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But Mother was the political personage in the family. She first picketed for women's suffrage-and took full advantage of it when it came. For more than 20 years she was the dominant woman in Pennsylvania Republican politics and one of the grande dames of the national G.O.P...
>Also last in a field of three, the Houston Press, by contrast, is seriously ill. Down to 20-page issues and a local reportorial staff of eleven (against the Chronicle's 71 and the Post's 28), the Press has lost touch with its community. Sample banner headline...
You report that Teodoro Moscoso signed an agreement with the governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil "promising an immediate $50,300,000 in U.S. aid plus enough U.S. technicians to make sure the projects succeed [Aug. 31]."
The deal set a pattern for direct aid between the U.S. and a Brazilian state, and it represents quite a victory for Rio Grande's ambitious and aggressive Governor Alves. In his 19 months in office, Alves has drawn up plans to provide food, water, road and schools for...
To Veil the Starkness. Tapestry's new renaissance comes partly from a curiosity on the part of artists for new techniques, a new appreciation on the part of the public for textures and bold colors. But architecture, tapestry's first muse, seems to be most responsible. Says Jean...