull to such other French electronics firms as Compagnie Générale de Télégraphic Sans Fil, Compagnie Francaise Thomson-Houston, and Compagnie Générale d'Electricité, but none of these is anxious to wed a loser. The government, which has covered Machines Bull's obligations for December and January, may have to make the dowry more attractive...
...fertilizer on U.S. suburbia's broad lawns led Britain's Fisons Ltd. to buy an 80% control of Doggett-Pfeil Co., a New Jersey garden-supply producer. France's largest electronics firm, Compagnie Générale de Télégraphic Sans Fil, recently joined with Chicago's Hallicrafters Co. to set up Warnecke Electron Tubes. The French have the experience in making microwave tubes; the Americans will provide manufacturing and selling talents...