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...Notably, handsome Lightweight Justo Antonio Suárez, who held rank equivalent to First Secretary of Embassy when he fought Billy Petrolle, the old "Fargo Express," in 1931. First Secretary Suarez lasted nine rounds...
...boarded the chartered DC-3 that was to take them to Caracas for the holidays. The lads, aged 9 to 17, sons of prominent Caracas families, were students at Father Vélaz' Colegio de San Jose at Merida in western Venezuela; two were nephews of President German Suárez Flamerich. As they walked out to the plane in the midday heat, strapping, Chilean-born Father Vélaz waved goodbye...
...Most celebrated was Su Tung Po (1036-1101), who was exiled for three years to Hainan. Poet, painter, engineer and herbalist, Su fought against the state socialism of Premier Wang An-shih, who favored government monopoly of retail and wholesale trade, government control of transport (horses) and credit (loans to farmers). After eight years, Wang's statism reduced China to economic and political chaos...
...Nationalist government recognizes Kung as a powerful foe of Communism, and until recently distributed copies of his paper to Nationalist troops. If the Communists ever catch him, Kung is sure that they will kill him. But he does not intend to spike his editorial cannon. Says he: "Chih su pupien [unchangeable until...
...next 24 hours, all Madrid, titillated by the looming duel of honor, hunted up copies of Press Mission in Spain. Though banned, it could be bought in the black market at 500 pesetas ($20) a copy. The price was steep but rewarding. Serrano Suñer had passed on to the book's author, Journalist Armando Chavez Camacho of Mexico City, a choice comment by Adolf Hitler on Sancho Davila, a burly Falangist bullyboy who had once killed two party rivals in a political brawl, and had long been feuding with Serrano Suñer. Sneered...