In the 19th century, Sicily was considered (by northern Italians) nothing more than "a paradise of poor devils." But no more. Since World War II, long-neglected Sicily has suddenly started racing ahead far faster than the rest of Italy or for that matter almost any other part of Europe.
Last week, in the new Catania industrial zone, a $4,000,000 steel fabricating plant went into operation. Nearby, close to Messina, work started on a $5,000,000 plant to .produce frozen orange juice. At Augusta, a ghost port barely five years ago, a third major project...
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