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...diplomats of 68 nations assembled to congratulate him on his forthcoming 80th birthday (Nov. 25) and the third anniversary of his coronation, Pope John XXIII unburdened himself of a sobering exhortation. "Grounds for fear for the future of mankind are not lacking," said the Pontiff. This, he added, makes it all the more urgent for men to "use well the time given them to act in favor of peace, of civilization and of true progress...
This week, as Picasso celebrates his 80th birthday, the treasure goes on record in a new book illustrated and written by Duncan and printed under his supervision in Switzerland (and published in the U.S. by Harper*). Picasso's Picassos is more than a historymaking catalogue of the unknown paintings at the villa "La Californie"; it is also a touchingly sentimental journey into Picasso's life. Duncan spent six months photographing the paintings while Picasso watched and commented, and the book's 102 color plates thus take on an added dimension. As the reader examines them...
...recommend him to a life insurance company as salesman. He was persuaded to stick it out. and instead of insurance, he has been selling his own conception of Judaism ever since. It has been a long pull; Mordecai Kaplan was feted by 600 well-wishers last week on his 80th birthday. And his conception of Judaism has grown into a thriving movement: Reconstructionism...
Prepared to do their partisan best, Senators returned to Washington in August. It was the first post-convention session since 1948, when Harry Truman called back the 80th Congress and denounced it as "do-nothing." This time it was Congress returning of its own (or its leaders') volition because it had not done its work before the Republican and Democratic conventions...
...College Admissions Assistance Center, 535 East 80th St., New York 21, N.Y. Students fill out a form, send a non-refundable $10 registration fee, and their school transcript to the centers, which pass along the forms and transcripts to colleges with unfilled freshman classes...