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Why Amondl ? 1Zimbabwe Now 1

ank Loon Campaign 2Soweto Commemoration 3

Victim Prosecut d 4Eyewitnes in Zoire 7

Good e ding 8How t Subscrib 9

u~rhtl [irst 1 "'nti nal Bn k f Chicag rece 1.. 'granted art f a .~110 nlilli n loan t thgO\~t.rnnlent of ~ 1 nth . fric~l. C:ontinental111 inois (' orr)oratiol1 con inu( ~ to lnakC' loansto t·. ,"-, corl)orations in\·es ing in S uth l\fric~.

Both hanl.;.s sell the ~'outh i\frican g Id e icall1'd the Krugerrand, a coin vhich is beingdist rihuted by South Afric<l to earll fllilds f r

its failing et01101l1Y. At the same time,Chicago citiz(\ns \vho sa\"p their hard-earned111 ney at First .. ~at ional ~)nd l:ontinentnl findit difficult if n t inlpossihlc to get. financingfor their honles and h0111(1 im rO\'Cnlcnts.

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ther nun.' fronbUh tree th rc\'\.'f;fl~ afraid to fi Ittbattle of Mal ng , mt elr ~lrnlS and n1' nycd .. lh se nun du . to se an armorede(L' hut they \ eren·w(Jl~t't: ju~t fright ned.

ne nun who had treated sever 31 Zair ', oldier ~ said these n h d . hot theirO\~'n left hand. in or n t to t1ght,

The town of Shenlptied of th ir inh(}O n ing ontinue..~aid l The people of thto Zam ia and ng 1bon1h th ,ir h me •

"fIle. haba inhabl ant are also tcrritl~d

by the advance of Mo can troop~, ··whe ~tr r p ns ab ut the villages b~ing set

Il fip_ and I e 1 b 'n hurned alivra,"tll'~ rnisslonaries ~ai . .Non~ of the nuns. rie~t~ and ministers

in t ~rvie\-\r'ed here re rted seeing ~:lnv

foreigner. figh ing on the _'id~ of th~ I

F: Le, "It "'as ve' < interesting b'inQ\\'hcrc thin,g,- \vere happening and lisler~in,..., to the foreign ra i rep rts fr m'" :a~hingt n and lAnd n 'and even'·\"ht~re:' the 'mts 'ionar'~s ~aid. "The~e

vere :l Jot )f rumors and thing~ said th;.H\\ eren ·t t rue, .• .

tion :lnd nur t ospitat.' the nun reIn n1··red. "lhcy dr many hombs.

SOlllC aid not I ss h SO. They lefthoI" ix' nd a half y dee. They hitthe raihvay line and the station and the1ospitaJ.

go . nd ree ivfr nt to fightMobuto. "

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I() \\ n ) 1 h.\' a J -I, t i \ . <d' . ,1 ( but0 } ." n ;nu n c~)tltinu~d," and th front t ldi ,r.gJ\~: our ever.\'th ill,:d ll, the jJe'1ple. r I ry-bud.\ "ot ' .. Hl!l'l ln~ ~ '<JLu.l>' jlc\id,"

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Prior t' tn~ r-NLL i 'surrecti o. thnlis,;i('narit,~" said. c nditions i . haba.\ 'ere l~haotic and di 1 ulr.

. ·Ttl _ peas' nts couldn'r get ,I fair piefor th 11 produ\.'t' .. the rlli, ')i()narie~; re~

porte ' "TLey couldn't ~cll the _tuffbee;! u ')e rh~ r041J~ \\'ere s bad and he.couldn'r get tht~ tuff to the r~ilway. Theyhad a good n13ny reasons for dissali:tac·ti~)n ,

!\ r-; It all J. n nun \\.' h0 \\;! ~ Ii v ing Hi, lut hat~ha e 'rl~lncd that thi' town j ofgrt'~( ~tr'ltegic unpt nan c for Mohuto':gO\ t:rn n1e n t. A ero, ,~rot tis fl1f the raih...·ayand the ro,ld ~! \tenl. !Vlutshatsha \It'a'~uhjt:ct d to heavy honlbing hy the Zairair force un Ea~ter unday and during theIll'.-t f~w d&iY~.

