EIR Volume 15, Number 31, August 5, 1988

Volume 15, Number 31, August 5, 1988

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Interviews

Dr. Adriano Quintana

The president of the National Federation of Graingrowers of Colombia (Fenalce) argues for a change in policy that would enable Colombia to become self-sufficient in grain production.

Book Reviews

A Man Who Loved Both the Stars and Great Music

by Warren J. Hamerman

A Man Who Loved the Stars: The Autobiography of John A. Brashear.

Modern Aviation’s Debt to ‘Kelly’ Johnson

by Leo Scanlon

More Than My Share of It All, by Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson, with Maggie Smith.

A Message ‘Too Big To Handle’

by Katherine Kanter

Kathleen, the Life of Kathleen Ferner, 1912-1953, by Maurice Leonard.

The Founder of the British Royal Ballet

by Katherine Kanter

Ninette de Valois, Idealist Without Illusions, by K. Sorley Walker; sections by N. de Valois.

Departments

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

A Marshall Plan for the Third World.

Report from Rio

by Lorenzo Carrasco Bazúa

Weimar Hyperinflation Hits.

Africa Report

by Mary Lalevée

Maneuvering over Strategic Resources.

From New Delhi

by Susan Maitra

Hare Krishnas, and Soviets.

Report from Rome

by Antonio Gaspari

Greens Defend Toxic-Waste Dumpers.

Dateline Mexico

by Héctor Apolinar

Fall of a “Godfather.”

Economics

First RepublicBank Is Declared Insolvent

by Christopher White

The biggest bank liquidation in history looks like it may be the test case for more to come, as financial regulators prepare to turn the country’s assets over to foreign creditors.

Drought Relief Bill Won’t Do the Job

by Patricia Salisbury

Soviet Health: As Bad as the Third World

by Aglaja Beyes

Even the Soviet magazine Nash Sovremenik admits,“If we had preserved the level of infant mortality of the year 1960, we would not have lost 17-18 million people.”

International Credit

by Héctor Apolinar

So Much for the Mexican Model.

Colombian Graingrowers Could Feed Their Nation, If Policy Were Changed

Interview of Dr. Adriano Quintana, president of the National Federation of Graingrowers of Colombia.

Agriculture

by Marcia Merry

A Chain Reaction of Crises.

Feature

Is Reliable Electric Power a Thing of the Past?

by Marsha Freeman

Large sections of the United States are facing a disappearance of reliable power. This summer’s heat wave has increased the stress on a system which has been made vulnerable to any departure from the “normal.”