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Then the Bible teacher appealed to the government itself, protesting indignantly that "in this school, sexual relations between pupils are entirely consistent with the highest conduct marks." A fortnight ago, at a formal Cabinet meeting presided over by Prince Bertil, son of King Gustaf VI Adolf, the government formally backed the school principal over the Bible teacher...
Winning the international race against Finland a fortnight ago, Swedish Forestry Supervisor Bertil Norman made few mistakes, ran himself ragged and covered the course in two hr. 16 min. 37 sec. Last week, running over a different course in the Swedish national championships, Norman lost 20 minutes searching for the third control point, and wound up 115th in a field of 157. The winner: 27-year-old Engineer Nils Lange, who finished 99th in last year's championships...
...cabin behind were 15 ministers -chaplains of the Civil Air Patrol bound from Burbank, Calif, to a convention in Sacramento. When the word to hit the silk came back to them, Major Bertil Von Norman, pastor of the West Hollywood Presbyterian Church and chaplain of the wing, called for prayer, and the heads bowed in silence. "Thy will be done . . . Thy will be done . . ." prayed Chaplain Von Norman to himself. Two minutes later, while the burning plane banked, he stood at the open door and began sending the sky pilots off into the air, one by one, with a slap...
Sweden's Prince Bertil, second in line for the throne and an eligible bachelor of 70 told the magazine Husmodern (Housemother) that he would certainly not follow the example of his two brothers who had married commoners. Said he: "I shall marry one day, but only a princess. I consider this my imperative duty. Of course . . . the choice as automatically very limited...
...evening of the murder, 13-year-old Bertil Bernadotte switched on the radio at Dragongärden. That is how he heard the news. He ran to his mother, who took the news with outward calm; she had feared for weeks that her husband would be killed. Quietly she went to call her elder son, who was away at school. Soon the whole family assembled. King Gustav heard of his nephew's death as he was returning from his summer vacation; the old King wept. In Paris, U.N. delegates heard the news as they were getting ready for this...