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Liberia had laid out the red carpet. Nixon was appointed honorary paramount chief of all the Liberian tribes (permitting him, if he should ever decide to retire to Liberia, to marry as many wives as he can support). Handshaking and waving his way through crowded village and city streets, he got a handsome welcome from President William V. S. Tubman, who reflected his country's devotion to the U.S. with dinners, gifts (carved ivory box, solid gold watch chain) and words ("Our strongest, closest and most reliable friend"). On behalf of a friendly...
...common with publications everywhere, the Loma Weekly has its problems. Reports Liberian-born Editor Miller: "We were pleased to read your article in the recent issue of TIME (May 21 ) under PRESS and note the increased circulation of newspapers throughout the world. We wanted to save the article, but a cow entered our outdoor bathing place...
...home. He kept open house for his students, helped so many with their problems (and their bills) that hundreds of Michigan men and women came to know him as "Uncle Harley"-a typically absent-minded bachelor professor with a penchant for forgetting speaking engagements, a taste for collecting Liberian stamps, and a passion for hosting woodland picnics for the children of the neighborhood...
...Largest cargo ship under any flag: D. K. Ludwig's Sinclair Petrolore (55,000 deadweight tons), with a speed of 15 knots. She flies the Liberian flag...
...William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman's election to a third term. They were all watching a home movie about "Uncle Shad" when Dunbar rushed into the darkened hall, leaped to the stage and fired his .38-caliber six-shooter at President Tubman. His first shot missed, and hit a Liberian Congressman in the leg. The second and third shots rang out as two police inspectors rushed the gunman; both were wounded. By this time the assembled dignitaries were scurrying out of the hall. Women in evening gowns fled, leaving their high-heeled shoes behind. Men broke for the exits, leaving...