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...town of Moyobamba, in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes, men, women & children turned out to cheer; with 17 soldiers and four civilians, Lieut. Colonel Juan Heysen was setting out to find the fabled Angayza mountain. To Peruvians familiar with the legends of Angayza, this was "Operation El Dorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treasure Hunt | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Babb, Maurice of 708 South Elizabeth Street, Wichita, Kan.; North High, Wichita, Bair, Glenn Otis of 516 South Glenn Street, Wichita; North High. Benecke, Walter Ernest of 4532 Grant Street, Omaha, Neb.; Benson High, Omaha. Bigler, Frank Calvin of 121 North Emporia Street, El Dorado, Kan.; El Dorado Senior High...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Lists Released | 6/21/1949 | See Source »

Namesake. In El Dorado, Kans., August Herman Draft Jr. got notice of his induction from Draft Board Clerk Barbara Jane Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 27, 1948 | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...Cali, defiant squads roamed the streets carrying thermos jugs, passing out coffee free to all. In Bogota's Cafe El Dorado, a grey-maned lawyer declaimed: "They're trying to tax a tradition-aye, exploit friendship itself!" In La Botella de Oro, a young sculptor shouted: "The birthright of all Bogotanos-a harmless vice, our oldest tradition. Double the price? No hay derecho! (They have no right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Birthright in the Balance | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

Selection. This year nearly 50,000 D.P.s will arrive to take up life in the back country mountains and jungles where the Spaniards once sought El Dorado. About 15,000 will be sponsored by the International Refugee Organization; at least 30,000 will be immigrants paying their own way. By last month 9,000 had arrived; last week the S.S. Santa Cruz brought 1,200 more; this week the U.S. Army's S.S. General S. D. Sturgis will dock with 850. Next year's goal is 100,000; within five to ten years, predicts Julio Grooscors, head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Greener Mansions | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

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