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Even the Monitor succumbed, saying, "Crushing crowds of cheering Bostonians stood on tiptoes today to get a fleeting glimpse." But the Times commented, "It was not the sort of hysterical outpouring that met Colonel Lindberg 23 years ago...nor was it quite the sort of demonstration associated with a personnage who is both a hero and a legend...Most people seemed content principally to turn to those near them and exclaim...
...Marines, who went in as early as 1910 to pacify the country, finally cleared out for good in 1933. Three years later, Somoza took over. Lindberg stayed on as his collector of customs and Nicaragua's credit strengthened steadily. Lindberg got $10,000 a year, living expenses, one of the best houses in Managua, and two months' vacation in the U.S. each year. No man to throw his money around, the customs collector skipped the dictator's all-night poker parties. But in 1944, when a sit-down strike of businessmen threatened Somoza's power, Lindberg...
...Lindberg loved his new uniform. He also loved publicity and took to giving interviews freely to visiting newsmen. His stateside trips grew longer until they lasted as long as half a year. Politicos, whose mouths had watered for years at the thought of the $5,000,000 annual customs traffic, growled that it was time for a reckoning with the deplorably high-minded, highhanded yanqui...
Time for a Trip. Suave Finance Minister Leon Debayle wrote Lindberg asking for figures on his departmental expenditures for use in the new budget. Lind-berg's reply was short on details. "I want to know about those dollars," cried Debayle righteously. Managua's press joined...
Last week, while 62-year-old Irving" Lindberg visited the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for a checkup and surgery, government accountants were going over the customs books. "Lindy's my friend," said Dictator Tacho. "I don't think there's anything wrong with his accounts. But Lindy's getting old." It looked very much as though the last survivor of the U.S. occupation...