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...Solemn High Mass on the terrace of Keating Hall. And then the fiesta began. Mayor Wagner opened it by shattering a king-sized earthenware piñata (filled with gifts) with a green-covered baseball bat, and both mayor and cardinal were promptly bowled over in the crush of a crowd to pick up souvenir pieces...
Cyprus. Dulles fired off a note to Britain urging new negotiations with the Cypriots; the White House meanwhile fielded a note from Prime Minister Eden indicating that Britain, though keen on talks, first wants to crush terrorism. The State Department now notes privately that the current British Laborite attack on Eden's get-tough policy may help promote the necessary talks; State also believes that talks would be helped along by the return of Cypriot Political Leader Archbishop Makarios from exile. Should this bring about the transfer of Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the island's tough little...
...finding the source of the elusive heroine herself: Mrs. Anthony Corkell, nee Bridie Murphy, 59-year-old mother of seven who lived just across the street during young Virginia's impressionable early years. The little girl was curious about the Corkell family's Irish background, had a crush on a Corkell boy named John, the anglicized version of Sean-the spectral Bridey Murphy's husband. A onetime neighborhood playmate remembered Virginia well: "She had a good imagination. I always thought she could write a book...
...revise their think ing about sexual offenders. A special council set up to study the problem said that the church sternly and without reservation "condemns all infractions of the Christian teaching on sexual chastity," but nevertheless contends that "long experience has shown that it is futile to attempt to crush sexual immorality by statutory measures and police action." Because consideration of the subject "is repugnant to many thinking people, for many years much-needed reforms in the laws relating to homosexual offenses and prostitution have been postponed...
...three varsity players were the deciding factors in the contest. Captain Brooks Harris started the team off with a quick 6-1, 6-1 win over Dave Sofield. Harris, in the last match of his varsity career, played his finest tennis to crush the highly-touted second man from Princeton...