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Died. Corneille Heymans, 76, Belgian physiologist who won a 1938 Nobel prize for discovering a main control mechanism for blood pressure and respiration; of cerebral thrombosis; in Knokke, Belgium. While he began his experiments in 1924, it was not until 1950 that Heymans discovered that specialized nerve endings called presso-receptors monitor blood pressure...
...Shown publicly only once before in the 43 years since it was painted, it will not be seen in the "Dada, Surrealism" show, which moved from New York to Los Angeles last week. The painting's owner, Belgian Collector René Gaffe, loaned it only for the exhibit's Manhattan appearance...
Dismissing NATO as "a completely useless affair," Zhukov admitted sportingly that the same might be said of the Warsaw Pact. "We must dissolve the two blocs and organize a system of European cooperation, economically, scientifically, culturally and even politically." For a start, Zhukov backs a Belgian project calling for a "Pan-European orientation conference," at which parliamentarians from all European countries would voice their plans for collaboration...
...haven't met an employee for 20 years," said Los Angeles Financier Howard Ahnflanson not long ago. "My secret weapon is money." Within that context, Ahmanson was a total success. At the time of his death after a heart attack last week in the small Belgian town of Marche-en-Famenne during a European holiday, Ahmansjon, 61, was the sole ruler of a savings-and-loan, banking and insurance combine that had earned him a personal fortune worth at least $300 million...
...place finisher, New Zealand's Denis Hulme. Long one of the world's most talented racing drivers, Gurney turned to building his own cars in 1964, and the results have been little short of sensational. Last year, in a smaller version of the Eagle, he won the Belgian Grand Prix-the first Grand Prix victory scored by a U.S. car since 1921. But "our great objective from Day One," said Dan, was Indy...