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...matter how it is steeped, garrison life for occupation troops near the provincial Lower Saxony town of Wolfenbuttel is a weak dish of tea. But something new and refreshingly British was added when the young Marquess of Blandford, son of the Duke of Marlborough, took up station there as captain in the Life Guards, one of Her Majesty's oldest and finest regiments. The Marquess, a real sporting chap, brought not only his young bride but also the ducal hounds. The 25-year-old Marquess and his fellow officers had no trouble rounding up pink coats, and the hunt...
Resignation Accepted. Local newspapers were outraged. The Soviet zone Communist radio made a big thing of it, incidentally identifying the Marquess as a former suitor of Princess Margaret Rose. After advising Whitehall in London, the British resident officer at Goslar made an apology to Herr Lieberkuehn; Blandford and his cronies paid 40 DM. ($9.90) for damage to Herr Lieberkuehn's property (two broken windows, a trampled garden). The pink coats were ordered into mothballs and the ducal hounds were sent back, tails down, to their home kennels...
Married. The Marquess of Blandford ("Sonny"), 25, heir to the dukedom of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace and about $5,600,000, first beau of Princess Margaret; and Susan Hornby, 22, wealthy socialite; in London (see NEWS IN PICTURES...
Secret Deal.'For some time, the Mufti's representatives had been engaged in secret negotiations with U.N. Relief Boss John Blandford, a former high-bracket Washington bureaucrat. The Mufti agreed to Blandford's proposal that the refugees be moved into Syria and resettled there. The Communists got wind of this and passed the word along to the refugees, charging that the Mufti was selling them out. A fortnight ago, despite protests from Mufti agents, they called a demonstration at Ein El Helwi camp on the Israeli border...
...nightclub bands and hurdy-gurdies playing his tunes (Harry Lime Theme, The Café Mozart Waltz), Karas flew back to London for a share of the bravos. At his opening at the Empress Club, Princess Margaret and a party of playmates including Sharman Douglas and the Marquess of Blandford arrived three hours early, got him to play Margaret's favorite (Harry Lime Theme) six times. Next night, with King George in the audience, he was introduced at the annual Royal Film performance to shrieks and applause. Said surprised Anton Karas: "I am so happy; I am so happy. Perhaps...