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Vintage Vintner. In Italian Swiss Colony, Petri got one of the oldest vintage winemakers in the U.S. Founded in 1881 by Genoa-born Andrea Sbarbaro as a collectivist colony modeled after the cooperative theories of John Ruskin and Robert Owen, Italian Swiss Colony's skilled winemakers gained a reputation for fine dry wines. Although it still makes dry table wines, the bulk of Italian Swiss Colony's output is now sweet dessert wines, which are easier to make, and appeal more to American palates...
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, 46, archbishop of Genoa. The youngest member of the College of Cardinals, a former pupil...
Married. Mattiwilda Dobbs, 27 coloratura soprano of Atlanta, Ga., who last month became the first Negro ever to win a principal role at La Scala opera house (TIME, March 16); and Luis Rodriguez Garcia de la Piedra, 30, Spanish journalist; in Genoa, Italy...
With 794 passengers and the blessing of Genoa's Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, the 30,000-ton Andrea Doria* put out from Genoa on her maiden Atlantic crossing. Newest of the Italian Lines' luxury liners, she was also the first new Italian liner to sail for New York since the start of World War II. For most of the 4,737-mile voyage, the 697-ft. Doria had smooth sailing at an average 22.97 knots...
...Named for a Genoese admiral and prince (1466-1560) who cleared the Mediterranean of Barbary plates, freed Genoa from French rule...