Word: josephs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sunday the telephone rang in the home of Detroit Correspondent Joseph Kane. The call was from Ed Bailey, a Negro photographer who has excellent contacts in the city's Negro community. Bailey sounded shaken. "It's here, baby," he said...
...Tanzania Standard warned the Congo that its actions could "further tarnish Africa's image. It could provide a precedent to hang like a sword of Damocles over other African leaders who openly support what, in effect, amounts to a blood lust." The U.S. has interceded with Congo President Joseph Mobutu to spare Tshombe's life, not only for humanitarian reasons but for fear that his execution might spark resentment, and perhaps even a new Congo revolt that could undermine Mobutu's regime. Such enlightened African leaders as the Ivory Coast's Felix Houphouet-Boigny and Leopold...
...lowest figure in three years. "The recovery is not going to be as prompt and vigorous as we thought," says a senior Federal Reserve Board economist. To the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the rebound looks "very satisfying-right on track." Taking a middling view, Treasury Under Secretary Joseph Barr said: "The economy is following our blueprint, but it is about two months behind where we thought it would...
When ex-convict kidnapped former Congolese premier Moise Tshombe and took him to Algeria, current Congolese President Joseph Mobutu told the United Nations that Tshombe had been plotting a military takeover with the help of Spainards, Portuguese, and South Africans. Apparently white South Africa was willing to help Tshombe against Mobutu, who is playing the role of nationalist leader. Most evidence indicates that Tshombe (who was living in Spain) was in fact, involved in 8 plot: there would be destruction of the Congolese economy by sabotage, a coup in eastern Congo by white mercenaries, the creation of a new Congo...
...Africa's new rebellions ended with a fizzle last week while the other showed signs of stubborn persistence and could go on for weeks. ∙ THE CONGO. The revolt against the Congolese government of General Joseph Mobutu by white mercenaries whom Mobutu himself had hired turned out to be largely a hit-and-run affair. Some 180 mercenaries of French Colonel "Bob" Denard's 6th Commandos, supported by Katanganese soldiers of the Congo army, moved into six towns, the most important being Bukavu and Kisangani. After several brief clashes with Mobutu's advancing regulars, the mercenaries last...