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Termites & Wine. When Liberian President William V. S. Tubman's sixth inauguration ceremony produced drowsy Monrovia's quadrennial traffic snarl, ambassadors fumed in their stalled limousines. But not Humphrey. Glowing in white tie, top hat and tails, he footed featly through the dust to get to the palace on time. Buses broke down bearing his entourage of 60 (including Wife Muriel, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, a personal photographer, and an official in charge of "the box" of codes needed to respond to a thermonuclear war in case Lyndon Johnson should die). Soviet Diplomat Alexander Alexandrov found...
Like the long-lasting tire rubber that comes out of his country, President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman of Liberia, 72, has proved to be mighty resilient. He first took office in 1944 and, in his inauguration speech in 1964, intimated that he hoped to bow out as President after his fifth term. But Tubman has become fond of inaugurations. Last May he again ran for reelection, this time without even the usual token opponent. As he begins his 25th year this week, Tubman has some claim to being called an elder statesman. Among the notables due in Monrovia...
...reason that Tubman seems so indispensable to some Liberians is that few possible successors are in sight. The most prominent candidate: William "Shad" Tubman Jr., 34, Harvard-bred member of Liberia's most influential public relations firm...
...second instalment portrayed Harriet Tubman, the tiny but herculean conductor of the Underground Railroad, who never lost a passenger. Included was her gunboat raid into Confederate territory, making her, according to an official dispatch, "the only woman in American military history ever to plan and conduct an armed expedition against enemy forces...
...quilt depicts Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), the escaped slave who became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad and earned the title of "the Moses of her people." It is not so well known that she was also one of the more than 400,000 Negroes who took part one way or another in the Civil War. Commanding some 300 Union troops, she in 1863 led a highly successful and much-imitated foray into Confederate territory, freeing almost 800 slaves, driving the enemy inland, and inflicting losses estimated in the millions. An official dispatch at the time stated...