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Washington's Latin American circles were abuzz with an acid anecdote last week. A Peruvian surgeon and a Venezuelan architect (so the story ran) were dining with two men from the U.S. State Department. They discussed whose profession was the oldest. "Mine," said the surgeon, "God created Eve out of Adam's rib . . . by a surgical operation." "Mine," said the architect, "God first created the world out of chaos . . . the work of an architect." The two State Department men kept mum. "And what do you say?" the Latin Americans finally asked. Said one of the State Department...
...last week the royal grapevine was abuzz with a dramatic whisper. Royalty had a new champion-the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. From Washington came a report that Moscow had sounded out London on the subject of restoring Rumania's ex-King Carol to his throne. The Russians believed that Carol, now in Mexico with his mistress, Magda Lupescu, might be just the man to establish a Rumanian government "very friendly" to Moscow...
...Vatican was abuzz last week with a temporal topic-raises. Bowing to the high cost of living, the Administration of Property of the Holy See planned to increase the salaries of the 3,000 clerical and lay members of the Vatican household. Raises will be voted to all, from caretakers to the 18 Cardinals who hold Vatican administrative posts, for which they receive an annual salary...
...Hawley and the Carter Co. promptly divided their holdings in the area, Carter taking the western half and selling the eastern half of the area to Hawley. Smartly he moved his rig to the eastern side. There he brought in a 5,000-bbl. well, setting the oil industry abuzz with hopes of a huge new pool...
...week. Distillers Corp.-Seagrams had just bought the Mt. Tivy Winery in Fresno County, was eying three others to boot; agents of Hiram Walker and Fleischmann Distilling were reported hotfooting through the California wine belt (which produces 90% of all U.S. wine) for good properties; the whole industry was abuzz with big deals to come...