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...Lecco, Italy...
Died. Giuseppe di Vittorio, 65, burly, brawling boss of Italy's Communist General Labor Confederation (CGIL) and onetime (1949-57) president of the party-line World Federation of Trade Unions; of a heart attack; while dedicating a new labor hall at Lecco, near Milan. Di Vittorio strongarmed his CGIL into an 8,000,000-member postwar political powerhouse, saw it dwindle to 3,000,000, become well-matched by Italy's free unions. Last year he publicly denounced the "intervention of foreign troops" in Hungary, was branded a "class collaborationist" and bounced from the WFTU presidency...
Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso (Chorus of the Accademia Corale of the Circolo Musicale di Lecco, Guido Camillucci conducting; 2 sides LP). An important milestone along the road toward opera: 14 delightful, five-part, unaccompanied 16th Century madrigals arranged in three acts...
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