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Died. Sir Wilmott Harsant Lewis, 72, scholarly onetime dean of Washington foreign correspondents (until his retirement two years ago) and "unofficial British ambassador to the U.S."; in Washington. Sir Wilmott spent 27 years in the U.S. for the London Times, was knighted in 1931 for his services in promoting Anglo-American friendship...
...confession." The late Traicho Kostov, who was in no position to deny the tale, was quoted as explaining that his defiant attitude in court had been due to "nervous agitation and the unhealthy ambition of an intellectual . . . The sentence is absolutely just and . . . necessary in the struggle against the Anglo-American imperialists." Bulgaria's people were not told of Kostov's execution, nor did they hear of his alleged message from the gallows, until just before the start of their national elections last Sunday. The news apparently put the voters into the proper frame of mind...
...three days, the Bulgarian press was too dumfounded to mention Kostov's defiance. Then Moscow's Pravda reported that the startling words of the "despised Anglo-American spy" with the "thieving eyes" had aroused great indignation. Taking their cue, Sofia papers expressed great indignation at Kostov's "impudence...
...symphonic poem, On the Other Side of the Araks, was written to celebrate the struggle of the people of southern Azerbaijan "with the Anglo-American imperialists in Iran." A Sixth Symphony, by one Janis Ivanov, had been inspired by the "difficult past and bright present" of the Latvian people (no longer harassed by political independence since their 1940 incorporation in the Soviet Union...
...British government will not change its monetary restrictions, but keeping English students on the other side of the Atlantic is not a satisfactory answer to the problem. Continued cooperation by the University in providing scholarships and finding good jobs for exchange students will insure that its contribution to Anglo-American understanding can keep on going...