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...When Spanish-born Jose de Creeft arrived as a student in Paris in 1905, only Rodin was turning out anything but the academic nudes and busts that dominated the galleries. Though he lived in the same building with Picasso and Juan Gris, De Creeft himself was at first deaf to the noises of rebellion. Like everyone else, he made his bland clay models and sent them off to be cast at a foundry. Then one night he went to his studio and smashed every model in the place. From that moment on, he became a pioneer in reviving the nearly...
...special idol of the village of Olintepeque was "San Pascual," Lord of Crops and Protector of Flocks. To Catholics, San Pascual is a Spanish-born 16th century saint, but the Indians embody him in an image and a bundle of bones kept in Olintepeque. One day last week in the main plaza of that village, the 1,500 inhabitants gathered apprehensively. The influx of foreign Catholic priests that started in 1954 (following repeal of a 19th century ban) was finally bringing Olintepeque its own parish priest. Luis Manresa Formosa, Bishop of nearby Quezaltenango and a no-nonsense defender...
...roar. Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack, a Negro, snapped that "it would be unfortunate if the most recent minority groups to arrive here were to be singled out by being deprived of the advantages former newcomers to the city enjoyed." Acting State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Nunez, Spanish-born, condemned his fellow immigrant, Judge Leibowitz, for an "unAmerican outburst." Missouri's Hennings said somewhat aimlessly that New York was doing a good job in the face of appalling conditions. "New York," said he, "is our show window, and we're proud...
...Born. To Rory Calhoun (real name: Francis Timothy Durgin), 36, cinemactor, and Lita Baron, 28, Spanish-born onetime singer for Bandleader Xavier Cugat: their second child, second daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Tami Diane. Weight...
...best of the new magicians of concrete is Mexico's Felix Candela, 48, whose soaring shell structures are the pride of Mexico City, useful for everything from churches to bandstands. A Spanish-born architect who was once Spain's ski champion, Candela fought with the Loyalists (his brother, now his business partner, served with Franco), migrated via a concentration camp to Mexico in 1939. Fascinated as a boy with the way Spanish masons formed domes of hollow bricks, Candela went on to study the reinforced-concrete forms developed by Spain's Eduardo Torroja and Switzerland...