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...time he reached the southern fishing port of Puerto Montt, Castro's voice was reduced to a squeak - the result of a cold and his excessive speechifying. Allende, who met him there for a cruise to the southern tip of Chile, apologized for Castro's inability to address the crowd that awaited them. "I asked him as a friend, I pleaded, I recommended it as a doctor and even ordered as President that he not talk so much or so long," said Allende. "But he paid me no attention...
...rail line that directly links them without going through Greece. In turn, Greece is a frequent target of Bulgarian propaganda, but Sofia earlier this year signed a pact for joint economic and scientific cooperation with Athens. Sofia is also negotiating with Athens for rights to use the Greek port of Salonica for unloading Algerian iron ore bound for Bulgarian plants located just across the border...
About $3,000,000 worth of West German and Japanese Christmas toys were tied up in Philadelphia, where the port was closed last week after a temporary injunction barring the strike had expired. Other shipments were stalled in New Orleans. The Crescent City's Grunewald Music Co., a dealer for Yamaha pianos, was forced to lend a piano to the local Playboy Club when a new one was stranded on a ship. Because of the growing trend toward using foreign-built components in U.S. products, the strike is bound to have a large effect on some major American manufacturers...
...Alabama spilled out of all available storage elevators and was kept temporarily on barges. While dock workers ignored a state court's back-to-work order, one group of farmers threatened to load the crop onto ships themselves. Barges carrying the Midwest's feed-grain harvest to port were backed up at a score of wharves along the Mississippi River and the sight of corn piled high on the ground has become common. Illinois farmers have already lost some $15 million in unrecoverable sales...
...recruiting distributors, who were asked to advance up to $5,000 to get in on the ground floor of a great proposition. Amazingly, the recruiters found people willing to pay. The money began to flow in, and Turner was on his way. He contracted with Kolmar Laboratories in Port Jervis, N.Y., to turn out the Koscot product line, which now consists of 104 items ranging from nail-polish remover ($1.25 a bottle) to mink-oil concentrate, used as a skin softener, which is priced at $10 for a two-ounce bottle...