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...Foreign Office's top raincoat man, in grave danger of being submersed in a barrel of water, sand, and quick-hardening cement. But the henchman who intends to put him there makes a false hench, and guess who ends in the barrel? The trail leads to Paris, then Dijon and points worse. Author Coles's story is diverting enough, even if some of his swashes are carelessly buckled...
...Marseillaise. Direct from Paris via special Air France Constellation came a dazzling list of French business and fashion leaders. As the Thomas Jefferson High School band blared the Marseillaise, out stepped representatives of Paris' haute couture, Pommery champagne and Lanvin perfumes, plus the mayor of Dijon, which, like Dallas, spells its name with a big "D." Later, the emissaries from still more temples of luxury arrived−Chris-tolfe (silver), Baccarat (crystal), Fare (gloves). Altogether, some 120 top French business executives made the pilgrimage along with Cover Girl Marie-Hélène Arnaux, France's answer...
...India the Maharaja of Jaipur was in his pink palace in his pink city, ready to greet American tourists, treat them to elephant rides and put them up in his guest house. In France's Dijon, knowing the U.S. tourists' unquenchable thirst for cold drinks, the Terminus Hotel has achieved a master stroke of plumbing: faucets in every room dispense chilled red or white wine. In Rome, bartenders will stir up a martini molto secco at the drop of a 500 lira note; half a dozen short order restaurants are pushing Southern fried chicken and barbecued spare ribs...
William A. Lindahl '55 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. A music concentrator, he will study organ building in Vienna. Two Radcliffe winners of Fulbright awards are Betsy C. Ross '55, who will study French Literature at Dijon University, and Jane B. S. Trask '55, who will study English Literature at Oxford...
...Votre Sante. In Dijon, France, to provide American tourists with a substitute for ice water, the Terminus Hotel installed a new piping system, in each bathroom provided two additional faucets, one for white wine...