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...four-day pack trip along the 9,200-ft. timber line in the High Sierras rode California's Governor Pat Brown, 53 relaxing from the rigors of his campaign against G.O.P. Challenger Richard Nixon. What was the name of his rented chestnut mare? asked newsmen as the Governor and his troop of 21 fellow campers clopped off into the wilds. "Richard," replied Brown, never the one to let gender interfere with a wisecrack. "I intend to ride him hard. And that's what I'm going to be doing for the next three months." Poor Daisy...
Exports: Cotton, coffee, timber. Per capita income: $40. U.S. aid (1961 ): None. Big, landlocked country is manfully diversifying agricultural economy, but 60% of its budget comes from French...
Exports: Coffee, cocoa, bananas, timber. Per capita income: $160. U.S. aid (1961): $2,100,000. Ex-French Africa's strongest economy, world's third largest coffee producer. Houphouet is increasingly irked by U.S. aid to left-leaning neighbor, Ghana...
Exports: Oil, timber. Per capita income: $135. U.S. aid (1961): $100,000. U.S. Steel developing rich manganese mines; huge ore deposits also promising. Problems: backward hinterland, inadequate civil service...
...Exports: Timber, palm oil, peanuts. Per capita income: $40. U.S. aid (1961): $100,000. High-deficit agricultural economy subsidized from France, but projected hydroelectric and aluminum complex is planned...