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Supported by an aide and two nurses, former Portuguese Premier Antonio Salazar appeared on the balcony of his palatial Lisbon house to greet the crowd that had gathered to honor his 80th birthday and the 41st anniversary of his rise to power. It was the venerable strongman's first public appearance since he suffered a massive stroke seven months ago, and for a moment he looked like his old imposing self, raising his right hand in a characteristic gesture. Later he appeared on television, and in a pathetically feeble voice thanked the nation for its concern for his welfare...
...last week, however, the general has been a reynard about the timing of his farewell. Associates assumed that he might leave early. Since De Gaulle dotes on symbolism, the dates most often guessed were June 18, 1970, the 30th anniversary of his London broadcast urging French resistance, or his 80th birthday later that year. What prompted De Gaulle last week to stop playing coy was that another fox was suddenly being blunt. On a visit to Rome, former Gaullist Premier Georges Pompidou openly declared for the first time that he would be a candidate for President "if the presidency...
Sophomore Tom Spengler ran a steady race to place 80th. Spengler, beginning too slowly and never regaining good position, may have misjudged his paceslightly...
...SULLIVAN SHOW (CBS, 7:30-9 p.m.). Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Fred Waring and Robert Goulet join Ed in saluting Irving Berlin on his 80th birthday...
Trumpeted to dinner by the horn blast from Aida, 232 guests marched into the dining room at the Birnam Wood Country Club in Santa Barbara, Calif., to raise hosannas to Soprano Lotte Lehmann on her 80th birthday. It was the sort of occasion that called forth a telegram of congratulations from West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger and commanded the presence of such votaries as Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Actress Judith Anderson and Conductor Zubin Mehta. "I am excited and overwhelmed," said Lehmann, who retired 17 years ago but still teaches master classes in voice at the University of California...