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Grande to Cape Horn in one barriers-down trading area. The new market's population (243 million) would be greater than that of either the U.S. or the European Common Market, and its gross national product would be an impressive $75 billion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: LBJ.'s Gamble | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

LAREDO, TEXAS--This city of 65,000 which languishes on the banks of the Grande is, by federal statistics, the nation's poorest metropolitan area. Unemployment hovers around ten per cent, the median annual family income is less than $3,000 and, in some neighborhoods, is below $1,500. About...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: When a Poverty Program Meets a Machine Or, What Happened to VISTA in Laredo | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

The main point of the weekend was to pave the way for next week's hemisphere conference at the Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este, which Johnson plans to attend along with 20 Latin heads of state. At the top of the agenda are talks on joint inter-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Tangible Tokens | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

The train in question is the California Zephyr, and the petitioner was Western Pacific Railroad, one of three railroads (the others: the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Denver & Rio Grande Western) that operate the Zephyr's 2,500-mile-long trip between Chicago and San Francisco. In turning down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: National Asset | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

At 79, Marjorie Merriweather Post Close Hutton Davies May is still slender and pridefully erect-but she is far more than merely a remarkably handsome woman. She is heiress to a food fortune of well over $100 million, a celebrated hostess and philanthropist, an avid horticulturist, antiquary, boxing enthusiast and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Mumsy the Magnificent | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

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