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...rumbling of a 41-gun salute and glowering dark clouds in the London skies, Liberia's President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, 66, was greeted by Queen Elizabeth II-marking 114 years of Anglo-Liberian friendship. As they boarded an open landau for the 40-minute trot to Buckingham Palace along with squads of Household Cavalry, the rains came. The Queen balanced a royal bumbershoot, but President Tubman had only his black topper to ward off the downpour as he waved to the smattering of onlookers along their route. At the palace, the Queen gave a very wet Tubman...
...welcomed, feted -and in most cases, charmed-more than 150 special foreign guests, ranging from heads of state to ambassadors. Last week the President rolled out the red carpet for two visitors: Finland's President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 61, and Liberia's President William V. S. Tubman...
Kennedy's habit of taking guests to the White House by helicopter nearly ran into a snag with Liberia's Tubman, who is distrustful of planes and came to the U.S. by boat. But Kennedy aides tactfully suggested that Tubman might like to see autumnal Washington from the air-and he agreed. Disregarding strict protocol, Kennedy arrived at the front door of the White House five minutes early for a luncheon with Tubman, quizzed the leader of the Marine band about what music he intended to play. Tubman was treated to a four-hour talk with Kennedy...
Married. William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman Jr., 28, Harvard-bred son of Liberia's President; and Wokie Rosalind Tolbert, 23, pretty, English-educated daughter of Liberian Vice President William Tolbert; at Bensonville, Liberia, in a ceremony performed by (among other clergymen) the father of the bride, who doubles as pastor of the local Zion Praise Baptist Church...
Though the host and chairman was President William Tubman of Liberia, the man chiefly responsible for the conference was Félix Houphouet-Boigny (pronounced hoof-K>^ boyn-yee), 55, President of the flourishing Ivory Coast. A physician and plantation owner who served for 13 years in the French Assembly before his country became independent, Houphouet-Boigny is a sharp contrast to the rabble-rousers who make most of Africa's news, and he is slowly gaining respect as a leader who recognizes that shrill demagoguery is no solution to Africa's ills. Months ago he conceived...