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Business in rebel country is nearly dead. The 'Esso distributor in Santiago, who used to sell 2,000,000 gal. of gas monthly, now sells 250,000; the Pepsi-Cola, Coca Cola and Canada Dry plants operate only two or three days a month. Bacardi Rum's main plant, which used to produce 144,000 bottles a day. last week closed for the first time since 1862. Eggs that once cost 4? apiece are now 10?: most food prices are up at least 40%. Holguin (pop. 82,000) has had no electricity for more than a fortnight...
Sweden's shapely, wide-eyed Princess Birgitta, 21, by profession a gymnastics instructor at a Stockholm school, slipped out of training and into a strapless gown for a festive ball at the Royal Institute of Technology honoring seven new professors. After a hefty dinner (main course: grouse), Birgitta danced gaily with dons and students, was swept home by limousine at a moderate...
...York State. With the Erie and Lackawanna operating in the red and the more financially stable Delaware & Hudson hard hit by losses on a coal subsidiary, the proposal would combine three fairly weak roads into a network with assets of $952 million and 5,377 miles of main track in seven states, some of which could be eliminated in a merged line...
...main problem of the squad lies at the vital defense positions. Only Captain McLaughlin, John Duncan, and Mo Balboni have had extensive varsity experience; the graduation gap is especially evident here. "Pairings are still tentative," Weiland says, and much may change in the early weeks of the season...
Chet Boulris and Charlie Ravenel, main-stays of the Crimson backfield, combined to place in four of the six offense departments. Ravenel was fifth in forward passing, while Boulris took third in rushing and fifth in both punting and scoring...