Word: france
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...women were arrested, including Chief Warrant Officer Herman Conder, 35, who was recently transferred from Orléans to Fort Benning, Ga.; Frankie Dio, 48, operator of a Miami Beach nightclub and younger brother of Brooklyn Mobster Johnny Dio; and Jean Nebbia, 52, and Jean-Claude Le Franc, 50, both leading figures in France's Mafia-backed dope-smuggling fraternity...
...small change compared to the worth of the package. The drug, packed in 190 half-kilogram plastic bags, was secreted inside Conder's home freezer before the Army shipped it home with his other belongings. Soon after it arrived at Fort Benning in November, Le Franc tried to make the prearranged pickup...
...doffed his familiar bottle-bottom glasses after 20 years, got himself fitted for contact lenses. MORE GLAMOUR FOR BAUDOUIN, cheered the Flemish weekly Zondag Morgen. There were no cheers from Treasury officials, who had to figure out what would become of those millions of stamps and 20-franc notes featuring the King's bespectacled old image...
...France's economy has benefited immensely in recent years from two simultaneous developments: the rise to power of Charles de Gaulle and the establishment of the six-nation Common Market in 1958. Since De Gaulle became President, he has helped make the franc a solid, stable currency for the first time in half a century, and the economy has mostly boomed. Since the Common Market was started, France's industrial exports to the other five members have tripled, and its farm exports have almost quadrupled. But when these two forces come into conflict-De Gaulle is obviously trying...
Strengthening Prestige. In exchange for its largesse, France will be assured of enough Algerian oil to satisfy growing French consumption (which doubled to 309 million barrels between 1959 and 1964) and thereby will attain Charles de Gaulle's goal of independence from the Anglo-American oil companies. By paying francs for oil from the only major source within the franc zone, France will also save $280 million a year in foreign exchange. Perhaps most important, the agreement is a long step toward returning Algeria politically-as well as financially-to France's sphere of influence. It also serves...