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As 1,300 U.S. Rotarians and their families descended on Rio de Janeiro last week for the 39th International Convention, Rio's cariocas braced themselves for the worst. They had seen U.S. conventioneers in the movies-Shriners in outlandish costumes and rowdy, boisterous Legionnaires. Shopkeepers hopefully put "Welcome, Rotary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: But Nice | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

With his wife and three children, Batista now lives quietly in Daytona Beach -next door to 83-year-old automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds. Every morning, he is up at 7 for a brisk row in the nine-foot boat he keeps in the Halifax River. He plays tennis at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Senator from Daytona | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

If Soviet puppets capture Western Europe, "I would become a pessimist with regard to avoiding World War Ill," President Conant told the Boston Rotary Club yesterday. "We must therefore do all in our power to see that the 16 nations of the European plan preserve an economy which will keep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Urges Marshall Plan, UMT to Halt Soviet Advance | 3/25/1948 | See Source »

Another recently-arrived note from a Czech contact point described how Communist poice fired on demonstrating students from Prague's Charles University, and how Boy Scouts and Rotary Clubs throughout the country were disbanded.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Czech Coup Forces NSA from IUS; Students Discuss Communist Regime | 3/3/1948 | See Source »

In Wernette's place, the regents appointed amiable University Comptroller Tom L. Pope joy. Most New Mexicans, they figured, would find Tom Popejoy more to their liking: he was a member of Rotary and one of the directors of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. Old grads also remembered the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Out Like a Janitor | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

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