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...take off across the land. They could be ticked off right down the alphabet from A to Z (with the exception of X, since Greek Pianist Anna Xydis is not touring the U.S. this season): Contralto Marian Anderson, the Budapest String Quartet, Pianist Robert Casadesus, Soprano Lisa Delia Casa, Violinist Mischa Elman, Violinist Zino Francescatti, Pianist Emil Gilels, Pianist Clara Haskil, Pianist Eugene Istomin, the Juilliard Quartet, Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick, Baritone George London, Violinist Nathan Milstein, Pianist Guiomar Novae's, the Obernkirchen Children's Choir, Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, the Quartette di Roma, Pianist Artur Rubinstein, Guitarist Andr...
With cheerful determination, Mexicans last week began repairing, restoring and rebuilding their earthquake-tossed capital. It was a formidable task: close to 100 buildings, including office and apartment buildings, 25 schools and 41 theaters, were closed as unsafe. The luxurious apartment building, Casa Latinoamerica, was likely to be condemned. The landmark office building at No. 1 Reforma was abandoned and will be torn down. The new main wing of the Continental Hilton cracked away from its annex, will be closed five months for repairs. Even buildings with unscarred fronts turned out to be wrecks inside...
...Bernardino Mountains, built for his private use by the late oilman and philanthropist Herbert C. Wylie and donated to the Presbyterians. The lodge sleeps 32 people and is used 46 times a year for retreats from Friday evening through Sunday noon which emphasize "reflection periods" and Bible study. "Mar Casa" is a white-shingled, two-story building on Balboa Island, built for the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in World War I for Christian education work, but now used for retreats...
...Aramburu joined three other army officers in the beginning of the plot that finally dethroned Perón. Over the years the plotters brought in officers from the other services. They drew first blood from the dictatorship on June 16, 1955, when navy and air force planes bombed the Casa Rosada, the downtown presidential office building, killing 360. But Perón had fled minutes before to the neighboring Army Ministry...
...finds the rough-and-tumble of politics a noisy bore. Once, during a particularly tedious Cabinet session, he murmured something about having to leave "for urgent reasons," went to a side door of the Casa Rosada and hailed a taxi. He rode to a teashop, had a leisurely dish of ice cream, taxied back to the office, gravely rejoined the session. Junta meetings seem more natural to him. Aramburu greets his high military counselors casually: "Hello, Rojas. Afternoon, Admiral. General, how are you?" To them he remains "Senor Presidente." There is always some banter and small talk before the junta...