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...missionary in Kerala, India for 17 years, I disagree that "the vast majority" of the catch of shrimp, lobster, mackerel and sardines is sold for export, and that Keralans "largely ignore the sweet potatoes, bananas, pineapples and coconuts that abound" in the state [Feb. 25]. Fish and shrimp are part of the regular diet of millions of people, and the other items mentioned are eaten daily. Unfortunately, the prices of such commodities have risen tremendously recently...
Even so, Indians often ignore available food. Though Kerala fishermen haul in tons of shrimp, lobster, mackerel and sardines each year from the fish-rich Arabian Sea, the vast majority of the catch is sold for export, and Keralans use the money to buy extra rice at exorbitant black-market prices. They also largely ignore the sweet potatoes, bananas, pineapples and coconuts that abound in the state's lush tropical forests. And, though more Hindus discreetly eat meat, the vast majority in cow-rich India leave their beef on the hoof for religious reasons. Half of India...
Wednesday, February 16 CHRYSLER PRESENTS A BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Hope and Danny Thomas play poker with Jill St. John as the table stakes; Martha Raye plays Batgirl with Hope as an archvillain called Lobster Man; and Les Brown plays music with the Righteous Brothers...
...Germany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. In his honor the White House invited a spirited, varied list of 140 guests, ranging from Dean Acheson to Gene Autry, George Meany to Thomas Dewey. By candlelight in the evergreen-decked state dining room, they feasted on roast duckling, Bibb lettuce salad, lobster imperial and "Yule log" dessert (chocolate cake coated with mocha butter)-the last culinary triumph of White House Chef René Verdon, a Kennedy find who heatedly gave notice a week before the party that he was leaving...
Nearest of all s foreign aid and she still champions its cause with the same enthusiasm she has held for years. "There ought to be far more--no doubt about it at all," she said early. "The attitude toward foreign aid now is absolutely deplorable. People get a lobster glaze in their eyes when the subject is brought...