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...service had worked fairly smoothly, spokesmen for the strikers now warned that it would not be continued. Because contagious diseases were sometimes bedded next to others in the crowded hospitals, doctors also warned of imminent epidemics. Belgian husbands with pregnant wives were taking them over the border to France, Holland or West Germany to be sure of obstetrical care...
That evening the couple flew back to Amsterdam, where Carlos, hoping to strengthen his tenuous claim to the Spanish throne,*pressed for the wedding to be held in Holland, with all of Europe's royalty invited. Incredibly, he even wanted the Roman Catholic marriage to be held in Amsterdam's 17th century Nieuwe Kerk, even though it is a Protestant church, where such a ceremony is palpably impossible. When Juliana refused, Irene abruptly decided to stay home from a scheduled state visit to Mexico with her mother. And in further retaliation, Irene issued a public statement that...
...plague have led to outright famine. Irked by Sukarno's "Crush Malaysia" campaign, the U.S. is phasing out its aid (total to date: $896 million), last month shipped Indonesia its final 40,000 tons of American rice. Blustered Sukarno: "To hell with aid!" Turning hopefully to Holland, Indonesia last year resumed diplomatic relations, which had been broken in 1960 during Sukarno's noisy, successful cam paign to oust the Dutch from West New Guinea. The trade-minded Dutch, who are more interested in new profits than in salvaging old concessions, were eager to do business again. Last fall...
...well. For the privileged few with $3,500 Holland & Holland rifles and fat letters of credit, Africa is still the place for those snarling big cats and tawny skins to adorn a bare den wall. But nowadays, for U.S. sportsmen with low budgets and yens for high adventure, there's Costa Rica right next door...
...EUROPE, for example, Johnson took a tough line with the Communists, who were holding captive three U.S. Air Force officers. The flyers-1st Lieut. Harold W. Welch, 24, Captain David I. Holland, 35, and Captain Melvin J. Kessler, 30-parachuted into Communist East Germany after their unarmed reconnaissance plane strayed beyond the West German border and was shot down. Day after day, the U.S. lodged protests with Soviet officials in Washington, Berlin and Moscow, but the Russians were not listening. At length Johnson warned Moscow that "further delay in the release and return of the crewmen clearly jeopardizes possibilities...