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...assumption that the baby will be the long-awaited heir, the Shah reportedly has already decided to name him Cyrus-after ancient Persia's Cyrus the Great. The baby is due in late October, and the Shah plans gala celebrations early next year for the 2,500th anniversary of Cyrus' empire. which once stretched from the Indus to the shores of Greece...
...King Henry VIII of England; his name was known throughout Europe, and Basel was ready to shower him with honors and commissions to lure him back permanently. The city failed, but it has cherished Holbein as its own ever since. This summer, when the University of Basel celebrated its 500th birthday, it decided to mark the occasion with a special tribute to the man who did not stay-a huge exhibition of 452 works, collected from eleven different countries, in honor not only of Hans but also of his father, his uncle and his brother...
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The 500th hour of Westing-house-sponsored drama. Two Counts of Murder gives Raymond Massey and David Janssen a chance to tangle with politics, nepotism, young love, and just enough mayhem to keep the plot boiling...
Into Tokyo's Metropolitan Gymnasium last week poured an impressive throng of 4,500 Anglicans and Episcopalians, including church dignitaries from eleven nations, to celebrate the centenary of their first mission in Japan.* The Buddhists had just been in the same hall to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of Buddha's birth by posing such questions as "Does the accomplishment of sunya [nothingness] depend on pratityasamutpada [cause and effect]?" The Anglicans held a more down-to-earth meeting. There were speeches on the benefits of atomic energy and discussions of the Communist menace to Asia. But the high...
...topic was Nicholas de Cusa, a 15th century political theorist from the delightful town of Kues in the German valley of the Moselle, the heart of wonderful wine land, "Nicholas library was endowed with proceeds from a vineyard he owned and it's still standing. They celebrated the 500th anniversary last December and issued a postage stamp for the occasion. Really a charming place...