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Quietly and alone, President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines made the one vital decision every Mexican President must make before his term expires-who was to be his successor. Last week from the presidential mansion, Los Pinos, the word was out: Ruiz Cortines' blessing went to his hardworking Labor Minister, Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 47, a moderate leftist who could be counted on to push ahead with Mexico's maturing democracy and its fast-developing free economy...
Sirens howling, a motorcycle escort whisked President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines' Lincoln limousine through the gates of Mexico City's presidential residence, Los Pifios, one day last week. With Mexico's Federal District Governor Ernesto P. Uruchurtu tagging along, Ruiz Cortines was out to hang up an unofficial speed record for public-works dedications...
Bareheaded in the sunshine, President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines stood and waved one morning last week as his open Packard purred past more than 1,000.000 shouting citizens of Mexico City. At the Chamber of Deputies the President launched into his yearly report on the state of Mexico. By custom established in his four previous reports, the President spoke in his flat voice for more than three hours. But from time to time he dropped hard facts of progress that stood out like milestones. Items...
...years ago, they played baseball barefoot. But now they are the town's pride. Fire engines screamed through the streets to celebrate the victory, and all over Monterrey men burst into song. The kids began their celebration with a sightseeing trip to New York. Mexico's President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines got into the act and suggested a reception at the National Palace in Mexico City before the kids finish the long ride home...
...believes in doing or saying on-screen what comes naturally ("When I itch, I scratch"), somehow has parlayed a combination of glibness, amiability and sports knowledge into nationwide fame and fortune. (Paco reports his income as $60,000 a year, five times the salary of Mexico's President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines...