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...Student Victor Bernardo, 28, has been one of Argentina's most persistent radio quiz contestants, but in two years of trying, he has won only minor prizes. Last week he hit the jackpot...
...Then the jackpot winner had the chance at another question he had long and longingly anticipated. What, asked the announcer, did Bernardo plan to do with his money? Bernardo replied: "I intend to give the entire amount to the Social Aid Foundation ..." The announcer beamed. Everyone thought he obviously meant Evita Peron's richly endowed, much publicized Social Aid Foundation. But Bernardo continued, firmly and clearly: ". . . the Social Aid Foundation of the Socialist Party, of which I happen to be a member." Throwing caution to the winds, the audience burst into cheers...
Business had been expecting something of a jackpot from the Administration, and it got paid off with a few nickels. When it came right down to it last week, the Administration was willing to trim a few wartime excise taxes here & there, but to make up for the favor, it wanted to increase other taxes on business by another $1 billion a year...
...busy week for the indefatigable young Shah of Iran. In Fort Knox, Ky., he played his first slot machine, hit a $10 jackpot which didn't pay off. In Phoenix, Ariz., he bulldogged a steer, rode a palomino named Cream of Wheat Jr., had his first date (dinner and a square dance) since his arrival with an American girl: willowy blonde Northwestern Graduate Joanne Frakes, 23, who later confessed that she had trouble remembering he was a King. "He only acted kingly a couple of times," she said, "mostly he was just like any other nice...
...Jackpot. In Falls City, Neb., the judge fined Irvin J. Hunker $35 for stealing a slot machine, then fined Andy Helbert $1,000 for owning...