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...year reign as Queen of The Netherlands in 1948, the birthday of Wilhelmina has no longer been celebrated as a national holiday. But as she reached 80, a burst of nostalgia swept through the flag-bedecked land. Begged an Amsterdam newspaper: "Give us back that Aug. 31st. Let us always celebrate the Queen's birthday on that day." Strong-willed as ever, Wilhelmina insisted on a simple family gathering, and her daughter made a radio request for privacy. Said Queen Juliana (whose own April birthday has never quite assumed the same significance): "When mother does something, she wants...
Last week the Soviet embassy granted visas to Powers' wife and mother, enabling them to arrive in Moscow shortly before Powers goes on trial on Aug. 17, his 31st birthday. Four lawyers seeking to defend Powers, including Columbia University's Russian expert, John N. Hazard, were denied visas; instead a court-assigned Soviet lawyer will represent Powers. The airman will face espionage charges in the military section of the Soviet Supreme Court. If convicted, Powers can be sentenced to from seven years' imprisonment to death. Unless the Russians change their minds, his family will not be permitted...
...Finisterre's lines are far from classic, she gets a whopping break under the Cruising Club of America Measurement Rule, a complex, formula-ridden system of giving the short and stout a time allowance to cancel the inherent speed advantage of the long and lean. Though Finisterre finished 31st in the Bermuda fleet, her handicap of 24 hr. 41 min. gave her victory...
...editors of Who's Who in America opened their 31st edition, stuffed with some 56,000 bigger and lesser wigs, for a sneak preview. Making a unique father and daughter debut in Who's Who's pages are Actress Susan (The Diary of Anne Frank} Strasberg and Director-Teacher Lee Strasberg, chief methodologist of Manhattan's Actors' Studio. At 21, Susan has bumped Cinemactress Margaret (Journey for Margaret) O'Brien, now 23, out of the juniority honors that Margaret held in the current edition...
...congressional districts will receive 2½ votes at the national convention, with five delegate-at-large votes going to the statewide winner. Under the old rules, each district was worth two votes, with the overall winner getting a bonus of ten delegate-at-large votes. (A 31st vote is split between the national committeeman, who favors Humphrey, and the national committeewoman, a Kennedy supporter...