fIOSPIT. L n M8E"(in Ea ter :\'Ionday at 3:.30 pm v..;e

\\t're in the hO~I i 31 \\'hen lhe.' [the. 1..)hQ(,l tc rcc"l bt'~~an mhing the .tJ-

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LuandJ.. :\llg()13Fyt'\\ ItJh."'"S ULCI.tllnt, nt the tightlng in

Zair(' '.~ :..,habJ prd\'lnL't::. d~Plct an inJi~.

,fhlU:--. Uprr\lng \\'t.:te..'or led and ·~U p rtedb. coplc in th~ t:glOfl "nd l I()( dil.·oppo~cd by th 1llbuhi go\ernnJ 'ut anl'it~ inlp riali ( allic\.

Dctai!ed. first-h.inJ <it' )lriptior.~; 0 hrsituation in "hal a \)y ~re pr idt:d b~ agroup of 2~ Pr te~t3ni and Catholic mis M

sionarie~ JOu their five children who ~re

e 3(U'-lt~d last \\-'eek with th. aid of th~

Congoi~s~ lational lib rat'i( n Front(FNLC).

The nlini~ters. nun~ an erefronl lh~ Prot ~tant C nlnl0nw" lthBr _thren I h~sion at ~ a~ ji. the atholic1111:-, ion 01 St. T'v1arv in iJ I and fromiJt c'hat ha. Tht.'v ~id th " w re · 'f t.: dto lea vc [Shaba J bel: u'e of th ~ dvanof the nli xed Mo uto f rc~' an ~ heavbonlhing of the area bv Macchi and~1[rage '{"1 g h t ~ rs 0 f the ZJ i~e ;1 ir t'or ,,: ' .

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Tht' rni '~ionaries int rvi w duringtheirs t ~Y hco r tid 0 f t h~ .,' e rror ' ·cxpt-rjen~""l~ by the Peopl~ of .. haba a~

the: fled healy y bombing by Zaire freefor ~:Jft,t~; in Ang(\Ia and Zambi , .:arh~r,

nH.~ rnisslonaries report d. "'hile th~

F 'Le h' J b en pre~~nt in th thr eShaha towns. life ha .. gon on a u 'ual.Every()n~ \va th e. Eve :on} weI" methe fro nt [F. 'lC}.. ·

The missIonaries' tories pres~nted acompusite picture f a determined upris­ing led by the FNLC-all f whom areCong lese-with few weapons and not aingl~ 'ehicl until car and truck we

requi itione in the town' that h d b enlibera ~d.

"They cam on foot as a c mpl tesurprise. '. recounted a ~I l' pr:e ~t

\'ho lived in Dil01 .. ,I nevt:r s~w morthan J0 front fighter' at anyone time,r, he people wt<lcomed th, m, Th y weref!'om the ~rea...

.' t'rpp, "he <"L.1rt." t~1t: Sf, l :Jrv mi '.~i,)njril'~ e\pi3incd, "the:. front ~aid, ·\V ,3rt' flt..'f i' dtan~~e~e. \Ve are C )ngole~e

\\ho \V~lnt {\} lib~r,Ht' tht> \\.hoJe ountr '.\; (' \\ ant t< \ oVt,.&rthro\\ L 10but ).. ,

\Vh 'n the Fl 'I.e arrived in rlli i~, 1:lrch~1: ~1lj{ ~h tH ... h,t, recalled nuns fr m that~ir :~\. thl.· IH cration free' f )und r3ilwayfr(:'ght C:.irs luad~d with am lunition,"(tal ,uld fth\d ')uprlie~ intended fnr ~1(\·

~luto'" ;.1rn1.', "Tht'\ gav _ out th C-)31.

ft,'t' 3nd h~\an\. a little for t.'\'et'yhody,··the nun. ~itl. "Th~y Jidntt ke p it all fortht'r~~(;L'h:L':'>, They brought ,neat to the1: () ~ r iL~d ,

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