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...Vatican's Cardinal Antonio Samore, 73, left Buenos Aires for Rome last week to report to Pope John Paul II on "the little that I have done." Actually, he had done quite a lot. After a fortnight of shuttle diplomacy, Samore had pretty well averted the danger of war between Argentina and Chile. At the close of a meeting in nearby Montevideo, Uruguay, the Argentine government of President Jorge Rafael Videla and the Chilean junta of President Augusto Pinochet signed an agreement in which they promised not to use force against each other, pledged to reduce the military buildup...
Hilton was born in San Antonio, N. Mex., on Christmas Day, 1887, when the state was still a territory. In 1919 he plunked down his entire savings of $5,000 to buy a small hotel in oil-rich Cisco, Texas, and eventually put together a small chain before the Depression wiped him out. With borrowed money he bounced back and bought up hotels at distress prices before and during World War II. He acquired a prestigious lineup: Los Angeles' Town House, Chicago's Palmer House, New York's Waldorf-Astoria and in 1954, the entire Statler chain...
...traffic, which violates Mexican but not U.S. law, benefits stores in other Texas cities too. Mexicans account for an estimated 20% of all retail sales in San Antonio. In Houston, the Sakowitz department store does 10% of its business with Mexicans. Says Maurice Aresty, executive vice president of Houston's Retail Merchants Association: "They buy shoes, furs and all the jewelry they can carry back...
...annual convention in San Antonio which concluded early last month, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)--the body which exercises virtually absolute control over all serious non-intercollegiate amateur swimming in this country--suspended 18 top U.S swimmers for violations of the organization's swimming Code of Conduct. It is mandatory that any athlete, coach, manager or chaperone sign the code (see box) before being allowed to represent the United States in international competition...
...vote ended months of uncertainty over who would hold power in Lisbon. The Socialists, who are the largest party in the fractious Assembly, rejected the previous government, which was formed last summer by Alfredo Nobre da Costa, an apolitical technocrat, at the behest of President Antonio Ramalho Eanes. Eanes had just dropped Socialist Party Chief Mario Scares from the premiership after his governing coalition with the conservative Center Democrats fell apart. Scares was incensed by his ouster and was particularly upset because Eanes had not consulted the political parties before choosing Nobre da Costa. The former Premier insisted Eanes' action...