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...even that close to production. Alcoa is prospecting for bauxite in west Kalimantan and north Sumatra; N.V. Billiton Maatschappij of The Netherlands for tin off the shores of Bangka and southwest Kalimantan; and a Kennecott Copper Corp. subsidiary for all kinds of minerals in West Irian, central Java and Sumatra...
...Hart became the oldest admiral afloat when F.D.R. extended his tour of duty past the mandatory retirement age of 64. Convinced that war was imminent, Hart kept the principal warships based in Manila Bay out of the harbor, avoiding another Pearl Harbor. Forced to move his headquarters south to Java, Hart commanded the outnumbered Americans in the three-day battle of Makassar Strait, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese fleet. In 1945, Hart, a Republican, was appointed U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Instead of seeking election when the term expired two years later, he retired to spend his last decades...
Involvement in the oil industry in particular is growing. Most recent of a spate of aid-investment programs is a private $40 million loan to Indonesia's Petramina for guiding oil tanks and pipelines in Western Java. The late-February loan made by the Japanese companies Mitsui and Marnbeni-lida, is to be repaid in oil exports to Japan...
...paused for a special ceremony. One of Indonesia's dukuns (soothsayers) had predicted a possible disaster for the country in late 1970, and sacrificial rites were duly scheduled. Several water buffalo were rounded up and slaughtered. The head of one was buried on the eastern tip of Java, and the head of another on the western edge. With Indonesia's most populous island thus bracketed, Suharto embarked on his journey. So far, no disaster...
Indonesia's Suharto is a shrewd pragmatist, but he is also a man who grew up amid the Moslem, Hindu and animist influences of central Java. He frequently plans strategy with military men on the golf course, listens to his impressive array of American-trained economists, and keeps abreast of current trends via tape-recorded textbooks. Suharto also relies on his spiritual advisers. Since his youth, he has consulted an influential mystical teacher, Raden Mas Darjatmo, who serves as a combination dukun, kebatinan (medium) and guru. Suharto often seeks out his old dukun when he visits his home village...