Twelve U.S. newsmen who junketed south last week to publicize L.A.V.'s (Linea Aeropostal Venezolano) new Constellation service from New York to Caracas got an extra dividend. They saw the tail end of a real (if short-lived) South American revolt, complete with bombs and bullets.
The junketeers missed the overture. The furious bugling, the quick rattle of gunfire, the bomb burst at dawn at Maracay Airport barely disturbed them as they slept nearby in the sprawling Hotel Jardin. To the New York Daily News's John O'Donnell, the bomb sounded like a distant door...
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