Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Orators and newspapers sang of Moslem brotherhood and the glory of the nation as Pakistan celebrated its second birthday as a republic. Thousands lined Karachi's streets last week to cheer as President Iskander Mirza, surrounded by his bodyguard of Lancers in uniforms of scarlet, green and gold, drove by in his state coach to preside at a parade of Pakistan's military might, backed by contingents from fellow Baghdad Pact Members Iran, Iraq and Turkey. But beneath the brave fagade, Pakistan was a sick and sad nation...
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose gallery of heroes runs from Gandhi to Lenin, sanctioned nationwide celebrations on April 9, birthday of a Red-lining favorite: Actor-Baritone Paul Robeson, 59. Said Nehru of Robeson (who has been denied a U.S. passport since 1950) : "He has represented and suffered for a cause which should be dear to all of us-the cause of human dignity...
Although troubled with a minor back strain, Pat Nixon (who quietly celebrated her 45th birthday last week) showed up at the annual Republican Women's Na tional Conference in Washington, compared new spring hat notes with Mamie Eisenhower. Later, the First Lady learned that for the sixth time she had been chosen one of America's 14 best-dressed women by Manhattan's Fashion Academy, along with such well-tailored veterans as Broadway Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, a four-time choice, Mrs. Henry Ford (three times), and Radio-TV Burbler Maggi McNellis (eight times). A newcomer: Opera Diva...
After the chorus boomed out It's a Grand Night for Singing, a parade of buggies, wagons, ancient cars, a color guard on horseback, judo wrestlers, weight lifters and other performers swarmed about a huge birthday cake in Chicago's International Amphitheatre. Before more than 11.500 onlookers, a series of historical tableaux reincarnated yesteryear's fiery crusaders (Billy Sunday, Dwight Moody) and tycoon benefactors (Marshall Field, Colonel McCormick). plus scenes from the Civil War, the Great Chicago Fire and old Skid Row days. It was all part of the jazzy ("Y's UP") 100th anniversary celebration...
...After Duty. In Rochester, Ward-will and Herbert Benzing, 74 and 76, gathered to celebrate brother Joseph's goth birthday, postponed the party until evening because brother Albert, 86, could not take the day off from work...