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...Victor Paz Estenssoro, 52, the President who led Bolivia through a sweeping revolution from 1952 to 1956, smashing the army and giving illiterate Indians guns and votes, will take over a bankrupt country on Aug. 6. Bolivia has no treasury reserves, is almost wholly dependent on the U.S., whose $150 million subsidy has kept the country going for the past seven years. Per capita annual income has fallen 10% (to $60) since 1956; the tin mines that Paz Estenssoro nationalized in 1952 are now losing Bolivia $9,000,000 a year, cannot fill their quotas under the inter national...
Quick Grab. On May 13 Eichmann walked along General Paz Avenue on his way home from work. An automobile swerved out of the heavy traffic, screeched to a halt. Before the startled Eichmann could struggle or cry out, he was grabbed and flung into the car. That night a message was flashed to Ben-Gurion. Decoded, it read: "The beast is in chains." Eichmann's family spent the night telephoning friends and checking hospitals and morgues. Next morning, they disappeared into hiding...
Among the few Latin places where the auto population has not reached mature old age are Bolivia and Colombia. In the rarefied air of La Paz, the 11,900-ft. high capital of Bolivia, even the strongest auto passes on after a mere 15 years or so. And in Colombia most cars are likewise postwar models. Very few cars were imported in the 1920s and 1930s, because in those days Colombia had scarcely any paved roads...
...Bolivia, President Hernan Siles Zuazo declared a complete political amnesty in preparation for the May 22 general elections, and a regiment of National Police took the occasion to revolt in La Paz, fought a futile, five-hour battle with loyal troops that left 16 killed, 106 wounded...
GUSTAVO ADOLFO DE MALDONADO MEDINA La Paz, Bolivia...