Word: catamarca
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a pudgy finger President Roberto M. Ortiz of Argentina last week twirled the dial of his telephone, talked briefly to the governors of his four northwest provinces-La Rioja, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero and Tucuman. Thus symbolized was the fact that these sparsely settled but rich grazing lands for the first time enjoyed telephone connections with the world at large. Also symbolized was far-flung International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.'s successful foreign investment...
Some of the teachers wondered if they would ever get their back pay. The years had passed and one-third of them had grown old and died. But last week brought a payday. That was in Catamarca, Argentina. Not the amount of arrears ($90,000) but the time-lag made news. The Government ordered 15% of all revenue earmarked for them and the teachers of Catamarca began collecting their salaries...