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...wanted to retain as much sovereignty as possible. But eventually the Dutch and the Indonesian delegates grew to trust and understand each other. One weekend motor trip to Namur, in Belgium, helped to break the ice; Indonesia's Premier Mohammed Hatta and the Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories, Johan van Maarseveen, reached some important decisions chatting in their car. Explained Van Royen: "It doesn't pay to try to be too clever. The only way to gain confidence is to treat people as normal equals. The fortunate thing is that our interests run parallel. They...
...Dutch musical gift. Dr. Anthon van der Horst's crack Netherlands Bach Society sang a glowing B Minor Mass. Along with symphonic works of Mozart and Beethoven, the concert crowds heard the music of such modern Dutch composers as Alphons Diepen-brock, Willem Pijper, Cornelis Dopper, Johan Wagenaar...
...headaches. For 35 years psychiatrists have wondered about its role in mental disorders. They had one puzzling clue: people with psychoses had fewer allergies. Four years ago, three Manhattan brother-psychiatrists, Drs. Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, began treating patients with histamine. Last year they were joined by Dr. Johan van Ophuijsen, 67, pioneer Dutch Freudian who has been in the U.S. since...
...Manhattan, ex-Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Windsor's second cousin, who also married a commoner (and relinquished his rights of succession), had a distressing set-to with his landlady. He sued to break his lease on his duplex apartment ($666.67 a month) which, the ex-Prince declared, not only "presented a somber, ungainly and disordered aspect," but also had rats. He suggested that $300 a month was quite enough. "I'm not being libelous and I'm not being rude," the landlady explained, as she reported that she had decorated the place "in a manner...
Married. Sophia Christina Feith, 35, former governess of The Netherlands' royal children; and Johan Röell, 42, engineer; in the presence of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard; bridesmaids: Princess Beatrix, 8, Princess Irene, 7; in Hilversum, The Netherlands...