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...Reds: Ivor Montagu, British film producer; Dr. Eugene Aubel, French chemist; Furio Diaz, mayor of Leghorn. Pinks: Jean Lurgat, French artist; Dr. Max Cosyns, a leading Belgian atomic scientist; Hans Erni, Swiss painter; Luigi Cacciatore, a leader of the Italian Socialist Party; Dr. Mario Montesi, Communal Councilor of Rome; Giuseppina Palumbo, Italian Socialist Senator; Professor Mario Oliviero Olivo, Italian specialist in anatomy and histology...
...this red raging was due to what the Coca-Cola company calls "our own individual EGA." By last week its Coke selling campaign had proved so successful that five bottling plants were clanking away in Milan, Leghorn, Venice and Rome. Several hundred thousand bottles were sold daily, and the Communists rightly feared it was another victory for U.S. free enterprise. Complained one Red: "Yesterday I went into my favorite wineshop and found three people there. All were drinking Coca-Cola. The humiliation...
...only real laughs are provided by quaint Victor Moore, who as erstwhile owner of the house clucks about among his tenants like an anxious Leghorn. The artistry of his quavering frustrations and waddling dignity make the rest of the shenanigans look plain silly...
...became a partner in Italy's rig ANIC (Azienda Nazalonale Idrogena-zione Combustibili), by putting up $6,000,000. It will get a 50% interest in a new company which will modernize and operate two ANIC refineries, with a combined daily capacity of 16,000 barrels, at Leghorn and Bari. Caltex Oil Products Ho., joint subsidiary of the Texas Co. and Standard Oil Co. of California, bought an interest in Italy's Petrolea S.A., subsidiary of FIAT. Caltex will build a $15 million plus, 10,000-daily-barrel refinery in the Po Valley. Like Standard...
First prize (a strictly functional Leghorn pullet) went to Tom Currie of Southport, Conn, for his "man"-a creature with a flat, streamlined head atop a flying-saucer body. He had an aspirin tablet for an eye and a built-in cigarette, but "no ears-radar perception; no stomach -no limit on drinking; no legs-walking, what's that?" Second prize (an egg) was won by Julian Everett of Manhattan for a cork-calved, swivel-eared robot whose right hand was a "clam digger for getting," his left a "built-in money box for keeping." Among the items...