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...says Nagata: "By showing the Japanese countryside in all its beauty, we can attract tourists and more dollars"-as well as stimulate U.S. interest in Japanese houses, furniture, pottery, etc. But the biggest payoff would be political. The worst blight on Japan's movie industry is still the glut of pro-Communist films financed by left-wing unions, the Japanese Communist Party. Red China and Russia (which often buy them for cash in advance). Nagata thinks that if the U.S. market proves profitable, the other major studios would stop distribution of Communist films. They might even start making some...
There was much to be grateful for. When Paz Estenssoro took power 2½ years ago, he was less than an even bet to last six months. Bolivia faced starvation, counterrevolution, a serious Communist threat, an empty treasury and a world glut of tin, its only valuable export. The U.S. helped save the situation by sending free wheat and buying tin for the strategic stockpile. Cost of grant-aid to the U.S.: $17 million-10? for each U.S. citizen. Two and a half years later, Bolivia still needs more loans and grants. But it has a better chance than ever...
...SUGAR GLUT in the world markets is knocking the props out from under wholesale prices. Bumper crops in Cuba and in other major producing areas sent prices down to 3.05? a pound (v. 1951's high of 8.12?), well under the 3.25? minimum set by the International Sugar Conference...
...paid off handsomely. In their wallets or in transferred bank accounts, the newcomers brought $415 million into the country. One of every three newly arrived families bought a car. Besides creating trade, many of the immigrants launched businesses and opened up new jobs. Early fears that immigration would glut the labor market proved groundless...
...efforts to do right by his wife (onetime Cinemactress Fay Wray) and two children create no end of confusion and misunderstandings. Hartman's memorable hangdog face and ability to make the most of his harassed-father role raises the show above the common level of television's glut of family comedies. Sponsors: Armour & Co. and Bristol-Myers...