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...hand with Ike will be Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Henry Holland, the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs. In the intervals between the banquets, meetings and wreath-layings, Ike and his aides should have plenty of time for relaxed private talks with the Latin Americans. Probable results: no momentous decisions or policy changes, but a healthy cementing of old friendships and a better understanding of common problems...
...portrait of Stalin had been removed in order that Tito should not be offended. Marching sternly through the Lenin-Stalin mausoleum in Red Square in his powder-blue marshal's uniform, Tito ignored the sarcophagus of Stalin, gave a passing glance to that of Lenin. His 5 ft. wreath was marked "To Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" from "Josip Broz Tito." At a workers' meeting at the Moskva Auto Works (formerly the Stalin Auto Works), he said that after an absence of ten years he was glad to meet some people who were not afraid to look...
...fact, met Galindez personally a year before at Hyde Park, when the teacher placed a wreath on F.D.R.'s tomb...
...Frenchmen. Students at the University of Algiers struck against Lacoste's announced plan to give two-thirds of all administrative posts to qualified Moslems. At ceremonies celebrating the eleventh anniversary of V-E Day, hostile Algerian French crowds booed, hurled tomatoes and stones as Lacoste laid a wreath on the war memorial. "Lacoste, resign! Put the army in power!" they chanted. Lacoste hustled past the police cordon, stopped before one shouting Frenchman and demanded: "Have you ever fought a war?" The man said no. Snapped Lacoste: "Well, I fought in two. If you want to give lessons in patriotism...
...yards. But Viskari was still running steadily. Desperately, Kelley tried to catch up, but with no success, and as they sprinted down Commonwealth Ave., Viskari pulled away, turned into Exeter St. and loped to the finish line two blocks away. Mayor John B. Hynes clapped the laurel wreath on his head and adoring Finnish-Americans enshrouded him in a blanket. Unsure of Viskari's English, an admirer shouted: "Record! Record! Understand?" Viskari grinned as well as he could. His time: 2 hr. 14 min. 14 sec., fastest marathon ever run. Kelley, 125 yards back at the finish, crossed...