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...strong one. The son of the general who ran up the flag of Cuban independence over Havana's Morro Castle in 1902, he was one of the island's most solid citizens. Pennsylvania-born, he trained at Philadelphia's Lankenau Hospital and later became Dictator Machado's personal surgeon. Before long he got as deep into politics as Physician Grau himself. By last winter he was seeing as many politicos as patients, and University of Havana colleagues began greeting him with: "And what does our doctor-president say today...
Prio's political background is in the Cuban tradition. An old anti-Machado, anti-Batista fighter, he was jailed twice for revolutionary activities, was once exiled to Miami. In October 1945, Grau made him Prime Minister, a post which he held until last April, when the cabinet, faced with a no-confidence vote in Congress, resigned. Grau promptly made Prio the new Labor Minister. In July he fought a saber duel with Senator Eduardo Chibás, opposition leader. He nicked Chibás a bit, came through himself with only bruises...
...Communists finally picked 49-year-old Gustavo Machado, longtime political exile and Commie organizer...
Engaged. Robert Falkenburg, 21, rangy, seventh-ranking U.S. tennist, brother of Jinx; and Lourdes Marink-Veiga Machado, 19, bright-eyed Brazilian beauty; in Manhattan...
Died. Dr. Alfredo Machado-Hernandez, 58, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States, onetime Venezuelan Minister of Finance and his country's representative at the United Nations Conference in San Francisco; after a long illness; in Washington...