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...Francisco Juliao, leader of Brazil's troublemaking Peasant Leagues, was in Cuba last month; so was Brazilian Communist Boss Luis Carlos Prestes. When he was ar rested last October, Venezuelan Commu nist Fabricio Ojeda had been logged into Cuba 13 times, so often that he was nicknamed "Lieutenant Hilton." for the suite he occupied in Havana's expropriated Hilton hotel...
Properly togged in white ties and apprehensive grins, official Washington turned out in the Presidential Room of the Statler-Hilton hotel for its annual roasting by the 50 newsmen of the Gridiron Club. Just about every big shot in earshot got done to a turn. But the griddle was never hotter than when Attorney General Robert Kennedy was asked about his refinement of the art of Cuban ransom raising...
Upstairs, the House, as advertised, is the Quincy-Hilton. Its quads are split-level with built-in refrigerator, four ample bed rooms, and a picture windowed living room. But, halt. Only a handful of unattached sophomores enter this updated paradise. Most spend either a year in Claverly or a year or two in Mather. But this need not spell tragedy. Claverly is rhapsodically described elsewhere in this supplement, and Mather, although its rooms are smaller, differs little from Harvard's other Georgian halls...
Bill Dodgers. The card that has had the hardest struggle is the Hilton Credit Corp.'s Carte Blanche, known in the trade as "Carte Rouge" for its steady deficits. Beginning operations in 1959 after its two competitors had already started. Carte Blanche imprudently handed out cards to poor credit risks, ended up with an inordinate number of bill dodgers. In a rescue operation two years ago, Conrad Hilton eased his son Barren out of the presidency, replaced him with veteran Hotelman Benno M. Bechhold, 60. Bechhold weeded out poor risks, cut the number of cardholders by 100,000 (current...
Barnett's plans for today have not been announced. Shortly before 8:20 p.m. he will be driven from the Statler-Hilton to Sanders Theatre in a private...