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...Anaconda Vice President Justice Lockwood, Phelps Dodge Copper President Edgar P. Dun-laevy, Cerro Vice President Richard H. Lewin, Scovill Sales Manager Maurice Liston, Mueller Vice President Alfred C. Dappert, Bridgeport Brass Vice President Richard L. Allen, and John M. Dumser, assistant to the president of Bridgeport Brass...
...list of defendants read like a Who's Who of the industry. Named in the indictment were Anaconda American Brass, Phelps Dodge Copper Products, Chase Brass & Copper, Revere Copper & Brass, the Cerro Corp.. Bridgeport Brass, the Scovill Manufacturing Co., Calumet & Hecla. Mueller Brass, Triangle Conduit & Cable and the Progress Manufacturing...
...army, the regime's backbone, divided three ways. Unqualifiedly loyal to the dictator, whatever his course, were two units: the 1,500-man palace guard and the 900-man Cerro Cora Regiment in Asuncion. But nine miles from Asuncion sat the 2,000-man cavalry, fiercely opposed to any liberalizing. Siding with the cavalry was the 600-man navy, with two gunboats (one under repair), seven admirals. A third army group -the 1,500-man 5th Military Region headquartered in the storied Chaco area-wanted Stroessner to restore a measure of freedom. Supporting these liberals...
...with new wells coming in at record rates, oilmen foresee that it may rise another 85% by 1966. Oil now accounts for about $2 billion in exports, or about 95% of the yearly total. Iron-ore production, mostly by the United States Steel Corp. mines at Cerro Bolivar, increased by a third in 1957 to about 15 million tons. Irrigation projects and rapid farm mechanization have boosted agriculture until Venezuela now produces 85% of its own food. New investments and a protectionist policy for inefficient industry have boosted production of everything from paint and cement to soap and tires...
Among the more practical projects are the country's first petrochemical plant at Morón ($75 million) and an industrial complex of a steel mill and a 300,000 kw. hydroelectric plant being hacked out of the desolate countryside near ore-rich Cerro Bolivar. Also built or building are railroads, schools and housing. But many projects are notably frivolous. Item: a $30-million cable-car sightseeing system, with oxygen-equipped cars, to the top of 15,380-ft. Mount Espejo...