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Died. Juscelino Kubitschek, 73, imaginative', popular former President of Brazil (1956-61), who built Brasilia, a new concrete-and-glass capital in the desolate interior, in order to hasten Brazil's northern development; in an automobile accident; near Rio de Janeiro. A surgeon by training, Kubitschek relinquished a lucrative society practice to pursue his political career. He captured the presidency with a platform of "Fifty Years' Progress in Five." Foreign investment and farsighted government programs helped build highways, power projects and a thriving automobile industry, but high inflation, deficits and charges of corruption marred his five-year...
...tremendously popular "fighting prince" transformed himself into an immensely useful "salesman prince." He joined the boards of several companies, including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Hoogovens Steel and Fokker Aircraft, and began a new career as globetrotting good-will ambassador and ardent promoter of Dutch exports. Former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek called him "the best commercial traveler I've ever met-and in Brazil we meet them...
...military regime now ruling Brazil has ordered Kubitschek not to become involved in Brazilian politics, John Womack Jr. '59, professor of History who introduced Kubitschek yesterday, said, "In the fifties I was an actor. Now I am a spectator," Kubitschek said...
...Kubitschek also criticized the Johnson and Nixon administrations for their lack of interest in Brazil...
Members of the audience asked questions at the end of the speech, but were hampered by Kubitschek's difficulty speaking English. By the end of the questioning period, both Kubitschek and his questioners were speaking Brazil's national language, Portuguese, and the discussion was summarized by a translater...