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...Hungary, a reheated version of an old chestnut: In a Hungarian prison, three convicts were discussing the reasons for their arrests. "I was arrested for opposing the policies of Imre Nagy," said the first. "I was arrested for supporting his policies," said the second. Both turned to the most recent arrival. "I'm Imre Nagy," he said...
Died. Count Michael Karolyi, 80, one of the founders (in 1918) and first President of the Hungarian Republic; in Vence, France. Karolyi lived in exile through the years of the Horthy regime, returned after World War II, was Red Hungary's Ambassador to Paris from 1947 until his retirement...
...played to a packed house. The concert program listed Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, to be followed by Tchaikovsky. But, because of a last-minute switch in conductors, there was an unannounced change in the schedule: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony became the major work, followed by Berlioz' Hungarian March. Sibelius-whose disciplined power is poles apart from the romantic extravagance of Tchaikovsky-was off the program entirely...
Divorced. Eva Bartok (real name: Eva Szoke), 25, eye-filling, Hungarian-born cinemasiren (The Assassin) and sometime playmate of Britain's fun-loving Marquess of Milford-Haven; by William Wordsworth, 42, London publicity agent, great-great-grandson of the English poet; after three years of marriage, no children; in London...
...sent inviting notes, but he was an unbending prude. One night he dragged the embarrassed Kubizek off to inspect Vienna's red-light district, and later lectured for hours on the evils of prostitution. Not much better than prostitution, in his opinion, was the cosmopolitanism of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Even then, he ranted about the "Reich of all the Germans,'' the need for racial purity...