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...Highway to Build. Though the Oriente's fertile soil could easily feed food-short Bolivia, the government in La Paz long neglected the rich lowlands. Only lately, with their tin starting to peter out, have Bolivians begun to look eastward. Even now, they are interested less in the Oriente's crops than in the oil that stands in golden surface pools in the swamps near Santa Cruz...
...driven underground with the lynching of Dictator-President Gualberto Villaroel in 1946, took a new lease on life. The M.N.R. elected nine deputies, and its candidates ran second in many districts of the country. On election night its partisans tangled with pro-Hertzog paraders under the lampposts in La Paz' Plaza Murillo, where Villaroel had been hanged. By the time the government got things in hand (Hertzog declared a sixth state of siege), eleven Bolivians were dead, 81 injured...
...Oliva Paz (translating): "Although you have one of the worst attacks of pyorrhea I have ever seen, your gums have been very well treated...
...Oliva Paz (still translating): "With the fine treatment you have been getting, your mouth and gums will be all right within a few weeks...
...Oliva Paz was dismissed from the case, Tylman took over. He yanked out the six teeth. President Perón not only liked the job; he liked Tylman. Thereafter Tylman was a regular dinner guest at the presidential residence. When he departed for the U.S. last week, Perón, Eva, Ivanissevich and other high functionaries drove out to Moron airport...