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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet radio, in Persian language broadcasts, cried that "American warmongers will be masters of the country," and painted a gruesome picture of Iranians living in mud huts, forced to eat grass, date seeds and locusts because "everyone knows that the policy of militarizing the country is one of the main reasons for difficult living conditions...
Rational Nationalism. López Mateos' main problem in keeping the Mexican boom going is that of any nation with mixed-capital enterprise. Which comes first-enterprise or the welfare state? An example is Pemex, Mexico's government oil company. Subsidized Pemex proudly proclaims itself "in the service of the nation," fulfills the proclamation by keeping prices of its products artificially low and supporting a welter of government social services. As a result, it makes little profit to plow back into development and into the establishment of a much-needed petrochemical industry...
...complete with arched bridge and 82 tons of imported Japanese stones, created by Japanese-American Sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Mexico's Rufino Tamayo, with his mural of Prometheus, gave viewers one of the few art works with a recognizable theme. Unfortunately, it was set in the rear of the main commission room, visible to delegates only on leaving. Staff members also discovered some unexpected rough spots in the building. Items: no safety hooks for window-washers faced with more than 1,000 floor-to-ceiling glass panes; some hot spots where the sunshades failed to do their...
...National has been hitting bumpier and bumpier weather, is operating a load factor of 52% v. a break-even point of 54%. In the twelve months ended Sept. 30, the line lost $748,944; the year before it had a net profit of $2,484,369. National's main hope is new equipment to attract more passengers; it has orders for three Douglas DC-8 pure jets, another 23 turboprop Lockheed Electras. But its place on the production line is so far back that it will not get the first 400-m.p.h. Electras until six months after competitor Eastern...
Jerry Lewis Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Lewis, whose main virtue since his split with Sidekick Dean Martin has been persistence, tries again, this time with Scat Cat Guest Sammy Davis...