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Wilhelmina's Diadem. Beatrix herself had never looked happier, more poised-or prettier. Dressed in a white silk gown with a 15-ft. train, a huge diamond brooch, and the same pearl-and-diamond diadem that her grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, had worn, she was first married to Claus in a private civil ceremony by Burgomeister Gijsbertus van Hall. Then, to the strains of Bach and Handel, the couple exchanged rings and "I do's" before 3,000 guests at the Westerkerk. Holding hands, both were so relaxed that they burst into giggles at one point during the sermon...
...usually went, as full of creamy sweetness as a marshmallow sundae, still tingling from her exertions on the vibraharp. This time, though the corn was still as high as Bert Parks's eye, somebody changed the stereotype in Atlantic City's Convention Hall. The diadem of Miss America 1966 went to Kansas' uncorny Deborah Bryant, 19, a brown-haired beauty who would look at home on the fashion pages of Town and Country. Eight pounds lighter (115) and one inch taller (5 ft. 7 in.) than the average pageant winner, Debbie filled the tape with figures that...
Navy's Mike Brown and Army's Dick Plymale will battle for the pole vault diadem near the 6-foot mark, just as they did in February when Plymale finished...
Pointing to previous performances as one reason for his optimism, the student added that Harvard's chances for an "Ivy football diadem" and a Big Three crown should give the Crimson sufficient incentive to overcome Yale's almost neurotic need to do well before an, estimated home crowd of 60,000 and a regional television audience...
Hewlett had defeated Machooka earlier this season, but yesterday it was a different Machooka. The exchange student from Kenya flashed the form which had brought him the IC4A diadem in 1961, although it was not enough to overhaul Zwolak...