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...that the gasping little boy might breathe, the family had to move to the hill town of Alta Gracia. There Che began a stubborn personal battle to beat the asthma. He swam, roamed the streets ;with a gang of toughs, played golf, took odd jobs in Córdoba's vineyards. His father taught him to shoot-and started him rambling through some of the 3,000 books, mostly leftist sociology and history, that crammed the family bookshelves. The boy was entranced with the works of Chile's Communist Poet Pablo Neruda, memorized many of his poems...
...year a solid tip that such a collection did exist was given to pretty, U.S.-born Rosamond Bernier, onetime Paris Vogue staffer and now co-editor (with her French husband) of a new, ambitious art review, L'Oeil (circ. 30,000). Address of the collection: 48 Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona. The owner: Picasso's younger sister, Maria Dolores de Vilato. Editor Bernier, who eight years ago charmed Picasso into letting her get the first pictures of his Antibes paintings, headed straight for Barcelona. The pictures of the early Picassos and the family apartment, published last week...
...Class Night chairman are Gracia Taketa of Washington, D.C. and Bertram Hall, who was fourth with 74 votes and Louise Province of Chevy Chase, Md. and Briggs Hall, who was fifth with 53 votes. Ruth I. Abrams of Newton and Cabot Hall was next with 46 votes in the election...
Others are Ann Cook, of Bertram and New York City, Dele Gilmore, of Moors and Quincy, Mass., Denise Mangravite, of Barnard and New York City, Louise Province, of Briggs and Washington, D.C., Ann Satterthwaite, of Gilman and Tenafly, N.J., and Gracia Taketa, of Bertram and Washington...
...house in Madrid and his parents' ranch, "La Companza," an hour's drive from the city. Luis Miguel is at his best during the private bullfighting parties he gives there, using a miniature ring that stands outside the house. After the fight, his mother, Doña Gracia, serves a large meal cooked by herself. The party progresses to flamenco singing and dancing. Luis Miguél, in his blue jeans, plaid shirt and moccasins, sits on the floor and keeps time by clapping his hands. Among the guests may be two or three dukes, a marchioness...