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...Peru, at the invitation of ancient, august San Marcos University. In sonorous cadences he stuck pretty close to his lecture subjects-legality and liberty. Only once did he hint of his hatred for Perón and Perón's Government. During a round of goodbyes, a Peruvian student spoke of the disappearance of academic freedom from Perón-dominated universities. "I am tempted to unburden my sorrow over the situation," replied Palacios, tears brimming his eyes, "but I have promised to deal with my Government only at home...
...upshot: Ambassador Oderigo, with good diplomatic sense, announced that his communique had been partly in error. Next day at the airport, as he prepared to return to B.A., Alfredo Palacios, his eyes gleaming, received the warm abrazos and huzzahs of his Peruvian friends...
...seagoing raft Kon-Tiki, modeled after an ancient Peruvian balsa, is carrying six Scandinavian adventurer-anthropologists on a voyage of historical induction (TIME, April 21). After four days of radio silence, the raft was heard from again last week. Present position: about 1,300 miles east of the Marquesas. For a fortnight after the Kon-Tiki left Callao, Peru, the Peru current carried it northwest nearly to the equator. Then the south equatorial current and the southeast trade wind took over and pushed the raft due west across the Pacific. Drifting 40 to 50 miles...
...altitude does not bother the local Indians, who have long since adapted themselves to Andean life. They thrive and raise families in altitudes up to 17,000 feet, which is more than a mile above the altitude at which most U.S. Army airmen are required to use oxygen. Peruvian pilots of Indian blood fly their airplanes as high as 24,000 feet without extra oxygen...
Last week a verruga expert, Dr. T. S. Battistini of the Peruvian Hygienic Institute, thought he had a promising lead: the sandfly is extremely vulnerable to DDT. When the rainy season ends in June, Peru will launch an intensive DDT attack in a test area. It will be none too soon; verruga, long unknown outside of Peru, seems to be spreading. Since 1939 outbreaks have been reported in Colombia and Ecuador...