Word: francos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group was formed in 1956 by Francois Luambo, a lean, goateed guitarist who calls himself Franco and lists his nonmusical recreations as "football, women, and driving fast in my white Thunderbird." Taking their name from a Leopoldville pub called the O.K. Bar, Franco and his crowd have since played in Europe and in every country in West and Central Africa except Ghana. When the "Okayistes" travel in Africa, the President of the host country often places a plane at their disposal. In every capital, crowds of Africans too poor to get inside the club where they are playing...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). Part 2 of "Franco's Spain." Report on Spain's economic structure, the impact of U.S. aid and the role of the Roman Catholic Church. Repeat...
...crude as that. But he had been stung by Kennedy's Frankfurt speech about Atlantic unity (although dismissing it as "salade, salade, salade"), and De Gaulle obviously wanted to find out in Bonn if the Germans had been sufficiently impressed by it to move away from the Franco-German alliance. Answer: the Germans were just about standing still. They chided De Gaulle and his top ministers for the announced withdrawal of French naval units from the NATO fleet but did not press him on the question of Britain's eventual admission to the Common Market. There was some...
...Adenauer next fall. They had an hour's "friendly" conversation. Actually, they talked past each other. De Gaulle kept stressing the mystique of Europe, while Erhard tried to talk economics but found that the General was as little interested in such matters as the Chancellor. As for the Franco-German treaty, De Gaulle managed to sound both hopeful and casual. "Treaties," he said with a shrug, "are like roses and young girls. They last while they last...
...Spaniards have been grumbling again. Only Chinese Spaniards could find work in Peking. Bronston appeased the nation with touching short subjects. While filming Peking, he made a moving documentary about Franco's war memorial at the Valley of the Fallen. Last month he brought out a second documentary bone - this one about a Mallorcan friar who founded numerous California missions. Chief Justice Earl Warren generously contributed his presence to the Mallorcan premiere...