HIGHLAND PARK
I'WII'Y I"� from
electronic tore d re taurants
were c ed by roving bauds of
Idiers and civilians.
At I t 30 deaths ere reported.
HERE RE 4, 00 French
ci tizen living in Zaire; 11,000
I Belgian citizens, many of whom
wor in the' copper industry; and
some 40,000 Portuguese. Plans were
being made by colonial countries to
ev cuate all the foreign national
who wished to leave.
Belgian and. French and
· Moroccan troop , well a
American upplie, were last
dispatched to Zaire in 1978 to rescue
some 1,000 Belgian and other
Europeans threatened when a forte '
of separatist rebels seized Kolwezi.
The move had the result of bolstering
the Mobutu regime at home and
oonsolidating i repu don broad
as.a loyal friend of the West,
according to a Ne York nmes
writer, Alan Riding.
The U.S. an4 Belgium ·have
suspended aid to Zaire recently
human rights ab grew fast
corruption.
Under pressure last year, Mobutu
legalized some opposition parti
part of,.a plan to aid multi-party
democracy.
More serious are the bread aod
• butter ues of a bad economy.
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.• THE HARDSHIP blOulht by a
; slump in world copper prices 8nd
lower local production have been
aggravated by a suspen ion of
credit from the International
MoDCtary Fund.
Inflation soared to around 1,000
percent in 1990 and is thought to be
at an even higher rate this year.
Meanwhile, copper prtces
jumped to a five-month high
Wednesday on the New York
Commodity Exchange following
reports the violence bad spre d to the
copperbelt in Zaire.
The countty is the world's
fom:th-Iarg�t copper exporter.
European officials of the
state-owned mining company,
Gecamincs, were unable to confirm
reports that the company's offices in
the southern city of Kolwe.zi had
been bombed. .
The copper mines arc Zaire', ..
economic lifeline, a New York
analyst told the Times, warning that
if the rebels seize the mines, Mobutu
will fall.
2'iire' 1991 copper prodoction
will fall far below the forecast of
2SO,OOO tons. That compares with
400,000 tons last years. Some
e�erts expect 180,000 tons this
year.
COURT
contlnu d from A·1
only the Berrien DSS office, but lists
the Lansing DSS officials and F.CS
t:ight up the line to Gov -, (John)
. Engler," Parish said. .
He said he i al 0 disturbed by the
" "setting" in which DSS has complied
.. with the court order. .
Under the order, DSS r to pro­
vide a table and two chairs for,
registrars.
"THEY HAVE NOT been
generous with the location," Pari h
sefd. He noted the table has been put
in a comer. A uniformed police of-
• ticer, Berrien Sheriff' deputie ,are
tationed next to the table. "We take
thi a form of intimidation," Pari h
said, noting the group will decide·
bether the DSS' ctions co titute
"contempt of court." .
Berrien DSS Director Wesley
:. Bowerman not available for
'. comment
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