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...been warning Belgium that any use of white officers to lead Tshombe's bedraggled troops would lead to the slaughter of the hundreds of Belgian civilians. Now the committee's commander in Stanleyville, "General" Nicholas Olenga, was making threats about Americans as well. "We are a sovereign and independent country, which has an internal war on its hands, and it is for none but ourselves to settle our differences," he declared, adding that more U.S. aid to Tshombe "would most regretfully compel me to reconsider my position vis-a-vis nationals of that country in my territory...
...week, slicing through the swells of Rhode Island Sound-two of the handsomest, most dangerous twelve-meter yachts to visit U.S. waters. Some time between now and the start of the America's Cup races on Sept. 15, the Royal Thames Yacht Club as challenger will choose either Sovereign or Kurrewa V to wrest away the ugly "auld mug" that has been in U.S. hands ever since the competition started 113 years and 18 fruitless challenges...
Double Trouble. All through the months of May and June, Sovereign and Kurrewa V tried their sails against each other in home waters off the Isle of Wight. Now they are off Newport, learning the tricky tides and winds on the 24.3-mile Cup course itself. At the end of the first week, two things seemed obvious: either twelve could give the Yanks trouble-and the Royal Thames is in for a devil of a job deciding which boat that shall...
After 23 races-19 at home, four off Newport-the blue-hulled Sovereign leads the light-green Kurrewa by only the narrowest 12-11 margin. In the first of last week's races, sailed in a steady twelve-knot wind, Sovereign breezed home ahead by a quarter of a mile, showing superior speed to windward, where most yacht races are won. But next day, with the wind up to 20 knots, Kurrewa seemed to have it in the bag until a clew pulled out of the jib, and her crew took a horrendous six minutes clearing the mess. Sovereign...
...African nation No. 35. At the stroke of midnight, as fireworks lit the sky over Blan-tyre's Central Stadium, the Union Jack was hauled down in the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In its place rose the black, red and green banner of the newly sovereign nation of Malawi...