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Died. Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, 75, French military hero and Roman Catholic priest, who forsook the cloth to fight with De Gaulle in World War II, later became French High Commissioner to Indo-China, a post in which he so relentlessly pressed the fight against Communist guerrillas, scorning all talk of negotiation in Paris, that he was recalled in 1947, whereupon he quit public life in disgust and returned to his monk's habit; of a heart attack; in a monastery near Brest, France...
...Great Falls, Mont., where he visited the white clapboard house of Patrick Mansfield, 88-year-old father of Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, and posed for the classic campaign shot with Blackfoot Indians from his honorary tribe (his tribal name: "High Eagle"), the President forsook conservation. He talked of the greatness of America, of the missile threat, of the frustrations of the present age, and of his hopes for the future...
...that begins "He tickled her fancy and told her his tale" is sure to come out "And he fancy-tickled her tail." Jonathan Swift was an eager catch lyricist, but the biggest tease of all was Henry Purcell, the saintly master of the High Church hymn. After hours, Purcell forsook cantatas in favor of catches and "hockets"-a trick of song in which a voice may boldly interject one word of a verse. In Purcell's Jack, Thou'rt a Toper, the hocket turns his message into "Jack, thou'rt a cuckold...
...more significant was the fact that time and again, Crimson forwards had clear shots and forsook them to pass off into the Ohiri area. The varsity's offense was paralysed, and at the end of the half, there had been no score. Tufts began to tire in the second period, and the Crimson finally came through--still, three of the four tallies were Ohiri...
Died. Count Wolfgang Berghe von Trips, 33, last heir to a German title who forsook his Rhineland castle for the perils of sports-car racing; in a Grand Prix crack-up that killed 15 spectators, hospitalized another two dozen; in Monza, Italy (see SPORT...