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That opportunity came with the Senate investigation. Though the sale had been approved by the preceding administration, Ortiz' longtime friend, War Minister Gen eral Carlos D. Marquez, was held morally responsible, since he had authorized payment. The conservatives lost no time in making political hay of this, used it as a reflection on the whole Ortiz regime...
...last five years, bushy, bespectacled Showman David Oliver Selznick and bland, bespectacled Socialite John Hay ("Jock") Whitney have been partners. Their firm: Selznick International Pictures, Inc. When Whitney invaded an industry long monopolized by a small clique of specialists, Hollywood veterans smirked, knowingly predicted he would singe his finger tips. But Whitney stuck to his desk as SI's chairman, this year laughed last as S-I brought out two of the season's most profitable films-Gone With the Wind and Rebecca...
Under the heading "Dithyrambic With Key" El Pampero had printed a harmless lampoon of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. But the first letter of each line, joined in descending order, spelled out the less harmless acrostic: Hay que ser inglés para ser hijo de puta (One must be English to be a son of a whore). Within 72 hours Osés was indicted for obscenity and the trial date set. That night, on the fashionable Calle Florida, youthful mem bers of the newly formed, patriotic Action Argentina patrolled the sidewalks, seized and burned copies of El Pampero...
...weeks ago John Herr lost two of his crack outfits when the First and Thirteenth, long since mechanized, were transferred from the Cavalry to the new Armored Corps (TIME, July 8). Last week the National Guard Bureau announced that its 19 cavalry regiments would shortly trade in their hay-burners for gas-eating trucks and guns...
Aquaplaning is.nothing more than standing on a broad, flat board, hanging onto a rope and being towed by a motorboat. But, at 50 m.p.h. hanging-on is no hay ride. Usually, less than half the starters finish (falling off, however, does not disqualify). Despite padded shin guards and taped hands, those who finish invariably require first aid-for sprained wrists, numbed feet, bruises from flying fish as well as falls. Many are carried from the finish-line to a hospital...