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Another member of the fraternity, though unequipped with a pilot's license, spent several years flying passenger planes in Honduras and Nicaragua. Fired at length for letting his wife fly the plane, he persuaded two Managua operators known as The Baron" and "Wheeler the Dealer" to put up $1,500 for him to go to the States and buy them a brick-manufacturing machine. When last heard of, he had indeed bought the machine-and set up in business for himself with it in Miami...
High Standards. Almost all the tramps do their work with one elbow firmly propped on a bar. Last week Harold Beckland, proprietor of Managua's Gran Hotel, decided to lay down some ground rules for the game. For the benefit of the scores of promoters who daily congregate in his lobby, he posted this notice: "Discussions of business deals involving less than $500,000 not permitted in this lobby. This is a high-class hotel." As a bittersweet note, Beckland added: "Credit at the bar-even to half-million-dollar operators-will not be extended until the first gold...
...Loved I Not Honor More. In Managua, Nicaragua, Volunteer Fireman Ruben Arroliga heard an alarm while standing at the altar with his prospective bride, told her to wait for him, dashed off to help put out the fire...
Through the civic generosity of local merchants, Managua (pop. 100,000) got its first traffic lights last month. Now that it has nine on the main streets, the capital's 207 taxi drivers have pretty well got the hang of the gadgets, and pedestrians have stopped bellowing from the sidewalks the meaning of red, green and amber. Most Managua citizens agree that the lights are modern and efficient, and that they really have not slowed traffic down very much. One unexpected hitch did develop: oxcarts, starting from scratch on a green light, could just barely cross the street before...
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...