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President Marcos Perez Jimenez last week made the announcement that everyone interested in the Venezuelan oil industry had awaited for ten years. The government, said he, has decided "to open the doors to offers" for new concessions to oil lands, the first since 1945. As to the terms, said Perez Jimenez, whoever offers the most in royalties and "advantages" to Venezuela will get the concessions. That meant, in plain words, that Venezuela wants to break through the familiar 50-50 formula-the worldwide pattern set in Venezuela a decade ago, of splitting profits equally between the oil companies...
Actually the companies are already paying more than 50-50, the government pointed out; with tax adjustments, the present operators have lately been paying 56-44. As to the additional "advantages" Venezuela will expect, Perez Jimenez wants concessionaires to 1) refine new-found crude in Venezuela, 2) build "open cities" instead of company-town oil camps, and 3) conserve natural...
Columnist Perez. The hardest blow was struck by Columnist Milton Guss in the English-language Havana Post, which usually carries Pearson's column. Instead, Guss introduced readers to "Don Perez,' famous Havana columnist, whose predictions are 98% correct-2% of the time." Wrote Guss...
...Perez is an expert on North American affairs, having just returned from a comprehensive twelve-hour trip to Washington ... Of course, Perez speaks no English. But that just made the assignment more of a challenge. While he was mingling with the natives, he visited the country club, had lunch with John D. Vanderfeller (he owns the southern half of Maryland), and stayed at the penthouse on top of the Washington Star building . . . Here then is [America] as Perez sees...
...Elizabeth Swift of Sandwich, Mass., in the late 17th century, were born a third son named Joseph and a fourth named Gireh. Joseph begat Thomas, who begat Nathaniel, who begat Gustavus, who founded one of the biggest meatpacking firms in the U.S.: Swift & Co. Gireh begat Zephaniah, who begat Perez, who begat Jesse, who begat Jehiel, who begat Orville. who begat Frank B. Swift, a prosperous wholesale merchant in New York. But while the better-known branch of the family from Sandwich went in for ham, Frank preferred cheese. His big, busy Chelsea commission house handled as many...