Word: belgrano
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...which already owns banks in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, pushed into Idaho and Utah in a race against time. Most bankers expect sales of independent banks to out-of-state holding companies to be banned under legislation now pending in Congress. However, said Frank N. Belgrano Jr., Transamerica's 60-year-old president and chairman, Transamerica's recent purchases had been suggested by local banks that wanted to sell. This week Transamerica's traders moved on to Ogden, Utah, Marriner Eccles' home base, to discuss a deal with the Bank of Utah...
...rdoba, Argentina's third biggest city (pop. 350,000). Two Gloster Meteor jet fighters flown by air-force pilots rained down leaflets declaring that the city "has been conquered again for God and the fatherland." Rebel sailors took over the naval bases at Rio Santiago and Puerto Belgrano (see map). Army garrisons seized control of the inland barracks towns of Arroyo Seco and Curuzu-Cuati...
...first government communiqué boasted that "the subversive movement is under control," and rebel units "are being dominated." Such claims were absurdly premature. In Córdoba the besieged police headquarters fell to rebel attackers after a half-hour artillery bombardment. From the Puerto Belgrano naval base, 400 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, naval units marched into the neighboring grain port...
Blanca. Said a rebel radio announcement from Puerto Belgrano: "This is not a revolt of two or four hours. We will carry on as long as is necessary. We ask the Argentine people to join us in our struggle for truth, morality and liberty...
...happy with the pay, perquisites and polite graft that Perón provides. Despite persistent reports that the rebellious elements of the navy still had some bargaining power, he removed revolt-leading Rear Admiral Anibal Olivieri from comfortable barracks arrest to the National Penitentiary, and arrested officers at the Belgrano naval base. Then Perón called off the state of siege declared at the height of the revolt...