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...year-old state of Israel has never hanged anyone before), some Israelis wonder what should be done with Eichmann's body. A former inmate of a Nazi death camp explained, "We cannot profane the Holy Land by burying that Satan here. But if we send the body to Argentina or Germany, neo-Nazis will make a shrine of his grave." His solution: "Dump the corpse in midocean, or send it into outer space...
...helpless Cubans are holed up at the various embassies in Havana. Since Castro refused to honor the Latin American tradition of safe-conduct out of the country, many have been in asylum for five months or more. The Venezuelan embassy holds 205 people; Brazil has 195. Costa Rica 95, Argentina 70. Colombia 50. Though European embassies do not officially grant asylum, several have taken in fleeing Cubans as "guests." The political "asylees" have escaped Castro's police, but many of them are little better off than those in his dungeons...
...Some confusion in Castro's own ranks was created by the defection of the Cuban consuls general in Buenos Aires and Montevideo shortly before Che arrived. They resigned and asked for political asylum in Argentina...
Other U.S. companies are striving to catch up either by opening their own plants overseas, buying into established foreign automakers, or licensing foreign companies to assemble U.S. cars. Chrysler has begun assembling its Valiant compact in Australia, plans to do so in Argentina; it has also bought 25% of France's Simca auto works and assembles and sells Simcas in Europe and Australia. American Motors Corp. has licensed 21 foreign producers to turn out its compact Ramblers. Studebaker-Packard cars are being assembled in South America, South Africa, Belgium, Israel and Australia-in its own plants and those...
Flitting home to Argentina, Celia played an encore at the University...