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PLEASE-Ireland's Prime Minister Eamon de Valera was not "Manhattan-born" [TIME, June 25]. He was born in Brooklyn . . . birthplace of Ecuador's President Galo Plaza Lasso...
...together: Galo Plaza Lasso was born in the Hotel Marlton in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Eamon de Valera was born on the site of what is now the Chrysler Building in Manhattan...
...think Mr. de Valera will provide the best government for the country," said the Farmer Party's Patrick Cogan. The girl made a mark on her paper. "Sixty-nine and one is seventy," she murmured. "He needs four more...
...vote of 74 to 72, stubborn, hard-fighting old Eamon de Valera once more became Ireland's Prime Minister. Manhattan-born De Valera, 68, had held that job for 16 years, had seen Ireland achieve full independence, before he was defeated at the polls three years...
...Ireland's first general elections since it became a republic, De Valera's party won 69 seats in Parliament. The four other parties and the independent candidates, formerly in a coalition under Prime Minister John Costello, got 78 seats. The question now was whether Costello could hold enough of them together to win a majority when Parliament meets next week. If he fails, "Dev" still has a chance...