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Four weeks ago, Anthony Eden's Tories got the shock of their lives in the Kent countryside of Tonbridge. Presumably no district in all England could be rated safer for the Tories; in last year's general election, it went Tory by 10,196 votes. Yet, in a by-election at Tonbridge in June, the Tory candidate squeaked through by only 1,602 votes...
...After loafing to the finish line in front of Kent (Conn.) School's crew in the semifinals of the Henley Royal Regatta, Princeton's unbeaten 150-lb. eight pulled their way through the choppy waters of the Thames to beat Britain's Royal Air Force oarsmen and win the Thames Challenge Cup by an impressive length. ¶ With a red ribbon tied to his forelock to make him think he was still running under the colors of the late William Woodward Jr. and blinkers beside his eyes to keep his mind on his work, Leslie Combs...
...KENT CURTIS...
...rousing Mayfair soiree attended by the Earl of Suffolk, the impulsive guests abandoned all formal arrangements to shed their shoes and dance in the streets to the blaring music of motorcar radios. A prominent guest at many of the parties was the 20-year-old Duke of Kent, Queen Elizabeth's first cousin and the seventh in line to Britain's throne. Wherever young Kent went-and his evenings were invariably full-the action was brisk. One party he attended was held on a yacht and ended only when sea scouts and river police turned up to fish...
...peace are treated by the police as breaches of the peace and not simply as acts of high spirits because they happen to occur among the rich and influential." The question, though it named no names, brought a prompt and unprecedented reply from Kensington Palace. The Duke of Kent, said a palace statement, was indeed at the parties referred to but was "in no way involved" in their fruitier moments...