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...order on his violent little land, he has been able to push new roads through the hinterland to the Bolivian, Brazilian and Argentine borders. Following behind the bulldozers are settlers, clearing and cultivating the 40,000 plots of unused government land that have been distributed to peasant families. Lumber, beef and leather are growing businesses. Last year exports climbed to $40 million, highest since World War II, while imports fell enough to give the country its first trade surplus in five years. The cost of living rose only 1.1% last year v. 26% in neighboring Argentina and 80% in Brazil...
...Jacqueline Kennedy and Daughter Caroline, with the late President's sister, Mrs. Stephen Smith and her two young sons, made a tour of eleven fun spots, lunched at the members-only Terrace Club, where the children begged in vain for hot dogs or hamburgers, settled for roast beef...
...message was hard to find, as messages often are in that uncompromising typographical thicket, the London Times. But when Conservative Party leaders found it, their faces turned the angry red of rare roast beef. "There come moments in the life of every party when it needs to wash off the last application of humbug and start fresh," said the Times. "Such a moment has come for the Conservative Party." For three straight days, the Times continued to dwell on Tory sins and shortcomings. It was a cruel birching from any quarter. What hurt most was that this one came from...
...Regarding the proposed investigation of beef prices [April 10], I say on behalf of the women of America: it's about time...
...Wheat & Beef. Though Argentina is still troubled by inflation and foreign debt, the dynamics of its basically rich wheat-and-beef economy are carrying the country along. Exports this year are expected to exceed imports by $350 million to $600 million-from bumper wheat and meat sales to Western Europe and Red China. Going for Illia are premium beef prices and one of the best wheat crops in history. In La Pampa province alone, wheat farmers this season have harvested 796,000 tons v. 5,300 tons during last year's searing drought. At long last, the cost...