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...called, it has certainly been a profitable one. Once pitied as the "poorhouse of the Caribbean," Puerto Rico is now the most prosperous Spanish-speaking region in the Western Hemisphere. As evidence of its new maturity, the island next week will decide whether it wants to become the 51st state, to strike an independent course, or to retain its status as a U.S. commonwealth...
...calling for Sanchez's resignation, but he insisted that he would serve out his term. It was still too early to assess what effect, if any, the scandal will have in July, when the voters must decide whether they want their island to remain a commonwealth, become the 51st U.S. state or try independent nationhood. Most observers were still predicting that the commonwealth plan, backed by Sanchez, would...
...JACKIE GLEASON SHOW (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Gene Kelly, among others, salute "the Great One" on his 51st birthday...
...weeks in advance, and a glittering audience of the city's high society turned out for opening night. Jean-Louis Barrault, director of the Odeon Theater, declared in a precurtain speech that since the Odeon was flying the American flag that night, the theater was now the 51st state...
...College for four years, covered the 26-miles 385-yard course in two hours, 49 minutes, and 53 seconds. It was the first race of any kind he has run since November, but his ten-mile solitary workouts over the winter kept him in good enough shape to place 51st yesterday...