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...damage done to U.S.-Latin American relations by the attacks on Vice President Richard Nixon. In a letter to Brazil's President Juscelino Kubitschek, Ike suggested "that our two governments should consult together as soon as possible with a view to approaching other members of the Pan-American community, and starting promptly on measures that would produce throughout the continent a reaffirmation of devotion to Pan-Americanism and better planning in promoting the common interests of our several countries...
...marriage was arranged, rather vaguely, for some time after the 1955 Pan-American games in Mexico City. Parry figured on a decent waiting period for Mexican red tape. The day after the shot-put competition (which Parry won), the engaged pair went down to the Mexican hall of records to start the paper work...
Common Problems. In such hopeful words, the visitors agreed on the principles underlying their two-day meeting in Panama's capital to commemorate the first Pan-American conference, called by Simón Bolivar in 1826. Some of the Presidents, practicing strongmen at home, may have been paying lip service to the ideals of the declaration. But many of them genuinely welcomed the chance to meet and talk over common problems in face-to-face relaxation...
...went without saying that the No. 1 guest would be Eisenhower of the U.S. When he was stricken with ileitis, the meeting, originally scheduled for June 25-26 to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Simón Bolivar's first Pan-American conference, was postponed (TIME, July 2). With Ike present, the gathering promised to be harmonious; perhaps the knottiest problem to be threshed out will be the wording of a declaration of Western political ideals. And such traditional enemies as Costa Rica's liberal President José Figueres and Nicaragua's perennial Strongman Anastasio Somoza will...
...group, consisting of 133 member clubs, will consider "Pan-American Relations." President Pusey will deliver the keynote address at the annual dinner on Saturday, April 7. Panel discussions will be held Saturday afternoon between members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, some of the other Faculties, and various graduates in the Associated Clubs...