Word: marco
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ANDY DI MARCO Los Angeles
...point of mimeographing wire stories critical of the government and passing them to restive army officers. On New Year's Day, after the abortive air-force revolt at Maracay, submachine-gun-toting security police bundled Capriles off to jail, where he was later joined by his brother, Marco, Ultimas Noticias' circulation manager. Carlos, a third brother, fled to Colombia, while five top Capriles editors went into hiding or exile. By last week all were back at work in Caracas...
...Third Eye readers were fans. Among the dissidents were British Author Marco Pallis, whose Peaks and Lamas was a bestselling account of his Tibetan mountain climbing in the 1930s, and Diplomat Hugh Richardson, who had served as chief of the British mission in Lhasa for eight years before and after World War II. They compiled lists of Rampa inaccuracies, e.g., mention of gold candlesticks, unknown in Tibet; description of Rampa's mother wearing a single earring, a privilege restricted to male officials of a certain rank. Joining forces with Austrian Author Heinrich Harrer (Seven Years in Tibet), Pallis...
Sharp Competition. In Tirana, Italy, long mystified by sudden blackouts of local TV sets when good programs were scheduled, police discovered that the coaxial cable was being cut with an ax, finally arrested Movie House Owner Marco Soltoggio...
Harvard Boxing Coach Henry Lamar yesterday claimed that the Tony De Marco-Virgil fight on Oct. 29 in the Garden should be an elimination battle rather than a welterweight title bout...