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Dignified in formal tail coat, the President-elect of Uruguay's National Council, Luis Batlle (pronounced Bat-zhay) Berres, 57, stepped from his car one sunny afternoon last week and mounted the broad steps to the main entrance of the halls of Congress. There he came face to face with veteran conservative Leader Luis Alberto Herrera, 81, who has valiantly run for President eight times and lost every time, most recently to Batlle Berres. It was a scene that could not have occurred in any of a dozen other Latin American countries, where the defeated candidate would have been...
...Colville joined the Royal Navy in 1925, served on the royal yacht, was tapped by King George VI in 1947 to be press secretary, asked by Queen Elizabeth II to stay on as court spokesman. Dutifully, the London Times and the Daily Telegraph print his handouts under the royal coat of arms and the heading, "Court Circular...
...laughed aside the protest with proud, tolerant smiles. Too much honor? For Roger Touchard, the champion marksman of two continents, the local boy who had made good? Too much? "Ah, tell me, Touchard," said one of the local dignitaries, "what would you say to a red ribbon in your coat, the Cross of the Legion of Honor? What would you say to that, eh?" Roger merely gasped...
...debate wore on, until Joe Martin arose and walked slowly to the micro phone, pulled several papers from his in side coat pocket, looked at the sea of House faces and said: "A little while ago, the President handed me a letter. With your indulgence I will read it." In a quiet voice, Martin read Eisenhower's letter, which 1) promised that there will be no drastic tariff cuts, and 2) said that "I deeply believe that the national interest calls for enactment of this measure." West Virginia's Cleveland Bailey made one last stand for protectionism...
Spare Part. In San Antonio, after his overcoat was stolen, Attorney V. F. Taylor placed an ad in the Express: "The liner to the coat is in my closet. . . and if the party will give me their address, I will send them the liner, as I no longer need it, and it is in perfect condition...