Word: bets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was much to be grateful for. When Paz Estenssoro took power 2½ years ago, he was less than an even bet to last six months. Bolivia faced starvation, counterrevolution, a serious Communist threat, an empty treasury and a world glut of tin, its only valuable export. The U.S. helped save the situation by sending free wheat and buying tin for the strategic stockpile. Cost of grant-aid to the U.S.: $17 million-10? for each U.S. citizen. Two and a half years later, Bolivia still needs more loans and grants. But it has a better chance than ever...
East of the Iron Curtain last week, the odds were that the average German horseplayer would have a hard time getting up enough cash to get down a bet. But well-heeled horseplayers were as necessary as well-bred horses if the "International" race meeting in Berlin's Soviet zone was to pay off, so East Berlin bureaucrats "cordially invited" their prosperous West German cousins...
...refreshingly lively one-hour situation comedy. Red Buttons (three Fridays a month, 8 p.m., NBC) returned with a hatful of new routines and old Bronx-accented characterizations. Old Trouper Jimmy Durante (Sat. 9:30 p.m., NBC) was as agile as ever. Groucho Marx was again quizmaster on You Bet Your Life (Thurs. 8 p.m., NBC) and insulting his guests while paying them money...
Full of All Actions. Since weekly boxing is one of Bangkok's biggest tourist attractions, the fight programs have helpful and somewhat startling translations for English-speaking visitors. After Welterweight Sriswasdi Thiamprasidth won his $50 purse, the traveling sportsman could have got a bet down in the next event on another "youngster full of all actions with never retreat, who loves the give and take method to provide sensation for fans to their hearts' content...
...serenity there was the sound of scuffling among the Democrats. Steve Mitchell's private choice for the man to succeed him as national chair man after the elections is Indiana's Paul Butler. Since Butler also has the blessing of Adlai Stevenson, he is an odds-on bet to get the job-a political fact that intensely irks Butler's fellow Hoosier, ex-Chairman Frank McKinney. In a vengeful mood McKinney leaked a story that Mitchell's big, $100-a-plate fund-raising dinner would be a flop, that seats were selling, and not very well...