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Died. Torkild Rieber, 86, chairman of Texaco from 1935 to 1940, and overseer of one of the greatest engineering feats in oil-industry history; in Manhattan. Shortly after becoming boss, Rieber bought the idle Barco oilfields, 1,200,000 acres deep in the jungles of Colombia, and during three years of collaboration with Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., hacked a 263-mile pipeline over the Andes to service tankers on the country's Caribbean coast...
...their arrival that they were there for a weekend's rest, not invasion. But that calm word seemed to have little effect. In the U.N. Steering Committee, Cuba's Foreign Minister Raul Roa shouted: "The invasion can occur within the next few hours." U.S. Delegate James Barco, passing over the fact that Castro had just grabbed another 164 U.S. firms, worth approximately $250 million, hastened to set him straight. "The U.S. has no plans or intentions to attack Cuba. Cuba need have no fear." The U.S. even took the unusual step of voting to bypass...
Married. Countess Emanuela Castel-barco, 19, blonde granddaughter of Conductor Arturo Toscanini; and Duke Gian Luigi Acquarone, 32, wealthy Italian nobleman; in Milan, Italy...
Among world oilmen, Norwegian-born Torkild ("Cap") Rieber, a hardfisted, hard-swearing ex-sailor, is an operator whose shrewd deals and big projects have made him something of a legend in the industry. It was Rieber who landed the famous Barco concession in Colombia for the Texas Co.. built a mile-high pipeline across the Andes, wangled a half-interest for Texaco in the rich Bahrein fields on the Persian Gulf. After he resigned as Texaco chairman in 1940. he carved a new career for himself as boss of Barber Oil Corp...
...here but me." Last week Carla was in Italy, and son Walter and his family were staying with the Maestro at the big house in Riverdale. Daughter Wanda visits frequently (with her pianist husband, Vladimir Horowitz). He often talks by telephone with his other daughter Wally, the Countess Castel-barco, who lives in Italy...