Word: gillet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Paul Gillet, 73, governor from 1950 to 1961 of Belgium's Société Génerale, the massive holding company that controls 60% of all Belgian industry, a shadowy figure so inaccessible (no published picture of him exists) that even Société officials had difficulty getting to him, but who broke his usual silence in 1960 to argue against independence for the Congo, considering the Congolese "not ripe" for it; after a long illness; in Brussels...
...decided to send a package please send the following; One can Rise shaving cream (one razor (Gillet). Pocket novels westerns and scienace fiction-TIME or Newsweek magazine. Chewing Gum and chocolate bars. Thats about all. Ha-ha I very much miss sometime to read you should try and get me the pocket novel '1984' by Wells...
...making their choice, the directors of the Société Générate de Belgique bowed to the gusts of change that are sweeping the company, from Brussels to its vast holdings in the Congo. Seeking a successor to close-mouthed Governor (i.e., chairman) Paul Gillet, who is retiring at 70, they skipped over the vice governors and plucked out Director Max Nokin, who, by the high-buttoned standards of La Générale, is both young (53) and gregarious...