Word: oporto
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...Portugal itself, aging but agile Dictator António Salazar was having trouble with his own aftermath of the Santa Maria. He decided to allow people to let off a little steam. Newspaper editors in Oporto and Lisbon were given permission to publish an open letter addressed to the government by three opposition leaders. "Speaking in the name of many we know," the petition asked for "a government capable of inspiring the confidence of the country," and demanded "restitution to the Portuguese of their fundamental liberties-those same liberties which the constitution promises and which have become, to our regret...
...present government," shouted Delgado, "we repeat what we said in Oporto: 'We're tired of you, we're tired. Get out, get out-retire, retire...
...tried to get through to the murmuring voice: no luck. But a new voice came in strong: a fellow amateur in Clewiston, Fla. had caught the emergency message. By relay, Rekowsky pieced out a story from Oporto, Portugal...
...York, Operator von Rekowsky (a lithographer when he is not at his set) got busy. A wholesale drug supplier furnished a single vial of Varidase; it was hustled to Idlewild airport. Within six hours of the message from Oporto, the vial was on its way to London on an Israeli airlines plane; within a few more hours, a BOAC airliner set it down in Lisbon. Father Santos was waiting, hurried home with the vial in a Portuguese military plane...
...Oporto doctor gave Branca Maria an injection of Varidase, and waited to see what would happen. (The theory is that the enzymes help to dissolve clotted pus, enable an antibiotic such as streptomycin to go to work on the germs without interference.) Within 45 minutes, Branca Maria took some food and kept it down. It was too early for the doctor to tell whether the usually fatal disease was being arrested. But Santos flew back to Lisbon, picked up a dozen more vials of Varidase to keep up the treatments. Said he: "God bless radio and aviation. Whatever happens, this...