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...problem began in July, when Kisangani was seized by its garrison of Katangese gendarmes, a tough and trou blesome outfit that in theory was incorporated into the Congolese National Army, but whose first loyalty had al ways been to Tshombe. To put down the rebellion, President Joseph Mobutu promised to send the gendarmes back to Katanga - even though he feared that once they were there, the Kats might be used by Tshombe to start another civil war. Mobutu lived up to his prom ise. He made available four transport planes to fly Kisangani's 2,500 gendarmes and their...
...half a dozen pants suits, thinks they are ideal for traveling and shopping -as well as dancing. Says she: "I practically live in them." Sandra Dee sees nothing incongruous about wearing them as she rides about Los Angeles in her Rolls. Wellesley Senior Chris Godfrey finds them the perfect outfit when gallants pick her up for a date on a motorcycle. Radcliffe Junior Peggy Auchincloss thinks that "they will solve the problem of freezing at football games...
Last week, before a crowd of 54,681 in Shea Stadium, those selfsame Jets beat the Houston Oilers 52-13 - thereby humbling an outfit that was favored to win not only the game but also the American Football League's eastern division championship. That one game may not make them the best team in pro football or even the A.F.L. - but don't whisper that within earshot of their defensive line, which weighs in at 260 Ibs. a man. What the Jets certainly are at this point in the season is the most expensive, explosive and exciting ball...
Learning that some right-wing officers were scheming to bring Wessin back, Balaguer denounced the plot on television, though carefully absolving Wessin of any complicity. He then appointed Wessin an alternate Dominican delegate to the U.N. with the rank of ambassador, and ordered Wessin's old autonomous outfit at San Isidro airbase to be divided among other units throughout the country. Furthermore, Balaguer ordered a reorganization of the military so that "the barracks can no longer be used as a springboard" for political activities. So far, the military has accepted the President's orders without any visible signs...
...Houston's Ernest M. Hall Jr. headed Hall-Sears Inc., an obscure electronics outfit with earnings of $10,781 on gross sales of $95,000. Three years later, Hall merged with a small uranium mining company and became president of the new firm, now known as Westec; its share sold for 4¼ on the American Stock Exchange. For the first half of 1966, Westec announced earnings of $5,345,567 on sales of $31,-693,395; the company's stock soared to a high of 67⅛ in April...