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President Gabriel González Videla announced last week that uranium had been discovered in Chile. Geologists of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, secretly brought in last year by the Chilean Development Corp. (Fomento) to explore likely areas in north central Chile, found two deposits near La Serena and Vallenar. Proclaiming that "the discovery will bring the country unsuspected wealth," President González asked Congress for a law that will place all Chilean Uranium under government control...
Angels in the Outfield (MGM) answers an orphan's prayers by summoning down a heavenly host to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win the National League pennant.* Paul Douglas, as the team's profane manager, spurns this divine assistance until a thunderbolt and some pep-talks from Archangel Gabriel turn him into a true believer...
...Teacher Gabriel's bag is full of such tricks. To a moppet who finally manages to play a piece correctly, Gabriel will award a slip of paper with the announcement: "I confer on you the degree of Doctor of the D Major Scale." A bored learner may be allowed to peck out scales with his nose, or play a piece blindfolded, or standing on one leg. Gabriel students also play musical Truth or Consequences, in which one penalty is standing on the head to sing God Bless America. Gabriel sometimes reverses the lesson, plays student to the pupil...
...Gabriel, a Denver-born concert pianist, hit on his "music-can-be-fun" formula six years ago. He was faced with a particularly bored, antagonistic ten-year-old. Said Gabriel: "Dorothy, what would you do if you were in my shoes?" Said Dorothy: "Keep cool, Mr. Gabriel, keep cool." But the conversation apparently purged a bit of Dorothy's hostility; she began to show interest. After that, teaching her was no problem...
...Gabriel has all the students he wants now. Some 25 youngsters a week (aged 5 to 10) troop into his studio for lessons at $10 an hour. He also teaches grown-up beginners (oldest: 60) who think they have missed something along the way, and a few advanced students too. Latest Gabriel enterprise: a series of Saturday morning radio shows this fall, on Manhattan's city-owned WNYC, aimed at youngsters and featuring standard study pieces from Mozart, Bach and Clementi, played as the composers intended them. Says Gabriel: "After that, the music won't sound so much...