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Aftosa, First of All. Last summer Mexicans were rash enough to import 320 tickproof Brazilian zebu bulls. The bulls brought the dread aftosa, or foot-&-mouth disease. By last week an epidemic had spread through ten states, and excited patrons were refusing perfectly good steak in Mexico City restaurants. Worst of all, the U.S., soundly fearing infection of its own herds, had banned the import of Mexican cattle. This was a deep hurt; 500,000 head shipped over the border each year make a big difference in northern Mexico's prosperity. Last week, while the U.S. Congress shoved through...
...University of Havana, registered at Rio's new, 2O-story Hotel Serrador. Dr. Diggs went off without fuss to another hotel. But when word of the Hotel Serrador's decision got around, she became quite a figure in the news and editorial pages of an angry Brazilian press. Cried Rio's Democracia: "In a land where race discrimination is not the concern of statesmen or a headache for sociologists ... an incident like this demands an explanation." Said Dr. Diggs: "I am dis» illusioned. . . ." Explained shamefaced Serrador Manager Arcangelo Maleta: "There was some mistake...
Invitation to Music (Wed. 11:30 p.m., CBS). Brazil's Heitor Villa-Lobos conducts the world premiere of his Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3. Soloist: Brazilian Pianist Jose Brandao...
...dyspeptic Oswaldo Aranha breathed easier and ate better. After scrutinizing 50 X-ray plates, specialists had found no trace of the ailment which has been troubling the former Ambassador to Washington. Aranha got the news in the nick of time. This week he is taking on a strenuous job: Brazilian delegate to the U.N. Security Council. During March, he will be the council's president...
Brazil. The 50,000 U.S. troops and civilians who helped garrison Brazil during the war are gone. So are the air personnel who once made Natal the world's biggest air transport base. But overalled technicians and some military personnel still keep the Brazilian air bases in good running order...