Word: escorters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their global good-will tour, Thailand's jazz-loving King Bhumibol and his charming Queen Sirikit arrived in Scandinavia, made an instant hit with the populace. A highlight of their visit was an escorted tour of the old theater in Sweden's summer palace in Drottningho'm. Their escort: Sweden's King Gustav VI Adolf, whose eyes sparkled a reflection of Sirikit's exotic beauty. In Rome last week, Sirikit wowed local newsmen, who all played eulogistic variations on the theme of "the most beautiful Queen in the world." No slouch in winning popularity...
Saltonstall still seemed to be amazingly popular with Bostonians, although it is hard to say why. He seems to be a nice enough old duck, without glaring faults or shining virtues. When the motorcade reached the Statler-Hilton, Salty stood unnoticed, without even a police escort, while the crowd mobbed Nixon. Once Nixon was safely inside the hotel, however, the throng feel on the Senator with the affection of a mother for her long-lost son. One beefy fan kept pounding Saltonstall on the back and shouting, "Hey look! It's Salty! How are ya, Salty?" Such is the love...
Nothing Simple. With escort sirens screaming, Castro raced to the U.N., burst into Secretary Dag Hammarskjold's office and subjected the patient Swede to three-quarters of an hour of hoarse, ululating Spanish. Only the day before, New York cops had eased him back into his limousine when he wanted to stop along the highway from Idlewild Airport to harangue loyal Cubans who had turned out to greet him in the rain. He railed against Manhattan's lack of hospitality; he denounced the Shelburne's demand for a $10,000 bond to pay for possible damage...
Miss Cynthia Adams, Secretary for Student Activities, termed last week's dance "a great success." Its main attraction was a highly frenetic Charleston contest. Judged most frenetic of all were Julie Hamilton and her escort Dr. Richard Perera, with Sarah Adams and George Case second...
...hectic flights and got into a Sabena bus for the elevenmile ride into the city, paratroopers rocked the bus so violently that they raised it a foot off the ground. One of them shouted: "We ought to shoot this bastard full of holes!" Lumumba finally escaped under the escort of a U.S. embassy car. U.N. Representative Ralph Bunche, who had been confined to his hotel room by Force Publique mutineers, was manhandled by Belgian paratroops at the airport...