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Died. Dr. Desiderio Roman, 79, Philadelphia surgeon, onetime (1943-45) president of the International College of Surgeons; in Philadelphia. A U.S. citizen ince 1898, Dr. Roman was brother of the ate Nicaraguan President Victor Manuel Ionian y Reyes, uncle of Nicaraguan president Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza...
...recent interview with General "Tacho" Somoza, William Forbis, TIME'S Central America correspondent, told the Nicaraguan dictator that in a report for TIME on censorship in Central America he had had to put Nicaragua at the bottom of the list. Somoza, who was himself the subject of TIME'S Nov. 15, 1948 cover story, insisted that "There's no censorship here." Forbis said the cable office apparently didn't know that...
...Costa Rica to file his story, dropped by the cable office before leaving. To his astonishment, he found that all press messages could go out freely. After the operator had dispatched Forbis' copy, he asked what had happened. The manager told him that he had been visited by Somoza's chief aide and censor, and that the conversation had gone as follows: "From now on nothing is to be censored. That is, unless it seems to be critical of General . . . No, nothing at all is to be censored...
Died. Dr. Victor Manuel Román y Reyes, 77, mild-mannered, figurehead President of Nicaragua since 1947, uncle and loyal retainer of strong-arm Dictator Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza; after an operation for cancer; in Philadelphia...
...Marines, who went in as early as 1910 to pacify the country, finally cleared out for good in 1933. Three years later, Somoza took over. Lindberg stayed on as his collector of customs and Nicaragua's credit strengthened steadily. Lindberg got $10,000 a year, living expenses, one of the best houses in Managua, and two months' vacation in the U.S. each year. No man to throw his money around, the customs collector skipped the dictator's all-night poker parties. But in 1944, when a sit-down strike of businessmen threatened Somoza's power, Lindberg...