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...Tuck. Both the President and Dulles had been living anxiously on the edge of Nixon's trip since Tuesday, when Ike got first word at a White House luncheon of the Venezuelan mob attack on the Nixons (see HEMISPHERE). The President's first move was to order Dulles to find out from the Venezuelan embassy if its government was able to protect the Nixons. He added: "We had better find out what we have militarily in the area." The President called Defense Secretary Neil McElroy and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Nathan Twining. Under Secretary of State Christian...
Over the rigid shoulders of a line of Venezuelan soldiers at Maiquetía Airport, streams of spittle arced through humid sunlight, splattered on the neatly pressed grey suit of the Vice President of the U.S. and on the red wool suit of his wife. But worse was in store: less than an hour later Dick and Pat Nixon brushed close to injury and possibly death in violence-torn streets of Caracas, last stop on their eight-nation visit to South America...
...Edward L. Steiniger, 55, executive vice president of Sinclair Oil, stepped up to president, succeeding Percy C. Spencer, 64, who become chairman of the board and remains chief executive officer. Steiniger joined Sinclair in 1925, went to Venezuela in 1928. became president of Sinclair Venezuelan Petroleum in 1950. He was elected vice president of the parent company in 1955, became executive vice president last year...
...produces nearly half of U.S. oil; and Willis C. Armstrong, director of the State Department's Office of International Resources. Because Canada is also affected by U.S. restrictions, Canada's Ambassador to Venezuela joined the talks. Some of the facts: ¶ Of the 14% drop-off in Venezuelan oil production since the Suez-crisis peak of 2,900,000 bbl. a day, the slump in the world market accounted for about 10%, U.S. voluntary restrictions for only 4%. ¶ In the same period, politically powerful Texas' output has dropped 18%. ¶ Crude prices in the U.S. have...
...nation has not looked bad; Aramburu admired the U.S. Army's "democratic spirit." and the Venezuelan revolt was touched off by U.S.-trained Air Force officers who learned to like U.S. political institutions. But a wry comment is heard around Latin America of late: "Why can't the State Department be as democratic as the Vatican...