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...surplus all over the world. U.S. Department of Agriculture tabulations put 1955-56 production at 50 million 132-lb. bags, 6,700,000 more than ever before. But the U.S. consumer insists that a goodly proportion (35%-40%) of flavorful "mild" coffee be blended with the staple Brazilian beans in the best brands. And Colombia is the No. 1 producer of the mild varieties...
Buckling under the pressure of Nationalist army leaders, Brazil's President Juscelino Kubitschek last week halted thorium exports to the U.S., canceled the 1955 U.S.-Brazilian agreement to cooperate in exploring Brazil for deposits of radioactive minerals. The U.S. embassy in Rio first learned of the turnabout by reading about it in the local newspapers. Brazil's troublemaking Communists, who could never have brought off such a coup by themselves, whooped with delight. Bannered the Communist daily, Imprensa Popular: HISTORICAL VICTORY
...annuities in odd ways. One giveaway winner now has his own local quiz program, another is being pressured to run for Congress. Stock Market Wizard Leonard Ross, II, who won $100,000 on The Big Surprise, is busy studying the price of coffee in the U.S. for a leading Brazilian businessman. Marine Corps Captain Dick McCutchen, who won the jackpot on both $64,000 shows, is putting the finishing touches on a cookbook. Shakespearean Scholar Redmond O'Hanlon, a Manhattan cop, will have a book of Shakespeare puns on the stand this spring. Alice Morgan...
Next day Kubitschek and Zubiria flew on to Uruguay, deciding, by the time they arrived, that they felt "like citizens of the same country." After a noisy airport reception, the Brazilian President left for his own capital, where Vice-President Joao ("Jango") Goulart was entertaining Aramburu; Kubitschek managed to rush from the airport to the final reception for the visiting Argentine. Next day Aramburu sped off to Uruguay for a tumultuous one-day visit before returning to Buenos Aires-and Kubitschek settled down to await the arrival a few hours later of Bolivia's Hernan Siles Zuazo...
Within the next few months, the Brazilians hope to get from Ex-Im: 1) aid in refunding part of Brazil's $1.2 billion foreign debt so as to ease the repayment strain during the next five years; and 2) long-term loans, actual or promised, covering a large part of the dollar cost of Kubitschek & Co.'s five-year "Power, Transportation and Food" development program. Kubitschek himself plans to make a straightforward appeal to President Eisenhower at the Western Hemisphere Presidents' meeting in Panama. Another Brazilian of distinction who will work for the Ex-Im loan...