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Chemist Duisberg had begun his own experiments with the creosote bush (Larrea divaricata), an acrid, sticky evergreen that thrives in millions of acres of drought-stricken wasteland. Last winter, using a distilling apparatus made from junkheap parts, Duisberg showed how to turn the hardy bush into a palatable stock feed.* With one byproduct already available to increase the margin of profit (nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a fat preservative that brings $35 a lb.), he managed to develop another: a quick-drying varnish that is almost certain to be salable. Other promising plants on Duisberg's list...
...pupils, mostly day laborers and farmers, study a written syllable and the picture of a familiar object whose name begins with the same syllable (example: "new" and a newspaper). Eventually they get to know the syllable by itself. Says Director Gustavo Vallejo Larrea: "The most thrilling moment is when they read their first word without a picture. They consider it just short of a miracle-sweat, cry and try to kiss the teacher's hand...
...Cuban student takes after his European brethren in that he is tremendously interested in his own country's politics, while the average American University member possesses a vast indifference to all the proceedings of the State," said A. R. Larrea 1G.B., in an interview yesterday evening...
...military junta, backing Provisional President Luis Larrea Alba, announced that constitutional elections would be held...
President Ayora ordered Congress convened to consider his "integrity." Congress decided his integrity was none of their business. There upon President Ayora proffered his resignation. Congress, unanimous except for President Manuel Navarro of the Chamber of Deputies, snatched the resignation. Left to preside over Ecuador was Colonel Luis Larrea Alba, newly made Minister of Government...