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...coffee plantations owned mostly by a handful of rich old families. The farm wage has not yet topped 60? a day for the illiterate Indian masses, who are trucked to the polls every six years to vote their approval of the planters' latest officer-candidate for President. The head count of 2,400,000 citizens ranks El Salvador as the most crowded nation on the American continents, and population, despite an infant mortality rate of 20%, keeps going up by 4% a year. But Lemus, an efficient President, has completed the best road network in Central America...
...Dogs. The last of the Ricordis to head the firm was Tito II, who expanded Casa Ricordi into the sprawling complex that now has branch offices in a dozen countries, and a chain of Italian retail stores. But Tito was unpopular and dictatorial, resigned in 1919. The business passed to Accountant Renzo Valcarenghi and Composer-Stage Designer Carlo Clausetti, whose sons now run the firm. Today Casa Ricordi is doing brisker business than ever, despite World War II bomb damage. The firm remains stiffly self-conscious about its artistic obligations, maintains a string of opera scouts throughout Italy. Says...
...Tipped sideways in midair, Bob Pettit shot anyway. The ball swished cleanly through the hoop, and the St. Louis Hawks went on to a 104-100 victory. In the stands at Detroit's Olympia Stadium, a basketball-wise visitor, the Minneapolis Lakers' Coach John Kundla, shook his head in admiration. "I've been in this league twelve years," he said, "and I coached George Mikan, but I think Pettit is the best all-round player I've ever seen...
...campus success as a TV answer man, as its new president. Big (6 ft. 3 in., 197 Ibs.), mild, mustached Philosophy Teacher Gross joined the 14,000-student university in 1946, has served as provost, vice president and acting president since the school's former head, Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, resigned last August...
...have become convinced," said the Oregonian, "that certain persons have had access to advance information regarding answers to some of the puzzles." The Journal's apology, which ran under a six-column head, offered more details: "Our investigations have shown beyond any doubt that at least one of our winning contestants was able to win $2,600 in prize money because of information supplied, through several Portland intermediaries, from persons operating in Detroit...