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...Even the Caspar Milquetoasts in the crowd were howling for Zale to make the kill. But the heat and his 33 years (eight more than Rocky) began to tell on ex-Steelworker Tony; he weakened badly in the fifth round. Early in the sixth, one of Graziano's swing-&-a-prayer haymakers landed squarely. Suddenly Tony was helpless; his arms dropped and his head jerked back & forth as Rocky hit him at will. After nearly 40 punches, Steelman Zale had not gone down, but he was lying inertly doubled over the ropes, with Graziano hammering...
...uniform of an Argentine general, and a tired little man in a dark civilian suit advanced toward each other. At midstream the two men snipped a ceremonial tape, then embraced. Thus, last week, after many postponements, Argentina's President Juan Perón and Brazil's President Caspar Eurico Dutra inaugurated the Augustin Justo bridge that links their countries...
...hamstrung Caspar Dutra there are two ways out. He can let the Army stage a coup and abolish Congress. Or he can seize upon some incident to declare a "state of siege" under which the Communists can be squelched. Because he wants to govern legally, Dutra has refused the first alternative. Shrewd observers do not think the well-disciplined Communists will give him any excuse for the second...
...Tampa, for the first time in six years. Pirate King Gasparilla invaded the city in his three-masted ship Jose Caspar to set off a three-day festival. City officials happily estimated that 250,000 people had been attracted by the revival of the 43-year-old pageant...
...voted for governors, local legislators, and a third senator for each of Brazil's 20 states and the Federal District. Cariocas voted (for the first time in a dozen years) for 50 Rio de Janeiro municipal councilmen. The chief parties were: the Social Democratic Party (of President Eurico Caspar Dutra); the Labor Party (bossed by ex-President Getulio Vargas); the Communist Party; and the National Democratic Union (which is against the Government, the Communists and Vargas). The most sensational aspect of the election was the gains made by Brazil's Communists, who, with an official membership...