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Show ai Sunday, January 3, 1971 About People African Congo Settles Problems, Grows Rapidly A few years ago the Congo was aflame. By Mildred B, Hall 373-8563 — 373-546 Anderson is onthe faculty at the University of Minnesota. Mrs, Katie P. Mitchell, Provo, The Ralph S, Webb horne in returned home Tuesday evening reporting a pleasant holiday visit in Gridley, Calif., with her daughter, Mrs. Katherine M Prove has heen filled to capacity with holidayvisitors during the past week. Now returned to their Pi‘. On Christmas Mrs. Pitt and her mother were joined by Mrs. Pitt's son, James Pitt with his wife and family of Quincy, Wash. Mrs. Mitchell spent a month in California. various homes is their daughter, Suzanne and her husband, E.M. granted —_independence to its restless Central African colonyin 1960, and for the next four years the region was rent with civil strife, runawayinflation, and famine. Amidstories of massacre and looting, Europeans fled its capital city, Leopoldville. United Nations members sent rescue missions, peacekeeping forces, and relief supplies. The new nation’s survival was in doubt. Peace Revives Economy Belgium McCoyand their five children who live in Fremont, Calif., and Mr, and Mrs. Dan Webb and their eight children from Blanding, Ut. Mr. Dan Webb,the Mrs. Fawn (Carol) Morgan of former Glenna Lant, and the Today the Democratic Provo was born on Dec. 25, so family also visited with her over the years, her birthday has parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lant Republic of the Congois at peace and can point to an annual been somewhat overshadowed in Provo, economic growth rate of apbythe evens of Christmas. This year, it was different. Her four Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wells proximately 7 percent. children put together a birthday and family ef Orem gave a party for her which was held un innes during the week Saturday, Dec. 26, at the homeof . Wells’ sisters and Mrs. and Mrs. Dwight L. Carter, husbands, Mr. and Mrs Chad Thoseattending enjoyed a shish Olsen and familyof Buena Park, kabob supper and familyfun. Jack and Deanne Catlin of Morgan, Price and another sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hunt and childrenof Orem. Boise, Ida.; and Mrs. and Mrs. Verl Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Morgan of Provo Thecapital has been renamed Kinshasa, and its airport again is thronged with Europeans — this time arriving. Some 78,000 foreigners live and work in the bustling city of more than a milion, the National Geographic manganese, coffee, rubber, and cotton aiso is on therise. Foreign reserves, once almost nil, have grown to about $220 million, The Congolese franc, which had plummeted to 500 to the dollar, has given wayto the zaire, worth about$2. The new currencytakes its Society says. Streets once devoid of life exceptfor an occasional refugee or armed soldier are filled with Toyotas and Mercedes. Stores that gaped emptysix years ago displaytelevisionsets, air conditioners, French cheese, Belgian ham, and South African lobster tail. More importantly, the Congo produced 362,000 tons of copper in 1969 and expects the 1970 figure will exceed 400,000 tons. Production of palm oil, cobalt, name from the reply tribesmen reputedly gave early explorers whoasked whatthe Congo River was called. Zaire is an African word meaning river. Cotton muslin. 1 ‘ount* Twin 72 x 108” flat or Sanforized* Elasta-fit bottom. Reg. 1.99. ..Now superintendent wereto local chiefs are grasping the concept of ti By bringing the c’ government structure restoring some of CMON SOES WHAT ARE YA TROWS traditional powers, President Joseph D. Mobutu appears to TO PROVE ? have strengthened his one-party across the Cougo River about 25 900,000 square milesof the Congo miles from the Atlantic coast —an area larger than Texas and Alaska combined — consider When its first power stations go into operation in 1973, it will themselves Congolese Pillow cases 42 x 36”. Reg. 2 for 1.09 Penn-Prest white muslin 77 Now Full 81 x 104” flat or Elasta-fit bottom. Reg. 2.99, Now 2.37 Pillow cases 42 x 36”, Reg. 2 for 1.59 Now 2 for 1.37 Now 2for 85° * Bleachedand finished journey to Lava Hot Springs whereshe spent Christmas with her children, the Eldred Hall family. She also visited in Pocatello with other children, the Reed Harris family for the Wyoming. Joining the family weekend. En route going she group for the Christmas Eve stopped to visit her son, Dean party were another son, Paul and his wife and family at Ririe and his seven children Hyrum. from Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Provo grandparents, Mr. and Steinke are still treasuring the Mrs. Lloyd Ririe report that memory of the first Christmas their daughter, Barbara and her they have been able to spend husband, Dr. Alan Anderson, with their grandchildren. The left Tuesday for former faculty member at family Brigham Young University, Brighton, Colo., after staying the have a newbabyboy. This is the past week in Orem. Thevisitors eighth child for the couple and included their daughter, Cecelia, their sixth boy is a row. The her husband, Richard Justice family recently moved to and grandchildren, David, Minneapolis, Minn., where Dr. Jennie, Elizabeth and Peter. formerly By Roger Bollen Tise in diamond smuggling and a drop in world prices for copper. Though many problems remain, the more than 200 tribes whose only loyalties fermerly government. Some holdouts remain, but most of the nearly 17% million tribesmen inhabiting some bottom. Re tlat or Sanforized* Elasta-fit bottom. Reg. 2.29.Now 1.68 Mrs. Elva Wengreen of Provo, is home again after her holiday FUNNY BUSINESS governunent must cope with a Investment Rises With Italian and Congolese financing, a dam is being built Nation-wide” white muslin Full 81 x 108’ Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Ririe, Provo parents, saw the last of their Christmas guests off for home on Tuesday, These were erandhis wife and four children of Logan where Roger is in graduate school at Utah State University. He was increase the region's supplyof country’s abundant resources electricity fivefold are rare and dilapidated. American, French, British, Plantations gutted during the German, Dutch, Belgian, and fighting remain idle. With Japanese investors also are medicine scarce, disease exacts active in the Congo a heavy toll. Struggling to bolster its way from the cities, exchange, the however, reads to reach the foreign Our fantastic sheet sale. Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas The guests included Mr. and Olsen and family of Casper, Mrs. Morganandtheir children, Wyo. Also attending were tne Ellis and Elaine Austil, Provo; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 13 of Hampshire College Has Innovationsto Offer Education Today By DAVID D. HASKELL AMHERST, Mass. Ask ‘“‘what’s new?” at Hampshire College and you'd better be prepared to spend a couple of days listening. The college is new, admitting its first class this fall; the college cameinto being because it could take longer or shorter, depending on the individual student. An assorted group of basic studies will be offered in the first division, while the second will allow a student to “concentrate” on a particular topic. In the third division he will take over direction of his own independent research,field project or creative work. To allow the fullest range of educational opportunities, Hampshire and the other four colleges that helped form the new schoolwill allow students its “neighbors” wanted it; the innovations planned were new when the college was being formulated; and some of courses,if not exactly new, are somewhatweird. The college’s first 250 students began their studies in at one college to take courses September and by now have at any of the others. Unlike other colleges, the learned that their college experience is going to be at the faculty here will not enjoy tenure, but will work on a veryleast different. Experimentation is the theme contract basis with renewals of this new college, nestled on dependent solely on teaching 550 acres in the Connecticut competence. River Valley. Franklin Patterson, college president, said one of Hampshire's primaryroles is as an “experimenting” institution to test programs and to pass them on to other colleges —if they are successful. 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