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...grants will bring an English girl from Cambridge University to study in the United States for the first time. Nine states, the District of Columbia, Brazil, the British Isles, Canada, China, Puerto Rico, and Turkey are represented by the fellowship winners, who have studied in 30 universities here and abroad...
Radcliffe placed five in the group. Ruth Crozier of Cambridge and Nancy Lane of Belmont received bachelor of arts degrees at the Annex. Lucy Axelbank of New York City, who won the grant for study in Mexico; Ruth Fitzmayer of Louisville, Kentucky; and Luz Torruellos of San Juan, Puerto Rico, completed their masters degrees at the 'Cliffe Graduate School...
...Appointment Only. A big buyer of African stones, Winston now mines diamonds in Venezuela, employs 400 cutters and polishers in Amsterdam, New York City and Puerto Rico, grosses $20 million a year. In his Manhattan showrooms, browsing is not encouraged; jewels are usually shown only by appointment. The average sale: $5,000. Winston also turns out engagement rings which Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. sells for as little as $37.50, and makes jewels for some 750 U.S. retail stores. Winston keeps track of every gem in his store at all times. If a single stone is mislaid, no one leaves...
Richiardi's tricky illusion act ruined a curtain in The Bronx's remarkable Puerto Rico Theater. It also cost the management dry-cleaning bills for the "blood"-stained clothes of some 20 customers. But it helped boost the week's receipts to $40,000-more than any show but Kiss Me, Kate and As the Girls Go grossed on Broadway last week. The Bronx's big-money playhouse is a magnet for one of New York's lowest-income groups-the growing city-within-a-city of 230,000 Puerto Ricans...
...competitors have folded since the Puerto Rico opened last May. Says Montalban : "There just isn't enough money for more than one of us." Carrying the theory a step farther, he has decided that his big shows are too much of a drain on his customers' resources, week in & week out. He has just begun a policy of alternating three weeks of Latin movies with a week's "live" presentation. "Now," says he, "the stage shows will really be fantastic...