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Jacqueline Kennedy's White House project, oddly enough, was partly inspired by the old presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia. When the Kennedys visited Colombia in 1961, Mrs. Kennedy noted admiringly that the art and furnishings in the palace reflected the country's history. The White House, she decided, should do no less...
When contacted by telephone, Esquire said they now figured the story to be a spoof, but felt the story's author, Mark Epernay, was real, since he had submitted the article in person. The issue listed Epernay as a long-time student of Dr. McLandress, giving his home as Bogota, New Jersey, Epernay's own McL-C rating is not known, but is suspected to be very high...
...private foreign investment in Colombia, U.S. Ambassador Fulton Freeman decided to put the record straight. Over the next months, Freeman made a confidential survey of 90 big U.S. corporations doing business in the country. Recently, speaking before members of the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce in Bogota, he presented the survey's findings...
Architect of Union. Lleras started out as a reporter for Bogota's prestigious El Tiempo, but soon gravitated to politics. At the age of 24, he was El Tiempo's editor in chief; two years later, at 26, he had become speaker of the Chamber of Deputies; by age 30, he was Minister of the Interior. In 1945, when President Alfonso Lopez resigned in a dispute with Congress, Lleras. by then Foreign Minister, was tapped to serve out the term.His next job was in Washington, as head of the ineffectual Pan American Union. During seven years, Lleras, almost...
...been counting the days by crossing them off on his desk calendar), Lleras plans to take a rest, then visit the U.S. with his wife for a medical check (he suffered a mild heart attack four months ago). After that, he may accept an offer to be editor of Bogota's new Liberal newspaper. La Tarde, and will enjoy the opportunity "to read a book in peace once again." Says Lleras: "The most important thing my successor will possess is having gained office in a true and open election." In Latin America that is quite a heritage...